Direct Care / Services
Grant Application Information

Considerations in applying for a direct care/services grant:

Grants are not provided for:

• Housing
• Incentives
• Emergency funds
• Drug treatment/management
• Capital improvements

Grants may be made for:

• Case management, if not funded elsewhere
• Mother/child care for affected or infected
• Condoms and other prevention barriers
• Food programs
• Legal support, if a part of connecting to available benefit programs
• Salary augmentation, if evidence of sustainability is provided
• Medication adherence management

The proposal must include:

• The targeted population – number served and demographics
• The specific needs to be met (essential, basic needs/services not provided through Ryan White or other public funds)
• A narrative response to the questions in the application indicating how the program will be executed and how outcomes will be measured

Downloading a Direct Care / Services Grant Application

We have simplified our grant application process by providing an application in rich text format (RTF). You can download the application file, save it on your computer, and complete the application form at your convenience, using any word processing application that supports RTF (such as Microsoft® Word, WordPerfect®, and Adobe® FrameMaker®).

To ensure that your application will be considered in the granting process, please follow these guidelines for completing the application form:

• Use the application form's pre-set layout and styles.
• Use font type ARIAL and font size 10 in the answer boxes.
• Use the allotted length of the answer box spaces for your answers.
• Stay within the allotted two pages of the application form.

Helpful hint: Use your mouse or arrow keys to navigate to the next field or text box instead of using the tab key. If you accidentally create an extra row or box, use the Undo function to correct the error.

If you have formatting issues, please . Please include your name, email address, phone number, and specific formatting issue, and we will contact you as soon as possible.

Click this link to download the grant application:

Direct Care / Services Grant Application

After completing the application:

1. Prepare your grant application packet as follows:
   • Print five copies of your completed application.
   • Prepare one copy of each of the following documents:
     • Evidence of your organization's tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service under Section 501(c)(3)
     • Detailed line item budget for the program for which you are requesting funds (with a one- to two-sentence justification for each item)
     • Your organization's overall operating budget
     • Your organization’s non-discrimination policy statement regarding your clients and services
2. Mail your completed grant application packet to:

   Until There's A Cure Foundation
   Attn: Grants Department
   560 Mountain Home Road
   Redwood City, CA 94062-2515

3. Send an email message with your completed application form only as an attachment (Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) file only) to to notify us that the complete grant application packet is on its way.

Until There's A Cure must RECEIVE your application packet AND email no later than July 11, 2008.
To assure equal opportunity, there will be no exceptions.

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