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CAEAR Foundation Reveals Plans For Name Change
Visit us online December 1st -- World AIDS Day -- to learn more about our New Name, our New Look, and our New Point of View.
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November 20, 2009 -- Your Deadline to Apply for Technical Assistance Through SNHC by EPMC
Does your organization need support:
- Integrating HIV primary medical care into your service continuum?
- Learning how to provide testing for HIV?
- Being updated on the latest HIV treatment guidelines?
- Developing your workforce to address HIV primary care?
- Managing your Board of Directors and integrating HIV primary care into the group's strategic goal?
- Understanding the feasibility of transitioning to Electronic Health Records (EHR)?
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If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then take advantage of this opportunity and grow your organization's capacity to provide more effective HIV primary care. The deadline to apply for this free capacity building is Friday, November 20, 2009.
Click here to apply online or call us at (800) 861-5640 and we will complete your application by phone.
If you have any questions about technical assistance, please email Christine Stewart, Technical Assistance Manager, or or call 1-800-861-5640 ext. 30.
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CAEAR Foundation and SeMRHI Co-Host Workshop Examining Treatment of Minority Women Living With HIV
The CAEAR Foundation today announced plans to co-host, with the Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative (SeMRHI), a daylong workshop examining issues facing minority women living with HIV in the rural South. The November 4th workshop will review medical guidelines for the comprehensive primary medical care of minority women living with HIV in the rural South.
“New strategies need to take into account the changing face of the HIV epidemic, and address the increasing rate of HIV among African-American women in rural communities,” said CAEAR Foundation Executive Director Brian Hujdich. “This workshop represents an opportunity for us to develop guidelines for best medical practices for minority women in the rural South and offer medical professionals tested strategies to treat, care and support this underserved segment of the community.”
Currently more than 1 million people in the United States are estimated to be living with HIV. In 2007 the HIV rate in Mississippi was slightly higher than the national estimated rate (21.6 per 100,000 compared to 21.1 nationally). Mississippi currently ranks 11th in the nation for number of AIDS cases among females.
“The importance of the guidelines we develop in Hattiesburg cannot be understated,” continued Hujdich. “Strategies we develop here will be shared with health care professionals throughout the rural South in order to interrupt the spread of the disease and improve the treatment of HIV positive women.”
To learn more about the November 4, 2009 Women & HIV workshop please email victor@caear.org or call 202-232-6749.
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Free Fiscal Management Institute for Attendees of the 2009 U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA)
CAEAR Foundation to Hold Free Financial Management Seminar for Nonprofit Organizations – October 29th
Are you a nonprofit director or manager -- without a background in finance? Do you lack financial training, yet spend much of your time developing and managing program budgets? Does your organization need capacity-building assistance on fiscal topics?
The CAEAR Foundation will conduct a free, financial management institute for USCA attendees through the CAEAR Foundation’s Communities Learning Together (CLT): Advancing HIV Care and Support through Effective Fiscal Management project. This training, targeting nonprofit leaders, will focus on a range of financial management topics, including:
- Behavioral Based Budgeting
- “12 Steps to Effective Budget Building”
- Common Budget Pitfalls
If you have any questions about the agenda please contact Shar'ron Walker at sharron@caear.org or call (202) 232-6749 ext. 15.
Who: All 2009 USCA Attendees
What: CAEAR Foundation: Watching Over the Numbers: Fiscal Management and Accountability for Nonprofit Organizations
When: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 8:30am – 12:30pm
Where: Hilton San Francisco, Ballroom Level, Franciscan A
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Deadline to Apply for Free Fiscal Management Trainings for Ryan White Funded Grantees & Sub-Grantees – October 30, 2009
Are you the director, or manager, of a Ryan White funded program -- without a background in finance? Do you lack financial training, yet spend much of your time developing and managing program budgets? Does your organization need capacity-building assistance on fiscal topics?
The CAEAR Foundation announces free, financial management trainings for Ryan White funded grantees and sub-grantees through the Communities Learning Together (CLT): Advancing HIV Care and Support through Effective Fiscal Management project. These trainings, targeting non-financial directors and managers, focus on a range of financial management topics, including (but not limited to):
- Non-Profit Accounting
- Federal Grants Management & Compliance
- Audit Preparations
- Legal & Fiduciary Responsibilities
- Subcontractor Recipient Monitoring
- Eligibility Determination
- Program Income
- Sliding Scale Fees
- Medicaid/Medicare Reimbursement
- Revenue Diversification
- Budget Development & Management
If you are interested in bringing fiscal management training to Ryan White service providers in your area, just ask your Ryan White Administrator to complete a
brief partnership application today! Once applications are received, up to three locations will be selected to host trainings. Partnership applications and additional information may be found here or requested by phone at (202) 232-6749. Applications must be completed by Ryan White Administrators and faxed, no later than October 30, 2009, to (202) 232-6750 (ATTN: Shar'ron Walker).
