Cicatelli Associates Inc.

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm and is reviewed and approved by the board members prior to submission with irs. A draft copy of 990 is sent to all the board members for review and approval before it becomes final.”

“The organization has a conflict of interst policy that covers all board members, officers, employees and certain consultants. Through out the years, all covered individuals are required to disclose any changes to interests or transactions that may be a potential conflict. The independent board members review any potential conflicts and determines whether any conflict exists. Any interested board member is recused from participating and voting on the discussions and decisions involving such conflict.”

“Cai's initial wages are based on the salary range researched and developed for each position, with variations dependent upon employee qualifications, education and experience. When funds are available each year on the anniversary date of hire, staff receive a cost of living adjustment (cola) increase of approximately 3%. In addition to cola increase, one may receive a merit raise according to our policy. The independent board approves salary raises for the president and officers of the company and documents decisions contemporaneously.”

“The governing documents, conflict of inerest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“Outside consultants: program service expenses 2,887,420. Management and general expenses 115,206. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,002,626. Payroll services: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 16,456. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 16,456.”

“Over the course of fy2019, cicatelli associates inc. (cai) administered approximately 50 contracts, including 15 supported by federal funding, and 14 supported by state or local government. During this time, we conducted 637 capacity building events, including trainings, learning collaboratives, webinars, and technical assistance to over 11,400 participants. Some notable achievements for cai this year include: cai entered into our first year as the cdc's national hiv classroom learning center (nhclc), a 5-year initiative to strengthen the capacity of the hiv prevention workforce to optimally plan, implement, integrate and sustain high-impact hiv prevention interventions and strategies to reduce hiv infections and hiv-relate morbidity, mortality, and health disparities across the nation. The program is designed to support acceleration towards ending the hiv epidemic: a plan for america. Nhclc comes on the heels of cai's work as a national provider of capacity building assistance for high-impact hiv prevention, which ended this year and for which we supported clinical providers and healthcare organizations (hcos) in implementing high-impact prevention (hip) strategies to increase rates of linkage to care, retention in care, and adherence. During fy19, cai provided capacity building assistance to over 600 individuals from hcos across the country and developed and piloted a new evidence-based intervention, stay connected. Cai is in our second year of a five-year initiative with the new jersey department of health to support more than 30 ryan white hiv/aids program (rwhap)-funded hiv care and treatment agencies in integrating trauma informed care into their culture, environment, and service delivery. Cai has developed measures and methods for assessing needs and evaluating outcomes for rwhap recipients and subrecipients. During fy19, cai trained over 1,100 people in topics ranging from general education on trauma and psychoeducation to de-escalation and self-care. In addition, cai launched a new 3-year initiative in fy19, funded by the new york state department of health, to integrate trauma-informed care approaches in 10 federally qualified health centers across new york city. In year four of hope buffalo, an initiative funded by the office of adolescent health to reduce teen pregnancy and improve adolescent wellness, cai has been successful in implementing a "road map", or set of coordinated activities, that includes the implementation of evidence-based interventions. Continued to administer compassionate, evidence-based interventions and build relationships. A key component of hope's strategy is the successful utilization of the collective impact (ci) model to establish a robust community mobilizing structure. During this time, 33 organizations have been active members in the community action team, and 72 overall partner organizations have been engaged. This has led to our ability to increase referrals to partner and other organizations by 700% in year 4, and to our provision of 20 new mini-grant awards to support initiatives by local community-based organizations. Cai's community approaches to reducing stis (cars) cdc initiative seeks to address the significant sti/hiv disparities among african american and lgbtq identified adolescents and young adults ages 15 to 24 in buffalo, ny. The foundation of cars is a community action board (cab) framework, which empowers communities to advocate for themselves. A major success in year two of this program was the utilization of creative problem solving (cps) and its tools as our vehicle for evaluation and maintaining cab engagement. Cps made evaluative work more accessible for cab members, and fostered use of a common language in familiar structures, leading to easy understanding of complex concepts. Cai has been working in partnership with the national association of county and city health officials on implementing a community health worker (chw) intervention to improve hiv health outco”

“In partnership with legal action center, cai administers the samhsa funded center of excellence for protected health information (coe-phi). This project develops and disseminates resources, training, and technical assistance for states, healthcare providers, school administrators and individuals and families to improve understanding and application of federal privacy laws and regulations, including ferpa, hipaa, and 42 cfr part 2, when providing and receiving treatment for sud and mental illness. In the past year, coe-phi provided 33 instances of intensive, individualized technical assistance to 32 unique organizations/individuals representing 19 states and washington d.c, along with five trainings which reached a total of 133 participants throughout the u.s. And u.s. Territories. Coe-phi also presented in partnership with the national institutes on drug abuse at the national association of addiction professional's (naadac) "town hall" at naadac's annual conference to an estimated total of 110 audience members. For over 23 years, cai has administered the people living with aids leadership training institute (lti) funded by the nys department of health aids institute. Lti provides skill-building courses and workshops to new yorkers living with hiv in a safe, fun and supportive community. More recently, lti began training participants with current/cleared hepatitis c, and individuals with a shared lived experience of injection drug use. Offering multi-day courses led by hiv+ trainers, all lti trainings are practical and interactive, providing participants ongoing opportunities to engage in peer-led discussion groups, q & a sessions, and job-readiness skills. During fy19, lti reached 153 participants from across the state of ny. The program specializes in face-to-face, in-person trainings, and also provides an opportunity for all participants to be matched with an lti peer mentor to assist with a participant's self-management and employability skills.”