Our Work & Grants
OUR WORK: COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
SUSTAIN CENTER
WE OFFER
Improvement of Mental Health Services
We prepare organizations to be more trauma-informed and healing centered.
Strategies to Address Drug Use
We provide capacity building to create and strengthen understanding, systems, and programs that focus on harm reduction and meet people where they are, as well as consider the impact of drug use, on the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Wellness Promotion
In partnership with healthcare and community organizations, we help start or improve programs that promote the overall well-being of people living with HIV in mind, body, and spirit.
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COORDINATING CENTER
GRANTS
The COMPASS Coordinating Centers provide community grants to organizations across the Southern United States to support the development of programs and activities that align with programmatic focus areas of the COMPASS Initiative.
There are multiple shared learning opportunities offered through the COMPASS Initiative. To learn more about each type of grant, eligibility, funding cycles, and our current partners, please visit the COMPASS Initiative website: http://www.gileadcompass.com/grants/.
SHARED LEARNING
Shared Learning Opportunities are longer-term opportunities for organizations to repeatedly come together and collaboratively build their organization’s infrastructure, learn best practices from each other, and connect with subject matter experts. There are multiple shared learning opportunities offered through the COMPASS Initiative. Please visit the COMPASS Initiative’s website for more information: http://www.gileadcompass.com/sharedlearning/.
TRAININGS
The COMPASS Initiative seeks to create long-term, sustainable change in leaders, organizations, and communities by supporting capacity building strategies that will strengthen the infrastructure and support the viability of organizations that serve those living with HIV/AIDS. Our unique community-centered trainings explore how systematic oppression, stigma, and racial, ethnic, and gender inequities impact the South.