Guidebook for multiple audiences that outlines steps for transitioning youth from pediatric care to adult services.
Part D of HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) provides outpatient family-centered care for women, infants, children, and youth with HIV/AIDS. Medical care and support services are the same as provided by other Ryan White agencies, with the difference being attention to specific needs of women and their families.
- RWHAP programs can contact HRSA project officers and technical assistance and training partners for support.
- Use the Ryan White Community Map or Program Locator to find a RWHAP recipient.
Questions about Part D? Email [email protected].
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Best Practices
- Next Step and Mass CARE
- Best Practices CompilationTen organizations across the U.S. integrated Community Health Workers (CHWs) into their multidisciplinary care teams. Enrolled clients had statistically significant improvements in viral suppression, antiretroviral therapy prescription, and appointment attendance after six months in the program.
- Best Practices CompilationThe Navigator Case Management intervention helps people with HIV who are incarcerated and are leaving to return to the community. The intervention uses harm reduction, case management, and motivational interviewing techniques to promote healthy behaviors. Enhanced case management including peer support and connection to other needed services both immediately before and after release supports increased linkage to and retention in HIV care for people transitioning to the community from jail.
- Best Practices CompilationThe University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Care of Infectious Diseases, Pittsburgh Area Center for Treatment (PACT) began implementing the Food Assistance Program in August 2017 to serve as a supplemental resource for people with HIV receiving care who experience food insecurity. The program helps bridge gaps in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and monthly food costs while promoting access to healthy foods and retention in HIV care.
- Best Practices CompilationUniversity Health uses peers and patient navigators to provide support, reduce barriers, and improve linkage and retention to care for women and youth with HIV. Two peers with lived experience were hired as Outreach Specialists to spearhead the program, encourage medication adherence and use of services, and provide mentoring. The intervention was successful in moderately improving the numbers of clients linked to care, retained in care, and virally suppressed.
- Best Practices CompilationThe University of Mississippi Medical Center implemented a Postpartum Retention and Engagement Quality Improvement Initiative in 2017 to improve linkage to care, retention in care, and viral suppression among postpartum women with HIV. This intervention uses a combination of care coordination, printed materials, case management services, and improved collaboration and coordination between the Adult Special Care Clinic, which provides comprehensive HIV medical care, and a Perinatal HIV Program. The comprehensive intervention significantly improved retention in HIV care and increased viral suppression at both six and 12 months postpartum.
- Best Practices CompilationProject ACCEPT is designed to improve engagement and retention in medical care for youth ages 16 to 24 years with newly diagnosed HIV. The educational and skill-building intervention was deployed at four demonstration sites and increased rates of medication use and appointment adherence in comparison to a control group. Although originally developed for cisgender youth, Project ACCEPT may be adapted for gender-diverse people.
Resources
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Federal agency that administers the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), which helps low-income people with HIV receive care.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Performance measures to help Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program agencies monitor and improve the quality of care they deliver.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)Resources about the requirements and expectations of implementing a RWHAP Part D program.
- RWHAP Data SupportInstructions on how RWHAP Part D recipients can complete the RWHAP Part D Allocations Report.
- RWHAP Data Support, Ryan White Data SupportInstructions for the RWHAP Part D Expenditures Report.
- Ryan White Data SupportExplanation of how jurisdictions can complete their EHE reports.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Guide to best practices for enhancing services to youth with HIV to better outcomes in both retention and viral load suppression.
- AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and Families
Workbook on setting up and operating a consumer advisory board (CAB).
Webinars
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Pre-application webinars for Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcements from HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP).
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Webinars and other special events by HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Resources for RWHAP recipients on administering their grants.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Webinars on HRSA HAB policy notices and program letters for RWHAP recipients.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)Tips on using social media to engage with people with HIV, specific to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's Part D Program.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Regular updates for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part C , D, and F grant recipients.
- Ryan White Data SupportInstructions for completing the PTR/Allocations Report and Expenditures Report.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Training for RWHAP site visit consultants on how to formulate a well-organized site visit report after conducting a comprehensive or technical assistance site visit.