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YGetIt? Program
The YGetIt? Program engaged youth and young adults with HIV in care through three components: a health management mobile application (GET!), Peer Engagement Educator Professionals (PEEPs), and a graphic serial (Tested). Tested received over 200,000 views, and viral suppression rates among YGetIt? participants increased from 79% to 86% over the course of the program.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 03/18/2024
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Coordination of Supportive Employment and Housing Services
The intervention integrated supportive employment services, housing services, and HIV care for clients receiving case management services and with unmet housing and employment needs. Evaluation of the program showed improvements in employment rates, participant confidence in being able to hold onto a job, household median income, participants’ living situations, and self-perception of homelessness status.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/29/2024
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New Tools on Quality Improvement and People with Lived Experience
Participation of people with lived experience in quality improvement work to enhance health outcomes of people with HIV.Blog updated 05/08/2024
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HUD Income Calculator Updated
The Income Eligibility Calculator and Income Limits for determining client eligibility for the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) and other HUD programs has been released.News Article updated on 05/02/2024 -
Patient-Centered Appointment Reminders
Allegheny Health Network implemented Patient-Centered Appointment Reminders over a five-month period to improve engagement in care for people with HIV. This intervention included text message reminders, a process for identifying and addressing barriers to care, home visits, and outreach to patients after missed appointments. Compared to the pre-intervention cohort, the post-intervention group showed a significant decrease in clinic no-show rates.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/20/2024
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POP-UP
POP-UP provides low-barrier comprehensive HIV primary care, substance use services, mental health services, and case management to people who are homeless and unstably housed with the goal of retaining clients in care and improving viral suppression. Among POP-UP participants, 44% who were unstably housed and not virally suppressed at the start of the study were virally suppressed 12 months after enrollment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/24/2024
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Rise
Rise was implemented to address ART adherence issues among Black people with HIV. Through Rise, peer counselors used motivational interviewing techniques, leveraged Medication Event Monitoring System data to monitor and promote adherence, and connected participants to support services to address unmet needs. A randomized controlled trial showed that Rise participants were more likely to be adherent to ART than non-participants.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 06/11/2024
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HAB Program Letter: Use of RWHAP Funds and Housing Security Deposits
From HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau - Dear Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Colleagues
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The Brandy Martell Project
The Brandy Martell Project aimed to engage adult transgender women of color in HIV care and increase retention in care by offering patient navigation services, workshop programming, and legal support. Evaluation results showed The Brandy Martell Project had a significantly positive effect on ART prescription for clients.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 07/02/2024
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Funding Opportunity: A System-Level Syndemic Approach to Improve HIV Care and Treatment for People from Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups – DEMONSTRATION SYSTEMS (HRSA-24-107)
This HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau pre-application webinar is for the funding opportunity, A System-Level Syndemic Approach to Improve HIV Care and Treatment for People from Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups – Demonstration Systems (HRSA-24-107).Event updated 07/01/2024
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Funding Opportunity: A System-Level Syndemic Approach to Improve HIV Care and Treatment for People from Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups – EVALUATION AND TA PROVIDER (HRSA-24-108)
This HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau pre-application webinar is for the funding opportunity, A System-Level Syndemic Approach to Improve HIV Care and Treatment for People from Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups – EVALUATION AND TA PROVIDER (HRSA-24-108).Event updated 07/02/2024
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Funding Opportunities for Syndemic Approaches to HIV Care
HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau will convene a pair of pre-application webinars under a new project titled, A System-Level Syndemic Approach to Improve HIV Care and Treatment for People from Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups.News Article updated on 07/01/2024 -
Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation (CQII)
TA/training for RWHAP agencies to improve the quality of HIV/AIDS care they provide. Project period: 2020-2024.
RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 06/28/2024
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CoRECT
CoRECT was a data to care project to identify and reengage people with HIV who were newly out of care. It included a clinic and health department data reconciliation process to identify missed laboratory results or appointments and create the out-of-care list, case discussions via telephone to review the combined list, and field epidemiologist outreach to assist clients with making appointments, securing transportation, and arranging referrals. The intervention employed strengths-based case management techniques and motivational interviewing to contact identified people within 30 days, reengage them in care, and reduce time to viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 03/19/2024
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OPT-In For Life
OPT-In For Life is a social media-based intervention that promotes advancement along the HIV care continuum for young adults (ages 18 to 34) with HIV. During the 18-month intervention, OPT-In For Life used multiple social media platforms and a mobile application to provide HIV-related and positive lifestyle resources. Young adults enrolled in OPT-in For Life demonstrated improved retention in HIV care and higher rates of viral suppression after participation.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 03/20/2024
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Practice Transformation Project at the Native American Community Clinic
Through the Practice Transformation Project, the Native American Community Clinic and Midwest AIDS Education and Training Center developed strategies to increase testing and linkage to care within the American Indian/Alaska Native population, and for those who inject drugs and are experiencing homelessness. These ongoing efforts have increased HIV testing rates by 10 percentage points through harm reduction, community outreach, and culturally sensitive strategies.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/12/2024
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Addressing Methamphetamine Use among Black Gay, Bisexual, Same-Gender-Loving Men with HIV
This webinar discusses evidence-based interventions for meth users, as well as community and other programs that are focused on the needs of black, gay, bisexual, same-gender-loving men with HIV who use meth and how to optimize HIV treatment outcomes while reducing harm and stigma.Resource updated 04/23/2024
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Hepatitis Rates Improve Across the Board: CDC Surveillance Report
Rates of hepatitis, across the ABC alphabet, have declined in recent years, according to the 2022 Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report (CDC, April 2024).News Article updated on 04/09/2024 -
Structured Transition EmPowerment (STEP) Program
The STEP Program is a multidisciplinary intra-campus health care transition program to support youth with HIV as they transition from pediatric to adult HIV care using individualized transition plans. Ninety-five percent of youth enrolled in STEP were still retained in adult care at 12 months compared to only 50% of a pre-STEP cohort.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/23/2024