Farmworker Justice is a national capacity building assistance (CBA) provider.  We help community organizations and health care centers improve their HIV prevention programs and more effectively target migrant and rural immigrant populations.

Objective of FJ's CBA Program
The objective of Farmworker Justice’s Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) program is to help local community organizations and rural health departments master the technical aspects of specific HIV prevention programs and gain the skills needed to design and implement new culturally appropriate HIV prevention programs.

FJ designs curricula, materials, and tools to assist community-based organizations and health departments in the adaptation of appropriate HIV prevention programs to meet the needs of their communities.

Types of CBA FJ Provides
The FJ HIV team provides a variety of CBA services, all available free of charge.  Some examples of the trainings and assistance FJ has provided in the past are listed below:

• Setting program priorities

• Creating and carrying-out work plans

• Ensuring cultural and linguistic appropriateness of prevention and training materials

• Community identification/discovery tools

• Monitoring and evaluation strategies

• Logic models

• Improving group facilitation skills

• Focus group facilitation

• Community Mapping

• Ensuring fidelity to intervention core elements

• And many more....

CBA and Farmworkers
Many HIV prevention and care programs do not adequately address cultural issues or socioeconomic conditions of farmworker and migrant worker communities.  Farmworker Justice:

• Builds coalitions between groups of promotores de salud (lay health educators) and local service providers

• Provides trainings on HIV/STIs

• Assists with adaptation of HIV programs to farmworker and migrant worker populations

• Trains community groups, clinics and health departments on official CDC HIV prevention programs

• Works with community organizations who need assistance on certain aspect of their HIV/AIDS prevention programs for example, running focus groups or group facilitation skills

Farmworker Justice specializes in community level HIV prevention programs, such as Popular Opinion Leader (POL), Community PROMISE, Real AIDS Prevention Project (RAPP), Mpowerment, and Promoteres de Salud.

How do I request CBA?

• Contact Farmworker Justice directly or talk to your state or CDC project officer about requesting services through the CBA Request Information System (CRIS).

• If your agency has direct access to the CRIS system, please indicate on the online form if you would prefer that Farmworker Justice provide the assistance.

For more information about how FJ can help your organization adapt or improve your HIV prevention programs, email us at hiv@farmworkerjustice.org.