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R -- IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YOUNG ADULTS PROGRAM (YAP) SOL M/OP/A/P-95-008 POC Contact Point, Debra Banks, 703/875-1064, Agreement Officer, Thomas S. Bordone, 703/875-1023 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Population, Health and Nutrition Center invites applications for a competitively awarded cooperative agreement to be funded under the Improving the Health and Well-being of Young Adults Program (YAP). The purpose of this program is to help reduce death and illness among young adults, through (1) the promotion of responsible health behavior and (2) delaying exposure to sexual activity and related incidence of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, and high risk pregnancies. The program will also promote positive health behaviors including breastfeeding and child spacing to improve both the health of the mother and child survival. The recipient awarded the cooperative agreement should have an established reputation in this area. To help identify potential collaborators on applications, a list of all organizations requesting the RFA at printing time will be sent with the RFA. By providing the list, USAID does not endorse the organizations listed as being capable of implementing the activity, nor does USAID verify the claimed status of the organizations. Applicants who submit their name and mailing address by letter or facsimile (no phone requests will be accepted) will receive Request for Application (RFA) No. M/OP/A/P-95-008. The facsimile number for submitting name/address is 703-875-1107; please include the RFA number and direct request to the POC named above. A Request for Applications will be issued not less than 15 days after publication of this synopsis, with a closing date for receipt of applications approximately 45 days after issuance. Additionally, this CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFA can be downloaded from the Agency Gopher. The Gopher address is GOPHER.INFO.USAID.GOV. Select USAID Procurement and Business Opportunities from the Gopher menu. The RFA text can be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Logon using the user identification of ''anonymous'' and the password is your e- mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFA: pub/OP/RFA/AP508/ap508.rfa. Receipt of this RFA through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. (0129)

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