Housing Discrimination and HIV: Fair Housing Rights and Responsibilities

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings and in other housing-related activities based on disability, among other protected classes. Generally, the Fair Housing Act applies to a broad range of persons and entities, including public housing agencies, property owners, landlords, housing managers, real estate agents, brokerage service agencies, and banks. This webinar will discuss Fair Housing Laws and Regulations as they apply to people living with disabilities and describe reasonable accommodations and modifications.  This training will also identify resources available in the Washington D.C. area for people living with disabilities who are experiencing housing discrimination.

Ryan White Case Management Operating Committee (CMOC) Training: Engaging and Retaining Clients in Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment During COVID-19

The training covered how mental health and substance use services are being delivered in DC during COVID-19, recent trends in mental health and substance use treatment, and treatment challenges and solutions during COVID-19.

Motivational Interviewing to Improve Health Outcomes

Motivational interviewing (MI) is guided by a series of principles that emphasize a collaborative relationship in which the autonomy of the client is respected and the client’s intrinsic resources for change are elicited by the facilitator. Within MI, the facilitator adopts a non-confrontational approach to guide the client toward change. This webinar will provide an overview of motivational interviewing, the principles behind this technique, and the barriers that clients may face during the process of change.

Social Support: Showing Up for Your Person

This module covers how individuals can best support their loved ones who have tested positive for HIV. It discusses both tangible and intangible forms of support that can be offered and examines the social determinants of health and challenges to accessing care that those living with HIV face on a daily basis. Providers will learn how to support and guide family and friends on offering support to their loved one as they navigate the HIV care structure and a life with HIV.

Nonprofit Marketing and Branding 101

This toolkit details how nonprofit organizations can utilize marketing tactics to promote the message of their organization, as well as raise awareness for its cause.

Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Ryan White Community Collaborative

Effi Barry Training Institute’s Virtual Provider Summit 

This activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, social workers and other healthcare providers engaged in the care of patients with HIV.

Faculty

Michael Shankle, Senior Director of Capacity Building

Frank Hawkins, MS, ICGC-1, Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement, AIDS Delaware

Julia Hidalgo, ScD, MSW, MPHChief Executive Officer, Positive Outcomes, Inc.

Hanna Tessema, MPH, MSWTraining Consultant

Monica Ruiz, PhD, MPHAssociate Professor, George Washington University

Emmanuel Oppong-Adjei, MPHTrainer Educator III, Delaware Division of Public Health

Tamara Henry, EdDAssistant Teaching Professor, George Washington University

Natella Rakhmanina, MD, PhD, FAAP, FCP, AAHIVSProfessor with Tenure, George Washington University

Marketing and Branding to Increase Linkage to Care

This webinar provided a high-level overview of the concepts of marketing and branding. Branding is who you are and marketing is how you build awareness. A strategic combination of branding and the marketing tools will engage your target audience, build their trust, and open them to follow your advice. It will also drive them to your services that will allow you and your organization to link them, and keep them.