Peer Training Institute (PTI) Collaborating Agencies After 9 prosperous years, the Peer Training Institute (PTI) has come to an end.   Many Thanks to Our Collaborating  Agencies We would like to commend the eight collaborating agencies 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. AIDS Service Center (ASC) ASC is a multi-service community organization that fulfills its mission of helping many, one by one through dynamic programming responsive to the needs of diverse communities. ACS’s services include peer education, training and outreach; specialized women’s services; health promotion and harm reduction initiatives; links to medical care and appropriate housing; transportation assistance and child care support; HIV treatment education; supportive counseling and much more. These comprehensive programs promote the well-being empowerment and stability of persons living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS throughout the City and the neighboring areas. Web page: http://www.ascnyc.org Contact: AIDS Service Center 41 East 11th Street - 5th Floor New York, NY 10003 Work (212) 645-0875 #127; Fax (212) 645-0705/8712 Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA) APICHA’s mission is to combat AIDS- related discrimination and to support, empower, and enhance the quality of life of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the New York City area- particularly community members living with AIDS and HIV infection- through client services, HIV/AIDS medical care, education, training and technical assistance, community organizing, coalition building, policy analysis, and research. Web page: http://www.APICHA.org Contact: APICHA 150 Lafayette Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10013 Work (212) 334- 7940; Fax (212) 334-7956 Community Health Action of Staten Island Community Health Action provides neighborhood-based HIV information, prevention and treatment education, free HIV counseling, testing and referrals for services at sites located throughout the borough. Community Health Action conducts peer education on Arthur Kill Correctional Facility and in the general community of Staten Island.  Other services include crisis intervention, counseling, case management, substance abuse treatment, housing, job placement, and supportive services for people living with HIV/AIDS and family members. Contact: Community Health Action of Staten Island 56 Bay Street, 3rd Floor Staten Island, NY 10301 Work (718) 981-3366 #304; Fax (718) 815-0782 Fortune Society Inc. The Fortune Society Peer Training Institute targets adolescents between 14 and 21 who have either been incarcerated or are at risk of incarceration. This population exhibits a high rate of and risk for HIV infection. Fortune engages members of this target population through focused activities such as intensive workshops and outreach forums in correctional institutions and in seven key neighborhoods in New York City from which the majority of NYC state’s inmates originate. These neighborhoods are: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville and East New York (Brooklyn), the Lower East Side, Harlem, (Manhattan) and South Jamaica (Queens). Web page: http://www.fortunesociety.org Contact: Fortune Society Inc. 53 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10010 Work: (212) 691-7554; Fax (212) 255 4948 Health People Started in 1990 as a women’s AIDS peer education program, Health People was founded on the principle that the people most affected by AIDS should have the resources to become leaders in the fight against AIDS. Today, Health People has developed into a full program of outreach support and advocacy. Health People serves the poorest district of NYC. By teaching people who live here and who themselves have personal experience with chronic disease to become local health educators, we effectively prevent and fight chronic diseases. Web page: http://www.healthpeople.org Contact: Health People 552 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10455 Work (718) 585-8585 # 231; Fax (718) 585-5041   Henry Street Settlement Henry Street Settlement is a recognized leader in the field of social service and urban renewal. Its 19 locations include: daycare centers, a multidisciplinary arts center, transitional residences for homeless families, a shelter for battered women, a senior center, a workforce development center, a health and day treatment center, supportive housing for the mentally ill, residential and day camps, and after-school youth programs. Regarding HIV/AIDS-prevention, the Settlement’s Community Consultation Center, founded in 1948, is considered the first formal community mental health agency in the United States; and they currently operate a unique intergenerational model for assisting families impacted by HIV/AIDS. The Youth Services Division has operated an innovative peer education model – the Peer Training Institute targeting high-risk adolescents. The Settlement also operates a homeless shelter specifically targeting families with members infected by the virus. Web page: http://www.henrystreet.org Contact: Henry Street Settlement 301 Henry Street New York, NY 10002 Work: (212) 254-3100 Safe Horizon Safe Horizon/Street Work’s Peer AIDS Education Component (SWPAEC) fights the spread of HIV/AIDS among street oriented youth up to 23 who are at greatest risk. We work collectively to create a safe, nurturing environment that promotes self- determination and community. We support one another to develop effective harm reduction skills and practices. In their outreach our peer educators encourage, teach and empower other at risk youth to safe their own lives. SWPAEC is committed to the crucial work of reaching out to our communities with dignity. Web page: http://www.safehorizon.org Contact: The Streetwork Project 545 Eighth Ave. 22nd Floor New York, NY 10018 Work: (212) 268-3943   William F. Ryan Community Health Center Established in 1967, the William F. Ryan Community Health Center is an independent, not-for-profit, community-based organization. Our multilingual and multicultural health care professionals provide affordable, high-quality and comprehensive health care and support services to residents of the communities that we are proud to serve. The Ryan Center’s Peer Training Institute (PTI) trains at-risk and community youth aged 14 – 25 to be effective peer educators with a focus on: HIV and STD prevention, sexual and drug use decision making skills, relationship building, communication skills and accessing adolescent health services. Web page: http://www.ryancenter.org Contact: William F. Ryan Community Health Center 160 West 100th Street, Room 240 New York, NY 10025 Work (212) 769-7227; Fax (212) 666-4438   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