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HIV Medication Adherence: Tips, Tools, and Techniques (webinar)

Description:
This webinar provided a high-level overview of the history of HIV and HIV meds.  There are many reasons why people with HIV may have challenges with adhering to their medications. This webinar covered some of those challenges and discussed methods for creating client-centered adherence plans through shared decision making.

Learning Objectives were:

  • Understand history of HIV meds
  • Discuss ART Basics
  • Describe Factors Associated with Poor ART Adherence
  • Create a client-centered adherence plan

Linkage to Syringe Exchange Programs in Washington, DC (webinar)

Description:

The District of Columbia Department of Health HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration (HAHSTA) approved and directed Needle Exchange Programs. This action was intended to reduce the numbers of people who inject drugs (PWID) who are infected with HIV in the District of Columbia and to increase the number of District PWID who know their HIV and Hepatitis C status, in addition to increasing access to care and treatment. This webinar discussed the three District of Columbia funded programs and how clients can access those programs.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the impact of Needle Exchange Programs in the District of Columbia
  • Define is Harm Reduction
  • List 3 different approaches to Syringe Services in the District of Columbia
  • Describe the effective continuum of care for Needle Exchange participants
  • Recognize how to contact District Programs

Building Sustainability Through Effective Partnerships (webinar)

Description: 

This webinar highlighted the importance of strategic collaboration among partners in the field. Community based organizations (CBOs) learned the “Do’s and Don’ts” of effective partnerships. Further, CBOs began to identify how they add value to another organization to determine readiness for partnership. Examples of sustainable partnerships allowed participants to see how strategic alliances provide sustainability over time. Finally, organizations were encouraged to seek diverse funding opportunities so that they can leverage resources with potential partners.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the importance of building sustainable partnerships
  • Identify the key principles in building partnerships
  • Identify the characteristics of a CBO that is ready for partnership
  • Describe effective partnerships
  • Identify external funding resources for financial sustainability

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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