A few updates about the New Mexico HIV Community Planning and Action Group (CPAG) for 2019! Our first statewide meeting on Friday, January 11th is less than a month away!
 CPAG will continue to have   monthly meetings on the 2nd Friday of the month starting at   9:30 am at Alamosa Community Center in Albuquerque. The attached   calendar lists the annual schedule.   We will be meeting in: January, February, March, August, September,   October and November. (We will not meet in April, June, July or   December!)
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We will tentatively be having   the Annual Planning Summit on May 14 – 16 in Las Cruces.
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Your new statewide co-chairs   are:
   Community Co-Chair: Miss Mattee Jim
   Persons Living with HIV (PLWH) Co-Chair: Jeffrey Hurley  (newly   elected to 2-year term)
   NMDOH Co-Chair: Andrew Gans
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CPAG will strive to be a venue   for training and cross-training of individuals working in and advocating   for the fields of HIV testing/prevention and HIV care/support   services. Rather than a focus solely on monitoring and evaluating   progress on our 2016 Integrated Plan for HIV Prevention and Care,   we have 3 new goals for CPAG during 2019.
 Improve services and outcomes across the HIV care    continuum by ensuring that staff are cross-trained on HIV prevention and    HIV care/support services.
 Reduce health disparities related to HIV by improving    staff training and access to diverse resources across a variety of social    indicators including immigration status, behavioral health, and    criminalization of infectious disease.
 Inform stakeholders of program activities and data to    assess progress with and barriers to implementation of objectives in the Integrated    Plan.
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 Keynote presentation in the    morning, up to 90 minutes, on one of the topics identified in September    2018.
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 Agency presentation in the    afternoon on their array of HIV prevention and care services.    Presentation may be a PowerPoint, informal talk, staff panel, or any    other format. Will include answers to key questions.
   - How do you promote the Undetectable = Untransmittable campaign and    information?
   - How do you recruit clients and promote utilization of PrEP by those at    greatest risk?
   - What is the continuing impact of stigma on your activities and/or your    clients in HIV prevention and care?
   - What work are you doing to continue to share information and reduce    stigma in the communities you serve?
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 One interactive or    team-building activity. Can be led by the agency that is featured    as the presenter for the month.
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 Standing topics, including    PIR/Membership, reports from Regional Advisory Groups (RAG), etc.
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 Please let me know if you have any questions.