If you have questions about the application process, or are interested in learning more about fiscal management trainings, please contact Shar'ron Walker, at sharron@caear.org or call (202) 232-6749 ext. 15.
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CAEAR Foundation Prepares Launch of Webinar Series -- Technical Assistance On-Demand
Are you a primary care provider for someone living with HIV? Would your organization like to add HIV prevention, care or support to the services you already deliver? If the answer to either of these questions is “yes” then you will benefit from soon-to-be released, web-based, on-demand technical assistance trainings from the CAEAR Foundation.
These trainings, for HIV/AIDS primary care providers, will be free to anyone with an internet connection and an interest in providing assistance to people at risk for, or living with, HIV. Initial topics will include:
- Financial Management;
- Cultural Competency (In English and In Spanish)
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CAEAR Foundation is taping these seminars and will begin offering free, web-based technical assistance later this year…so stay tuned!!
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CAEAR Foundation Announces Launch of Inaugural Survey on the State of HIV Primary Care
The CAEAR Foundation is launching a national survey to understand how Primary Care Providers (PCPs) are providing services to people living with, or at risk for, HIV.
The Inaugural Survey on the State of HIV Primary Care represents a broad assessment of the current state of HIV primary care and incorporates responses from a wide range of PCPs in various health systems, including: nonclinical staff, clinicians, managers, and administrators. The results of this survey will help healthcare providers, policy makers, organizations and communities advance effective HIV prevention, care, treatment and support.
Please click here to take our survey, and feel free to share it with other primary care providers on listserves, e-mail groups, or other online contacts!
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CAEAR Foundation and TPAN Launch Survey Examining Alternative Medicine
The CAEAR Foundation, along with the publishers of Positively Aware magazine, is conducting a survey to understand if, and how, people with HIV are using CAM to replace, support, or enhance their HIV therapy and well-being.
According to the National Institutes of Health, complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products not generally considered part of conventional medicine. Some examples of CAM include: diet therapy, exercise, acupuncture, massage, herbal supplements, and yoga.
This survey will assist health care providers, policy makers, and people living with HIV to make more informed decisions regarding prescribing, funding and using CAM to replace, support, or enhance HIV therapies.
Click here to participate in this brief, but important, survey. Your experience is very important to us, and all responses will be kept confidential.
If you know of other HIV positive men and women who can provide information how on what, if any, role CAM plays in the treatment of their HIV, please forward this email within your organization or to listserves, e-mail groups, or other online contacts.
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CAEAR Foundation Conducts Second Regional Fiscal Training Seminar in Washington, D.C.
Representatives from HIV/AIDS organizations across the Mid-Atlantic region will gather in Washington, DC Thursday September 3rd for the second in a two part series of seminars aimed at helping HIV/AIDS primary care providers improve their fiscal health. The training, conducted by respected George Washington University, School of Public Health Research Professor Julia Hidalgo, ScD, MSW, MPH, will address a number of fiscal issues, including: budget development and Medicare/Medicaid.
The seminars, available to Ryan White-funded grantees and sub-grantees through the Communities Learning Together (CLT) project, offer attendees training and technical assistance in a number of fiscal management content areas.
If you are interested in bringing a CLT Fiscal Training Seminar to your area, please contract the CAEAR Foundation at 202-232-6749 or click here for more details.
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CAEAR Foundation Exhibits at CDC Conference
The CAEAR Foundation staff joined hundred of activists, educators, policy makers, and academics in Atlanta, GA this past week for the CDC’s 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference. The CAEAR Foundation booth was a hub of activity as men and women from across the country stopped by to talk about our work and ask questions about the technical assistance and capacity building the CAEAR Foundation offers organizations providing primary care to people living with, or at risk for, HIV.
Not a Ryan White grantee? Then maybe your organization is eligible for technical assistance HRSA’a SNHC by EPMC program? Do you accept Ryan White dollars? Then perhaps our Fiscal Management Seminars are something your office should look into?
Beyond the exhibit hall, speakers (including Magic Johnson and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius) drew attention to the need for a National AIDS Strategy to tackle the issue of the spread of HIV here in the United States. It was a truly wonderful conference and we all look forward to attending next year!
