Resources for Local Partners

Guidance

The California Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS' (CDPH/OA) guidance, Enhanced Intergration: 2020 Guide to HIV Prevention and Surveillance (PDF), provides technical assistance to local health jurisdictions and outlines the requirements for implementing HIV prevention and surveillance efforts under the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) funding opportunity, PS18-1802. An addendum to the guidance, Increasing Syringe Access through Syringe Services Programs and Non-Prescription Syringe Sales (PDF), provides suggestions on how local health departments can expand harm reduction services in their jurisdictions.

Technical Assistance

The Capacity Building Assistance Request Information System (CRIS) is a CDC program that provides information, on-site training and technical assistance to HIV prevention service providers to help them build their skills, plan for and adapt to change, and meet their goals. PS18-1802 funded LHJs, CBOs, HIV planning groups and health care providers in clinical settings, can make a CRIS request through the California Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS. The Capacity Building Assistance Fact Sheet (PDF) provides information on how to make a CRIS request.

Data Systems

• CalREDIE help desk
• LEO help desk
• ARIES help desk

Management Memos

• 2019-01 HIV Prevention Program Invoice Submission Deadlines (PDF)
• 2019-02 HIV Prevention Branch Program – Allowable Line Item Budget Shifts (PDF)
• 2019-03 No Reporting Requirements for 2018 for Local Health Jurisdictions (PDF)
• 2019-04 PS18-1802 Funded Test Kits:  Ordering, Usage, & Data Reporting (PDF)
  
• Invoice Guidance (PDF)
• 2019-07 New Invoice Template for PS18-1802 (PDF)
• General Invoice Template (XLS)

Toolkits & Best Practices

• Effective Approaches for HIV Programs (PDF)
  
• Guidelines – Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC)
• Stigma Toolkit: Addressing Stigma: A Blueprint for Improving HIV/STD Prevention and Care Outcomes for Black and Latino Men – National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)
• A Clinician's Resource for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) - The MSM Toolkit – California Department of Public Health, STD Control Branch
• Nonprescription Syringe Sale in Pharmacies Toolkit – California Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS
• PrEP Action Kit – National LGBT Health Education Center
• Patient-Centered Transgender Health Toolkit – National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
• National HIV/AIDS Strategy – HIV.gov
  

Community Planning

• California HIV Planning Group
• Local planning group resources:
• HIV Surveillance Reports
• Laying a Foundation for Getting to Zero: California's Integrated HIV Surveillance, Prevention and Care Plan (PDF)
• California's Needs Assessment for HIV (PDF)

Condom Distribution Program

Venues that are in the California Project Area* that serve priority populations are eligible to participate in OA's Condom Distribution Program by providing free condoms to their clientele. Types of participating venues include community-based organizations, community health centers/clinics, LGBT centers, bars, dance clubs, sex clubs, bathhouses, syringe exchange programs, and local business partners.

Participating venues can also utilize the "This is a Condom Zone" sign to encourage their clients to stay safe by using condoms, if they choose to be sexually active, and to contact their local health jurisdiction or community-based organization if they need information on HIV/AIDS/ STDs, where to get tested for HIV and/or STDs, or where to access PrEP.

•  "This is a Condom Zone" – English version (PDF)

• "Esta es una Zona de Condones" – Spanish version (PDF)

To participate in the program, interested venues can contact their local health jurisdiction's HIV/AIDS coordinator to see if they are eligible, and if so, begin the registration process. 

* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) funding defines the California Project Area as all of California except the counties of Los Angeles and San Francisco, which are directly funded by the CDC.

Resources

The CDC also has a collection of publications and marketing campaigns, in the links below:

• Publications on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs, tuberculosis, etc.
• Let's Stop HIV Together Campaign
• Reasons for Getting an HIV Test Campaign
• Know More Hepatitis