CSAP's captUS: Northeast CAPT:

Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative

This initiative aims to engage community level domestic public and private nonprofit entities to prevent and reduce the onset of substance abuse (SA), and transmission of HIV and hepatitis among minority populations and minority reentry populations in communities of color disproportionately affected by SA, HIV/AIDS, and/or hepatitis.

The Northeast CAPT provides technical assistance (TA) to the MAI grantees in the form of:

Referrals and information dissemination via listservs
Electronic individual TA
Distance learning courses on a variety of prevention topics
Regional workshops

2008 Meetings

Cohort VII New Grantee Technical Assistance Training
Tuesday, December 2 – Thursday, December 4, 2008
Registration Information

Cohort VI New Grantee Technical Assistance Training
September 17-18, 2008
The meeting explored strategies for integrating systems of care for people with or at-risk for mental or addictive disorders and HIV/AIDS. The agenda for Day 1, developed by a workgroup comprising CAPT leadership and CSAP Project Officers, included:

Plenary presentations on current trends in HIV/AIDs, substance abuse, and hepatitis;
Breakout sessions on cultural competency, fidelity and implementation, and strategies for working with re-entry populations (i.e., ex-offenders released from prison); and
Opportunities for individual consultations with CAPT evaluators.

Day 2 focused on funding trends and sustainability. Breakout sessions explored strategies for obtaining and keeping funding, publishing in a peer-reviewed journal, building partnerships/cultivating relationships, client recruitment and retention, and use of the HIV Management Reporting Tool.

To view materials from the workshop, click here.

Cohort IV and V Technical Assistance Training
June 9-10, 2008
During this interactive training institute, CSAP and CAPT staff provided technical support to Cohort IV and V MAI grantees in their close-out period. Presentations and break-out sessions focused on the areas of transition planning, evaluation, and sustainability.

Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative Grantees

Organization	Location
Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic, Inc.	Hartford, CT
Latino Community Services, Inc.	Hartford, CT
City of Hartford Human Services	Hartford, CT
Institute for Health and Recovery	Cambridge, MA
Tapestry Health, Inc.	Florence, MA
Seven Hills Behavioral Health	Fall River/New Bedford, MA
Wayside Youth Family Support	Waltham/Somerville, MA
Dimock Community Health Center	Roxbury, MA
New North Citizens' Council, Inc.	Springfield, MA
Light of Restoration Ministries	Holyoke, MA
Action for Boston Community Development	Boston, MA
Cambridge Cares About AIDS, Inc.	Cambridge, MA
Family Service, Inc.	Lawrence, MA
Lowell Community Health Center	Lowell, MA
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network	Framingham MA
ROCA, Inc.	Chelsea, MA
Friends Research Institute, Inc.	Baltimore, MD
Identity, Inc.	Gaithersburg, MD
Strategic Community Services, Inc.	Lanham, MD
Montclair State University	Montclair, NJ
Gay Men’s Health Crisis	New York, NY
Iris House A Center for Women Living with HIV, Inc.	New York, NY
Vocational Instruction Project Community Services, Inc.	Bronx, NY
Park Ridge Hospital, Inc.	New York, NY
Osborne Association	Bronx, NY
Education & Assistance Corporation, Inc. (EAC)	Hempstead, NY
Fund for Public Health in NY, Inc.	New York, NY
Research Foundation of SUNY	Brooklyn, NY
William F Ryan Community Health Center	New York, NY
AIDS Council of Northeastern New York	Albany, NY
Long Island Association For Aids Care	Hauppauge, NY
Fortune Society, Inc.	New York, NY
AIDS Service Center NYC (ASC)	New York, NY
Bronx AIDS Services, Inc.	Bronx, NY
Fund for the City of New York	New York, NY
Inwood Community Services, Inc.	New York, NY
Community Prevention Partnership/Allegheny County	Pittsburgh, PA
Gaudenzia, Inc.	Harrisburg, PA
Colours Organization	Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force	Pittsburgh, PA
Jewish Employment & Vocation Services	Philadelphia, PA
Community Prevention Partnership/Berks County	Reading, PA
Pennsylvania State University	Philadelphia, PA
The Drug and Alcohol Treatment Association of Rhode Island	Providence, RI

Resources/Links

CDC's Heightened Response to HIV/ AIDS: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/aa/cdc.htm
SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices: http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/

Contact

For more information, please contact Deborah McLean Leow at: DMcLean@edc.org, or call (212) 807-4218.


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