Innovative Intervention Strategies (2iS)

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This is a HRSA Special Programs of National Significance (SPNS) project titled Using Innovative Intervention Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes among People with HIV (2iS). It includes funding for a Coordinating Center for Technical Assistance (Fenway), an Evaluation Center (UCSF), and twenty demonstration sites.

Goals

  • To apply the HRSA HAB implementation science framework to identify innovative intervention strategies.
  • Implement and evaluate the intervention strategies at 20 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded recipient organizations. 
  • Provide technical assistance to support implementation at the sites.
  • Develop accessible dissemination products to promote the replication and scale-up of successful intervention strategies in the RWHAP and other HIV service organizations nationally. 

Focus Areas

The project's focus includes three priority populations and one area of service delivery:

  • People with substance use disorder (SUD)
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth
  • People who are or have been justice involved
  • Using telehealth services

Demonstration Sites

  • AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland: Cleveland, Ohio 
  • Birmingham AIDS Outreach, Inc.: Birmingham, Alabama 
  • City of Hartford Department of Health and Human Services: Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Cooper University Hospital EIP: Camden, New Jersey 
  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority: Denver, Colorado 
  • Desert AIDS Project: Palm Springs, California 
  • Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition: Atlanta, Georgia 
  • Health Emergency Assistance of Detroit: Detroit, Michigan 
  • HIV Alliance: Eugene, Oregon 
  • Men’s Health Foundation: Los Angeles, California 
  • The Miriam Hospital: Providence, Rhode Island 
  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center: Newark, New Jersey 
  • Our Lady of the Lake Hospital: Baton Rouge, Louisiana 
  • Positive Impact Health Centers: Duluth, Georgia 
  • Research Foundation SUNY HEAT: Brooklyn, New York 
  • University of California San Diego Mother, Child, Adolescent HIV Program: San Diego, California 
  • University of Illinois at Chicago: Chicago, Illinois 
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center: Omaha, Nebraska 
  • Vivent Health: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
  • Yale University: New Haven, Connecticut 

Contact Information

Project Contacts:

Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH
Project Director, Coordinating Center for Technical Assistance
Fenway Health
Janet Myers, PhD, MPH
Director, Evaluation Center
University of California, San Francisco

HRSA Contacts:

PO Name
Tracy L. McClair, MSPH
PO Title
Health Scientist, Implementation Science Team
PO Phone
301-945-5839
PO Name
Son Phan, MPH, MD
PO Title
Health Scientist, Implementation Science Team
PO Phone
301-443-7112
PO Name
Demetrios Psihopaidas, PhD, MA
PO Title
HRSA HAB Division of Policy and Data

Funding:

Funding Mechanism
Cooperative Agreement

Recipient Organization: The Fenway Institute, UCSF

Grant number: U90HA42154 (HRSA-21-076), U90HA42153 (HRSA-21-068)

Project Period: 8/1/2021-7/31/2025