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