Consumer Leadership At Its Best HRSA AllTitles Meeting

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Consumer Leadership At Its BestHRSA All-Titles
Meeting

• Consumer Leadership Corps
• Training Program

Presented By Tonia Dickerson Ximena
Marquez Linda H. Scruggs
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Program Objectives

• To increase consumer access to HIV related health
  care resources, such as primary care, drug
  therapy, testing and counseling, and social
  services.
• To increase the ability of consumers to share HIV
  related information with other consumers in the
  their community.

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Program Objectives

• To identify strategies for outreach to community
  agencies and other resources to support community
  workshop activities.
• To organize and conduct community workshops for
  consumers.
• To conduct follow-up activities to mentor the
  effectiveness of the local workshops with
  consumers.

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Recruitment Process
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Information Package

• Consumer Leadership Corps Training Program
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Criteria for Selection of Community Trainers
• Training Program Application
• Code of Conduct for Training Participants

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Procedure to Recruit Potential Community
Trainers 2006-07

• Special recruitment for 2006-07 HIV women
• Disseminate Corps Training information packages
• Voices May 2006
• Title IV Youth Project Directors Meeting July
• RWCA Grantee Meeting August
• AIDS Alliance web page June August
• E-mail blast June August
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Special Criteria for the Selection of Community
Trainers 2006-07

• Applicants must be women living with HIV
• Affiliated with Title IV
• Applicants must have shown leadership or
  potential to become a leader in the community
• Applicants must sign and agree to abide by the
  Code of Conduct

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Special Criteria for the Selection of Community
Trainers 2006-07

• Priority is given to consumers affiliated with a
  Title IV project
• Applicants must be affiliated with an HIV/AIDS
  organization
• Applicants must submit two letters of support.
  One from a Title IV director or coordinator and
  one from an ASO
• Applicants must posses an e-mail address to
  receive AIDS Alliance correspondence

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Selection Process

• Applications are reviewed for completion of all
  required documents
• Applications are scored individually using a
• review scoring tool
• Phone interviews are conducted to semi-finalist
• Final scores are ranked and invitation or regret
  letters are mailed
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Topics

• HIV Basics
• Personal Inventory
• Effective Facilitation Skills
• Access to Community Resources
• Positively Living
• Getting Your Needs Met
• Understanding HIV Treatment
• Professional Development

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Training Modalities

• Lecture Series
• Presentations
• Role Play
• Small Group Work
• Interactive Exercises
• Guest Presentations
• Discussion Sessions
• Teachback Forums

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Geographic Regions
Trainers are from all regions of the US Puerto
Rico

• Harvey, IL New Orleans, LA
• St. Louis, MO Phoenix, AZ
• Milwaukee, WI Middletown, NY
• Newark, NJ Ponce, PR
• Sterling, VA Bronx, NY
• Durham,NC Fairfield, AL
• Dallas, TX Roxbury, MA
• Birmingham, AL Denver, CO
• Washington, DC Miami, FL
• Seattle, WA Norfolk, VA
• San Francisco, CA Hartford, CT

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English Program
Spanish Program
Total 289 graduates from both programs

• Ethnicity
• Latino/Hispanic 46
• Caucasian20
• African-American152
• Haitian 3
• Native-American 8
• Sexual Orientation
• Heterosexual, Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual

Latino/Hispanic 60 Chile, Guatemala, Mexico,
Colombia, Dominica Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico,
Panama
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Ages Groups 18 to 73

• English Program
• Youth 38
• 50 31
• Others 160
• Total 229

Spanish Program Youth 3 50 8 Others
49 Total 60
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Training Graduates Achievements

• Increased sensitivity to PWAs caregivers
• Job promotions
• Coordinating peer/empowerment groups for women
• Training public health professionals
• Founding organizations

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More Graduates Achievements

• Consultation with AIDS Alliance
• Mini Local Corps Training programs
• Increased confidence in writing and public
  speaking
• Speakers and Presenters at National Meetings
• Becoming members of Boards of Directors
  Advisory Boards
• Presentations at local schools/colleges

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2001 Graduate Remark

• I want HRSA to know that by investing in my
  participation in this consumer training they have
  afforded me the opportunity to evaluate my
  strengths and weaknesses as a consumer leader.
  The training provided me the skills to be an
  effective trainer and to advocate for my
  community by educating others. Thank you for the
  opportunity to participate.

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2002 Graduate Remark

• I came to the training after being on staff at
  my local Title IV program for three years. I
  never new why I didnt quite fit in, as a
  consumer I know as much, if not more about the
  clients we served than most of the staff. This
  training program helped to answer that question,
  the trainers nicely called it -- rough around the
  edges. I can say after they taught me to stop
  talking and to listen, I learned so much and
  gained skills and professional etiquette that I
  never new I was lacking. Now I feel more a part
  of the staff and the staff treats me like a
  professional.

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2002 Graduate Remark

• Upon completion of my first of four trainings, I
  remember being at a staff meeting in which I
  replied to a particular issue, and all of my
  colleagues turned to me in disbelief.  They were
  surprised that I actually had a voice and was
  able to articulate my perspective on the issue. 
  I was unaware that I had changed after the first
  training, but it was quite evident to them that I
  was no longer the same timid woman that they were
  accustomed to.  I was empowered and didn't even
  realize it until I opened my mouth!" 

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2003 Graduate Remarks

• When I saw the word Corps I thought Marines.
• And for those of us who thought this was a
  vacation, after the first night, we may have
  thought we had enlisted in the Marines.
• Some went AWOL, but for those of us who made it
  though, we will forever be changed by the skills,
  knowledge and courage the trainers shared with
  us. Thanks ladies.

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2004 Graduate Remarks
I MADE IT! I Made IT! THIS IS THE FIRST THING I
EVER FINISHED! It wasnt just for me or all
about me, it was all the people I met in my
community while conducting HIV educational
workshops.
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2005 Graduate Remark

• I graduated from something! I have never done
  it before. Not only are my kids and family proud
  of me, but I was proud of me. Thank you AIDS
  Alliance staff!

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2006 Graduate Remarks

• When I attended the training, I didnt think
  that I could do it, but the trainers helped me.
• I now work with other Latino families educating
  them about HIV/AIDS.
• I did it!!

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2006 Graduate Remark

• Last year, I missed the application deadline and
  I was so upset. Now I realize this was the year
  for me. I learned information and skills that I
  would have never have received in my local
  programs or any school. My classmates will be my
  friends for life.

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Celebration
English Program Total Number of Community Level
Participants Reached 16,715
Spanish Program Total Number of Community Level
Participants Reached 3,900
Total Reached 20,615
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Personal Experiences from Corps Graduates

• Q A

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Trainers
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Trainers
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David Harvey Corps Trainer AIDS Alliance
Executive Director at Graduation program
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Bridging generation gaps learning one from another
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We are important people
We meet important people
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Graduates
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Wisdom
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Fun
Fun
Just a little down time
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Graduating Class
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Pride
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Puerto Rico Sunshine
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The class of 2006
Honor
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