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National AETC: CAAD Project Contract 1, Grant No. 1 H4A HA 00022-0
Period of Performance: 07/01/99 – 06/30/2000
Assist HAB to identify and profile agencies funded by the Ryan White CARE Act.
Activities include: (1) maintain mechanisms to ensure ongoing identification
and profiling of direct service agencies receiving CARE Act funds; (2) maintain
timely information regarding agencies funded y the CARE Act to enable HAB to
address a variety of policy, programmatic, and evaluation questions; (3)
enhance HAB’s ability to identify geographic gaps in HIV service capacity and
assess the link between rates of HIV disease and distribution of services in US
healthcare markets; (4) assess the impact of initiatives focused on expanding
minority provider participation in CARE Act programs and gain a better
understanding of the organizational structure, capacity, and characteristics of
minority providers receiving CARE Act funds; and (5) assess the TA needs of HIV
service agencies supported by the CARE Act and factors associated with those
needs, including the unique TA needs of minority providers. POI addressed these
objectives through: (1) maintenance of the CARE Act Agency Database to ensure
timely data; (2) develop an Access database containing organization data for
all agencies receiving CARE Act funds; (3) update CAAD files to reflect newly
funded grantees and subgrantees; (4) create new Access tables; (5) use of
Castelle PC-based fax software to transmit informational queries to
subgrantees; (6) conduct data entry and cleaning using Access; (7) produce
tabular results using Excel and SPSS, (8) produce graphs using MS Graph Charts,
and (9) prepare a report to the sponsor.
National AETC: CAAD Project Contract 2,Grant No. 1 H4A HA 00022-01
Period of Performance: 07/01/00 – 03/31/2002
Assist HAB to identify and profile agencies funded by the Ryan White CARE Act.
Activities include: (1) maintain mechanisms to ensure ongoing identification
and profiling of direct service agencies receiving CARE Act funds; (2) maintain
timely information regarding agencies funded y the CARE Act to enable HAB to
address a variety of policy, programmatic, and evaluation questions; (3)
enhance HAB’s ability to identify geographic gaps in HIV service capacity and
assess the link between rates of HIV disease and distribution of services in US
healthcare markets; (4) assess the impact of initiatives focused on expanding
minority provider participation in CARE Act programs and gain a better
understanding of the organizational structure, capacity, and characteristics of
minority providers receiving CARE Act funds; and (5) assess the TA needs of HIV
service agencies supported by the CARE Act and factors associated with those
needs, including the unique TA needs of minority providers. POI addressed these
objectives through: (1) the addition of key data elements to the CARE Act
Agency Database (CAAD); (2) support of a CAAD maintenance and update cycle; (3)
development of database documentation, dissemination, and security policies;
(3) refinement and maintenance of a multi-module Access database; (4)
development of data cleaning policies and procedures, (5) design and fielding
of a survey; (6) data entry and cleaning; (7) transfer of Access databases to
SPSS for statistical analysis; (8) prepare tabular results using Excel and
SPSS; (9) prepare graphic results using MS Graph Charts and PowerPoint, and
(10) prepare a report to the client.
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