Components of the Hampden County HIV/AIDS Partnership are:

1. Community-wide mobilization and capacity building;
2. Collaborative and coordinated organizational development assistance targeted to minority-serving Hampden County agencies;
3. Extensive staff development and training programs to increase service capacity and sustainability of agencies;
4. Support for the maintenance of local networks to build a comprehensive HIV/AIDS education care and treatment system; and
5. Evaluation of project impact on the participating partner agencies and the community.

OBJECTIVES

The Hampden County HIV/AIDS Partnership will increase the number of Hampden County community based, minority-serving organizations with the internal administrative capacity and program skills to provide appropriate and effective HIV/AIDS support services. The outlined objectives of Hampden County HIV/AIDS Partnership seek to develop effective and durable service delivery capacity for HIV prevention and treatment among 12 organizations who work closely with the local Latino and African-American populations affected by HIV/AIDS. Further objectives will be developed upon completion of the needs assessment to determine the priorities of the member agencies. Tapestry has identified a dozen local community based, minority-serving organizations that have a documented need for and/or gaps in their capacity to provide HIV/AIDS-related prevention and care services. The Hampden County HIV/AIDS Partnership will provide technical assistance and capacity building services to those organizations based on their identified needs. Formal MOUs will be developed around each partner’s roles and responsibilities as well as the expectations for post training follow-up, assessment and utilization of newly acquired skills.