National Alliance Of State And Territorial Aids Directors

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PREVENTION: NASTAD HAS A PREVENTION AND SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM FUNDED LARGELY THROUGH TWO CDC COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS TO CONDUCT CAPACITY BUILDING/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TA) ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNICATION IN SUPPORT OF STATE AND LOCAL HIV PREVENTION PROGRAMS. CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES FOCUS ON: 1) SUPPORTING HEALTH DEPARTMENTS FUNDED FOR ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC (EHE) PHASE I ON PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION AND 2) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND CDC-DIRECTLY FUNDED COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS) ON INTEGRATED HIV PREVENTION STRATEGIES.DRUG USER HEALTH: NASTAD HAS A COOPERATIVE WITH CDC DIVISION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS FOR THE NATIONAL HARM REDUCTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER. IN ADDITION, SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF TA TO SYRINGE SERVICES PROGRAMS (SSPS) AND OTHER HARM REDUCTION PROVIDERS, IT INCLUDED A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THROUGH WHICH NASTAD AWARDED FUNDS TO SUPPORT SSPS WITH PROVIDING ACCESS TO MEDICATION ASSESSMENT TREATMENT AND OTHER SERVICES. NASTAD ALSO HAS A COOPERATIVE WITH CDC THROUGH CSTLTS FOCUSED ON EXPANDING SSP CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO COVID 19.

HEALTH CARE ACCESS: NASTAD HAS A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TA) FOR AIDS DRUG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (ADAP) AND RYAN WHITE PART B PROGRAMS. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A FOCUS ON ADAP CLINICAL QUALITY, AS WELL AS TA TO ADAPS ON VARIOUS ISSUES INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA), INSURANCE PURCHASING, INTEGRATED PLANNING, FINANCIAL FORECASTING, IMPLEMENTING QUALITY MEASURES AND NEW DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES, DEVELOPING, AND DISSEMINATING VARIOUS MATERIALS, AND IMPLEMENTING AND MONITORING DRUG PRICING AGREEMENTS. NASTAD HAS AN ONGOING PROJECT SUPPORTED BY CORPORATE DONORS TO MONITOR AND ASSESS THE STATUS OF STATE ADAPS AUTHORIZED UNDER PART B OF THE RYAN WHITE PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO PRODUCING THE NATIONAL ADAP MONITORING PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES TA TO STATE ADAPS REGARDING VARIOUS PROGRAMMATIC AND FISCAL ISSUES. NASTAD ALSO CONVENES AND SUPPORTS THE WORK OF AN ADAP CRISIS TASK FORCE, MADE UP OF STATE AIDS DIRECTORS AND ADAP COORDINATORS WORKING ON BEHALF OF ALL STATE HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE FISCAL STATUS OF STATE ADAP PROGRAMS. THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY NASTAD'S MEMBERSHIP.HEALTH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION: NASTAD HAD TWO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA). ONE IS SERVICE AS THE SYSTEMS COORDINATION PROVIDER (SCP) FOR HRSA'S ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC (EHE) INITIATIVE. THE SECOND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR A SPECIAL PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE (SPNS) INITIATIVE: BUILDING CAPACITY TO IMPROVE COLLECTING AND REPORTING VIRAL SUPPRESSION DATA TO THE MEDICAID ADULT CORE SET. FINALLY, NASTAD'S HEALTH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION IS FUNDED THROUGH A SUBAWARD FROM JSI TO SUPPORT A HRSA PROJECT FOCUSED ON THE INTEGRATION AND SERVICE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM AND OPIATE USE DISORDER (OUD).NATIONAL HIV AND HEPATITIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MEETING: NASTAD CONVENES A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MEETING EACH YEAR FOR HIV PREVENTION, CARE INCLUDING ADAP COORDINATORS, HEPATITIS, AND DRUG USER HEALTH STAFF. IT IS SUPPORTED THROUGH CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PURPOSE.

VIRAL HEPATITIS: THROUGH A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH FUNDING FROM THE CDC'S DIVISION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS (THROUGH THE CSTLTS FUNDING MECHANISM) NASTAD HAS A (VIRTUAL) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TA) CENTER TO SUPPORT HEALTH DEPARTMENT HEPATITIS PROGRAMS WITH THE PREVENTION, SURVEILLANCE, AND LABORATORY ACTIVITIES. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES SUPPORTING HEALTH DEPARTMENT HEPATITIS PREVENTION AND SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS WITH TAILORED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER MODALITIES INCLUDING VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, AS OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2021, NASTAD ENDED A FIVE YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CDC'S DIVISION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS, THAT SUPPORTED THE CONVENING OF THE HEPATITIS TESTING PARTNERSHIP, A NATIONAL COALITION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTH SYSTEMS AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, NASTAD HAS BEEN FUNDED FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CDC'S DIVISION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS: NATIONAL VIRAL HEPATITIS EDUCATION, AWARENESS, AND CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDERS. NASTAD'S HEPATITIS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL VIRAL HEPATITIS ROUNDTABLE AND PROMOTION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS HEPATITIS A (HAV) AND HEPATITIS B (HBV) VACCINE FOR HIGH-RISK ADULTS, PREVENTION OF HCV, CHRONIC HBV AND HCV AND HIV HCV CO-INFECTION. THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY BOTH THE MEMBERSHIP AND CORPORATE DONORS.