Hepatitis C Training Workshops

In 2001, the Hepatitis C Support Project (HCSP) conducted a broad needs assessment for hepatitis C awareness and education. The Project determined that the most needed resource was a quality HCV educational process that could be widely distributed and utilized throughout underserved communities affected by HCV. To accomplish this objective, HCSP designed a prototype two-day program that covers hepatitis C awareness and education in a training workshop environment. The goal of this program is to educate individuals who can then educate their respective communities on HCV. The areas targeted for the Project's first series of outreach programs are rural communities in Northern and Central California. The goal of the Project is to reach communities in need of HCV awareness and education nationally. Click here to see locations of trainings and recertifications and here to see maps of past and future trainings.

The goal of the Hepatitis C Training Workshops is to provide unbiased and quality education to the HCV community and to the general public. Our vision is that our training workshops will provide HCSP certified HCV Educators for local agencies.

About the Training Workshops
The Hepatitis C Training Workshop is now an intensive one-day workshop that will provide the necessary knowledge and tools for people to go out into their communities and educate others about hepatitis C. The topics covered in the workshop include:

• The Liver
• HCV Transmission and Prevention
• HCV Diagnostic Tools
• HCV Symptoms, Disease Progression and Disease Management
• HCV Medical Treatment

Workshop participants who successfully complete the training will have learned the necessary information to provide a basic HCV presentation. In addition, the training workshop will provide background information on HCV that will enable the trainees to be able to address an audience’s questions about hepatitis C.

Furthermore, workshop participants who successfully complete the course will be certified as a Basic Hepatitis C Educator by the HCSP for a period of one year. Annual recertification will be available.

The overall goal for this program is to provide HCSP-trained educators throughout the United States.

The Hepatitis C Support Project has partnered with various organizations across the United States to conduct trainings. The following organizations have partnered with the Hepatitis C Support Project to conduct HCSP’s one day hepatitis C training workshops in their states. For more information about trainings in one of these areas please contact:


Louisiana:
Dielda Robertson:
Djroberts@dhh.la.gov

New Mexico:
Karen Gonzales
Karen.Gonzales@state.nm.us

Schedule for Hepatitis C Training Workshops

Coming soon: 2008

• September 3 - Chapel Hill, NC - More info
• September 5 - Asheville, NC - More info
• September 8 - Macon, GA - More info
• December - Hawaii

Registration and other information about upcoming trainings can be found here


2008 Workshops

• January 31 - Phoenix, AZ
• February 11 - Sacramento, CA
• March 4 - Columbus, OH
• March 6 - Cincinnati, OH
• March 18 - Oroville, CA
• March 20 - Paradise, CA
• April 7 - Boston, MA
• April 9 - Berlin, VT
• April 11 - Portland, ME
• April 21 - Crescent City, CA
• June 3 - Wisconsin
• June 5 - Chicago, IL
• June 23 - Concord, CA
• July 8 - Modesto, CA
• July 14 - Carson City, NV
• July 18 - San Francisco, CA
• July 23 - Sacramento, CA
• July 28 - Frankfort, KY
• July 30 - Grand Rapids, MI
• August 7 - Grants Pass, OR
• August 11 - Eureka, CA
• August 19 - Eugene, OR
• August 21 - Portland, OR
• August 26 - Boise, ID

In 2007 HCSP conducted 46 HCV training workshops:

