Capacity Building Initiative for Substance Abuse (SA) and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial/Ethnic Minority Youth and Young Adults (HIV CBI) | SP 16 004

Opportunity Information: Apply for SP 16 004

The Capacity Building Initiative for Substance Abuse (SA) and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial/Ethnic Minority Youth and Young Adults (HIV CBI) is a FY 2016 discretionary funding opportunity from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), specifically its Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). It is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning awardees should expect an active partnership with the federal program office rather than a simple pass-through grant relationship. The core goal is not just to run isolated prevention events, but to help funded organizations build the underlying capacity, infrastructure, and sustainable operating foundation needed to deliver accessible, high-quality, state-of-the-science substance use and HIV prevention services over time.

The program is designed to mobilize community-level organizations that are closest to the people most affected. The target population is adolescents and young adults ages 13 to 24 who are at elevated risk for substance use and HIV, with a strong emphasis on racial and ethnic minority youth and young adults. Applicants can choose to focus on ages 13 to 17, ages 18 to 24, or provide services spanning the full 13 to 24 range. The intent is prevention-focused: reducing the onset of substance use and reducing HIV transmission among young people who are living in or connected to communities bearing disproportionate burdens of HIV and related health inequities.

A key feature of HIV CBI is its expectation of comprehensive, coordinated prevention strategies rather than one-off education. SAMHSA signals a preference for approaches that blend multiple components: education and awareness programming, social marketing campaigns aimed at shifting knowledge and norms, and HIV and viral hepatitis testing services delivered in non-traditional settings, paired with substance use and HIV prevention programming for the population of focus. The emphasis on non-traditional settings reflects an effort to meet young people where they actually are and to lower barriers to access, especially in communities where stigma, transportation, confidentiality concerns, or limited clinic availability can keep youth and young adults from using conventional health systems.

SAMHSA also explicitly encourages applications from college and university clinics or wellness centers as well as community-based providers. This reflects recognition that campuses and community organizations often have direct, trusted access to young people and can offer integrated prevention strategies that address substance use, HIV risk, and viral hepatitis together. In practice, this points toward coordinated outreach, screening/testing access, prevention education, and culturally responsive engagement strategies that resonate with the lived realities of racial and ethnic minority youth and young adults.

HIV CBI sits within CSAP's Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) portfolio. The MAI framework is intended to expand substance use and HIV/viral hepatitis prevention services for at-risk minority populations in communities disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Consistent with the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1999, SAMHSA limits eligibility in a way meant to ensure these funds expand HIV-related services in minority communities. The opportunity description underscores a practical rationale for this approach: community-level entities are viewed as best positioned to strengthen organizational capacity, increase the number of minority service providers within the broader HIV/AIDS system of care, and deliver effective prevention services in racial and ethnic communities because they have direct responsibility for, and proximity to, the services and supports people rely on.

From an administrative standpoint, the funding opportunity number is SP 16 004 and the CFDA number listed is 93.243. The agency anticipated making 19 awards, with an award ceiling of $257,354. The original application closing date was April 19, 2016, and the opportunity record was created February 19, 2016. Overall, the grant is structured to help eligible community-rooted organizations and tribal entities build durable prevention capacity while implementing integrated substance use, HIV, and viral hepatitis prevention strategies for high-risk racial and ethnic minority youth and young adults.

• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Capacity Building Initiative for Substance Abuse (SA) and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial/Ethnic Minority Youth and Young Adults (HIV CBI)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.243.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-02-19.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-04-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $257,354.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 19 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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