Writing a work plan that works

The grant proposal process is often an extensive one that requires that the grant writer is able to complete several components. While grant applications often require a grant narrative – a tool that allows the writer to tell his or her organization’s story – some applications also require the inclusion of a work plan. The work plan allows the writer to identify core project goals and objectives as well as the activities that need to occur in order to meet each objective. This workshop will focus on teaching participants about the purpose of a work plan as well as how to draft one.

Learning Objectives:

• Define a work plan
• Describe the purpose of a work plan
• Identify the components of a SMART objective

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Strategic planning to enhance sustainability

To meet the aspirations of the REIS HI-V model, strategic planning that integrates REIS goals with our organizational goals is imperative to its success. This session will look at where you are with strategic planning as an organization and how to ensure that the REIS goals are integrated into your work. Emphasis will be placed on ensuring those with lived experience are integrated into the planning process.

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze organizational goals and determine alignment with those of REIS
• Integrate REIS goals with organizational priorities
• Develop an approach to developing an organizational strategic plan that aligns with REIS goal

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Tools and techniques for successful grant writing

There are several sources of funding that are available for those who wish to gain support to address a specific topic of interest. These sources include various types of agencies including for-profit, non-profit, and government organizations. In order to secure funding from these and other types of organizations, it is critical that individuals learn the importance of understanding all aspects of the grant process. By learning about the core components of grant proposals and how to draft these components, individuals who wish to obtain funding can demystify the grant process and have a greater likelihood of securing funding.

Learning Objectives:

• List the steps involved in the grant writing process
• Identify components of a grant proposal
• Draft objectives for a potential grant proposal
• Recognize common pitfalls in the grant writing process

Please view the Youtube video to watch the session.

Data to Care: Using health outcome data to demonstrate project effectiveness

Data to Care: Using health outcome data to demonstrate project effectiveness:

Jamie Shank, MPH
President & CEO of Organizational Empowerment, LLC
& Justin Britanik
Quality Management Specialist at District of Columbia Department of Health

Duration: 60 minutes total (45 presentation + 15min Q&A)

Learning Objectives: By the end of this training participants were able to
1. Describe a Data to Care (D2C) Strategy
2. Understand use of Surveillance data for D2C
3. Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative D2C practices
4. List examples of storytelling through data use data to drive change improvements in their organization

Brief Description: In this interactive session, an overview of the essential framework for Data to Care (D2C) was discussed. Participants were exposed to other mechanisms of storytelling
through data, sharing examples from other RWHAP jurisdictions. In particular, the use of surveillance data, photovoice, and integrated partnerships was explored.

Part 2 of Community Engagement Series: How To: Building and Conducting Community Based Participatory Research

Part 2: Building and Conducting Community Based Participatory Research

Community Engagement Series: Collaborating Effectively to Address HIV

Speaker: 

Dr. Angulique Outlaw, PhD

Learning Objectives: 

1. Discuss the rationale for a CBPR approach in public health research.
2. Develop collaborative partnerships to engage in CBPR.
3. Explain the process and challenges of forming and maintaining CBPR
4. partnerships.
5. Understand the importance of CBPR partnerships in the dissemination of research findings and community change 

Series Description:

This four part webinar series invited participants to deep-dive into strategies and theories behind community engaged work with populations affected by HIV. The series will introduce participants to the nuance of community engagement and cultural humility, will provide concrete examples and guiding principles for Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), and will guide participants in implementing the results of CBPR in authentic and sustainable ways. Ultimately, this webinar series encourages participants and organizations to explore ways to re-focus on community members as key partners and decision-makers, and to collaborate and innovate effectively with these stakeholders while prioritizing them each step of the way. This is an interactive webinar series complete with case studies, etc, for optimal participant engagement. Health care professionals, social workers, educators and advocates for justice are encouraged to attend this webinar series.

Part 3 of Community Engagement Series; Community Based Participatory Research in Action

Part 3: Community Based Participatory Research in Action

Community Engagement Series: Collaborating Effectively to Address HIV

Speaker: 

Dr. Rasheeta Chandler, PhD RN

Learning Objectives: 

• Describe strategies to effectively implement CBPR in minority communities.
• Contrast best practices and pitfalls in conducting CBPR in minority communities.
• Restate community based participatory research (CBPR) in the context of their project/study.

Series Description:

This four part webinar series invited participants to deep-dive into strategies and theories behind community engaged work with populations affected by HIV. The series will introduce participants to the nuance of community engagement and cultural humility, will provide concrete examples and guiding principles for Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), and will guide participants in implementing the results of CBPR in authentic and sustainable ways. Ultimately, this webinar series encourages participants and organizations to explore ways to re-focus on community members as key partners and decision-makers, and to collaborate and innovate effectively with these stakeholders while prioritizing them each step of the way. This was an interactive webinar series complete with case studies, etc, for optimal participant engagement. Health care professionals, social workers, educators and advocates for justice are encouraged to attend this webinar series.

