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Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Mission: The Health Resources and Services Administration's mission is to improve and expand access to quality health care for all.

Goal: Moving toward 100 percent access to health care and 0 health disparities for all Americans.

Vision: The Access Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA assures the availability of quality health care to low income, uninsured, isolated, vulnerable and special needs populations and meets their unique health care needs.

Strategies: Eliminate Barriers to Care. Eliminate Health Disparities. Assure Quality of Care. Improve Public Health and Health Care Systems.

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Project administration

The California Peer Educator Project is a program of Shanti.

Based in San Francisco, Shanti has provided peer-based emotional and practical support to individuals affected by HIV and AIDS for more than 30 years. The Shanti Model of Peer Support has been successfully adapted by organizations throughout the world. The Shanti National Training Institute was launched in 1998 to make available the lessons learned at Shanti to a wide range of human service organizations, and since that time has provided training and technical assistance to more than 900 organizations across the country. The California Peer Educator Project will draw upon the strengths and experience of the entire Shanti organization, as well as the collaborative relationships the organization maintains with groups and programs across the State of California.

Funding

The California Peer Educator Project is a cooperative agreement funded by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This cooperative agreement is a part of the emergency funds allocated to the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI). The MAI focuses special attention on the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in communities of color, and on developing and improving the capacity of minority, community based organizations (CBOs) to more effectively serve their communities.