CARE Resource Center

Since 2001, CAEAR Foundation has worked with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) through a number of Training and Technical Assistance cooperative agreements to support people and organizations working with Ryan White CARE Act-funded (CARE Act) programs across the country to implement the requirements of the CARE Act and to enhance the capacity of organizations and communities to better serve individuals living with HIV.

The CAEAR Foundation continues to partner through a cooperative agreement with HRSA/HAB to implement the Communities Learning Together (CLT): Advancing HIV Care and Support through Fiscal Management and Organizational Development. This project provides training and technical assistance (TA) in fiscal management and organizational development for CARE Act-funded sub-grantees, including community- and faith-based organizations (CBOs and FBOs); through an innovative adult learning skills-building approach to knowledge acquisition and skills building called Learning Communities. This concept was first introduced during implementation of training activities facilitated under the Supporting Networks of HIV Care Project.

In 2006, CLT Learning Communities are being held in Memphis, TN and the Mid Atlantic Region. In 2007 and 2008, CLT Learning Communities will be determined using an application process. The Northwest, Mountain Plains, and Midwest regions have been identified as priority areas for 2007. Communities in these areas that can identify a need for group training in the areas of fiscal management and organizational development, demonstrate committed interest from at least 15-20 organizations receiving Ryan White CARE Act funding, and can collaborate with the CAEAR Foundation on recruitment efforts should consider applying. Other areas interested in the training for 2008 should contact us as well.

Please contact Robert Warren, Outreach Coordinator, or Melanie Ogleton, Director of Training for more information.

Other CARE Resource Center Activities and Products:

Linkages Initiative— Developed from a series of trainings over several years to CARE Act-grantees, planning bodies, and providers on enhancing and maintaining effective linkages and collaborations. Available for download and use is a linkages training manual for seven modules training and accompanying PowerPoint presentations and appendices containing worksheets and templates. Also available are various linkage tools help agencies assess, develop, implement, and monitor linkages with other organizations that are either part of the HIV care continuum and/or key points of entry into the health care system for people living with HIV.
HIV CARE and Support for Recently Released Individuals and Their Families— A partnership with the organizations Centerforce and Continuum to provide training and technical assistance to Title I EMAs, Planning Councils, and organizations on working with formerly incarcerated individuals living with HIV and implementing effective HIV transitional case management programs. Power Point presentations on various related topics developed through this initiative are available for download.
Summary of Four Focus Groups on the Establishment of Formal Linkages and Referral Systems to Key Points of Entry in the Ryan White CARE Act System— This monograph provides a summary of focus group and key informant interviews on the establishment of linkages and referral systems conducted by CAEAR Foundation in selected sites around the country.
Planning Council Recruitment and Retention— These fact sheets assist grantees in evaluating the ways in which they recruit and retain planning council members and provide suggested methods to improve recruitment, retention, and overall planning council effectiveness.
CARE Resource Center— An online resource center for Title I grantees and list serve was created in 2002 to provide much needed tools to these organizations.

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Supporting Networks of HIV Care

In October 2003, HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau awarded CAEAR Foundation a three year Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement funded through the Minority AIDS Initiative, called Supporting Networks of HIV Care (SNHC) project. This project provides free assistance to non-profit, community and faith-based organizations with the goal of improving their ability to provide primary health care and support services to people of color living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. CAEAR Foundation provides technical assistance through on-site consultation from expert consultants and via Trainings. SNHC is a partnership project with HRSA/HAB and the National Minority AIDS Council, who provide resources to the SNHC organizations. Key activities of the Supporting Networks of HIV Care (SNHC) project include:

Technical Assistance. CAEAR Foundation has provided on-site technical assistance and capacity-building to over 300 community and faith-based organizations serving people of color living with HIV/AIDS that want to expand, improve or implement HIV care and support services. For more information about this project, click here.

Regional Intensive Trainings. CAEAR Foundation, in partnership with National Minority AIDS Council, has delivered the Expanding Primary CARE Regional Intensive Trainings to organizations across the U.S. and the territories. You can find more information about these trainings at the NMAC website.

Learning Communities. CAEAR Foundation has implemented nine SNHC Learning Communities. The purpose of these Learning Communities is to bring together agencies at similar stages in their organizational development to enhance their capacity to provide HIV care and support services. In each city or geographic area, a group of local community and faith-based organizations serving people of color living with HIV/AIDS meet multiple times to attend trainings, network, and share lessons learned and resources.

Faith-Based Organization Mini-Conference. CAEAR Foundation hosted a conference December 13-14, 2004 targeting faith-based organizations in the Washington D.C. area. The goal of the conference was to increase the capacity of these organizations to deliver HIV primary care and support services to people of color. More than 20 church ministry leaders attended the event.

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