October 17, 2006 - October 19, 2006

 Hotel Albuquerque
800 Rio Grande Blvd., NW
Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87104
Telephone:
505-843-6300
800-237-2133
Fax: 505-842-8426
 
Albuquerque,
New Mexico



Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town


Lobby of the Hotel Albuquerque
 

Welcome!

We are pleased to announce the 3^rd Biennial Meeting of the “4 TCs” – the Regional Training Centers (RTCs), AIDS Education Training Centers (AETCs), STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers (PTCs), and Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs).

Speaker Biographies
 

The 4 TC Meeting is part of an initiative to increase collaboration among federally funded training centers with overlapping or related missions.

Meeting Goals:

1. Increase training collaboration of overlapping focus areas of STD/HIV prevention and treatment, family planning/reproductive health, and substance use prevention and treatment
    

2. Maximize the use of training resources.

Learning Objectives: 

At the end of this meeting, participants will:

1. Enhance and strengthen collaborative working relationships among the 4 TCs.

2. Increase joint training activities.

3. Incorporate the most current, evidence-based information related to STD/HIV, family planning/reproductive health, and substance abuse prevention and treatment into training activities.

This meeting will provide the opportunity to formalize collaborative efforts, identify additional training–related needs of the targeted populations and agencies serving them, and maintain state-of-the-art information related to the applicable content areas.

The sponsoring Federal agencies look forward to welcoming the 4 TCs to discuss current research- and evidence-based training practices, and to share training experiences.  The conference content will be comprised of presentations by leading experts, as well as sharing of cutting edge work from the field.

Who Should Attend:

This conference is intended for representatives from the 4 TCs (RTCs, AETCs, PTCs, and ATTCs).  Attendance will be limited to 2-3 individuals from each training grantee agency.  Representatives from the supporting Federal agencies will also participate.  

Meeting Sponsors and Hosts: 

• Office of Population Affairs (OPA)/Office of Family Planning (OFP)

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

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP), Division of Reproductive Health (DRH), and Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP)

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)  

• Office of Public Health and Science/Office of HIV/AIDS Policy (OPHS/OHAP)

Funding for this meeting was provided by the Minority AIDS Fund (MAF), along with the sponsoring Federal Agencies.  

Conference logistics are being arranged by Enterprise Services and Technologies, Inc. (EST).