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Capacity Building for AIDS Housing Program Staff

Through conferences and trainings, AHC disseminates information and best practices, fosters discussion and collaboration, and seeks to provide HIV/AIDS housing services providers with the tools and knowledge they need to excel.
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Trainings for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's AIDS Bureau

AIDS Housing Corporation is a training partner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's AIDS Bureau. AHC's trainings for the AIDS Bureau target front-line and management staff in AIDS housing programs in Massachusetts. These trainings are listed on the AIDS Bureau's consolidated training calendar.
View the Mass. Dept. of Public Health AIDS Bureau's training calendar (Opens in new window) →
These trainings are centered on the Standards of Care for AIDS Housing in Massachusetts, as detailed in AHC's Achieving Excellence publications. DPH trainings are open to all providers of AIDS services in Massachusetts, though priority will be given to staff at programs with DPH contracts.
Topics in this series have included:
  • Responding to resident crises in AIDS housing
  • Integrating harm reduction into AIDS housing
  • Legal issues in supportive housing
  • Challenges in engaging residents
  • Accessing housing for ex-offenders
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act and your program
  • Outcome measures and evaluation for AIDS housing programs.
Learn more about Achieving Excellence: Standards of Care →
For more information regarding this or similar trainings offered in your area, please contact AHC.

HOPWA Program Management Training

AHC is committed to the sound management of the HOPWA program. In the 2004, AHC offered a comprehensive, modular training to virtually all of the HOPWA grantees and project sponsors in New England. Training sessions were held in Manchester, N.H., Hartford, Conn., and Worcester, Mass. The training addressed technical details concerning all of the eligible HOPWA activities, as well as grant management issues. Attendees at the training received a notebook that contained a wealth of source materials, including presentation notes, copies of HUD notices, memos and regulations, OMB circulars and other source material, including information on:
  • Rental assistance, e.g. rent calculation and lease agreements
  • Reporting rent payments to the IRS
  • Fiscal management
  • Documentation and reporting of program activities
  • Managing short-term rent mortgage and utilities payments.
View web links to source materials from the HOPWA training →
For a copy of our HOPWA presentations, please contact AHC.