The National Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Program provides organizational, programmatic and technical support to fight the HIV epidemic in Asian & Pacific Islander communities. Together with our national partner, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, we provide a variety of capacity building services to meet your needs.

Our Capacity Building Assistance program offers:

• Tailored one-to-one consultation technical assistance
• Skills-building trainings and conferences
• Peer-to-peer local, regional and national networks
• Culturally competent information and materials dissemination
• Click here to view our curricula and multimedia materials

Our CBA program has worked with individuals, community-based organizations, federal, state and city health departments and communities across the nation and the Pacific Island Jurisdictions.

For over 12 years, this program has worked to foster:

• Increased A&PI cultural and linguistic capacity within HIV-related health systems
• Increased A&PI-specific resources with the health care system
• Increased community leadership, mobilization and involvement in community –building and problem-solving around HIV issues
  

Strengthening HIV Prevention programs: Why start from scratch?
We can support your desire to enhance your programs. We can help you improve your HIV prevention programs with the following types of Capacity Building Assistance:

• Adaptation, implementation and cultural tailoring of science-based interventions
• Program evaluation and quality assurance
• Community-based research methods and needs assessment methods
• Program design, priority setting and preparation for the delivery of interventions
• Development of effective health communication messages
• Effective human resource management, including leadership development for program staff
• Contract management
• Program Service Integration
• Program policies and procedures
• Collaboration including referral

Strengthening Access to HIV-Related Health Services: Join the Banyan Tree Project!
HIV-related stigma and discrimination are significant barriers in A&PI communities—particularly when it comes to accessing culturally competent HIV-related health services. Join our national coalition and become part of the Banyan Tree Project! The Banyan Tree Project is a national project aimed at increasing acceptance of people living with HIV in the A&PI community. Please go to www.banyantreeproject.org for more information on how to join! Also, check out this list below for some of the capacity building assistance that we provide:

Examples of CBA include:

• Leadership Development
• Coalition building
• Event planning
• Media relations and campaigns
• Public speaking and persuasion
• Collaboration, including linkage and referral

If you are interested in accessing our National Capacity Building Assistance services, please contact Bhupendra Sheoran, Associate Director of Community Development and External Affairs at sheoran@apiwellness.org or (415) 292-3400 x 365.

Our capacity building assistance partners include are Asian Health Coalition of Illinois, Chicago; Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team, Los Angeles; Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum, San Francisco; Life Foundation, Honolulu; and Massachusetts Asian & Pacific Islanders for Health, Boston.

This program is supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.

Past CBA Events
The Third Annual Family Style III Training Convened in Philadelphia



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