Capacity Building Assistance

The Commission offers capacity building assistance of local institutions - community organizations, health departments, healthcare providers, churches, and LGBT groups - to provide local disease prevention, healthcare and health education services in Latino communities.

Capacity Building Assistance is offered by the following programs:

Latinos in the South

This program provides capacity building and community mapping services to organizations that serve Latinos in the south. The program uses a multi-faceted approach of community organizing and advocacy, leadership development, and capacity-building assistance that expands on the commitment and leadership of local partners amplifies voices and dialogue across race, ethnicity, gender, and sector, and connects efforts across states for holistic and sustainable change.
[go to program website]

Hands United / Manos Unidas

Hands United/Manos Unidas (HUMU) is a capacity-building program designed to assist community-based organizations with developing organizational infrastructure, along with guiding the implementation, adaptation, quality assurance and evaluation activities of effective behavioral HIV prevention interventions.
[go to program website]

Latino Gay/Bi and Trans Men's Initiatives

The network serves as space to discuss service and program improvements, address issues related to stigma, unify our efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and formulate actions to eliminate health disparities in the Latino Gay/Bi Men Communities.
[go to program website]