About Us

The TARGET Center Web site is the central source of technical assistance (TA) and training resources for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The site is the one-stop shop for tapping into the full array of TA and training resources funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), which administers Ryan White services. HRSA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

TARGET stands for Technical Assistance Resources, Guidance, Education & Training. Among the TARGET Center’s key features is a TA Library (to find tools/products to enhance HIV/AIDS care and planning work and to locate various TA resources), a listing of Ryan White agencies under the map-based Ryan White Community webpage, Sources of TA organized by topic area, and a Help Desk for online and phone-based support. The target audience for the TARGET Center includes Ryan White grantees, planning bodies, and HRSA/HAB staff, but also extends to others, like consumers in search of services, various health and human service agencies, and the general publi.

The TARGET Center is funded by HHS, HRSA, HIV/AIDS Bureau under a cooperative agreement with The Danya Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting health, education, and well-being of individuals and communities. The Danya Institute’s mission is to promote the professional development of health care professionals and to enhance service delivery systems nationwide through the transfer of empirically based research into practice.