Capacity Building Division

The OMHRC Capacity Building Division provides an array of Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Activities to health care agencies and programs throughout the United States and its Territories and Jurisdictions. Service delivery is provided to increase the strength and competence of an organization. The Capacity Building Division defines Technical Assistance as providing short-range, acute care to agencies and organizations. Capacity Building Activities are considered to be more long-range activities where services are provided typically over a 2 year time period.

HIV and AIDS disproportionally impacts racial and ethnic communities in the United States. The Office of Minority Health's Mission is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. Since 1999, the Capacity Building Division has focused its activities on improving the organizational capacity of agencies that provide HIV/AIDS services to these underserved communities.