The main goal of TAP is to build an interconnected network of agencies in the Philadelphia region that will ensure increased access to medical and social services for hard to reach, at-risk minority communities.  TAP services are especially targeted for  community-based organizations serving African Americans, Latinos/Hispanics and women.

TAP provides capacity building activities that improve the ability of targeted agencies to manage, fund and operate effective HIV/AIDS prevention education and care services.  TAP helps prepare community based agencies to implement the Rapid Testing Project, a highly effective program that provides HIV/AIDS screening, prevention education and referrals.  TAP offers week-long Prevention Counselor Training sessions using up to date technology, which leads to State certification.  The emphasis of this training is to gauge the clients' psychological frame of mind to receive HIV status results within a 1 hour counseling session. 

TAP also provides staff training to agencies.  Training courses vary in topic including...  Medical updates, Grant writing basics, Legal issues around HIV.

For more information, please contact:

Dolores Vera
Technical Assistance Program Coordinator
Tel: 215-988-9970 ext. 323
Fax 215-988-9902