Capacity Building

Healthy Families and Communities Project

The Healthy Families and Communities project is focused on developing the capacity of small, faith-based and community organizations in Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven that have access to and close connections with targeted Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans. The target population includes substance abusers, mental health, reentry populations and women in transition who are at risk of HIV infection, substance abuse, or are already HIV positive and out of care.  The faith-based and community organizations selected to participate in the project must be either already providing HIV/AIDS services to minority communities are prepared expand services to strengthen the continuum of HIV/AIDS related services responsive to the target populations.