HIV/AIDS Programs

Founded in 1978 to address the issues of alcoholism and substance abuse, NBAC recognized the link between substance abuse and HIV and expanded its concerns to HIV programs in the 1990's. In 1999, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), two programs were established: the HIV/AIDS Community Capacity Building Assistance Program (CCBA) and the HIV/AIDS Faith-Based Program. Both programs were successfully concluded in April 2004.

Currently we are continuing our Capacity Building activities through a regional program: The HIV Prevention Intervention Project. The goals of the project are:

• To collaborate with CDC-funded programs serving African Americans and Health Departments to strengthen effective HIV prevention interventions.
• To develop an effective needs assessment along with local partners to determine the extent of needed services and programs.
• To develop a database of resources for culturally-based information for CBO's and Health Departments.
• To provide technical assistance to CBO's and Health Departments in carrying the intensified prevention activities of the CDC's Advancing HIV Prevention initiative.
• To collaborate in the adapting, adopting and tailoring of interventions using the DEBI (Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions).
• To conduct technical assistance workshops in capacity building for HIV/AIDS prevention skills building.
• To evaluate the short-term and long-term impacts of the HIV/AIDS interventions utilized by CBO's and Health Departments.

The service area of the Prevention Intervention Project covers the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland and Delaware. Referrals for service outside of the project region are made to partner organizations covering the remaining United States and its territories.