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MCHIP: A Leader with Associate Award Program

Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP), a 5-year global program sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is developed as a “Leader with Associate Cooperative Agreement” (LWA).   MCHIP is implemented by Jhpiego in partnership with Save the Children, John Snow Inc., ICF Macro, Inc., PATH, the Institute of International Programs (IIP/JHU), broad Branch Associates, and Population Sciences International (PSI). As an LWA, USAID Missions and Regional Bureaus can fund MCHIP through traditional field support and MAARD mechanisms. In addition, MCHIP can accept Associate Awards which are cooperative agreements or grants that Missions, Regional Bureaus, or Global Offices develop with the Leader organization and are overseen by the Mission, Bureau or the Global office directly.

 

MCHIP has a broad mandate and ambitious goal of reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality in 30 priority countries through expansion of high impact, evidence based interventions. MCHIP will achieve its goals through integrating interventions strategically along the prepregnancy to age 5 and household to referral hospital continuum.  MCHIP will work on addressing related issues of HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Family Planning to improve maternal, newborn and child health outcomes.

 

Advantages of an Associate award
  • The scope of work (SOW) is developed by the Mission; however, the SOW must also be approved by the Cognizant Technical Officer (CTO) for MCHIP to ensure that it is aligned with MCHIP’s overall scope.
  • The CTO for an Associate Award is based at the mission, bureau, or Global Office
  • Program and financial reports for an Associate Award are submitted directly to the mission
  • MCHIP program will end in 2013 but an Associate Award can be multi-year and extend an additional five years beyond the LWA program’s expiration date
  • There is no ceiling on the total amount of funding support that missions can provide under an Associate Award
  • Depending on the SOW, any combination of  MCHIP partners can be represented within an Associate Award
 
How to develop an Associate Award
A. Design Process: MCHIP can conduct an assessment in consultation with the Mission, produce a detailed assessment and design document that can become the basis of the Associate Award or the Mission can provide a SOW to MCHIP.
B. The Award Process: Communication to and approval by the MCHIP AOTR – Missions/Regional Bureaus express interest to the MCHIP AOTR (Nahed Matta) with a description of the activity, an estimate of the funds available, and an approximate time period. The AOTR approves the activity if it fits within the broad scope of the mandate of the Leader Award.
C. Request for Application: The Mission Contracting Officer issues a request for application to MCHIP to develop the Associate Award. MCHIP responds including a program and a budget description and “Affirmation of Certifications.” The costs of preparing this document is financed by the partners.
D. Mission finalizes the Associate Award: After programmatic and budgetary negotiations are complete, the Mission Contracting Officer issues and Associate Cooperative Agreement to Jhpiego.