SAFE- RICPG Public Service Announcement

The Rhode Island Community Planning Group has produced a public service announcement. This PSA was premiered at the Annual Meeting on November 15, 2007.

Free Online Educational Courses

Below are links to some free online courses. These courses are geared towards the general public, but may be useful as a refresher. These courses can be accessed online or a cd can be obtained at the Project REACH office.

HIV 101

Sex and HIV Education Programs for Youth: Their Impact and Important Characteristics Sex and HIV Education Programs for Youth: Their Impact and Important Characteristics

Sexual Risk and Protective Factors: A Matrix

Sexual Risk and Protective Factors: Executive Summary

Sexual Risk and Protective Factors: Full Paper

Tool to Assess the Characteristics of Effective Sex and STD/HIV Education Programs (TAC)

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day- October 15, 2007

Next Thursday, October 15th is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). According to the CDC Hispanic/Latina/Latino's account for 19% of US AIDS Diagnosis. Project REACH has several Spanish and English videos which you can borrow to promote awareness in your community. Want to learn other ways to help visit the NLAAD website: http://www.nlaad.org/index.php

Courses

The Fall Catalog is at print and will arrive at your doorstep shortly. In the meantime you can check out www.ricpg.org/about-reach for the latest course updates.

At this time we are also taking suggestions for the 2008 training year. Leave a comment with yours, AOL instant message it to "Project REACH RI", or email it to Jserpa@dataofri.org

Online Registration Instructional Hour

Want to learn to use the new online registration system? Join me the fourth Thursday of the month from 5pm- 6pm. I will be available to help and answer any questions regarding the new system before the CCC meeting's each month. Need computer access? You may use DATA computers to register during this info session. Additionally you may use the In Rhodes Resource Center Computer Tuesday - Friday from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm.

National HIV Testing Day- June 27th

Wednesday June 27 marks the annual National HIV Testing Day. This annual event is meant to raise awareness of the importance of knowing your HIV status and to encourage at-risk individuals to receive an HIV test

"CDC estimates that more than 1 million Americans are living with HIV, and one quarter of those people are unaware of their infection. HIV testing enables people with HIV to take steps to protect their own health and that of their partners, and helps people who test negative get the information they need to stay uninfected.Across the country, thousands of HIV testing sites, state and local health departments, and community-based HIV/AIDS service providers will participate in NHTD events, by holding health fairs, providing community and media outreach, hosting special testing-related events or operating extended hours. Some of these events may be scheduled in the days and weeks surrounding NHTD. The campaign also highlights the HIVtest.org website, which allows users to locate HIV testing sites in their area." (from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/nhtd.htm/)

Summer Courses

Project REACH has been busy setting up our first ever Summer Course Catalog. This summer we are offering the following courses:

HIV Prevention Counseling
Can We Talk about Puberty and Sexuality?
Can We Talk about Drugs, Bullying, and School Safety?
Hepatitis C Conference
The Fundamentals of Waived HIV Testing and Prevention Counseling:A HIV Rapid Test Training

In addition REACH is working with the RICPG, Clareden Group and Mad Creative to create a new updated look.

REACH has recently introduced online registration for all courses. Now you can instantly register for a class. In the near future you will be able to check to see if courses are full, if there is a waiting list, and print your confirmation with the click of your mouse.

Be sure to check www.ricpg.org/about-reach.htm regularly for course and registration updates.