Community Based Organizations

Harm Reduction Hacks is the product of a series of 38 qualitative conversations with harm reduction leaders representing every region of the US that took place in the Fall of 2020 and the Spring of 2021.

Re-envisioning Community Engagement: A Practical Toolkit to Empower HIV Prevention Efforts with Marginalized Communities walks through the foundational concepts and principles that shape community engagement within HIV prevention and care. With the identified goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE), it is crucial for EHE jurisdictions, health departments, and community organizations to effectively engage communities within the process. Community engagement applies to different communities and regions.

NASTAD delivered a four-part webinar series, “Employing Status-Neutral Approaches to End the HIV Epidemic.” The series provided an overview of status-neutral approaches for CDC and HRSA funded health departments working to end the HIV epidemic. Each webinar focused on person-first strategies to address activities embedded within the four EHE Pillars (Diagnose, Treat, Prevent, and Respond).

People experience harm in different, complex ways at both the structural and interpersonal levels. When people are criminalized because of illicit drug use, criminalized labor (like drug selling or sex work), or other stigmatized actions that are often survival behaviors, they are also more vulnerable to experiencing interpersonal violence.

NCSD hosted a series of workshops on congenital syphilis to highlight some of the innovative approaches jurisdictions are taking to combat these increasing numbers and create space for community action planning and problem-solving.

As jurisdictions prepare to hire and onboard new Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) with supplemental funding, equitable hiring practices are instrumental to bringing on diverse DIS staff that represent the communities they serve. NCSD has gathered a list of sample interview questions that focus on some of the softer skills required of DIS with the intention of centering more equitable hiring.

The following document examines various states' minor consent and confidentiality laws. A minor is a person who does not have the legal rights and responsibilities of an adult. Minors’ ability to access PrEP independently, i.e., without parental or guardian consent, varies throughout the United States. States allowing minors to autonomously consent to PrEP does not mean that access to the health care service will remain confidential.

Fact-sheet including statistics on Tuberculosis in 2020.

The plan highlights goal-oriented objectives and strategies aimed at ultimately eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat in the U.S.

This technical package provides a broad framework for new and existing SSPs to ensure needs-based service delivery, reduce harms related to injection drug use, and link participants to services that support their health and wellness.