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ODAAT is a program of Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
Classes & Workshops
Among the services ODAAT provides are various classes and workshops designed to aid the individual and community.
GED /ABE Literacy preparing individuals to take the GED test while strengthening their reading, comprehension, verbal and written skills.
Computer Literacy training helps individuals gain basic computer skills, including job search, internet and e-mail.
Life Skills classes provide opportunities to receive "real world" information promoting positive methods of communication, self-care, housing, money and relationships.
Parenting Classes classes provide parents an opportunity to learn new strategies and techniques to nurture and parent their children.
Housing Workshops teach individuals to navigate the various components of the housing application process including renting, home ownership and subsidies.
Money Management/Financial Planning teaches families and individuals methods for managing money, saving, budgeting, establishing and maintaining good credit and building wealth.
Job Readiness training provides tools to find a job, get a job, keep a job via resume creation, employment applications completion, successfully interviewing skills and employment retention.
Safety Counts workshop, a cognitive behavioral intervention developed by The Center for Disease Control (CDC) to reduce HIV/Hepatitis risk among drug users who are not in treatment.
HIV Facts:
Injection drug use (IDU) accounted for 12% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2006.
Philadelphia reported a slightly higher statistic of 13%.
HIV Facts:
High-risk heterosexual contact accounted for 31% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2006.
Philadelphia reported 55% in the same population.
HIV Facts:
One in every two people living with HIV in the United States is Black. Philadelphia reports 67%of new infections are African Americans.
2006 CDC data indicates about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIVS or AIDS are black.
HIV Facts:
The CDC estimates that African Americans are more severely and disproportionately affected by HIV than any other racial/ethnic group in the United States.
More infections occur among young people under 30 than any other age group. Persons 30-39 have the second highest infection rate.
HIV Fact:
In 2006 the rate of new HIV infections among non-Hispanic blacks was 7 times the rate among whites. Hispanics saw a rate 3 times that of the white population. Whites accounted for 35% of estimated new HIV infections. Asians/Pacific Islanders accounted for roughly 2% and American Indians/Alaska Natives accounted for roughly 1%.
HIV Facts:
The CDC recommends that everyone in the US aged 13-64, regardless of perceived risk, get tested for HIV to help stop the spread of the disease.
It also recommends that sexually active gay and bisexual men be tested for HIV at LEAST once a year.
HIV Facts:
Gay and bisexual men accounted for a significantly greater proportion of estimated new infections nation-wide in the United States in 2006 than any other risk group.
Philadelphia statistics however reported heterosexual's accounted for the largest population.
Each year, more than 40,000 people become newly infected with HIV in the United States.
That's 109 new infections per day or 1 new infection every 13 minutes.
Every 13 minutes another person becomes infected with the HIV virus in the United States.
HIV Fact:
In the United States, men account for 73% of new infections. Philadelphia reports African American women are the fastest growing population.
The CDC estimates that one-quarter of HIV-infected people are unaware of their HIV infection and that these cases account for 54-70% of all new infections.