Click here for a list of programs offered by CAEAR Foundation and to learn if your organization qualifies for free training.
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CAEAR Foundation Presents at NACHC National Conference
The CAEAR Foundation was one of just seventeen groups chosen to present an abstract at this year’s National Association of Community Health Centers’ (NACHC) national conference in Chicago. Director of Research and Policy Javier Salazar, spoke to an assembled group of nearly thirty people on the benefits of technical assistance and capacity building offered by the CAEAR Foundation through the SNHC by EPMC program. Also in attendance were Dr. Lenore Hildebrand of Discipleship Outreach Ministries in Brooklyn, NY and Noel Twilbeck, Jr. from New Orleans AIDS Task Force (NO/AIDS) who gave powerful testimonials about the benefits their organizations received from partnering with CAEAR Foundation.
Interested in finding out more about the CAEAR Foundation's technical assistance programs, including SNHC by EPMC? Please click here.
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Head of CAEAR Foundation Addresses Capitol Hill Briefing For National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing & Awareness Day
CAEAR Foundation Executive Director, Brian Hujdich, addressed a briefing held on the National Mall and urged clinicians to get tested themselves for HIV/AIDS. The briefing, which featured representatives from HIV/AIDS organizations, clinicians, health departments and the health care industry, was organized to highlight National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing & Awareness Day.
“The CAEAR Foundation’s research function will handle the registration and conduct the evaluation of the Day's results to determine clinician participation and assess the overall impact,” said Hujdich. “By getting tested, clinicians are setting an example and taking a powerful step towards reducing stigma and addressing HIV/AIDS related disparities among ethnic and racial minorities.”
The morning briefing, held in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol Building, featured Representative Donna M. Christensen, MD (D-VI); Dr. Goulda Downer, Assistant Professor Howard University College of Medicine; Frank Oldham, Jr. & Michelle Lopez with the National Association of People with AIDS; Dr. Mohammed Akhtar, Executive Director for the National Medical Association; Debra Y. Fraser-Howze, Vice President, Government & External Affairs for OraSure Technologies; Dr. Shannon Hader, Senior Deputy Director for the Washington DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration; and David Luckett, of Howard University College of Medicine.
Visit us online to learn more about National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing & Awareness Day, or to register your participation.
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National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing & Awareness Day
On July 21, 2009 the CAEAR Foundation is proud to join with the National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center in celebrating National Clinicians HIV AIDS Testing and Awareness Day. The day celebrates efforts to bring awareness to clinicians and care providers about the disparity in HIV/AIDS diagnosis, treatment and care which often come as a result of stigma and discrimination within our health care systems. This national day of focus empowers clinicians to become advocates, while promoting testing. By setting an example and getting tested themselves, clinicians take a bold, decisive and powerful step towards reducing stigma and HIV/AIDS related disparities among ethnic minorities.
To learn more about this event, or to register to participate, click here |
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CAEAR Foundation Continues Expansion, Announces New Staff
The CAEAR Foundation today announced the addition of two, new staff members to compliment the organization’s ongoing efforts to advance effective care and support for people living with, and at risk for, HIV through education, training, technical assistance and health services research. Victor Maldonado will join the organization as the group’s new Communications Manager, and Angelo D. James will serve as Project Associate.
“As we expand, and raise our profile within the community, the CAEAR Foundation is enhancing our ability to serve as the nation’s premier HIV education, technical assistance and research organization,” said Brian Hujdich, the group’s Executive Director. “Victor and Angelo will contribute a wealth of personal, technical and media experience to our already talented staff, bolstering our efforts and strengthening our voice in the community.”
Click here to meet the staff of the CAEAR Foundation and to learn more about Victor and Angelo. |
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CAEAR Foundation Celebrates Success of Washington, D.C. Fiscal Training Seminar
In March, the District of Columbia announced that 3 percent of its population, or over 15,000 people, are HIV positive. In other words, if Washington D.C. were its own country, the rate of HIV infection would be higher than that of many third world nations!
So when the CAEAR Foundation hosted the first of a two part training seminar in the D.C., aimed at helping HIV/AIDS organizations improve their fiscal health, nearly 50 leaders from HIV/AIDS organizations in DC and the surrounding area turned-out to attend.
“Fiscal management is the lifeblood of any organization,” said Melanie Ogleton, the organization’s Director of Education. “CAEAR is leading the way in educating leaders of HIV/AIDS organizations on the resources they need to remain financially healthy and ensuring these organizations will continue to serve their communities.”
