Part F - SPNS Models of Care

This toolkit is designed to help organizations planning to integrate their data across HIV and housing service agencies.

A stepwise practice transformation approach for health care organizations seeking to add HIV care or to increase services for people with HIV.

Tools on ways to expand/replicate innovative models of oral health care for people with HIV.

Pre-application webinars for Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcements from HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP).

Webinars and other special events by HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.

Preliminary data and lessons learned from the pre-implementation and early-implementation phases of initiatives featured in the DEII project (buprenorphine, women of color, peer support, jail transitional care).

Webinar series on ways to improve HIV primary care patient outcomes for Latinos/as who are incarcerated or have a history of incarceration, with a case study sub-analysis of transnationalism among Puerto Ricans.

Tools to help health care providers adapt SPNS models within their existing operations in order to better engage hard-to-reach people with HIV into care.

Resources to assist Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and other HIV clinics to integrate buprenorphine programs within primary care settings.

Cross-disciplinary training curriculum to increase knowledge and awareness of the relationship between HIV infection and substance use. Also available in Spanish (Version en español).

Resources for integrating buprenorphine treatment within HIV/AIDS programs.

Monographs describing interventions for the engagement and retention of Latinos in HIV care.

Resources (monographs, implementation manuals, mobile apps and text messaging) from ten demonstration sites that participated in Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum.

Best practices (and extensive resource links) for integrating into medical care teams the non-medical staff called Navigators.

Review of strategies for housing vulnerable populations in tight housing markets.

Insights on operating Care Teams: multidisciplinary collection of providers who work together to meet multiple patient needs to improve care delivery and outcomes. Best practices cover: preparation, staffing, buy-in, formalization, and adaptability.

Innovative models for linking and retaining transgender women of color in HIV care, developed by a multi-site demonstration project.

These resources synthesize findings from the federally funded SPNS Hepatitis C Treatment Expansion Initiative, which focused on HCV treatment among coinfected patients.

Insights on ways that HIV care programs have improved health outcomes along the HIV care continuum.

Insights from a multi-state demonstration and evaluation of innovative models for linkages to and retention in HIV care.

SPNS innovative and replicable HIV service delivery models using HIV+ peers.

Implementation guide for HIV providers on addressing the unique needs of women of color living with HIV.

Compilation of SPNS grantee experiences with peer models and how they can be used in various care settings.

Lessons learned on developing oral health services for people with HIV, based on experiences of a SPNS national research and evaluation demonstration project.

Review of program costs and outcomes for the Ryan White SPNS Caribbean Peer Promoter Initiative.

Examination of costs and outcomes associated with different types of outreach encounters to bring individuals living with HIV/AIDS into care, as conducted under a SPNS Outreach Initiative examining innovations in HIV/AIDS care.

Case studies examining the effectiveness of models of peer support for Caribbean immigrants living with HIV in the U.S.

Report reviews activities under a HRSA/CDC funded SPNS Initiative to support demonstration projects within correctional facilities and communities that develop models of comprehensive surveillance, prevention, and health care activities for HIV, STIs, TB, substance abuse, and hepatitis.

Federal agency that administers the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP), which helps low-income people with HIV receive care.