HAHSTA: 2019 Annual Epidemiology & Surveillance Report

The Annual Surveillance Report for the District of Columbia presents a snapshot of the District’s HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis (TB) complex epidemics. These data provide insight into how the DC Department of Health (DC Health) in partnership with community can continue to make progress for the health of District residents.

HAHSTA Case Management Operating Committee (CMOC) Quarterly Training: From Prison to Home – The Psychological Challenges of Re-Entry

HAHSTA Case Management Operating Committee (CMOC) Quarterly Training, “From Prison to Home: The Psychological Challenges of Re-Entry”. This daylong training explored the trauma of incarceration, challenges of re-entry, and the implications post-incarceration.

This was a mandatory comprehensive case management training for Ryan White-funded case managers.

Digital Marketing and Branding For Early Intervention Services Part 2

Effective marketing and messaging is essential for HIV organizations to engage new clients, partners, and funders. As the healthcare landscape becomes more digitized, HIV programs must adapt their marketing and branding strategies to more effectively reach their communities. This two-part workshop presented digital marketing tools and communication models to strategically brand an organization’s services and mission. Participants reviewed best practices in digital marketing and practiced using social media platforms, marketing tools, and communication plans to engage new clients and develop new partnerships. Participants:

  • Learned to use marketing tools on the web for outreach and program promotion
  • Applied tools to achieve the objectives of Early Intervention Services programs
  • Built a complete, achievable communications plan

Digital Marketing and Branding For Early Intervention Services Part 1

Effective marketing and messaging is essential for HIV organizations to engage new clients, partners, and funders. As the healthcare landscape becomes more digitized, HIV programs must adapt their marketing and branding strategies to more effectively reach their communities. This two-part workshop presented digital marketing tools and communication models to strategically brand an organization’s services and mission. Participants reviewed best practices in digital marketing and practiced using social media platforms, marketing tools, and communication plans to engage new clients and develop new partnerships. Participants:

  • Learned to use marketing tools on the web for outreach and program promotion
  • Applied tools to achieve the objectives of Early Intervention Services programs
  • Built a complete, achievable communications plan

Monitoring & Evaluating Your HI-V Early Intervention Services

Monitoring program goals is a key component of demonstrating your organization’s success. This training covered goal setting and developing SMART objectives and logic models for tracking HI-V Regional EIS program activities. Participants learned new evaluation methods to capture program data and demonstrate progress.

This training was designed for program managers, community health workers and other staff who were interested in collecting data in a meaningful and systematic way that tells an organization’s story and creates opportunities for future funding.

Participants:

  • Distinguished the difference between goals and objectives
  • Wrote SMART goals/objectives for their HI-V program
  • Identified key tools and techniques in monitoring and evaluation
  • Discussed evaluation strategies for HI-V programs
  • Applied a logic model to a funded program

Nonprofit Management Learning Series Session 5: Sustainability, Common Pitfalls, and Case Studies

Running an efficient nonprofit organization requires more than a great idea and a passionate team. Setting up the right legal, governance, and financial habits early on is critical to an organization’s sustainability and success. Through in-person and online trainings, this five-part learning series will present the essentials of nonprofit governance, law, and finance that all new and growing nonprofits must know.

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Nonprofit Management Learning Series Session 4: Funding, Support, and Fundraising (webinar)

Nonprofit Management Learning Series

Session 4 – Funding, Support, and Fundraising
This webinar is the fourth session in HealthHIV’s Nonprofit Management Learning SeriesThis session will discuss strategies for fundraising and approaches to pursuing grant funds. The webinar will cover the impact on restricted and unrestricted funding on operations, accounting, data management, financial reporting, and communications with donors, highlighting examples and best practices. Learning objectives include:

  • Discuss impact of restricted and unrestricted funds on business opertaions, financial reporting, and communications with donors
  • Review donor deductibility rules and donor acknowledgement requirements
  • Describe examples of impact on budgets, cash management, and donor relationships

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Nonprofit Management Learning Series Session 3: Board Governance (webinar)

Nonprofit Management Learning Series

Session 3 – Board Governance
This webinar was the third session in HealthHIV’s Nonprofit Management Learning SeriesThis webinar expanded on board governance topics introduced in Session 1, focusing on the role of the Board of Directors, fiduciary duties, and personal liability risks and protections for Board members. The session reviewed oversight and committee responsibilities, and essential policies governing the Board. Learning objectives included:

  • Discuss Board and committee responsibilities related to finances
  • Describe essential principles related to fiduciary duties and conflicts of interest
  • Share best practices related to financial accountability and oversight
  • Review key policies and procedures for new and growing nonprofits

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Nonprofit Management Learning Series Session 2: Tax Filing and Responsibilities (webinar)

Nonprofit Management Learning Series

Session 2 – Tax Filing and Responsibilities
This webinar was the second session in HealthHIV’s Nonprofit Management Learning SeriesThis webinar provided an overview of the Form 990, discussed tax filing basics, and covered state law filing requirements. Learning objectives included:

  • Review the main elements of Form 990 and its ability to tell your organization’s mission and story
  • Discuss best practices related to payroll management and employment rules
  • Understand use of corporation reports, business licesnses, and charitable solicitation registrations

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Nonprofit Management Learning Series Session 1: Legal, Financial, and Governance Fundamentals for Nonprofits

Session 1: Legal, Financial, and Governance Fundamentals for Nonprofits

The first workshop of this learning series provided a framework for setting the right legal, governance, and financial habits in the early stages of organizational development. The workshop covered what it means to be a nonprofit corporation, the benefits and burdens of being a 501(c)(3) public charity, and considerations in forming and structuring a board of directors and leadership team. Participants discussed the key elements of accounting systems and financial reporting, concentrating on stewardship of assets and optimizing financial management systems. Participants were able to:

  • Describe what it means to be a nonprofit corporation and a tax-exempt public charity.
  • Examine different approaches to forming and structuring a nonprofit Board of Directors and leadership team.
  • Identify the key components of accounting systems and safeguarding financial assets.
  • Compare internal and external financial reporting to staff, management, board of directors, and other leadership.

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