A second training in Washington, DC is scheduled for September 2009. For more information, or to learn if your organization is eligible to attend, please click here.
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CAEAR Foundation presented the first of a three part series of fiscal management training in Columbia, SC, May 27-28, 2009
Targeted to Ryan White-funded grantees and sub-grantees through the Communities Learning Together (CLT): Advancing HIV Care and Support through Effective Fiscal Management project. This highly interactive advanced training for organizational and fiscal leaders will increase their skills and lead to enhanced fiscal management infrastructure and systems.
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Free CME offering: Presented by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) afflicts 350 million persons worldwide and an estimated 1.25 million individuals in the US. The health and well-being of these patients depends upon their clinician being knowledgeable regarding the signficant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of CHB that have occurred in the past five years. The wide range of clinical manifestations of CHB and the availability of multiple treatment options for CHB significantly increase the importance of clinician education regarding (1) the natural history and epidemiology of CHB, including the effects of genetic diversity of HBV on its natural history, (2) effective strategies for treatment of CHB, including the potential limitations of treatment, for example, the inability to eradicate HBV and the potential for emergence of HBV resistance, and (3) appropriate monitoring strategies for the prevention and early detection of HBV-related complications. This program is designed to provide clinically-relevant education on these and other CHB-related topics in a novel and effective presidential-debate style format which will feature two nationally known and recognized CHB experts.
This tuition-free program is for health care providers who treat CHB patients and there are no prerequisites.
Meetings will be held:
- May 12, 2009: Manhattan, NY
- May 13, 2009: Queens, NY
- May 26, 2009: Hackensack, NJ
- May 27, 2009: Garden City, NY
- June 9, 2009: Falls Church, VA
- June 10, 2009: Baltimore, MD
- June 16, 2009: Seattle, WA
- June 17, 2009: San Jose, CA
- June 18, 2009: San Francisco, CA
- June 23, 2009: Pasadena, CA
- June 24, 2009: San Diego, CA
- June 30, 2009: Chicago, IL
- July 1, 2009: Houston, TX
- July 8, 2009: Miami, FL
- July 14, 2009: Burlingame, CA
- July 15: Anaheim, CA
- August 3, 2009: Honolulu, HI
- August 4, 2009: Honolulu, HI.
Upon completion of this CME activity, the participant should be able to:
- Summarize, discuss with colleagues, and apply clinically the most recent and relevant data on the diagnosis, management and treatment of CHB including the use of new diagnostic and monitoring tools and recently approved therapies
- Assess CHB patients and make an appropriate clinical decision regarding the role of and need for liver biopsy
- Review patient case scenarios and be able to outline and discuss the factors to consider when deciding on when to start CHB therapy
- Be aware of and knowledgeable about the risks and benefits of various CHB therapies currently available
- Assess and explain the potential role of combination therapy in treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients
- Evaluate the potential role for HBV resistance testing and the potential for resistance associated with various CHB treatment strategies in the context of clinical case scenarios
For more information and to register, click here. |
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Mark your calendars for the 2009 American Conference for the Treatment of HIV, May 15 - 17, 2009
This state-of-the-science conference is for frontline health care professionals, in scientific collaboration with multiple federal and independent agencies. This biennial conference is designed for all frontline clinicians providing HIV care for adults, adolescents, children and pregnant women.
Who should attend? Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and other health care professionals who care for individuals with HIV.
Visit www.acthiv.org, for more information.
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Free CME offering: Presented by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
This program will review and explain risk assessment, management and potential avoidance of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in HIV-positive patients. The program will feature a cardiologist and an HIV expert discussing and exploring the risks associated with CHD in HIV-positive patients and effective strategies and treatments for reducing or avoiding those risks. The most recent data regarding CHD in HIV-positive patients will be presented, including those presented at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), and a series of highly interactive case studies will explore the clinical importance and application of the data presented.
This activity is intended for physicians, physicians' assistants, and advanced practice nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment and management of patients with HIV infection. There are no prerequisites.
Meetings will be held:
- May 5, 2009: Miami, Florida;
- May 6, 2009: Tampa, Florida.
