Peer Training Institute (PTI) CAI offers other programs related to Adolescence and HIV/AIDS.  After 9 prosperous years, the Peer Training Institute (PTI) has come to an end. The PTI offered training and support for individuals who wish to be trained as HIV/AIDS prevention peer educators.  This includes but is not limited to —teens; adults; parents; women; people who are incarcerated; substance abusers; African-Americans; Caribbeans; Asian and Pacific Islanders; and Latino communities.  PTI was a collaboration of Cicatelli Associates Inc. (CAI) and eight Community Based Organizations (CBOs) that represent a variety of populations and communities affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic within New York City. The goal of PTI was to increase the supply of trained, skilled, motivated and culturally-competent HIV prevention peer educators so that they may provide HIV prevention interventions to persons with targeted risk behaviors as prioritized by the Risk Targeted Model (RTM) of the New York City Prevention Planning Group.  Cicatelli Associates Inc. is proud of the many accomplishments of the PTI program.  Key successes over the years include: Graduation of over 850 adult, and adolescent peer educators from communities most affected by HIV and AIDS, including but not limited to African-Americans, youth, MSMs, incarcerated adults, and current/ former substance users.   Provision of thousands of HIV/AIDS educational workshops to the community   Completion of employability trainings to PTI graduates in various areas such as resume writing, basic computer literacy, and interviewing skills   Successfully responding to emerging issues in HIV prevention and offering free training to CBOs around Hepatitis C transmission, Crystal Methamphetamines and HIV, and RAPID testing.   Coordination of Best Practices in Peer Education Conference in 2004, attended by over 200 service providers CAI would like to thank our funders, the NYCDOHMH for their direction over the years. We also commend the eight collaborating agencies, AIDS Service Center of NYC,  Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA), Community Health Action of Staten Island,  Fortune Society, Health People,  Henry Street Settlement,  Safe Horizon- Street Works Project, and the William F. Ryan Community Health Center on their successes in providing guidance and support to the peer educators and for working together to make the program an innovative, exciting, and rewarding opportunity for many in New York City community. Cicatelli Associates Incorporated, 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1600, New York, NY  10018 phone: (212) 594-7741 / fax: (212) 629-3321 http://www.cicatelli.org If you experience problems browsing this page, please send e-mail to webmaster © Copyright 2004, Cicatelli Associates Inc. site map