Black Women’s Health Across the Lifespan Part 3: Promoting Health and Wellness for Black Older Women

About the Learning Series
Black adolescent and adult women in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by HIV, STIs, COVID-19, intimate partner violence, stigma, and poor maternal and child health outcomes. The impact of these inequities on Black adolescent and adult women can accumulate across the lifespan, undermining their overall health outcomes.

During this three-part collaborative learning series, panelists discussed pressing issues in the lives of Black adolescent and adult women, covering the following topics:

• HIV Prevention and Care, Including Biomedical Approaches
• Health Promotion and Wellness
• COVID-19
• Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Healthy Relationships
• Stigma and Racism
• Psychosocial Determinants
• Resilience and Self-Care

Following the presentations, faculty engaged in a moderated panel discussion.

Learning Objectives

After participating in the collaborative learning series, participants will:

• Discuss the unique perspectives of health inequalities on the lives of Black youth-, young adult-, middle-, and older-aged Black women
• Understand the common socioeconomic determinants associated with lack of access to health care and vulnerability to intimate partner violence in Black women of reproductive age.
• List the health inequities that drive disparate rates of HIV and STIs among Black women across the life course.
• Describe the comorbidities in older Black who are or have experienced menopause.
• Detail the health care access barriers created by provider bias and stigma
• Analyze the factors that foster resilience in Black women across the lifespan.

Free continuing education credits are available (AMA, AAPA, ANCC, ASWB, CPH, CHES), which are jointly provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Learn more here.

Session 3: Promoting Health and Wellness for Black Older Women

Black Women’s Health Across the Lifespan Part 2: Black Women and Sexual and Reproductive Health (Webinar)

About the Learning Series
Black adolescent and adult women in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by HIV, STIs, COVID-19, intimate partner violence, stigma, and poor maternal and child health outcomes. The impact of these inequities on Black adolescent and adult women can accumulate across the lifespan, undermining their overall health outcomes.

During this three-part collaborative learning series, panelists discussed pressing issues in the lives of Black adolescent and adult women, covering the following topics:

• HIV Prevention and Care, Including Biomedical Approaches
• Health Promotion and Wellness
• COVID-19
• Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Healthy Relationships
• Stigma and Racism
• Psychosocial Determinants
• Resilience and Self-Care

Following the presentations, faculty engaged in a moderated panel discussion.

Learning Objectives

After participating in the collaborative learning series, participants will:

• Discuss the unique perspectives of health inequalities on the lives of Black youth-, young adult-, middle-, and older-aged Black women
• Understand the common socioeconomic determinants associated with lack of access to health care and vulnerability to intimate partner violence in Black women of reproductive age.
• List the health inequities that drive disparate rates of HIV and STIs among Black women across the life course.
• Describe the comorbidities in older Black who are or have experienced menopause.
• Detail the health care access barriers created by provider bias and stigma
• Analyze the factors that foster resilience in Black women across the lifespan.

Free continuing education credits are available (AMA, AAPA, ANCC, ASWB, CPH, CHES), which are jointly provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Learn more here.

Session 2: Black Women and Sexual and Reproductive Health

Black Women’s Health Across the Lifespan Part 1: Black Adolescent & Young Women: Sex Positivity and Healthy Relationships (Webinar)

About the Learning Series
Black adolescent and adult women in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by HIV, STIs, COVID-19, intimate partner violence, stigma, and poor maternal and child health outcomes. The impact of these inequities on Black adolescent and adult women can accumulate across the lifespan, undermining their overall health outcomes.

During this three-part collaborative learning series, panelists discussed pressing issues in the lives of Black adolescent and adult women, covering the following topics:

• HIV Prevention and Care, Including Biomedical Approaches
• Health Promotion and Wellness
• COVID-19
• Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Healthy Relationships
• Stigma and Racism
• Psychosocial Determinants
• Resilience and Self-Care

Following the presentations, faculty engaged in a moderated panel discussion.

Learning Objectives

After participating in the collaborative learning series, participants will:

• Discuss the unique perspectives of health inequalities on the lives of Black youth-, young adult-, middle-, and older-aged Black women
• Understand the common socioeconomic determinants associated with lack of access to health care and vulnerability to intimate partner violence in Black women of reproductive age.
• List the health inequities that drive disparate rates of HIV and STIs among Black women across the life course.
• Describe the comorbidities in older Black who are or have experienced menopause.
• Detail the health care access barriers created by provider bias and stigma
• Analyze the factors that foster resilience in Black women across the lifespan.

Free continuing education credits are available (AMA, AAPA, ANCC, ASWB, CPH, CHES), which are jointly provided by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Learn more here.

Session 1: Black Adolescent and Young Women: Sex Positivity and Healthy Relationships