The Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center and the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum have hired LFA to assess their effectiveness in providing a range of capacity-building and leadership development services to A&PI community-based organizations (CBOs) and Networks. LFA conducted interviews with key informants at A&PI CBOs and Networks across the country, and will used these data to assess the effectiveness of these services in enhancing the service delivery capacity of CBOs, and to increase the ability of A&PI leaders to engage in policy advocacy at the state and national levels.

The Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center and the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum are the two lead agencies of a national partnership of organizations which provide capacity-building assistance (CBA) to community-based organizations (CBOs) which provide HIV/AIDS services to A&PI populations. Wellness Center and the Health Forum have hired LFA to conduct a long-term assessment (2004-2008) of this partnership’s ability to provide CBA to its clients. CBA services cover the following CDC-designated focus areas: organizational development; program development; community mobilization; and community planning. The evaluation includes surveys and key informant interviews administered to CBA recipients, as well as online tracking of CBA activities. This evaluation will feed information back to the partnership about their effectiveness in enhancing the service delivery capacity of CBOs, in mobilizing communities to lessen the stigma of HIV/AIDS in A&PI populations, and in making the A&PI voice heard in the HIV community planning process.