After completing this educational activity, the participant should be able to
- To be able to clinically assess and utilize risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and predict an HIV-positive patient’s pre-ARV treatment risk of CHD
- To be able to describe, discuss and apply the data from the SMART study on CHD risk associated with ARV treatment interruption and be able to integrate these data into ARV treatment plans and algorithms for HIV-positive patients
- To be able to analyze and apply current data on the risk of CHD associated with certain ARV drugs and/or regimens and use this information to select ARV drugs and regimens that minimize CHD risk for HIV-positive patients, and, in particular, for those patients with increased baseline risk for CHD
- To be able to analyze and use in clinical cases the current clinical trial data on treatment of hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and other CHD risk factors and use this information to select appropriate therapeutic strategies for HIV-positive patients to mitigate the CHD risk associated with them
For more information and to register, click here. |
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Read the Latest Issue of The Network Newsletter
The Network is the quarterly newsletter of the Supporting Networks of HIV Care by Enhancing Primary Medical Care (SNHC by EPMC) project, produced by the CAEAR Foundation.
Read about our expanded clinical staff, new technical assistance offerings, key deadlines, and more!
Click here, for more information.
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CAEAR Foundation Commemorates World AIDS Day at HIV/AIDS Bureau Event
December 1, 2008 Brian Hujdich, CAEAR Foundation Executive Director, participated as a special panelist at the HIV/AIDS Bureau World AIDS Day Event held today in Rockville, MD. The HAB event focused on the power of partnerships in addressing the challenges of HIV. Brian emphasized that HIV organizations at all levels must examine their strengths and shortfalls to develop partnerships, shared objectives, and consolidate resources, if needed, to better serve our communities. This exercise is especially critical in this environment where HIV is only one of many priorities competing for finite resources and greater attention.
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Therapeutic Strategies for
Antiretroviral Treatment Experienced Patients: A Case Based Update
The Therapeutic Strategies for Antiretroviral Treatment Experienced Patients program is a CME-sponsored program
for health-care professionals caring for ARV-experienced patients.
This program includes:
- Three unique talks which can be delivered to your clinic or
center by one of the internationally acclaimed faculty in a live or online webinar format. It is also possible for an
individual to join and participate in one of the live webinar
events by going to the list of these programs posted at
the Viraled Therapeutic Strategies site and joining at the
designated time.
- A faculty round table with Drs. Cal Cohen, Ian Frank Rick
Elion, Graeme Moyle, and Paul Sax discussing their clinical
strategies regarding the management of ARV-experienced patients.
- 6 patient cases in which specific patient issues - including
multi-drug resistance, use of new antiretroviral agents and
adherence - are discussed and clinical strategies for
addressing them are provided.
GOAL:
The goal of this overall program is to provide participants
an opportunity to increase their knowledge around the
antiretroviral (ARV) therapies for treatment-experienced
patients, how to maximize success in creating potent ARV
regimens and reinforce the importance of driving HIV-RNA to
<50 copies/mL and maintaining patients at that level for as
long as possible.
For more information and to register click
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Free CME/CE offering:
Preserving the Integrity of Future Treatment – CME/CE credit for on-demand Webinar
In this series of CME/CE Consult with
the HIV Experts Webinars, a panel of experts
discuss and interpret the findings
of recent clinical trials that focus on
the following topics:
- initial ARV regimens in terms of “preserving
the integrity” of future agents
- viable first-line regimens for HIV-infected
patients including the advantages and
disadvantages of NNRTI-based and PI-based
initial therapy
- minimizing the risk of maintaining patients
on nonsuppressive “holding”
regimens
- optimizing treatment for patients experiencing
early virologic failure
Each webinar features:
- dynamic discussion by a panel of
three HIV experts
- patient case studies with
polling and expert panel interpretations
- 1 hour of CME/CE credit for physicians,
nurses, and pharmacists
For
more information and to register click here>
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Foundation
Programs |
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Supporting Networks of
HIV Care by Enhancing Primary Medical Care
(SNHC by EPMC) provides technical assistance,
intensive capacity building and training
to a broad range of organizations that provide
primary medical care to develop, improve,
and expand HIV primary medical care in communities
of color. There is a complete, extensive
website detailing eligibility requirements,
services available, and application materials.
Click here to visit the SNHC by EPMC website. |
Advancing HIV Care and
Support through Fiscal Management and Organizational
Development |
Communities Learning Together (CLT)
is group training in fiscal management and
organizational development for Ryan White
Program funded grantees and sub-grantees.
CLT is provided through a creative approach
to adult learning and skills building called
Learning Communities. Click
here to visit the CLT page on the website
and learn more about the CLT program> |
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The CARE Resource Center is the repository
for materials, curricula, templates and
other resources to support organizations,
health care professionals, and government
to better serving individuals and communities
living with HIV disease. For more information
click here. |
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