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OMHRC

OMHRC maintains a minority health knowledge center and database; helps link people to HHS health services and resources; distributes publications; manages exhibits; publishes funding opportunities; maintains a list of volunteer resource experts available to the public; and conducts literature searches.

OMHRC also provides capacity development services. Principal areas in which assistance is offered include: organizational infrastructure, cultural competency, community outreach, program design, communications, and training. Technical assistance is provided through a combination of regional skills-building workshops, on-site consultations, and telephone, mail, and e-mail consultations.

OMHRC operates a toll-free telephone service (800-444-6472), accessible throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and provides a TDD telephone (301-251-1432) for the hearing-impaired. Bilingual information specialists answer English and Spanish-language inquiries on various health topics.

CAPS

The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is nationally and internationally recognized as a HIV prevention research center.

The mission of CAPS is to conduct domestic and international research to prevent the acquisition of HIV and to optimize health outcomes among HIV-infected individuals.

CAPS provides Technical Assistance (TA) around HIV prevention program planning, design and evaluation.