This toolkit is designed to help organizations planning to integrate their data across HIV and housing service agencies.
The Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) of HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) carry out research and evaluation in order to identify models of HIV/AIDS care that can then be adopted by other HIV/AIDS programs. SPNS focuses on various issues under multi-year initiatives typically comprised of a small set of project sites and a national evaluation center to coordinate their investigations.
- Review the comprehensive directory of SPNS-derived resources, grouped by SPNS initiative.
- SPNS Sessions at the 2020 National Ryan White Conference on Care & Treatment (Organized by Day and Initiative) (PDF)
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Guidelines and Manuals
- RAND Corporation, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
- HRSA/SPNS Workforce Initiative
A stepwise practice transformation approach for health care organizations seeking to add HIV care or to increase services for people with HIV.
- IHIP
These resources synthesize findings from the federally funded SPNS Hepatitis C Treatment Expansion Initiative, which focused on HCV treatment among coinfected patients.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Tools on ways to expand/replicate innovative models of oral health care for people with HIV.
Webinars and Training
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Webinars and other special events by HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.
- 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).
- IHIP, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Discussion of how two SPNS sites supported Latino clients of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent move along the HIV care continuum. Includes focus on MSM as well as persons with substance use challenges.
- IHIP, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Discussion of two SPNS projects that effectively engaged Latinos of Mexican descent (with focus on MSM) in HIV testing and linkage to care.
- IHIP, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Review of Practice Transformation/Transformative Models (PTMs) to improve delivery of HIV services.
- IHIP, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Presentation on an intervention to expand HIV workforce capacity through the use of strategic community-based partnerships.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)
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).
- The Bronx Health and Housing Corporation
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.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Review of how a community-based organization and an FQHC successfully engaged and retained transgender women of color in HIV care.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Approaches to effectively engaging and retaining transgender women of color in HIV care.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
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.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Resources to assist Ryan White and other HIV clinics to integrate buprenorphine programs within primary care settings.
Tools and Job Aids
- Center for Innovation and Engagement
Implementation of new interventions requires careful planning and budgeting to ensure sustainability. A cost analysis helps determine the resources needed to implement an intervention, the costs associated with the use of those resources, and the cost per client receiving the intervention.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)Series of six brief, animated videos with HIV-specific patient education tailored for women of color with HIV.
- Dissemination of Evidence Informed-Interventions Project (DEII)
Esta es una serie de seis videos animados breves que brinda educación específica sobre el VIH para pacientes y está destinada especialmente a mujeres de color que viven con el VIH.
- University of California, San Francisco
Resources for integrating buprenorphine treatment within HIV/AIDS programs.
Reports and Best Practices
- SPNS Latino Access Initiative, UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Monographs describing interventions for the engagement and retention of Latinos in HIV care.
- SPNS Social Media Initiative
Intervention monographs and implementation manuals from demonstration sites participating in the SPNS project, Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum.
- Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, The HIV, Housing & Employment Project
Best practices (and extensive resource links) for integrating into medical care teams the non-medical staff called Navigators.
- Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, The HIV, Housing & Employment Project
Review of strategies for housing vulnerable populations in tight housing markets.
- HRSA/SPNS Workforce Initiative
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.
- SPNS Transgender Women of Color Initiative
Innovative models for linking and retaining transgender women of color in HIV care, developed by a multi-site demonstration project.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Insights on ways that HIV care programs have improved health outcomes along the HIV care continuum.
- SPNS Systems Linkages Project
Insights from a multi-state demonstration and evaluation of innovative models for linkages to and retention in HIV care.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)This is a periodic newsletter of events with the Ryan White Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program. They are administered by HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.
- Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health
SPNS innovative and replicable HIV service delivery models using HIV+ peers.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Implementation guide for HIV providers on addressing the unique needs of women of color living with HIV.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Compilation of SPNS grantee experiences with peer models and how they can be used in various care settings.
- Boston University School of Public Health
Lessons learned on developing oral health services for people with HIV, based on experiences of a SPNS national research and evaluation demonstration project.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Review of program costs and outcomes for the Ryan White SPNS Caribbean Peer Promoter Initiative.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
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.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Case studies examining the effectiveness of models of peer support for Caribbean immigrants living with HIV in the U.S.
Websites
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Federal agency that administers the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) and the Global HIV/AIDS Program and plays a critical role in helping diagnose, treat, prevent, and respond as part of the "Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America" initiative.