• February 7, 2007 - Los Angeles, CA
• March 12, 2007 - Jacksonville, FL
• March 14, 2007 - Naples, FL
• March 16, 2007 - St. Petersburg, FL
• March 30, 2007 - Cleveland OH
• April 02, 2007 - Huntsville, AL
• April 04, 2007 - Waco, TX
• April 11, 2007 - Fresno, CA
• April 16, 2007 - Denver, CO
• April 18, 2007 - Denver, CO
• April 20, 2007 - Bismarck, ND
• April 30, 2007 - W. Baltimore, MD
• May 2, 2007 - Allentown, PA
• May 09, 2007 - Springfield, IL
• May 11, 2007 - Chicago, IL
• June 04, 2007 - Charleston, W. Virginia
• June 05, 2007 - Charleston, W. Virginia
• June 8, 2007 - Albuquerque, NM
• June 19, 2007 - Philadelphia, PA
• June 21, 2007 - Lawrenceville, NJ
• June 28, 2007 - Rosharon, TX
• June 29, 2007 - Santa Fe, NM
• June 29, 2007 - Oregon State Penitentiary
• July 11 2007 - Redding, CA
• July 19, 2007 - Sacramento, CA
• July 23, 2007 - Atlanta, GA
• July 25, 2007 - Chattanooga, TN
• July 27, 2007 - Oregon State Penitentiary
• August 6, 2007 - Providence, Rhode Island
• August 7, 2007 - Baton Rouge, LA
• August 08, 2007 - Vermont/New Hampshire
• August 10, 2007 - MASS
• August 16, 2007 - Dallas, TX
• August 20, 2007 - Indianapolis, IN
• August 22, 2007 - Flint, MI
• August 23, 2007 - Amarillo, TX
• August 24, 2007 - Gary, IN
• September 11, 2007 - Bismarck, ND
• September 13, 2007 - Bismarck, ND
• September 14, 2007 - Socorro, NM
• September 24, 2007 - Kansas City, KS
• September 26, 2007 - Wichita, KS
• October 3, 2007 - Riverside, CA
• October 5, 2007 - Palm Springs, CA
• October 12, 2007 - Mobile, AL
• December 6, 2007 - Martinez, CA

2006 Workshops

• January 23rd - Meriden, CT
• January 25th - Stamford, CT
• March 9th - New York City, NY
• March 15th ­ Indianapolis, IN
• March 17 ­ Detroit, MI
• March 30th ­ Cheyenne, Wyoming
• April 4th - Crownsville, Maryland
• April 7th - Harrisburg, PA
• April 18th ­ Minneapolis, MN
• April 20th - Minneapolis, MN
• April 28th - Gold Beach, OR
• May 2nd - Chicago, IL
• May 4th - Chicago, IL
• May 31st - Albuquerque, NM
• June 6th - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• June 8th - Des Moines, Iowa
• June 20th - Dover, Delaware
• June 22nd - Philadelphia, PA
• July 11th - Springfield, IL
• July 13th - Nashville, TN
• July 17th - Sacramento, CA
• July 19th - Reno, NV
• July 24th - Orlando, FL
• July 24th - Savannah, GA
• August 9th - Little Rock Arkansas
• August 11th - Little Rock Arkansas
• August 28th - St. Louis, MO
• August 30th - Birmingham, AL
• August 31st - Birmingham, AL
• September 12th - Washington, DC
• September 14th - Durham, NC
• September 27th - Syracuse, NY
• October 20th - Concord, CA
• November 13th - West Palm Beach, FL
• November 15th - West Palm Beach, FL
• November 17th - Sarasota,FL
• November 30th - Las Vegas, NV
• December 1st - Las Vegas, NV

2005 Workshops

• January 6th & 7th - Baton Rouge , LA
• January 19th – Oakland, CA
• February 2nd – Stockton, CA
• February 3rd – Modesto, CA
• February 4th & 5th - Phoenix, AZ
• February 07th – San Luis Obispo, CA
• February 10th – Salt Lake City, UT
• February 23rd–Eureka, CA
• February 23rd –Sacramento, CA
• February 24th –Phoenix, AZ
• February 25th – Yuba/Sutter, CA
• March 2nd & 3rd- Winslow, AZ
• March 10th- Placerville, CA
• March 11th -Goodyear, AZ
• March 14th - Hilo, HI
• March 16th & 17 th - Honolulu, HI
• March 18th - Bullhead, AZ
• March 22nd-Dallas, TX
• March 24th-Houston, TX
• March 30th – Phoenix, AZ
• April 6th - Safford, AZ
• April 14th - Detroit Area. MI
• April 28th and 29th - Philadelphia, PA
• May 3rd & 5th, 2005 - Las Cruces, New Mexico
• May 3rd, 2005 - Seattle/Tacoma, WA
• May 4th, 2005 - Phoenix, AZ
• May 10th & 11th, 2005 - Yuma, AZ
• May 19th & 20th, 2005 - Tucson, AZ
• May 25th - Espanola, New Mexico
• May 27th - Albuquerque, New Mexico
• June 16 - 17th - Winslow State Prison, AZ
• June 17th, 2005 - St Louis, MO
• June 20th - Atlanta, GA
• June 22nd - Sacaton, AZ
• June 23rd - Seattle, WA
• June 27-28th - Carson City, NV
• July 11th - Los Angeles, CA
• July 12 - 13th - Florence, AZ
• July 29th - Perryville, AZ
• August 9th and August 11th - Columbus, OH
• August 15th-17th, 2005 - Seattle WA
• August 22nd, 2005 - Detroit MI
• August 31, 2005 - Phoenix, AZ
• September 20th – Newark , NJ
• September 21st - Camden, NJ
• September 22nd - Atlantic City, NJ
• October 4th - Providence, RI
• October 6th - Boston, MA
• October 13th, 2005— Sacramento CA
  (Methadone Centers)
• October 24th, 2005— Nashville TN
• October 26th, 2005— Washington DC
• October 28th, 2005— Tampa FL

