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Between 2014-2019, JSI established and operated a National Technical Assistance and Training (TTA) Center to provide support to Healthy Start (HS) grantees to ensure program effectiveness in achieving the goals to reduce infant mortality and health disparities and improve perinatal health outcomes. Branded the Healthy Start EPIC Center, JSI provided comprehensive and innovative capacity building…
Beginning in 2009, JSI was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide capacity building services (CBA) to community-based organizations (CBOs) across the country to strengthen grantees’ capacity to plan, implement, and sustain a high-impact approach to HIV prevention. From 2014-2019, CBA@JSI delivered CBA services to increase CBO operational and programmatic…
The CDC Division of Reproductive Health engaged JSI to assist in the Engaging Young Men in Clinical Services to Prevent Premature Fatherhood (EYM) project. The first four years of the grant focused on improving reproductive health services for young men, ages 15-19, in Gaston, NC. JSI partnered with health center partners Gaston Family Health Services…
‘Diversion’ is an attempt to divert, or channel out, youthful offenders from the juvenile justice system,’ as articulated by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Bynum and Thompson, 1996). Within the State of New Hampshire, there are approximately seventeen certified diversion programs. However, diversion practices vary in terms of the initial juvenile…
The National HIV Prevention Program Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E) Service Center is the primary point of contact for NHM&E-related technical assistance for all Center for Disease Control (CDC)-funded HIV prevention grantees, including health departments and community-based organizations. In partnership with CACI International, Inc., JSI provides NHM&E technical assistance and facilitates monitoring and evaluation guidance in…
To ensure that program goals are met, state agencies are increasingly focusing their efforts on evaluating the effectiveness of their programs. The Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs (DSCSHN) is committed to building systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs that incorporate six performance outcomes including: partnering…
JSI works with the RI Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals to manage the Rhode Island Prevention Resource Center (RIPRC), a training and technical assistance (TTA) resource for Rhode Island substance abuse prevention providers. TTA is provided based on the self-identified capacity building needs of substance abuse prevention providers and delivered in a…
Recent changes in state and federal funding for public health services, combined with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, have resulted in public health and health care systems undergoing tremendous change. State sexually transmitted disease (STD) programs, family planning agencies, and public health labs need assistance to keep up with the changes, while maintaining…
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), New Hampshire consistently ranks in the top states for rates of alcohol use and abuse, marijuana use, and non-medical use of prescription pain relievers (young adults). New Hampshire lacked centralized, accessible, comprehensive technical support for the promotion…
JSI has led digital communications for HIV.gov (formerly known as AIDS.gov) since the project’s inception in 2006. HIV.gov works to: Expand visibility of timely and relevant Federal HIV and viral hepatitis policies, programs, and resources to the American public. Increase use of new media tools by the government, minority, and other community partners to extend…
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