Partner Training Center Networks | AIDS Education and Training Centers National Coordinating Resource Center (AETC NCRC)

The members of the Federal Training Center Collaborative (FTCC) are federally funded training and technical assistance (T/TA) centers with complementary missions.

The FTCC is committed to:

Increasing collaboration in the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral hepatitis, tuberculosis (TB), behavioral health, and the management and promotion of sexual and reproductive health.
Maximizing the use of federal resources to help meet the training and organizational capacity building needs of the health care and public health workforce engaged in promoting health and reducing disparities.

All partner training centers offer online and in-person training and capacity-building assistance. Several offer clinical consultation services. Explore below to learn more about the services and audiences served.

Website: ATTC Network

Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Structure

10 Regional Centers
2 National Focus Area Centers (American Indian and Alaska Native, and Hispanic and Latino)
1 Network Coordinating Office

Key Services

Training on evidence-based practice
Intensive technical assistance
Foster regional and national alliances

Target Audience

Addiction counselors
Recovery support workers
Health professionals addressing the needs of people with substance use or other behavioral health disorders
Academics
State and local government officials

Modalities

In-person
Online (downloadable resources, asynchronous and synchronous trainings, webinars, videos, and podcasts)
Phone/remote

Topics

Behavioral Interventions for SUD
Stimulant misuse
Opioid misuse
HIV and Hepatitis C
Health equity and inclusion
Compassion fatigue and resilience
Recovery-oriented practices and services
Medically-assisted Therapy

Website: AETC National Coordinating Resource Center

Funder: Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA HAB)

Structure

8 Regional Centers
2 National Centers
3 Special Projects

Key Services

Clinical training and capacity building assistance
Preceptorships
Annual Ryan White Program Clinical Conference
Expert clinician consultation warmlines and hotlines (HIV management, perinatal transmission, PrEP, hepatitis c management, addiction treatment)

Target Audience

Clinicians
Clinical team & staff
Health profession students

Modalities

In-person
Online
Phone-based

Topics

HIV primary care
ART
Prevention
PrEP/nPEP/PEP
HIV testing
Integrated care

Website: Program Backgrounder

Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHAP)

Structure

17 CBA providers
2 National Training Centers (E-learning and Classroom)
12 Regional TA Providers (Clinical testing, non-clinical testing and prevention, integrated activities and structural interventions)
1 Continuous Quality Improvement and Sustainability Center for CBOs
1 National Marketing and Administrative Support Center

Key Services

E-learning and classroom learning for evidence-based interventions; distance learning to support senior and mid-level program managers at CDC-funded CBOs, tailored TA.

Target Audience

CDC-funded Health Departments – state, tribal, local, and territorial
CDC-funded CBOs providing HIV prevention services
Local partners supporting CDC-funded health departments and CBOs

Modalities

Online
In-person
Phone-based
Skills-building institutes

Topics

High-impact HIV prevention
Clinical HIV testing and prevention for persons with HIV
Nonclinical HIV testing and prevention for HIV-negative people
Integrated HIV activities and structural interventions

Website: Reproductive Health National Training Center

Funder: Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of Population Affairs, and Office on Women's Health

Structure

1 National Center

Key Services

Ensure that Title X and Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) personnel have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to deliver high-quality reproductive health and adolescent health services and programs.

Target Audience

Staff working in:

Title X-funded settings that deliver family planning services (i.e. services to help clients prevent or achieve pregnancy.)
TPP-funded programs to replicate, develop, test, and disseminate interventions that provide youth with knowledge and skills to achieve optimal health and lower their risk for teen pregnancy and STIs.

Modalities

Learning collaboratives, peer learning groups
Webinars
e-Learning
Job aids, tools, toolkits
1:1 TA
In-person workshops (virtual, onsite)
Conference presentations

Topics

Title X and TPP program requirements (regulations, statute)
Administrative operations
Adolescent health
Financial operations
Quality improvement
Reproductive health

Website: Clinical Training Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health

Funder: Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of Population Affairs

Structure

1 National Center

Key Services

Deliver continuous, high-quality clinical skills training and resources to health care providers within the Title X and related public health communities.

Target Audience

Title X family planning grantees
Family planning providers
Clinicians: Physicians, Physician Assistants, Advanced Practice Nurses, Nurses
Other healthcare team members

Modalities

Webinars
In-person
Podcasts
Webinarettes - "Virtual Coffee Breaks"
National Conference
Project ECHO
Information dissemination

Topics

STDs
SUD
Contraception
Mental Health
Cultural Competency
Other Family Planning Topics

Website: National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC)

Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP)

Structure

1 National STD PTC Coordination Center
1 STD Clinical Consultation Network
1 National STD Curriculum Center
8 Regional STD PTCs

Key Services

Improve the capacity to diagnose, manage, treat and counsel individuals with or impacted by STDs.

Target Audience

Providers and health systems who treat and manage STDs

Modalities

In-person
Online
Consultation
Technical Assistance
Learning Communities

Topics

STD diagnosis, management, treatment
HIV prevention in STD speciality clinics
Quality Improvement

Funder: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Website: Public Health Learning Navigator

Structure

10 Regional Public Health Training Centers (RPHTCs)
80 Community-based Training Partners (CBTs)
1 National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT)

Key Services

Promoting the creation, collaboration, and distribution of high-quality, relevant, and accessible training and education opportunities for the public health workforce.

Target Audience

Governmental and nongovernmental public health practitioners working in local, state, and tribal health departments and community settings
Undergraduate and graduate students

Modalities

Our network of 10 RPHTCs and Community-based Training Partners provide free high-quality, online and in-person trainings, tools, and other resources for the public health workforce.
Skills-based trainings

Websites: CDC Program Information Page

Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Division of Tuberculosis Elimination

Structure

4 Regional TB COEs

Creates, enhances and disseminates state-of-the-art resources, models of excellence and performs research to control and eliminate TB in the United States and internationally.