• Feb 19th- 20th, 2004—Mendocino County
• March 1st and 2nd, 2004—Albuquerque, NM
• March 11th - 12th, 2004— Yuba City / Sutter
• March 18th and 19th 2004—New Orleans, LA
• March 30-31, 2004—Stanislaus County, CA
• April 25-26, 2004—Washington State Department of Corrections
• May 3rd and 4th, 2004—Flagstaff, AZ
• May 11 and May 12, 2004—Portland, OR
• May 27-28, 2004—Butte County,CA
• June 3 and 4, 2004—Las Cruces, NM
• July 13, 2004— Sacramento, CA
• August 4th & 5th, 2004—Philadelphia
• August 9th & 10th, 2004—Newark, NJ
• August 25, 2004, Grand Rapids, MI
• August 26-27, 2004–Michigan
• September 9-10, 2004—Phoenix, AZ
• September 22, 2004— Fresno, CA
• October 1, 2004—Tucson, AZ
• October 4, 2004—Prescott, AZ
• October 6, 2004—Phoenix, AZ
• October 8, 2004—Phoenix, AZ
• October 21 and 22, 2004—Chico, CA
• October 21 and 22, 2004, Phoenix, AZ
• November 4 and 5, 2004, Phoenix, AZ
• November 4, 2004, Denver, CO
• December 9 and 10, 2004—Phoenix, AZ
• December 9 and 10, 2004—Green Bay, WI
• December 14 and 15, 2004—Waukesha, WI

2003 Workshops

• January 9-10, 2003—Orange County, CA
• January 13-14, 2003— Honolulu, HI
• January 28-30, 2003—New York City (HepSquads)
• February 4-5, 2003—Los Angeles County
• April 24-25, 2003—Salt Lake City, Utah
• May 1-2, 2003—Modesto, CA
• May 7-8, 2003— Phoenix, Arizona
• June 5-6, 2003—Douglas, Arizona
• June 26-27, 2003— Tucson, Arizona
• July 10-11, 2003—Sacramento, CA
• July 18, 2003—Fresno, CA
• July 24-25, 2003—Las Vegas, NV
• July 31 - August 1, 2003—North Hollywood, CA
• August 14-15, 2003—Fresno, CA
• August 21-22, 2003—Prescott, AZ
• September 17-18, 2003—Anchorage, AK
• September 29, 2003—San Francisco
• October 3, 2003—Santa Cruz, CA
• October 9-10, 2003—Las Vegas, NV
• October, 16, 2003—San Jose, CA

• February 21 - 22, 2002—Salinas, CA
• April 11 - 12, 2002—Eureka, CA
• May 2 - 3, 2002—Fresno, CA
• June 3 - 4, 2002—San Francisco, CA
• June 21-22, 2002—Yuba City, CA
• July 8-9, 2002—Oakland, CA
• August 29-30, 2002—San Jose, CA
• October 9-10, 2002—Bakersfield, CA

Contact Alan Franciscus at alanfranciscus@hcvadvocate.org
for more information

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