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HAB Information E-mail
Volume 12, Issue 17
October 22, 2009
HRSA/HAB News
- Register for Annual Ryan White RSR Trainings
- Face of Ryan White: HIV Resources Project of Northern Virginia
- Webcast on Supervising Peers Supporting Clients: November 3, 3:00 pm ET
- NQC Announces 2009 Quality of Care Awards
- HRSA on YouTube
Other News
- Provide Input on New AIDS.gov Website2
- Support for National Women/Girls HIV Awareness Day: Application Deadline November 11
- NASTAD Explores State General Revenue Cuts in HIV and Hepatitis Programs
HRSA/HAB News
Register for Annual Ryan White RSR Trainings
Register now for the 2009 Annual Ryan White Data Report (RDR) and Services Report (RSR) Trainings. The regional trainings will take place:
- October 26-28, Washington, DC;
- November 18-20, Scottsdale, AZ; and
- December 9-11, New Orleans, LA.
Register and learn about travel and location information:
(Not a US Government Website)
Face of Ryan White: HIV Resources Project of Northern Virginia
People living with HIV/AIDS in Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, and the suburban DC area (the District of Columbia Part A EMA) can get online help finding housing and supportive services via the HIV Resources Project. The Website lists housing agencies, homeless shelters, and an array of medical and other services. Check out the latest Face of Ryan White, on the TARGET Center:
(Not a US Government Website)
Interested in nominating a program or consumer as a “Face of Ryan White” on the TARGET Center Website?
(Not a US Government Website)
Webcast on Supervising Peers Supporting Clients: November 3, 3:00 pm ET
A Webcast focusing on the supervision of peers working to support clients in HIV care will take place November 3, 3:00-4:30 pm ET. HIV-positive peers who work to retain other consumers in care and treatment and who may have experienced life challenges similar to those of their clients have unique needs for supervision and support. Effective peer supervision calls for supervisors to develop a highly supportive supervisory style that borrows from mental health counseling, social work, and supervision. This Webcast is the second of a two-part seminar. It will discuss supportive and clinical approaches for supervising peers in the workplace. Case examples will be discussed addressing issues such as managing peer-client relationships and transference/counter-transference. Participants are encouraged to bring case examples from their own organizational settings.
Register for the Webcast.
(Not a US Government Website)
This Webcast is part of an MAI-funded initiative consisting of the PEER Center and three Peer Education Training sites. The PEER Center is collaboration between the Boston University School of Public Health's Health and Disability Working Group and the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) and the training sites include the Lotus Project, PACT, and People to People. For more information on this project.
(Not a US Government Website)
For more information on peer-based programs, check out the TARGET Center.
(Not a US Government Website)
NQC Announces 2009 Quality of Care Awards
The HRSA/HAB-supported National Quality Center (NQC) created the Quality of Care Award Program to recognize Ryan White Program grantees, organizations, and individuals across all Parts that have demonstrated outstanding progress in improving the quality of HIV care. NQC aims to acknowledge excellence among Ryan White Program-funded grantees and promote these quality champions to further spread quality improvement. Winners for 2009 are:
· NQC Quality of Care Award for Leadership: Jeffrey Curtis, Executive Director, Northwest Pennsylvania Rural AIDS Alliance, PA
· NQC Quality of Care Award for Leadership: Mary Jane Nealon, RN, Director of Program Development at Partnership Health Center, Missoula, MT
· Quality of Care Award for Performance Measurement: Erie Family Health Center, Chicago, IL
· Quality of Care Award for Quality Management Infrastructure Development:Catawba Care Coalition, Rock Hill, SC
· Quality of Care Award for Quality Management Infrastructure Development: Municipality of San Juan Part A Program, PR
For more information on the winners and the Quality of Care Award Program
(Not a US Government Website)
Technical assistance resources related to quality are available at:
(Not a US Government Website)
HRSA on YouTube
HRSA has launched a YouTube channel help to provide important information to critical audiences. For example, a recent posting featured Deputy Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services William Corr talking about the national health care reform effort and its impact in rural communities across America. It provides highlights from his keynote address at the opening of the Grantee Partnership Meeting held last month and hosted by the Office of Rural Health Policy at HRSA. See all the recent postings.
(Not a US Government Website)
Other News
Provide Input on New AIDS.gov Website
The AIDS.gov team will soon launch the new AIDS.gov Website. Next week at the US Conference on AIDS (USCA) in San Francisco, you can provide you input and ideas about the new site. There are two opportunities:
· Wednesday, October 28 (afternoon): AIDS.gov will hold 1-hour focus groups to talk about the new site and the AIDS.gov mobile presence; and
· Thursday, October 29 and Friday, October 30: AIDS.gov invites participation in 1-hour usability tests (walk-throughs of the site, one-on-one, with a facilitator).
Participants often report how interesting and informative the experience of participating in usability testing and research can be, both personally and professionally.
Interested? Select a time that works for you. Participants will receive AIDS.gov thumb drives in appreciation and do not need to be registered for USCA.
Support for National Women/Girls HIV Awareness Day: Application Deadline November 11
Funding is available for activities and events in support of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which takes place each year on March 10. The purpose of this annual day is to raise awareness about the increasing impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls and encourage women and girls to take action by knowing their HIV/AIDS status, and understanding their risk. The funding is provided by the Office on Women's Health (OWH) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Grant amounts vary, with the maximum being $3,000.
Funding is available to those eligible entities which are located in the 50 states, the six (6) U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Island Jurisdictions, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Eligible entities may include: public and private non-profit organizations; community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, national organizations, colleges and universities; health care providing organizations; government agencies; professional organizations; and tribal government agencies and tribal/urban Indian Native American/Alaska Native organizations.
The request for applications (RFA) and more information on this funding opportunity can also be obtained via e-mail at < owhapplication@jsi.com >. Information is also available via phone at 866/224-3815.
NASTAD Explores State General Revenue Cuts in HIV and Hepatitis Programs
In 2009, NASTAD conducted two surveys of all state HIV and viral hepatitis programs to monitor the impact of state budget cuts on HIV and viral hepatitis programs. The data provided in the survey represents cumulative responses from 42 jurisdictions that responded to a survey in February and a follow up survey in August 2009. The survey is designed only to gather information on state general revenue or state funding decreases to HIV/AIDS programs. Federal funds are not included in the analysis.
In the past, many state governments contributed general revenue to support HIV and viral hepatitis prevention and treatment programs administered by the state public health department. In 2007 more than one third of HIV prevention funding ($205 million) administered by health departments in the U.S. came from state and local governments. States also contributed 21 percent ($328 million) of the national funding for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs in 2008. With reported overall state deficits in FY2009 of $113.2 billion and anticipated shortages in FY2010 totaling $142 billion, program cuts for HIV and viral hepatitis present programmatic challenges for state, county and local health departments as well as the communities they serve.
View the report.
(Not a US Government Website)
In addition to the resources listed above, don’t forget to check out these other HAB resources, which are updated regularly.
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