This toolkit is designed to help organizations planning to integrate their data. It highlights critical decision points and activities that organizations interested in data integration should consider before the initiation of such a project.
Housing & Homelessness
These resources focus on programmatic approaches to providing and linking to housing services and on effective approaches to serving homeless and unstably housed clients.
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Guidelines and Manuals
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RAND Corporation, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)November 2019
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)December 2017
HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau webinars that further explain various policy notices and program letters for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program recipients.
Webinars and Training
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)September 2018
Highlight of two programs that successfully engaged in HIV care clients who are hard-to-reach and serve via delivery of HIV primary care, behavioral health, and housing.
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Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)August 2018
Preliminary data and lessons learned from the pre-implementation and early-implementation phases of initiatives featured in the DEII project.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)July 2018
Learn how two successful programs are addressing homelessness and housing instability and behavioral health disorders, improving client engagement and retention in care, and observing improved rates of viral suppression.
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)January 2018
Information for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) recipients to help them increase understanding and leveraging of the existing housing service system to better serve PLWH experiencing unstable housing.
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NASTADJune 2017
This is a review of HRSA/HAB Policy #16-02, and the impact of housing on Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clients. Also included is an overview of a housing program from the Washington State Department of Health.
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National Center for Innovation in HIV CareApril 2017
Review of research on the impact of unstable/lack of housing on HIV care outcomes.
Tools and Job Aids
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Massachusetts Department of Public HealthJuly 2016
Massachusetts medical case management acuity tool to assess severity of needs of clients living with HIV in various areas of functioning and categories of severity.
Reports and Best Practices
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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)December 2019
Data reports, slide decks, and infographics on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP).
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Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and HealthAugust 2019
Best practices (and extensive resource links) for integrating into medical care teams the non-medical staff called Navigators
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Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and HealthAugust 2019
Best practices (and resource links) for housing vulnerable populations in tight housing markets
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Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and HealthAugust 2019
Review of strategies for housing vulnerable populations in tight housing markets.
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Center for Advancing Health Policy and PracticeJanuary 2018
Resources from the SPNS initiative, Building a Medical Home for Multiply-Diagnosed HIV-positive Homeless Populations.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentNovember 2014
This white paper outlines the impact of unstable housing and homelessness on each step of the HIV Care Continuum. Along with information on how stable housing can improve care engagement and health outcomes along the Continuum.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesFebruary 2014
This study examined models of integration and coordination of housing assistance services and HIV care.
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AIDS Action FoundationJanuary 2008
Estos cuadernos describen la manera de asistir a conectar personas que viven con VIH/SIDA con el sistema médico.
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AIDS Action FoundationJanuary 2006
Workbooks describing ways to help connect people living with HIV/AIDS to medical care. Estos cuadernos describen la manera de asistir a conectar personas que viven con VIH/SIDA con el sistema médico.
Websites
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAugust 2016
Information and training resources for various community development programs under the auspices of HUD, including HOPWA, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS.