Evaluation and technical assistance for successful HIV program delivery

Agencies that provide HIV prevention programs (including agencies using sci ence-based interventions) need to conduct evaluation to facilitate the tran sfer of effective interventions, provide ongoing assistance to intervention providers, document services provided, demonstrate effectiveness, and impr ove programs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assists health departments, community-based organizations, and other CDC grantees w ith evaluation by providing direct, customized technical assistance and wri tten guidance Together, these activities assist grantees in conducting eval uations that provide the information that grantees need as their programs d evelop.