WHAT MAKES NBLCA DIFFERENT?

 

• Fills a void in policy formation and advocacy resulting from the overwhelming service demands placed on community-based organizations (CBOs).
   

• Creates new funding and programs targeting African-American and other  communities of color.
   

• Redirects existing funding and programs in the direction of African-Americans and other  communities of color. 
   

• Produces a greater return on investment than other community organizations because it generates funding/programs that directly benefits community-based organizations.
   

• NBLCA’s organizational structure is replicable throughout the state/nation.
   

• Creates a public policy infrastructure from its organizational structure rather than a program or a one-time event.
   

• NBLCA has capacity to mobilize African-American professionals from the following professions: Medical, Media, Business, Legislative, and Ecumenical.
   

• NBLCA affiliates are guided by and gain their credibility from the established clergy.
   

• NBLCA has the capacity to produce policy papers on the medical, religious, and legal issues related to HIV/AIDS and African-American and other communities of color. 
   

• NBLCA has the capacity to produce statistical reports that document the status and trend of  HIV/AIDS.
   

• NBLCA is a resource for direct service community-based organizations.