The Community Development & External Affairs (CDEA) department provides training and technical assistance to community based organizations throughout the U.S. in the form of grants, facilitation, and consultation on organizational development and program planning. The department works annually with over 20 community organizations to increase their capacity to conduct HIV prevention education, risk reduction and community mobilization.

CDEA has developed various curriculum for developing and running peer organizations, support groups, and prevention interventions. CDEA has also developed collaborative research projects with community based researchers to learn more about A&PI attitudes and behaviors; and the effectiveness of HIV strategies.

For more information: Lina Sheth @ 415.292.3400 x320

The National Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Program provides organizational, programmatic and technical support to fight the HIV epidemic in Asian & Pacific Islander communities.

California Statewide Treatment Education Program (CSTEP) offers a multi-tiered training and certification program for HIV and HIV-related service providers throughout California.

FLARE stands for Fostering Leadership for Asians & Pacific Islanders through Research & Evaluation. We are a San Francisco Bay Area Technical Assistance and Capacity Development (TA/CD) Program for agencies serving A&PI communities in Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

The Banyan Tree Project (BTP) is a national campaign to stop HIV/AIDS-related stigma in Asian & Pacific Islander (A&PI) communities.