Awards Unsolicited Proposal; Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.079

AGENCY:

Office of Population Affairs (OPA) and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION:

Notice of award of an unsolicited request for funding to be awarded as a single project through a grant to Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

SUMMARY:

OPA announces the award of a single-source grant in response to an unsolicited proposal from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. The proposal submitted was not solicited either formally or informally by any federal government official. The grant award is administered by OPA in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adolescent and School Health (CDC DASH).

DATES:

September 13, 2024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Recipient: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to conduct and disseminate policy research aligned with the eight goals of HHS's Take Action for Adolescence: A Call to Action for Adolescent Health and Well-being to understand the impact of national, state, and local policies on meeting adolescents' needs, and to inform efforts towards strengthening commitments to funding, delivery of services, and meaningful youth engagement.

Amount of Award: $999,855 annually for up to five years.

Project Period: The project period for the award will not exceed five years.

The goals of this project are to conduct and disseminate policy research aligned with Take Action for Adolescents to understand the impact of national, state, and local policies on access, availability, and quality of health care and health education for adolescents. Specifically, the project will (1) engage key stakeholders involved in Take Action for Adolescence, (2) conduct policy research to identify the impact of national, state, and local policies on access, availability, and quality of health care and health education for adolescents, (3) develop a series of policy briefs that summarize the research and identify strategies to improve adolescent health services and support Take Action for Adolescents, and (4) disseminate the policy briefs and effective strategies through publications and focused events with key stakeholders to support sustainability engagements and actions plans to improve adolescent health and well-being. This project will help improve understanding of the impact of national, state, and local policy on education and services for adolescents, and ultimately on their health and well-being.

OPA performed an objective review of the unsolicited proposal from Stanford University with subject matter assistance from within the Department of Health and Human Services and internal proposal assessments. Based on this review, OPA determined that the proposal has merit.

Stanford University, under the leadership of Jonathan Klein, has the unique breadth of expertise in the field of adolescent health and the established partnerships with leading adolescent health organizations necessary for success of this project. Issuing a single-source award to Stanford University for this project will advance our collective understanding of the impact of national, state, and local policies on meeting adolescents' needs and will identify strategies for advancing Take Action for Adolescents and improving adolescent health and wellbeing.

This award is being made non-competitively because there is no current, pending, or planned funding opportunity announcement under which this proposal could compete.

Legislative Authority: Funding for this award is provided by CDC DASH with authority under section 301(a) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 241(a). The grant award will be administered by OPA under an interagency agreement.

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