In February 2020, HHS awarded $117 Million to End the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Approximately $63 million was awarded to Health Resources and Services (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) to 60 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients to link people with HIV who are either newly diagnosed, or are diagnosed but currently not in care, to essential HIV care and treatment and support services, as well as to provide workforce training and technical assistance.
The following quarterly EHE recipient webinars provide HRSA-HAB funded EHE recipients the opportunity to learn about updates with the initiative, review data trends, and a means to share their EHE activities with their counterparts.
Watch the videos and jump to the time codes for presentations of interest.
HRSA Program Updates (6:02) (FFR and Carryover, NCC Submission, Site Reviews)
Recipient Spotlight
Orange County, FL (9:04) (Jurisdiction Overview, EHE Jail Linkage Initiative with Orange County Jail, TAP-in TA to Develop Linkage Initiative, Outcome Measures Developed, Future Steps)
AETC Overview (25:03) (regional and national centers, AETC TA Related to Each EHE Pillar, AETC Tools App
AETC Presentations
Northeast Caribbean (38:28) (Pillar 2 Project: coalition to overcoming intersecting stigmas: Stigma and Resilience Project; EHE Collaborative Activities)
AETC: Mid-Atlantic (47:55) (Pillar 4 Project: Cluster/Outbreaks: AETC Critical Incident Model, Outbreak Content TA and Training)
Data Updates (1:06:45) (EHE Triannual Report, EHE Data Table)
South Carolina (22:18) (e.g., SC HIV Data Overview, EHE Plan Process, SC EHE Program Overview [e.g., rapid continuum of care], Linkage to Care and First Visit Metrics, Challenges and Obstacles)
Detroit (39:45) (e.g., Mission, HIV Data Overview, Revisions to EHE Plan Given Funding Awarded, Innovative Sites (e.g., housing resource navigation, specialized case management, telehealth navigation, behavioral health and in-home phlebotomy, community resource navigation, HIV stigma and text messaging], Community Engagement Activities, Responses to Community Consultations)
Seattle-King County (e.g., Leadership Team, Prevention/Care Resource Integration, Opening of Low Barrier HIV Clinics, PrEP Expansion, Managing Cluster Outbreak) (22:42)
Tampa-Hillsborough County (38:41) (e.g., EHE Start-Up Activities, Challenges in a non-ACA State, Procurement and Contracting, Services Prioritized Given Lower Funding Level [EIS, Health Education and Risk Reduction], Performance Measures to Track Priority Services)
Role of Community Engagement in EHE (49:56) (e.g., Guiding Principles, HRSA Listening Sessions)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections in the United States by at least 90 percent by 2030 with the goal of decreasing the number of new HIV infections to fewer than 3,000 per year. Reducing new infections to this level would essentially mean that HIV transmissions would be rare and meet the definition of ending the epidemic.
