Opening Doors Linkages:
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Introduction:
Includes an overview of the Opening Doors Linkages
Training (Linkages Training) and identifies the need for effective
linkages. Explains the overall goals and objectives for the training,
explains how to use the training manual, and provides recommendations
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Module One:
What to Expect from the Training
This module establishes the purpose and expectations
for the training. Participants will become familiar with the trainers,
each other, and training site logistics. They will learn the goals
and objectives of the training, become familiar with its format,
and explore their own and the trainers’ expectations. Finally,
participants will establish ground rules.
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Module Two:
Overview of the Ryan White CARE Act and Linkages
Understanding the Ryan White CARE Act, its sociopolitical
history, and the resulting, evolving goals of the program is critical
to understanding linkages. This module reviews the Ryan White CARE
Act, its structure, its funding mechanisms, and history, as well
as the successes of and challenges to the programs it supports.
A group exercise is included to identify different sections and
Titles of the CARE Act. This module may be utilized as a review
for participants.
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Module Three:
Assessing Key Points of Entry
Forging successful linkages to organizations that
are not “traditional allies” requires knowledge of all
the community resources that serve people living with HIV, particularly
those key points of entry at which individuals newly infected with
HIV are most likely to be reached. This module provides a series
of exercises aimed at developing a working document that identifies
resources for HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services
in a particular community or catchment area.
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Module Four:
Engagement Strategies & Linkage Plan of Action
Engaging potential referral partners within and
outside the traditional HIV care network and developing formal linkages
with these partners requires planning and a strategy. This module
translates the concepts of partnership and collaboration in a concrete
Linkage Plan of Action (LPA), with tools for executing and monitoring
successful linkages agreements.
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Module Five:
Developing Strategies and Solutions for Creating Linkages
Identifying barriers to developing successful
community linkages is the first step to developing strategies and
solutions. Overcoming these barriers, whether real or perceived,
requires having an understanding of diverse organizations differing
cultures, communication styles, decision-making processes, and histories.
This module presents a series of activities designed to identify
strategies for addressing common barriers.
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Module Six:
Creating a Memorandum of Understanding
Establishing effective and efficient collaborations
often require formal agreements such as a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU). MOU, much like contracts, solidify a partnership between
two or more organizations and provide a framework for sound linkages.
This module builds on exercises from prior modules and utilizes
the Linkage Plan of Action to develop draft, possible MOUs.
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Module Seven:
Maintaining and Monitoring Linkages
Maintaining and monitoring linkages is required
to make them effective. A linkage, like any relationship, must be
sustained through investment of time and effort. A systematic approach
to monitoring linkages is needed, as well as commitment. This module
reviews the importance of maintaining and monitoring linkages. A
case study is examined to identify successful processes.
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