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RWHAP Part A Division of Metropolitan HIV/AIDS Programs Stakeholder Series
HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau DMHAP stakeholder calls with the RWHAP Part A and EHE Initiative stakeholder community at large.Resource updated 07/02/2024
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RWHAP Part A Stakeholder Call: Intersectionality - Transformative Strategies for Priority Populations in HIV Care
Review of intersectionality and creating a care environment to address varied client needs.Resource updated 07/02/2024
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Multicomponent Support Strategies
Multicomponent Support Strategies was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic shelter-in-place order. Ward 86 Clinic staff and trained volunteers provided outreach to 1,816 clients about the availability of various supports, including in-person medical care, mental health and substance use services, medication delivery, food assistance, housing support services, and Positive Health Onsite Program for Unstably Housed People (POP-UP), a low-barrier high-intensity drop-in program. Results showed that viral suppression increased at a faster rate after Multicomponent Support Strategies was implemented.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 07/15/2024
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Best Practices Compilation Continues to Grow
The Best Practices Compilation of tested HIV care interventions has added a new set of project innovations.Blog updated 07/15/2024
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Journey Mapping (Encore Presentation)
Attendees will gain insights into the process of constructing patient journey maps collaboratively within their communities.Event updated 07/17/2024
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National Transgender HIV Testing Day
This awareness raising day recognizes the disproportionate impact of HIV on transgender people and the importance of increased testing and access to HIV care for transgender and gender non-binary people.Event updated 07/17/2024
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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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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 -
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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Golden Compass
Golden Compass aims to serve the unique needs of older adults with HIV using a comprehensive care model designed to address comorbidities that arise with older age. Golden Compass helps address the large, yet preventable, gaps in knowledge about geriatric HIV care, resulting in high rates of patient and provider satisfaction and substantial provider reach.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 06/20/2024
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Taking Care of Me
Taking Care of Me is a video- and poster-based intervention to promote prompt ART initiation and medication adherence for people with HIV. The video and posters are designed for use in HIV clinics, drawing on the example of similar initiatives launched in public health clinic waiting rooms that aim to reduce incidence of sexually transmitted infections. A trial testing the efficacy of Taking Care of Me found that clients exposed to the video were more likely to be prescribed ART and reach viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 06/21/2024
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Rapid ART Start Protocol
The Rapid ART Start Protocol focuses on helping veterans with a new HIV diagnosis access ART and comprehensive treatment as soon as possible. A retrospective cohort study showed positive outcomes, including decreases in the time to first appointment, the time to ART initiation, and the time to reach viral suppression. In addition, patients receiving the intervention were more likely to reach viral suppression compared to patients seen pre-intervention at the same clinic.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 06/21/2024
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HIV Prevention and Care Improvements Summarized in CDC Surveillance Reports
In the U.S., the number of new HIV cases continue to decline, most people are linked to care within one month of their HIV diagnosis, and 69% reach viral suppression within 6 months of HIV diagnosis.News Article updated on 06/10/2024 -
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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National QI Challenge: Submit Your Quality Improvement Success
Got an achievement in quality improvement in HIV care? Share it with other HRSA-funded Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) agencies in the National QI Challenge.News Article updated on 06/26/2024 -
Improving Reengagement in Care: A Community Health Worker Model
In 2021, the City of New Orleans employed five CHWs to work with RWHAP Part A-funded agencies on reengaging eligible clients back into care. From February 2021 through April 2022, CHWs attempted to contact 1,215 clients disconnected from care; 207 of these attended a primary care appointment and re-entered care, a 17% success rate at reengaging clients back into care.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 07/02/2024
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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 07/11/2024
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Stronger Together
Stronger Together uses counseling to increase engagement in and improve the quality of HIV care available for serodiscordant male couples. Through three in-person and additional “booster” sessions over an 18-month period, Stronger Together gave couples a space to work with an HIV professional to improve treatment adherence and keep both people healthy. Stronger Together participants were more likely to adhere to ART than those in a control group.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 04/12/2024
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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