• Maintain www.cbanetwork.org portal for CBA consumers
• CBA consumer e-newsletters
• CBA consumer webinar trainings and informational sessions
• Promotion of the CBA network
• Facilitate the HIV Prevention Leadership Summit (HPLS)
• Facilitate CBA Consumer Network activities at the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA)

Capacity-building assistance (CBA) consumers, including CDC directly and indirectly funded faith and community-based organizations throughout the United States.

The AIDS Institute (TAI) has a long history of providing CBA services to its constituents and began as a grass roots community advocacy effort in Florida in the mid 1980s. In 1992, this advocacy network became incorporated as Florida AIDS Action, a statewide nonprofit organization. Since then, TAI has expanded its mission to become a leading national public policy research, advocacy, and education organization with offices in Tampa, Florida and Washington, DC.

A key component of TAI's activities has been providing technical assistance and capacity building to health departments, community and national organizations, and regional networks. The AIDS Institute has used a variety of methods to provide capacity building assistance, technical support, and information dissemination to its constituents that now include more than 25,000 individuals and organizations. The methods used have included webinars, conference calls, web site creation and maintenance, email distribution lists, and meeting planning and logistics for face-to-face meetings and conferences. 

Network Development: TAI works with public and nonprofit entities to strengthen their HIV/AIDS and other referral networks. In addition, TAI offers ongoing training and technical assistance to ensure maintenance and growth of new and emerging community networks as well as established networks.

Advocacy Training: TAI works with individuals and organizations to raise awareness, remove barriers, and increase capacity for prevention, care and treatment of individuals affected by and infected with HIV. TAI defines "advocacy" as the active support of an idea or cause, especially if the act of pleading or arguing for something is related to HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis. Therefore, TAI works diligently to provide advocacy training through the Center for Advocacy Training. 

Media Relations and Communications: TAI works with organizations to provide ongoing communications through public, media and donor relations, ensuring that all of the agency's communities are kept abreast of ongoing agency efforts, and the latest news related to HIV/AIDS.

• National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)  
• CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)  
• National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA)  
• National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) 
• ETR Associates, Inc. 

• AIDS Project Los Angeles 
• American Psychological Association Behavioral & Social Science Volunteer Program 
• National Community Health Partners (Arizona-Mexico Border Health Foundation) 
• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum 
• Balm in Gilead 
• California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center 
• Center for AIDS Prevention Studies 
• Education Development Center 
• ETR Associates, Inc. 
• Harm Reduction Coalition 
• JSI Research & Training Institute 
• Latino Commission on AIDS 
• National Minority AIDS Council 
• PROCEED 
• South Side Help Center: Chicago, IL 
• UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (CBAC) 

• Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center 
• Balm in Gilead 
• Black AIDS Institute 
• Center for AIDS Prevention Studies 
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles 
• Colorado State University 
• Farmworker Justice 
• Great Plains (formerly Aberdeen Area) Tribal Chairmen's Health Board 
• Harm Reduction Coalition 
• Latino Commission on AIDS 
• Meharry Medical College 
• Metropolitan Interdenominational Church First Response 
• My Brother's Keeper 
• National Association of People with AIDS 
• National Native American AIDS Prevention Center 

• AIDS Project Los Angeles - Shared Action 
• California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center 
• Center for Health and Behavioral Training (CHBT) at the University of Rochester 
• National Community Health Partners (Arizona-Mexico Border Health Foundation) 
• National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) 

The following webinars are presented by CBA provider: 

Latino Commission on AIDS

For more information go to: www.latinoaids.org

Thursday, March 8^th

2:00pm - 3:30pm (EST)

Program Sustainability Webinar

https://cc.readytalk.com/r/1nar3lqq31rk

Program sustainability is designed to help community based organizations develop HIV prevention programs that are sustainable. This webinar will lead participants to develop a sustainability and capacity building plan and will provide spaces for applying a variety of methods, approaches and strategies to carry out those plan(s).

Objectives:

• Describe the rationale behind Program Sustainability
• Identify strategies for capacity building activities within your program
• Identify the "Nine-step approach" for developing a Program Sustainability Plan

Tuesday, March 13^th

2:00pm - 3:30pm (EST)

Hispanic Healthcare Worker Model Webinar

https://cc.readytalk.com/r/h8swuotpm3ir

This interactive webinar provides various opportunities and examples to identify that health care professionals and workers are a vital part of improving health care access. The Hispanic Healthcare Worker Model recognizes that access to quality health care services and information is integral to improving the health outcomes of Latinos. At the end of the webinar participants will understand how we can improve access to care and integrate health promotion communications and materials in a culturally appropriate way to HIV/AIDS.

Objectives:

• Describe the cultural concepts of Respeto & Personalismo, and the Theory of Reasoned Action, as the core of the Hispanic Healthcare Worker Model
• Discuss best practices on mobilizing health care workers to improve access to care for Hispanic communities
• Understand the important role of community mobilization and partnership between health care workers and the community for quality care services

• Selecting and implementing an existing community mobilization model.
• Developing and implementing a new community mobilization model.

• Identification of community to be mobilized.
• Definition of targeted R/E/ minority and/or high-risk population(s) and influencing structural factor(s).
• Provision of strategies and tools for community-level assessment, collaboration and development.
• Implementation of activities to increase access to and utilization of HIV prevention services by targeted racial/ethnic and/or high-risk population(s).
• Inclusion of a monitoring and evaluation plan.

As a service of the Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Program, The AIDS Institute has created Listserv tools to enhance CBA Network communications.

Sign up for CBA Network email list:  

cbaconsumernetwork@googlegroups.com  

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CBAnetwork

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/#!/CBAnetwork 

New Media Tools:

This resource was developed by AIDS.gov and will help enhance HIV prevention efforts: http://www.aids.gov/using-new-media/ 

For a complete listing of National HIV/AIDS Awareness Days go to www.AIDS.gov/awareness-days

Upcoming Days:

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 10th, 2012
 

• XIX International AIDS Conference: July 22-27, Washington, DC
• United States Conference on AIDS: Sept. 30-Oct. 3, Las Vegas

• HIV Prevention Leadership Summit 2010 
• National HIV Prevention Conference Information: 2011, 2009 
• Regional Patient Advocacy Leaders Summit 2012 
• United States Conference on AIDS 2010, 2011