National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities
Building Leadership in Communities of Color to Address HIV/AIDS
Application - Apply for a Recruitment and Retention Into Care Trainings
Application - Apply for a Recruitment and Retention Into Care Trainings
** Special Notice** Applications must be sent via fax to: (202) 483-5387.
Click
here to download an application.
Two RRIC trainings are scheduled in 2010 as follows:
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Austin, Texas: July 28-30, 2010
HHS Region 6 – Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
Things to consider when applying:
Target
Audience and participant criteria for the training:
In order for participants to be eligible, best adapt and benefit from the training and technical assistance to address recruitment and retention into care, your organization MUST meet the following criteria:
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Organization has a physical location in a community whose residents are at risk for HIV infection, living with HIV/AIDS, or is predominantly racial/ethnic minorities
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Has historically served racial/ethnic minority patients or clients
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Over 50% of the Board of Directors can be classified as racial/ethnic minorities
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Over 50% of key staff positions are held by racial/ethnic minorities (key Staff positions include program supervisors, managers, and direct service providers)
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Organization has a physical location in or around marginalized communities including rural areas
The “right” person/organization in the room:
These are regional trainings and
thus organizations located within the Public Health Service Region in which the
training is hosted are strongly encouraged to apply. Click here to determine which
public health region your organization is located. NMAC will allow two people
per organization to apply; the training is designed for a decision maker and a
staff person who works directly with clients. Please look carefully over the
curricula topics and components and identify the most appropriate staff member
who can benefit from the training.
NMAC’s expectations of participants are the
following:
Share effective strategies
Contribute to strategic ideas
Listen and learn from other organization’s practicing experience
Cost
A limited number of scholarships are available based upon selection criteria. If your organization is selected for a scholarship, NMAC will pay for travel, and lodging. All participants must submit an official NMAC Recruitment and Retention into Care Training Application package and must receive advanced written approval from NMAC in order to attend the training.
Curriculum Training Topics
NMAC will provide a group level training discussing barriers, and strategies for recruiting and retaining hard-to-reach clients into HIV care, focusing on: multiply-diagnosed individuals (HIV/AIDS, alcohol and other drug addictions, mental health challenges, homelessness), persons living in marginalized and high risk areas, and underserved racial/ethnic minority populations. The trainings are as follows:
Community needs assessment and community mapping in which participants share community plans and/or previously completed assessments to identify services in targeted communities
Collaboration within community-based organizations (CBOs), clinics and other organizations to maximize resources and sustainability to recruit and retain underserved populations including the dually diagnosed (mental health and addicition)
Share recruitment and retention best practices and strategies, including embracing the spirit of motivational interviewing and using new tools in social marketing for the target populations
Program planning by utilizing community mapping, social marketing, community referrals and assessment for program implementation and development in the effort to recruit and retain hard to reach clients