STD/HIV Disease Intervention Services Training Centers (DISTC) | CDC RFA PS14 140803CONT16

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The STD/HIV Disease Intervention Services Training Centers (DISTC) opportunity is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding action designed specifically as a continuation award for organizations that were already funded under the earlier program announcement CDC-RFA-PS14-1408. In practical terms, it is not an open, competitive grant opportunity for new applicants. It is meant to keep existing DISTC training center work going by extending or continuing financial support to the current network of CDC-funded grantees that were previously selected.

This opportunity is issued as a cooperative agreement, which typically means CDC is expected to have substantial involvement in the work beyond simply providing funds. Cooperative agreements often involve close collaboration, ongoing technical guidance, shared planning, and performance monitoring between the CDC and the funded organizations. The activity area is categorized under Health, and it is associated with CFDA number 93.977, which aligns with CDC public health program funding related to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV-related prevention and control activities.

The stated purpose is to support Disease Intervention Services (DIS) training infrastructure tied to STD and HIV public health practice. DIS programs are commonly associated with core public health functions such as partner services, case investigation, linkage to testing and treatment, and other field-based interventions that help interrupt transmission and connect people to care. The DISTC model generally focuses on strengthening the workforce responsible for these interventions by providing standardized training, skill-building, and capacity development that state and local health departments can use to improve the quality and consistency of DIS activities.

Key administrative details show this listing was created on October 8, 2015, with an original closing date of December 8, 2015. The opportunity category is listed as a continuation, and eligible applicants are effectively limited to prior awardees (even though the eligibility field reads "Others," the description makes clear that only previously awarded grantees under the named prior FOA are intended to receive these continuation funds). The expected number of awards is listed as 50, indicating the continuation action may have been structured to cover a broad set of existing training center-related recipients or associated components under the prior funding arrangement. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which often appears in continuation or administrative listings where individual award amounts are handled through internal continuation processes rather than a newly competed ceiling amount published for applicants.

Overall, this is best understood as a maintenance and continuation mechanism for an established CDC-funded network of STD/HIV DIS training centers, ensuring ongoing workforce training and technical support capacity rather than launching a new initiative open to new organizations.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "STD/HIV Disease Intervention Services Training Centers (DISTC)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.977.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-10-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-12-08. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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