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The mpox emergency declaration ended at the end of January 2023.News Article updated on 02/02/2023
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The Undetectables Program to Support Viral Suppression
The Undetectables is a client-centered model of integrated care that uses innovative, superhero-themed, anti-stigma social marketing, agency cultural change, and a toolkit of evidence-based antiretroviral therapy adherence strategies to support treatment adherence and viral suppression among people with HIV. A two-year demonstration project evaluation showed a significant increase in the proportion of clients who were virally suppressed from 39% to 62%.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Project nGage
Project nGage is a support intervention approach that offers participants an initial 90-minute session with a social work interventionist and a participant support confidant to develop a tailored care and support plan. The social work interventionist then offers four follow-up sessions to each participant to discuss progress on the care and support plan. Project nGage was evaluated in a randomized controlled trial from 2012 to 2015: participants in the intervention were more likely to have at least three HIV primary care visits in the last 12 months than those who received usual care.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/30/2023
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Building Brothers Up (2BU)
2BU is a case management intervention designed to engage and reengage Black men who have sex with men with HIV into HIV care services. Peer case managers work closely with clients to increase HIV health literacy, troubleshoot accessibility issues to HIV care, and connect clients directly to behavioral health and support services. Clients who participated in 2BU had increased retention in care and viral suppression 12 months after enrollment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/28/2024
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About the Rapid ART DAP Project
Initiative with the goal of identifying, disseminating, and promoting replication of best practices in implementation of Rapid Start services.Organization updated 12/11/2023
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Rapid Start Implementation Resources
These resources designed to support activities to adopt Rapid Start as a standard of care.
Cost Estimation Tool
The Rapid Start Cost Estimation Tool will help you estimate the additional costs needed to support the planning, implementation, and management of Rapid Start services in your clinical setting.
View Rapid Start Cost Estimation Tool
Watch this space for Communication Tools and additional Policies, Protocols, Job Aids, and Resources.
Resource updated 09/14/2023
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Rapid ART Community and Provider Perspective Videos
Series of videos featuring a diverse group of clients, clinicians and program staff and their perspectives on rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART).Resource updated 08/10/2023
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UAB 1917 Clinic Rapid Start Profile and Overview
The 1917 Clinic community health center has an onsite pharmacy that plays an integral role in providing clients with access to ART on the same day they are seen in the clinic.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Rapid Start Service Delivery Models
Model Rapid Start projects, with highlights on their key features, video overviews, process maps, and detailed descriptions.Resource updated 12/08/2023
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Asian Health Services Rapid Start Site Profile
Asian Health Services (AHS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that specializes in serving medically underserved, immigrant, and refugee Asian clients in Oakland, California.
Resource updated 06/05/2023
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Borinquen Health Care Center Rapid Start Site Profile
Rapid Start services provided as part of a Part A wide initiative, with Part B collaboration. Borinquen serves a diverse patient population, including Hispanic and Haitian clients.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Howard Brown Health Rapid Start Site Profile
Howard Brown Health's rapid start services use linkage care teams who manage clients through their visits and deliver follow-up services including ongoing case management and access to pharmacy services.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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LGBT Life Center and CAN Community Health Rapid Start Site Profile
Community health center rapid start services delivered as part of a Virginia statewide initiative, with a focus on sexual minority clients.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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The Max Clinic Rapid Start Site Profile
The Max Clinic community health center partners with a walk-in STI clinic and serves client with complex medical and social service needs.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Positive Care Center Rapid Start Site Profile
Positive Care Center is a HIV primary care clinic with pharmacists embedded within their core staffing model.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Project Vogue
Project Vogue provided community-based care coordination, HIV care, and behavioral health services to Black men who have sex with men (MSM) within New York City’s House & Ball community to address the unique cultural barriers that Black MSM experience when trying to access care. Project Vogue participants were linked to behavioral health services as well as to non-clinical supportive services, such as food and housing assistance.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/17/2024
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Homeless Health Outreach Mobile Engagement (HHOME)
HHOME offers mobile HIV primary care, behavioral health care, and connection to housing services to people with HIV experiencing homelessness. A centralized HHOME team acts as a hub to meet clients where they are, refer them to housing and support services, and provide ongoing case management and HIV primary care services. Clients participating in HHOME experienced increased retention in care, viral suppression, and connection to stable housing.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/27/2023
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Minimize to Maximize: A Cadence of Accountability
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services collaborated with RWHAP Part B-funded medical case managers to improve care and outcomes for clients following Franklin Covey’s 4 Disciplines of Execution: 1) focus on the wildly important goal; 2) act on the lead measures; 3) keep a compelling scoreboard; and 4) create a cadence of accountability. Through intensive case management, regular monitoring, and feedback sessions, the state's RWHAP Part B program's overall viral suppression rate increased from 88.9% in 2020 to 90.4% by December 2021.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/13/2023
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PEP Efficacy for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea
Doxycycline that is taken as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is effective in reducing the incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhea in men who have sex with men and transgender women.News Article updated on 04/11/2023 -
Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States: From Vision to Practice
Opportunity for RWHAP Part B EHE recipients to share and discuss effective approaches to linkage to care, designing successful messaging campaigns and implementing Rapid Start.Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023