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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