National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities

Applications are due today, February 7, 2008. Please note: there is no online application.  You may download and print out the application below or email communications@nmac.org for an application in Word format that may be electronically completed.

The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of AIDS Research (OAR) are pleased to announce the 2008 Equal Access Initiative (EAI) Computer Grants Program.

The program builds the technological capacity of faith- and community-based organizations (F/CBOs) providing HIV/AIDS services in communities disproportionately impacted by the AIDS epidemic. Participants organizations build their technological capacity by exploiting the Internet’s vast opportunities for learning and collaboration.

 

One hundred (100) F/CBOs will be selected to participate in the EAI Computer Grants Program this year. Each participant receives the following:

• A desktop computer system that includes a central processing unit, monitor, keyboard, mouse and necessary connection cords. The system will be wireless ready, and come pre-installed with a Windows operating system and Microsoft Office software. The computer system will be for use by clients and staff to access treatment and prevention information on the Internet. Please note: The computer grant does not include a printer.
  
  
• A scholarship package to send one representative to participate in the Equal Access Initiative: HIV/AIDS Information Resources from the National Library of Medicine training, sponsored by NLM. The 2008 training will take place September 18-19, at USCA, which will be held September 18-21, at the Fontainebleau Hotel, in Miami Beach, FL.

 

Each scholarship package will include:

One (1) USCA registration

Two (2) nights hotel accommodation

Two (2) days per diem

A $250 airline flight credit

 

Who May Apply?

Participation in this program is restricted to community-based organizations holding current 501(c)(3) status in the United States, its territories and possessions. Individuals are not eligible.

In addition, each CBO must:

• Not have been a recipient of the 2007 Equal Access Initiative Computer Grant. Organizations that have received an Equal Access Initiative Computer Grant in 2007 are not eligible to receive an award during this funding period.
  
  
• Be committed to developing and/or expanding HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention education programming for their clients.
   
• Already have established, or plan to establish, Internet access in some form. This program is intended to provide clients and staff greater access to Internet-based treatment and prevention education resources. It is not intended to supply general Internet access to the entire F/CBO.
  
  
• Plan additional activities to help clients benefit from the new system. The new computer system should be accessible to clients and integrated into the organization’s HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs.
  
  
• Agree to participate in a comprehensive evaluation of the Computer Grants Program by NMAC after six months. This evaluation may include requests for direct, confidential interviews with clients and staff concerning the new computer system.
  
  
• Any F/CBO that meets the above criteria is eligible to apply; however, NMAC is targeting minority F/CBOs that could not otherwise afford broader client and frontline staff access to Internet-based treatment and prevention education resources. Geographic diversity also will be an important factor in the final selection of participants. Organizations selected to receive a computer grant must agree to participate in all NMAC and OAR Internet programs.

Please note: Organizations that received computer grants in 2006 or earlier are eligible to re-apply during this special application submission period.

Submitting an Application

Click here to download the application. Applications are due on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7, 2008 and must include:

• One (1) copy of their agency’s current IRS 501(c)(3) letter
  

• One (1) copy of their current state tax exemption certificate
   
  

Send complete application packets to:

2008 EAI Computer Grants Program

c/o National Minority AIDS Council
Communications Division

1624 U Street, NW, Ste. 200

Washington, DC 20009-4432

Fax: (202) 234-6404
E-mail: communications@nmac.org
 

For additional information, please contact NMAC’s Communications Division at (202) 234-5120 or communications@nmac.org.