Legacy Projects

The B Free CEED is committed to allocating $500,000 to fund Legacy Pilot Projects over a five-year period to support community-based participatory research projects dedicated to eliminating hepatitis B disparities in API communities. Pilot awards range from $25,000 to $40,000 of support for a one-year period. Grantees will have priority to access technical and consultation support of the B Free CEED coalition.  Each year, the B Free CEED will fund two to four Legacy Pilot Projects.

The goal of these Legacy grants is to build a national community network of organizations, agencies, and coalitions who are conducting evidence-based, community-based activities to address hepatitis B related health disparities in the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities at the local, grassroots level.

Where our Legacy Project Pilots are located: 
 
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Who Can Apply
The call for proposals is open to all community-based organizations, coalitions, health care organizations, social service organizations, health researchers, health professionals, and community advocates who currently work on or are interested in developing activities that address hepatitis B disparities in the API communities. Organizations and coalitions interested in applying must be non-profits with a 501 (c) 3 status.  Interested applicants who are currently or have received Legacy grant funds through any of the other Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) REACH US programs are NOT eligible to apply.

Activities that are eligible for funding include but are not limited to:
* Community needs assessments
* Community asset mapping
* Health impact assessments
* Conducting trainings and workshops for different stakeholders
* Initiation of relevant community-based or systems level activities
* Local start-up activities of a community coalition
* Synthesis of evidence or practice-based approaches in a specific area
* Develop or adopt culturally appropriate assessment instruments or methodologies
* Adapting B Free CEED, evidence-based activities and strategies to other API groups and/or other localities

Past Legacy Pilot Projects have included capacity building and infrastructure development in Houston, Texas and Edison, New Jersey, assessing availability of hepatitis B services in small cities, and adapting B Free CEED social marketing activities in the Pacific Islander communities in Southern California and Vietnamese community in Northern Virginia.
* Year 1 Legacy Pilot Projects
* Year 2 Legacy Pilot Projects

The following costs are NOT allowable through the Legacy Pilot Project Grants:
* Indirect costs
* Clinical services (screening and vaccination)
* Equipment

The following proposals will be immediately disqualified and will forgo the Legacy Pilot Project review process:
*Proposals from applicants who are ineligible to apply based on the  criteria above
*Proposals that include expenses or activities  that are not allowable through Legacy Pilot Project funding
*Proposals that  do not address hepatitis B or hepatitis B related disparities in APIs or a specific API group.

Requirements of Legacy Pilot Project Awardees
Every year, the award period is from October 1st to September 30th of the following year. During this one year period, Legacy Pilot Projects are required to:
* After notification of award, include any revisions to the proposal as advised by Project Manager (if needed)
* Complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with B Free CEED
* Participate in monthly conference calls  with Project Manager to provide pilot project updates
* Complete an interim and annual progress report as required by the CDC REACH US Management Information System
* Provide B Free CEED with a copy of any materials or data produced through the Legacy Pilot Project Funding
* Complete an interim and final report of the Legacy Pilot Project to the B Free CEED
* Complete an end of year evaluation with B Free CEED External Evaluation Team

Application Review Process
Legacy Pilot Projects are awarded through a competitive process. Each application is reviewed by the Legacy Pilot Project Review Committee, which is co-chaired by one academic partner and one community partner of the B Free CEED Steering Committee. The Review Committee includes representatives from the B Free CEED coalition, past Legacy Pilot Project grantees, as well as national experts from the field of hepatitis B who represent academia, community-based organizations, community health centers, and social service agencies.  To ensure a fair competitive process, representatives from community partner organizations who submit a Legacy Pilot Project application do not participate in the review of their own applications.

The Legacy Pilot Project Review Committee reviews each application according to the following domains:
* Compatibility with B Free CEED mission and goals
* Level of involvement of local community organizations and/or members
* Cultural and linguistic sensitivity
* Significance or need in target community
* Potential long-term impact of the project
* Feasibility and sustainability
* Innovation
* Commitment to advancing evidence-based activities and best practices