[1] The NTFAP aimed to create culturally relevant propaganda that would help slow the rate of infection in communities of color.
While the work done by the NTFAP stayed in the local San Francisco area, the intent of the organization was to set an example for the nation to follow in creating preventive services that crossed ethnic and cultural lines.
In 1988 a group of NABWMT board members, including Reggie Williams, James Credle, Steve Feeback, Tom Horan, and John Teamer submitted a proposal to the National AIDS Information and Education Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
They were awarded $200,000 to start NTFAP which, among other activities, would coordinate the AIDS education efforts of local NABWMT around the country.
Randy Miller succeeded Williams, and was later replaced as head of the organization by Mario Solis-Marich, who served as CEO.