Resource Category: PowerPoint

Hi-V Regional Early Intervention Services: Policy & Procedure Writing Workshop

Writing and maintaining policies and procedures is a critical component of an effective and compliant Ryan White Early Intervention Services (EIS) program. This workshop focused on defining the EIS service category and targeted HIV testing, covered the key elements of policies and procedures, and gave participants the opportunity to practice writing policies and procedures for their EIS program.

 

Learning Objectives were:

  • Discuss key components of RWHAP Policy Clarification Notice 16-02 (Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Services: Eligible Individuals & Allowable Uses of Funds)
  • Define RWHAP Service Categories (Early Intervention Services, Health Education/Risk Reduction, Outreach)
  • List the components of HIV Targeted Testing
  • Identify key components of Early Intervention Services policies and procedures
  • Describe methods for developing program policies and procedures
  • Practice writing policies and procedures for Early Intervention Services

Health Literacy: Leveraging Tools to Enhance Client Outcomes

Description:

This training reviewed how health literacy has an impact on client health outcomes. Participants learned about and practiced using various tools for assessing health literacy in their client population.

 

Learning Objectives were:

  • Define health literacy
  • List three barriers that can prevent a person from becoming health literate
  • Identify two potential negative outcomes for clients who have low health literacy
  • Identify twelve (12) tools for assessing client health literacy
  • Implement at least three (3) selected tools with clients

Do No Harm: Incorporating Harm Reduction Strategies into Patient-Centered Care

This workshop was for front-line staff looking to enhance their use of harm reduction strategies in practice. Participants discussed harm reduction and its role in patient-centered care,  explored organizational workflow and competency in working with active drug users, and practiced implementing harm reduction tools through hands-on demonstrations.

Learning Objectives:

  • Examine how personal beliefs about people who use drugs affect service delivery
  • Define the components of harm reduction
  • Discuss the components of patient-centered care
  • Describe what a needle/syringe exchange program is and how it relates to harm reduction
  • Identify 5 harm reduction ‘tips and tricks’ to use with clients

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.

Access past session materials below:

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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.

Access past session materials below:

Please Register using the “Webinar Recording” links to view archived webinars.