Evaluation of African American Targeted Capacity Enhancement

The African American Health Coalition, in partnership with the Regional Research Institute for Human Services, has been awarded a 5-year African American Targeted Capacity Enhancement grant from the Center of Substance Abuse Treatment. The project entitled "Not Afraid to Talk/Test or Transform" (NATTT) is designed to integrate and enhance existing substance abuse treatment services by including HIV services targeting African Americans in N/NE Portland. NATTT clients will receive enhanced addiction treatment and counseling, and expanded linkages to HIV testing, case management, and resource and referral information. Under the leadership of the African American Health Coalition, the NATTT grant offers the opportunity to forge a strong partnership between Portland's HIV/AIDS Prevention, Intervention and Treatment community and the African American Addiction Treatment community to integrate services. Nancy Koroloff is the Principal Investigator for the evaluation.

The Project's Central Coordinating Organizations (PCCOs) include the lead agency, the African American Health Coalition, Inc. (AAHC) a non-profit that focuses exclusively on promoting the health of African Americans through health education, advocacy and research; Project for Community Recovery (PCR), an outpatient addiction treatment program of Tualatin Valley Centers (TVC), which is a private non-profit agency offering mental health and addiction services to clients across the lifespan including culturally specific services for African American youth and adults; Project Network (PN), a residential addition program for African American women with children; and the Regional Research Institute (RRI) at Portland State University which will conduct the overall evaluation.