Community Strengthening Project
Guatemala USAID-Guatemala City · Agency for International Development
At a glance
Community Strengthening Project is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Guatemala USAID-Guatemala City (Agency for International Development). The application deadline was July 22, 2014. Individual awards are listed as $35M – $40M, with about 1 award expected. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 98.001 (USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas).
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- May 23, 2014Posted
- Jul 22, 2014Application deadline
- Posted
- May 23, 2014
- Close date
- Jul 22, 2014
- Award floor
- $35,000,000
- Award ceiling
- $40,000,000
- Est. total funding
- Not specified
- Original deadline (extended)
- Jul 8, 2014
- Expected awards
- 1
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Opportunity category
- Mandatory
Who can apply
- Unrestricted (any entity type)
A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.
The overall goal of the Community Strengthening Project is to support efforts by Government ofGuatemala (GOG), civil society and community actors to address the causes and consequencesof violence through holistic prevention approaches. The intent is to contribute to GOG and USG objectives of decreasing violent crime rates in targeted areas.This Community Strengthening Project will be USAID/Guatemalas violence prevention projectand has four complementary and mutually reinforcing objectives. These are to:1. Support community commissions to institutionalize proven, integrated violenceprevention projects in targeted areas;2. Strengthen and mobilize municipal and national stakeholders and resources to developand implement municipal-level prevention plans;3. Support secondary prevention projects in close coordination with municipal authorities;and4. Promote and integrate evidence-based policy making among prevention actors.
Full announcement & documents
The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.
- CARSI Mid-Term Impact Evaluation GuatemalaFull Announcement · Annex 2 - CARSI Mid-Term Impact Evaluation.pdfPDF · 3.0 MB
- RFA-520-14-000006 - Community Strengthening ProjectFull Announcement · RFA No. 520-14-000006 - Community Strengthening Project.pdfPDF · 1.6 MB
- Recent USAID Programs to Support Violence Prevention in GuatemalaFull Announcement · Annex 3 - Recent USAID Violence Prevention Programs.pdfPDF · 152 KB
- USAID Guatemala Gender Analysis for USAID’s Citizen Security Development ObjectiveFull Announcement · Annex 1 - Gender Analysis.pdfPDF · 343 KB
- Amendment 1 to RFA-520-14-00006Other Supporting Documents · RFA 520-14-000006 - Amendment 1.pdfPDF · 3.1 MB
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 98.001
Historical data · not a predictionAgency contact (as published)
Guatemala USAID-Guatemala City
guatemalaproposals@usaid.gov
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Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “Community Strengthening Project”?
The notice lists eligibility as unrestricted — open to any type of entity — subject to clarifications in the notice's additional eligibility information.
How much funding is available through “Community Strengthening Project”?
Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $35m – $40m and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.
How do I apply for “Community Strengthening Project”?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity RFA-520-14-000006), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.
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