CTS User Guide Overview

This guide is designed to be used by CDC-funded Community-based Organizations (CBO) and Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) providers, health departments, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff. This is a living document and it will undergo frequent revisions and updates.

The 2019 Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) Tracking System (CTS) is a user-friendly, web-based system used to request CBA services.  CTS is available 24 hours per day, seven days a week.  You may request services for the following:

• Directly funded Community-based Organizations (CBO)
• Directly funded Health Departments (DH) for requesting services for themselves or for:
  • Non-funded and Indirectly funded CBOs and Health Departments
  • Healthcare Organizations in a clinical setting
  • HIV Planning groups
  • Others in the Health Departments jurisdictions

CTS provides CBOs and Health Departments the ability to do the following:

• Request CBA services directly
• Approve or disapprove the Needs Statement 
• Approve or disapprove the action plan once it has been submitted by the Provider
• View and track the status of requests
• Provide feedback during the request process
• Receive assistance from CDC staff
• Receive prompt action on requests and services

CTS provides Preliminary Providers the ability to do the following:

• Triage the Reactive TA requests

CTS provides Primary Providers the ability to do the following:

• Triage the Reactive TA requests
• Report on the ongoing status of capacity building activities 

CTS provides Lead Providers the ability to do the following:

• Complete the Jurisdictional CBA (JCBA) plan

CTS provides Lead Issue Providers the ability to do the following:

• Request CBA services as identified in the Jurisdictional CBA (JCBA) plan