Community Development Project (CDP)

For more information, please contact us at 213 553-1899

In August 2003, Special Service for Groups/Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team was awarded a Technical Assistance and Capacity Development Demonstration Program grant from the Office of Minority Health. This grant is a project to build HIV/AIDS services within the Asian Pacific Islander communities - The Asian Pacific Islander (API) Community Development Project.

What is technical assistance and capacity development (capacity building)?

• Capacity building programs assist providers/organizations in developing the ability to provide services to their clients and community.
• To do this, capacity building programs provide technical assistance to help agencies conduct their activities in the community (e.g. training, skills building, planning tools, etc.)
• Through this API Community Development Project, APAIT aims to increase the number of organizations involved in addressing HIV/AIDS while focusing on new organizations that currently do not access HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services but work in and serve communities who are at risk for HIV/AIDS (i.e. the Southeast Asian community, the South Asian community, Filipino community, etc.).

The ultimate goal is to:

• Establish and strengthen a network of community-based and social organizations that target lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) Asian and Pacific Islanders in order to increase culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment to API communities in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
• Collaborate and address the community’s needs to strengthen this network in preparation for expanding services to the API community.

This program is new and promises to increase collaboration in our communities so that many may benefit. This project is part of the Community Development & Research (CDR) department of Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team whose goal is to assist Asian Pacific Islanders and communities of color to enhance or sustain HIV Prevention efforts through trainings, community mobilizations, participation in community planning groups, and skills building.

For more information about Community Development & Research at APAIT or for more information about CDR activities, please contact us at (213) 553-1894, or at (213) 553-1899.