U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health Office of Adolescent Health Rigorous Evaluation of New or Innovative Approaches to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (Tier 2B) Announcement TypeType:: New Announcement Number:Number : AH-TP2-15-002AH-TP2- 15-002 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No. 93.297 Funding Opportunity Announcement And Application Instructions Application Due Date: April 10, 2015 Table of Contents Executive Summary……………….……………..…………….………………………………..Summary . 3 PurposePurpose……………………………………………………………………………………………55 BackgroundBackground………………………………………………………………………………………77 Expectations of Grantees……………………………………………………………………….1313 Proposed Intervention……………………………………………………………………1313 Intervention Implementation and Work Plan …………………………………………....1616 Collection and Use of Performance Measures…...………………………………………2323 Evaluation Design Plan…………………………………………………...……………...2525 Capacity and Experience of the Organization and its Partners…………………….…….2929 Project Management and Partnerships……………………………………………….......30 Cooperative Agreement Substantial Programmatic Involvement………………….……….33Involvement 33 AuthorityAuthority………………………………………………………………………………………...3434 Award InformationInformation……………………………………………………………………………..3434 Eligibility InformationInformation………………………………………………………………………….3535 Application Responsiveness and Screening CriteCriteriaria………….……………………………...3366 Application Submission InformationInformation………………………………………………………….3377 1. Information to Request Application Package…………………………………….3377 2. Content and Form of Application Submission……………………………………3388 a. Important Grants.gov Information………………………………………..4141 b. Application Content………………………………………………………...4343 i. Project Narrative…………………………………………………...43 1. Proposed InterventionIntervention…………………………...…………...4343 2. Intervention Implementation and Work Plan………………...4466 3. Collection and Use of Performance Measures..……………...4949 4. Evaluation Design Plan...........................................................4949 5. Capacity and Experience of the Organization and its Partners………………...……….…………………………....6060 6. Project Management and Partnerships………..……….……..6363 ii. Budget Narrative……………………………………………………6565 iii. Appendices…………………………………………………………..6868 c. Submission Dates and Times………………………………………………69Times 69 d. Intergovernmental Review…………………………………………………6969 e. Funding Restrictions………………………………………………………..6969 Application Review Information………………………………………………………………7171 Criteria…………………………………………………………………………………..71Criteria 71 Review and Selection ProcessProcess………………………………………………………….7878 Award Administration InforInformationmation…………………………………………………………..8811 Agency Contacts……………………………………………………………….………………..8Contacts 866 AppendicesAppendices………………………………………………………………………………………8877 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Adolescent Health FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TITLE: Announcement of Availability of Funds for Rigorous Evaluation of New or Innovative Approaches to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (Tier 2B) ACTION: Notice ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: INITIALCOMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: TP2-TP2-AH-15-002AH-15-002 CFDA NUMBER: 93.297 CFDA PROGRAM: Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program DATES: Non-binding letters of intent are due February 1, 2015 Applications are due April 10,10, 2015 by 5 p.m. ET. To receive consideration, applications must be received electronically via Grants.gov by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (HHS/OASH), Office of Grants Management (OGM)(0GM) no later than this due date. Applications which do not meet the specified deadlines will be returned to the applicant unread. All applicants must submit electronically via Grants.gov unless they obtain a written exemption from this requirement 2 business days in advance of the deadline by the Director, HHS/OASH Office of Grants Management. To obtain an exemption, applicants must request one via email from the HHS/OASH Office of Grants Management, and provide details as to why they are technologically unable to submit electronically through Grants.gov portal. Requests should be submitted at least 4 business days prior to the application deadline to ensure the request can be 1 considered prior to 2 business days in advance of the deadline. If requesting an exemption, include the following in the e-mail request: the HHS/OASH announcement number; the organization'sorganization’s DUNS number; the name, address and telephone number of the organization; the name and telephone number of the Authorizing Official; the Grants.gov Tracking Number (GRANTXXXX) assigned to the submission; and a copy of the "Rejected‘Rejected with Errors’Errors" notification from Grants.gov. Send the request with supporting documentation to [email protected]@hhs.gov.. Note: failure to have an active System for Account Management (SAM) registration will not be grounds for receiving an exemption to the electronic submission requirement. The HHS/OASH Office of Grants Management will only accept applications via alternate methods (hardcopy paper via US mail or other provider or PDF via email) from applicants obtaining prior written approval. The application must still be submitted by the deadline. Only applications submitted through the Grants.gov portal or alternate format (hardcopy paper via US mail or other service or PDF via email) with an approved written exemption will be accepted. See the heading "“APPLICATIONAPPLICATION and SUBMISSION INFORMATION”INFORMATION" for information on application submission mechanisms. To ensure adequate time to successfully submit the application, HHS/OASH recommends that applicants register as early as possible in Grants.gov since the registration process can take up to one month. For information on registering for Grants.gov,Grants .gov, refer to http://www.grants.gov or contact the Grants.gov Contact Center 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (excluding Federal holidays) at 1-800-518-47261-800-518-4726 or [email protected]@grants.gov.. Applicants are strongly encouraged to register multiple authorized organization representatives. 2 Technical Assistance: A technical assistance webinar for potential applicants will be held on th Thursday, January 2929th from 3:00-5:00 pm ET (start time of 2:00 pm CT, 1:001:00pm pm MT, 12:0012:00 pm PT). Potential applicants should call 1-888-566-5780,1-888-566-5780, passcode 3899321, and log-on to https://www.mymeetingshttps://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PW1052995&p=3899321&t=c.comlnc/join.php?i=PW 1052995&p=3 899321 &t=c.. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The HHS Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) announces the anticipated availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 cooperative agreement awards under the authority of Division H, Title II of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law No. 113-76),113-76), and the Continuing Resolution thus far for FY 2015 (Public Law No. 113-113- 164),164), for Rigorous Evaluation of New or Innovative Approaches to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (Tier 2B). OAH intends to make available approximately $18 million for an estimated 30 awards. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is one of a series of five (5) FOAs, each with a different focus, currently available from OAH’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TP(TPP)P) Program. ApApplicantsplicants may apply for more than one FOA. This FOA provides information for applying to Rigorous Evaluation of New or Innovative Approaches to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (Tier 2B). Other available FOAs include: • Capacity Building to Support Replication of Evidence-Based TPP Programs (Tier 1A)1A) • Replicating Evidence-Based TPP Programs to Scale in Communities with the Greatest Need (Tier 1B)1B) • Supporting and Enabling Early Innovation to Advance Adolescent Health and Prevent Teen Pregnancy (Tier 2A) • Effectiveness of TPP Programs Designed Specifically for Young Males (Tier 2C). The purpose of this FOA is to increase the number of evidence-based TPP interventions available by rigorously evaluating new or innovative approaches for preventing teen pregnancy and related high risk behaviors. OAH is especially interested in expanding the evidence base for 3 the field of TPP by funding rigorous evaluations of innovative interventions designed to address gaps in the existing evidence, reduce disparities in teen pregnancy and associated sexual and reproductive health outcomes, and/or serve high-need populations. This includes, but is not limited to interventions designed for older adolescents (18-19), males, rural youth, and other youth populations at disproportionate risk of teen pregnancy (see data on pages 13-14).13-14). OAH is also interested in the use of non-traditional delivery methods (i.e., non-curriculum based approaches). The purpose of this FOA is not to enable and support early innovation that is not yet ready to be rigorously evaluated; that is the purpose of the Tier 2A FOA. For the purposes of this FOA, OAH defines innovation broadly as new or promising approaches, strategies, interventions, or curricula, informed by scientific theory or empirical evidence that may lead to or have the potential to result in a substantial reduction in teen pregnancy rates, sexualsexuallyly transmitted infection (STIs) rates, and associated sexual risk behaviors. A new intervention may either be a novel or recently developed intervention or an intervention that has been in use for some years but has never been rigorously evaluated. OAH plans to fund projects