National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) | CDC RFA PS20 2004

Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA PS20 2004

The National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA PS20-2004) is a CDC cooperative agreement designed to strengthen the nations clinical response to rapidly rising sexually transmitted diseases. The need is driven by surveillance data showing steep, sustained increases in gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis, along with congenital syphilis reaching a 20-year high. Because frontline diagnosis, treatment, counseling, and prevention largely happen in clinics and health systems, the program focuses on building practical clinical capacity through provider education, technical assistance, and training approaches that can keep pace with a changing and complex healthcare landscape.

At its core, NNPTC aims to improve how healthcare professionals, clinical sites, and healthcare systems use current, evidence-based STD prevention and care practices. The expected outcome is better clinical prevention implementation across diverse care settings, ultimately reducing STD-related illness and improving sexual health at individual, community, and national levels. The opportunity emphasizes reaching clinicians in multiple sectors across the United States, not just traditional public health STD clinics, and it encourages modern, scalable training methods that can extend expertise into routine care environments.

The notice is organized into three main components. Component A supports Regional Centers, which are responsible for understanding what providers in their regions need and then delivering training and technical assistance that addresses real-world gaps. The core activity (A1) centers on assessing training needs and service gaps, especially for providers serving priority populations, and using that information to shape comprehensive STD clinical prevention training and technical assistance. Two additional focus activities expand that work: A2 supports providers and clinical settings in integrating HIV preventive services within STD specialty clinics, reflecting the overlap between STD care and HIV prevention. A3 supports a fellow training program, helping develop a pipeline of clinicians with advanced, hands-on expertise in STD clinical prevention.

Component B funds a National STD PTC Coordination Center, referred to as NPTC3, which functions as the backbone for the entire network. Its core role (B1) is to coordinate NNPTC partners, collect and use data to guide training strategies, operate a clinical consultation line that providers can use for expert support, and promote the network so that clinicians and systems know how to access its services. A related focus activity (B2) provides added coordination support for the Regional PTCs carrying out the A1 needs assessment and gap analysis work, helping standardize approaches, share findings, and translate data into training priorities.

Component C establishes a National STD Curriculum Center (NSTDC) to create shared, high-quality learning resources that can be used nationally and adapted locally. The core activity (C1) is to develop an online STD curriculum, convene and facilitate national learning communities, and work with regional centers to scale up ECHO and other distance-learning models so that expert-led education can reach more clinicians efficiently. The focus activity (C2) develops additional resources, curricula, and learning communities specifically aimed at increasing HIV preventive services in STD specialty clinics, reinforcing the grants broader goal of integrating STD clinical prevention with HIV prevention where appropriate.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement mechanism, meaning recipients should expect substantial CDC involvement in shaping, supporting, and monitoring program implementation rather than a hands-off grant. Eligible applicants are broad and include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education in those nonprofit categories). The opportunity was issued by HHS/CDC (NCHHSTP), with a creation date of August 28, 2019, and an original application due date of November 12, 2019 (11:59 p.m. ET). The posting indicates an expected 12 awards, and the award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically signals that applicants should rely on the NOFOs detailed budget guidance rather than a single published maximum in the summary record.

Overall, NNPTC is best understood as a national clinical workforce and systems-improvement effort for STD prevention: regional centers identify and address on-the-ground training needs, a national coordination hub aligns activities and provides consultation support, and a curriculum center builds scalable education products and learning communities. The combined structure is intended to spread state-of-the-art STD clinical prevention practices, strengthen clinical decision-making and counseling, and accelerate integration of HIV prevention services in STD clinical settings, all in response to worsening STD trends documented by CDC surveillance.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCHHSTP in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.978.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 28, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 12, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (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 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, 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, Private institutions of higher education.

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