The National Center for Training, Support and Technical Assistance, at PROCEED, Inc. stands as a leader in the field of organizational infrastructure development and prevention interventions for agencies working with minority populations at high risk for HIV, STD's, and substance abuse. PROCEED's mandate to implement a broad spectrum of federal and state programs reflects the reputation and confidence the organization has earned to deliver its services with excellence and a high level of consistency and cultural competency.
 
Mission Statement To provide community-based and human services organizations with the tools, knowledge and skills necessary to enhance, maximize and sustain their organizational infrastructure and intervention services.


National capacity building project providing an array of services and resources to assist health departments and community based organizations working in HIV/AIDS with building and enhancing their organizational infrastructure. Service areas include Resource/Fund Development, Fiscal Management, Strategic Planning, Human Resources Development, Technology Development, and Evaluation.


Partnership of 5 Latino-serving organizations funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), of which PROCEED is the Northeast partner. The AVANZANDO program is a collaborative capacity building assistance program focusing on enhancing HIV prevention interventions in Latino and Latino-serving community-based organizations that provide HIV/AIDS services. AVANZANDO also supports validating the work of community by providing the tools and resources to enhance existing HIV prevention interventions.
 
AVANZANDO partners include (LLEGO), PROCEED, Center for Health Policy Development (CHPD), Project Vida and NAF.
 
AVANZANDO focuses on enhancing the ability of community-based organizations to replicate, adapt and implement HIV Prevention Interventions that are most applicable to the community being served.
 
  • PEER MENTORING AND INDIVIDUALIZED CAPACITY BUILDING ASSISTANCE
    Our team provides mentoring opportunities for program development and implementation and consultation in HIV/AIDS program design. Program Areas include:
     
    Counseling and Testing
    Street and Community Outreach
    Prevention Case Management
  • SKILLS BASED TRAINING
    PROCEED staff and consultants provide interactive, culturally-relevant, skills-building trainings to enhance the knowledge, skills and practice. All curricula can be modified to reflect specific agency requirements, participants' level of knowledge and cultural/linguistic sensitivities.
     
    • Basic Strategies to Conduct Effective Community & Street Outreach
      This curriculum can be offered for interventions on HIV Prevention and AIDS Education or more specifically targeted for interventions on Substance Abuse or both.
      Presents the theory and techniques of outreach highlighting its unique effectiveness as a large scale intervention, initiating a community needs assessment, community access and safety - building community trust/rapport, stimulating behavioral change, developing liaisons and collaborations and the necessity/benefits of documentation.
       
    • Prevention Case Management (PCM) - Basic Curriculum Overview:
      Presents the principles and methodologies of PCM including its grounding in behavioral science theory, client recruitment and engagement in this particular intervention model, needs assessment, counseling skills, case analysis and the development of culturally-competent, client-centered prevention plans with the techniques of follow-up, referrals and eventual discharge.
       
    • Prevention Marketing Initiative (Social Marketing)
      The training is targeted to improve the effectiveness of HIV prevention programs by utilizing effective marketing policies and techniques. Enhances agency ability to integrate community needs and aspirations with its goal of bringing life-saving educational messages and programs into the sphere of public health.
       
  • INFORMATION TRANSFER
    PROCEED's Resource Library houses curricula, resource information and HIV/AIDS information around prevention, treatment and "best practices." To request additional information of AVANZANDO contact us.

 
Funding for AVANZANDO is provided through partnership with LLEGO. LLEGO is funded by CDC under Program Announcement 00003: Capacity Building Assistance to Improve the Delivery and Effectiveness of HIV Prevention for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations.
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A new initiative focusing on prevention for HIV positive Latinos by reinforcing and affirming healthy living. The goal of this initiative is to work with practitioners, researchers, providers and consumers to develop and disseminate scientifically and culturally based prevention intervention models that can be replicated and adapted in Latino and Latino serving organizations.
 
Program Components include the following:
  • Research Team:
    PROCEED INC is collaborating with researchers from Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute to review and develop curricula which addresses the needs of HIV positive Latinos.
     
  • Community Advisory Workgroup:
    HIV/AIDS service providers, consumers, government representatives, doctoral students and community leaders provide input and feedback on the needs of HIV positive Latinos and advises the Research Team on curriculum modules.
     
  • Prevention with Positives Seminars/Conferences:
    These forums provide the latest information on Prevention with Positives from key experts within the field. Current trends, promising practices, successful interventions and implementation of Prevention With Positives Programs are discussed.
     
  • National Resource Network:
    An information sharing listserv for disemminating timely updates on HIV prevention with positive individuals.
     
  • Prevention Curriculum:
    PROCEED will make available intervention models and curricula suitable for working with HIV positive Latinos.
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PROCEED Inc. develops fact sheets, articles and training modules in the areas of organizational development and HIV prevention interventions. Current Publications include.
 
I. Organizational Development
  • Organizational Development Fact Sheet
  • Strategic Planning Fact Sheet
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Board Development
II. Articles

III. Staff Bios

Please contact PROCEED for copies of the above documents.
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Consultants are an integral component of our national capacity building program. PROCEED INC is committed to recruiting and hiring a diverse pool of consultants with expertise in organizational development and prevention interventions. We are also committed to providing organizations with consultants that can work within the culture of organizations and facilitate a collaborative capacity building assistance process.
 
Consultants with expertise in the following areas are sought on an on-going basis.
  • change management
  • fiscal management
  • strategic planning
  • technology development
  • human resources
  • executive coaching
  • board development
  • program development
  • continuous quality improvement
  • resource/fund development

To apply to be a PROCEED Consultant, click here.
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PROCEED INC is committed to providing our constituent organizations with the resources and tools to support and strengthen organizations and enhance HIV prevention interventions. The following are a list of resources we recommend to supplement the hands-on training and individualized capacity building assistance we offer.