Data Integration, Systems, and Quality Technical Assistance (DISQ) | HRSA 25 053

Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 25 053

The Data Integration, Systems, and Quality Technical Assistance (DISQ) opportunity is a national training and technical assistance program run by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP). Its central purpose is to strengthen how RWHAP-funded programs collect, manage, integrate, and use data tied to HIV care and support services. By improving data practices across recipients and subrecipients, the program aims to help the Ryan White system expand access to high-quality HIV care for low-income people with HIV in the United States and its eligible jurisdictions, while also making local programs more efficient, more accountable, and more effective in how they deliver services.

DISQ focuses specifically on building practical, real-world capacity around data-related program requirements and performance improvement. The funded work centers on developing and disseminating training and technical assistance that helps RWHAP recipients and subrecipients implement and strengthen HIV care-related data collection activities. In plain terms, the program is meant to help sites get better at the data side of Ryan White work: meeting reporting requirements, improving data systems and workflows, and turning data into something useful for decision-making and quality improvement rather than treating it as a compliance exercise.

HRSA expects to make a single award under this Notice of Funding Opportunity, using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. A cooperative agreement typically signals substantial federal involvement compared with a standard grant, meaning the awardee should be prepared to coordinate closely with HRSA on deliverables, priorities, and implementation. The selected awardee will serve as the national technical assistance provider and will be responsible for delivering both on-site and virtual training and technical assistance to RWHAP recipients and subrecipients. This implies a broad national reach and an operational model that can support different program sizes, different levels of data maturity, and varied local contexts, while still promoting consistent approaches to data integration, systems development, and quality.

A wide range of domestic organizations are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education (including academic health science centers with national HIV-related scope), nonprofit organizations (including both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits), and multiple levels of government such as state, county, city/township, and special district governments. Eligibility also extends to federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other Native American tribal organizations. Independent school districts are also listed among eligible applicant types in the source data. Individuals are explicitly not eligible to apply.

For this opportunity, "domestic" is defined broadly and includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the freely associated states and territories named in the notice (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau). This definition matters because the program is designed to support RWHAP-funded entities operating within these jurisdictions, and applicants should be positioned to deliver services across this entire eligible footprint.

Key administrative details from the source listing include the funding opportunity title "Data Integration, Systems, and Quality Technical Assistance (DISQ)," funding opportunity number HRSA 25 053, and assistance listing/CFDA number 93.914. The opportunity category is discretionary, the activity category is health, and HRSA anticipates making one award. The posting creation date is December 11, 2024, and the original application closing date is February 18, 2025. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which usually indicates the ceiling is not specified in the summary field and applicants should rely on the full NOFO for the actual budget expectations, limits, or ranges.

Overall, DISQ is best understood as an investment in the data backbone of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program: improving the systems, integration, and quality practices that allow local HIV service providers and administrators to report accurately, learn from their data, and continuously improve care and support services for people with HIV who rely on Ryan White-funded programs.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Data Integration, Systems, and Quality Technical Assistance (DISQ)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.914.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-12-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-02-18. (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 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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