Rapid Start: Is the South Ready? A Conversation on How It Can Be Done
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 12/11/2023
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 12/11/2023
Timely antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation, linkage, and retention in care are critical keys for the optimal outcomes in patients with HIV infection. Implementing an open access process for medical, mental, and intensive case management care gives patients the ability to better achieve medication adherence and viral load suppression.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
North Carolina's HIV/STD/Viral Hepatitis Unit, along with Western North Carolina Community Health Services and Carolina Family Health Center -- two federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) -- has initiated a pilot rapid antiretroviral treatment (ART) program utilizing carryover funds and a streamlined HIV Medication Assistance Program application process. Preliminary data will be shared on the success of the pilot program.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This presentation will review findings and lessons learned after implementing a pilot rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation protocol into an existing federally qualified health center (FQHC) setting. Presenters will describe the processes used for rapid linkage, benefits eligibility assessment, and provider appointment with ART initiation.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will share the Iowa Part B program’s electronic content management system project that will transition client charts from paper to electronic. Details of the project will be described (e.g., RFP, development process, and implementation plan), along with an interactive tour of the system.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will examine the need to offer innovative services, highlighting client success stories from Kansas City’s transitional housing and emergency gap lodging program. Each presenter will include case studies, discuss the need for their program, the goals of their program, the program set up and design, data collection, and program outcomes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Here you’ll explore how to leverage funding to assist clients in achieving stable housing. Learn how to access funding and assemble a budget, develop programmatic policies and procedures, collaborate and refer to other local housing resources, capture baseline data, and performance measure development to monitor progress.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Caracole, an AIDS Service Organization, uses three interconnected approaches to improve retention in HIV care: housing first, harm reduction, and motivational interviewing. Clients in permanent supportive housing had high rates of viral suppression, exceeding Caracole's goal of 75%.
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/13/2024
Blog updated 03/21/2023
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/01/2023
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/26/2023
Es posible que algunos clientes del RWHAP todavía tengan preguntas o inquietudes sobre la inscripción en coberturas médicas.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Sèten kliyan RWHAP gendwa toujou gen kesyon oswa preyokipasyon osijè enskrpsyon nan pwoteksyon asirans sante.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Una vez que los clientes del RWHAP se inscriben en un seguro médico, es posible que necesiten ayuda para entender cómo funciona su cobertura, sobre todo si nunca han tenido una.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Apre kliyan RWHAP yo fin enskri nan asirans sante, yo gendwa bezwen èd pou konprann kijan pwoteksyon yo mache, espeyalman si yo pa janm gen asirans anvan sa.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Resource updated 03/15/2023
Una vez que los clientes se inscriben en un seguro médico, es importante asegurarse de que mantengan su cobertura durante todo el año. Mantener la cobertura les permite a los clientes tener acceso permanente a los servicios y medicamentos que necesitan y los ayuda a evitar lapsos sin cobertura.
Comparta esta guía con los clientes después de su inscripción en un seguro médico para ayudarlos a entender qué pueden hacer para mantener su cobertura.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 04/15/2024
Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/12/2024
Blog updated 04/10/2023