NACHC-CAI Partnership Sprint FAQ Home

Welcome to Frequently Asked Questions for the Partnership Sprint

CAI, in partnership with the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), is inviting you to participate in an 8-session learning community to explore: Partnerships for Action to End the HIV Epidemic. The sprint will run from November 2023 until January 2024. This sprint is limited to 5 partnerships, chosen through an application process.

This virtual Sprint will engage jurisdictions and their partner Federally Qualified Health Centers and other community partners to provide an opportunity for peer sharing of best practices augmented with tools, resources, and evidence-based best practices for engagement and retention strategies focused on the HIV community. The process will involve 8 one-hour meetings, with breaks during the holidays.

 

What are the tentative dates and time of the sessions?

As of 9/13/2023, please note that these could shift by a week or two.

Session 1             11/15/2023

Session 2             11/29/2023

Session 3             12/6/2023

Session 4             12/13/2023

Session              12/20/2023

Session 5             1/17/2024

Session 6 1/24/2024

Session 7 1/31/2024

All sessions at 4pm Eastern.

Who is the population of focus?

Part of the aim of the initiative is to be able to identify and recruit twelve or more people diagnosed with HIV who have not been engaged in care.  These can be newly diagnosed patients yet to be engaged in care and treatment, patients lost to care in need of re-engagement, and newly found patients through outreach or referral by community resources.

What would be the ideal composition of the health center team?

The ideal team would include the following:

  • A C-Suite executive sponsor who is often engaging community organizations and partners.

  • A clinical champion.

  • Operations manager overseeing the care team represented by the clinical champion.

  • Community Health Workers.

  • Care coordination staff.

  • Peer coaches.

  • Patient advocates that are actively involved with the health center.

What are examples of community partners that might be considered for inclusion in the Sprint?

The focus of partnering is to bring together a multi-sectoral group of community organizations that actively engage the target population and can play a role in retaining them in care. This can include non-traditional, non-healthcare organizations. Examples might include:

  • EHE Jurisdiction

  • Housing providers

  • Prevention and Harm Reduction Programs

  • Community-based organizations that operate social services

  • Social organizations

  • Faith-based organizations

  • Local health department staff such as DIS

  • Community Hospitals

  • Clubs/Bars/Music venues

  • Chamber of Commerce/Business Organizations

  • Health Gyms (i.e., YMCA/YWCA, Gold gyms, Rise gyms, etc.)

  • AIDS Education and Training Center

What is the time commitment expected?

Teams will meet for one hour a week for eight weeks. It is expected that some members of the team will work outside of the weekly meetings to follow up and work on action items from the weekly meetings. All efforts will be made to align with work already underway.

What will the measures of success be for participating organizations?  

A design attribute of this Sprint is to minimize the burden of reporting.  The measures of success include:

·         Number of new collaborating partners represented by MOUs between Jurisdiction and health center and other multi-sectoral partners.

·         An evaluation at the end of the 8 weeks as to the effectiveness of the partnerships of the sprint.

·         The intent of the partners to continue to collaborate to achieve a mutual goal beyond the framework of the eight-week sprint.

·         The rate of retention in care for the population of focus will be at least a 10% improvement on the traditional tracked measures of retention the organization uses for its own quality assessment and reporting.

Can I see a copy of the Curriculum?

2023-08-10 DRAFT Partnership Sprint Curriculum

What are the benefits of participation?

One of the challenges of addressing HIV is that community resources are fragmented and sub-optimized. The benefits of participation include:

  • Increased substantive partnerships that benefit the partners.

  • Learning strategies associated with Partnering that can be applied to other conditions beyond HIV.

  • Development of a community strategic roadmap that can transcend the eight-week Sprint.

  • Benefitting from learning from peer communities in terms of their strategies to better coordinate HIV care.

  • Professional stimulation for participating team members contributing to their own joy in work and retention of care team members.

  • Benefitting from subject matter experts and faculty. The equivalent opportunity would cost a participating organization approximately twenty-five thousand dollars in membership fees and consulting dollars.

  • This work aligns with the National HIV AIDS Strategy status-neutral approach to help make the connections that keep people in systems of care.

How do health centers apply to be part of the Sprint?

To apply, complete the application, found here.

A copy of the application questions in editable format is found here.

When will health centers receive a confirmation if we have been accepted?

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Whom should we contact with questions?

Andrea Price, NACHC Deputy Director, Clinical Informatics, aprice@nachc.org

 

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