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HIV Prevention Grant Announcment
for the project period 2008-2010

The Utah Department of Health HIV Prevention Program funds grants to non-profit community-based organizations, government agencies and local health departments serving high-risk populations for HIV infection in the State of Utah. The grants will address high priority HIV prevention needs among these Utah communities.

Below are Grant Announcement and anciliary forms needed for successfull application. The project period is January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010. Applications must be received at the Utah Department of Health by October 1, 2007 no later than 3:00 P.M. MDT. Each grant will be funded on a year-to-year cycle.

Please download all three (3) of the following documents:

Additional Grant Application Resources

If you have any problems or questions with the above documents, please contact Heather Bush at 801-538-6194 or hbush@utah.gov



A Utah Empowered to Prevent HIV

The mission of the HIV Prevention Program is to provide Utahns with the tools and knowledge to prevent HIV in a culturally sensitive, non-judgmental and compassionate environment.

Statement of Ethics
The HIV Prevention Program will:

1. Respect the diversity of our clients, contractors, community and ourselves.
2. To provide compassionate prevention and educational services
3. To hold ourselves & our partners to high level of action and accountability.
4. To promote an environment of collaboration among our clients, contractors, community and ourselves.
5. To foster a learning environment for ourselves & our team.
6. To protect the confidentiality of our clients HIV status.


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HIV Counseling and Testing Program
This page includes a listing of all public HIV test sites in Utah, information on OraQuick and Counseling and Testing Workshop Training schedule.
All test sites are confidential and no client will be denied service due to inability to pay fees.
Want to be an HIV Counselor? Counseling and Testing Workshops are offered every other month.
HIV Prevention Providers
There are a variety of organizations around the state who provide HIV Prevention. Each of these agencies have a different specialty and target populations and each offers a variety of programming. Organizations are listed by name, contact information and brief description of programs. Please contact them for further information.
HIV Prevention Community Planning Committee
Community planning involves finding ways to prevent HIV infection in communities at risk. This is done through partnerships between health departments, community agencies and other interested individuals. The major goal of HIV prevention community planning is to improve the effectiveness of HIV prevention programs. Utah has one Community Planning Committee (CPC) for the state. Anyone is welcome to apply to become a member of CPC. Nominations are accepted in the fall of each year for the following calendar year, with each term running for two years. Forms are available to nominate yourself or someone else.
Community Events and Trainings
A chronological list of upcoming activities, trainings, classes and other events that are hosted by, or for, the Utah HIV Prevention Community.
If you have an event you would like posted on this page, please email Heather at hbush@utah.gov.
Resources
Documents and other resources for the HIV Prevention Program including local and national statistics, local HIV/AIDS resource guides and national links.

Programa de Prevención del VIH
La meta del Programa de Prevención del VIH es educar personas y comunidades sobre el VIH/SIDA, asistir personas interesadas en obtener un exámen de VIH y ayudar a todos a reducir los riesgos de contraer esta enfermedad. Para más información, por favor llame a nuestro coordinador Latino, Edwin Espinel al 801-538-9480, o por medio del correo electronico a eespinel@utah.gov

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