::: Latino Community Services (LCS)

Fernando Morales, Capacity Building Program Coordinator

Fernando Morales is currently the Capacity Building Program Coordinator for the Healthy Latino Families and Communities Project at LCS, Inc. The program is a statewide initiative with a focus on Latino youth and families at risk, with an emphasis on building capacity to Faith Based and Grassroots organizations to address issues related to HIV infection, treatment as well as substance abuse. Within LCS, Inc. he also served as the Outpatient Supportive Services Administrator, which encompassed administrative oversight of the Ryan White Title I program, which included Transportation, Substance Abuse/Mental Health and Home Health Care for clients infected or affected with HIV/AIDS. In addition, he also served as the Air Bridge Program Coordinator, for the Air Bridge Program, a statewide initiative that entailed working in collaboration with Puerto Rico and New York, in maintaining continuity for participants that were HIV/AIDS and were relocating to and from Puerto Rico, Connecticut and New York.

Previously, he was the Program Director of a Research project with the University of Connecticut and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, with an emphasis on Substance Use and HIV co-infectivity. His knowledge and experience earned him an invitation to Yaroslavl, Russia through the Lindsi-Smith Center, to implement policy change and the opening of Harm Reduction Programs as well as building capacity to incorporate HIV counseling and testing throughout the city. Recently, Fernando worked for the University of Connecticut Health Center/Correctional Managed Health Care in their HIV Prevention Program, in collaboration with the Department of Corrections as a Substance Abuse/HIV Counselor.

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