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News Article updated on 10/01/2021
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Peer Engagement to Improve Linkage to Care and Retention in Care for Women and Youth
University Health uses peers and patient navigators to provide support, reduce barriers, and improve linkage and retention to care for women and youth with HIV. Two peers with lived experience were hired as Outreach Specialists to spearhead the program, encourage medication adherence and use of services, and provide mentoring. The intervention was successful in moderately improving the numbers of clients linked to care, retained in care, and virally suppressed.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 11/14/2023
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Rapid ART: An Essential Strategy for Ending the HIV Epidemic
What HIV care providers can do to create a rapid ART program to get HIV clients on treatment the same day as a diagnosis.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Rapid ART Playbook Outlines Steps to Implementation
Guide on implementing rapid ART the administration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) as quickly as possible and ideally on the same day as an HIV diagnosis/clinic visit.Blog updated 03/03/2022
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TAP-in EHE Webinar Series
Recordings of the TAP-in webinars on topics critical to the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative.Resource updated 05/23/2023
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ADAP Formulary Coverage of Mental Health Treatment Fact Sheet
Tips for RWHAP AIDS Drug Assistance Programs in supporting access to mental health medications and related services.Resource updated 09/14/2023
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HRSA Releases New Fact Sheets on RWHAP Clients
Ten fact sheets on client populations getting care from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) a
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Medical Monitoring Project 2019-2020 Data on HIV Care Access and Health Outcomes
In the U.S., almost all people with HIV have some type of health insurance coverage (pub
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Innovation and Resilience: How Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Recipients Leverage Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Recap of changes made in telehealth laws, regulations, and policies and corresponding efforts of healthcare systems, payers, and providers to modify their services to keep clients with HIV engaged in care provided by HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.Resource updated 06/09/2022
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Resiliency of Black Women with HIV
Resilient, Black, and Graceful: A Night of a Thousand Words, brought together 30 Black women from greater Atlanta to celebrate and share stories about their lives after being diagnosed.Blog updated 11/15/2022
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Issue Brief: Using Advisory Boards to Enhance and Implement Interventions for Black Women
How consumer and community advisory boards can inform the development of evidence based interventions for Black women with HIV.Resource updated 01/08/2024
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Transitional Care Coordination: From Jail Intake to Community HIV Care Intervention
Transitional Care Coordination (TCC) connects people with HIV who are incarcerated with a transitional care coordinator to facilitate access to HIV primary care and other community-based services and supports, following their transition from jail back to the community. TCC aims to establish vital linkages between jail-based and community-based HIV care, and may be implemented by community-based organizations, clinics, health departments, or jails.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 02/02/2024
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Community Health Workers: Improving Linkage and Retention in HIV Care
Ten organizations across the U.S. integrated Community Health Workers (CHWs) into their multidisciplinary care teams. Enrolled clients had statistically significant improvements in viral suppression, antiretroviral therapy prescription, and appointment attendance after six months in the program.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in HIV Primary Care: E2i
Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in HIV Primary Care is an integrated care approach designed to reduce opioid use and overdose while improving client engagement in HIV care. Greater Lawrence Family Health Center and Med Centro, Inc. implemented this integrated care approach as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Clients who participated in this intervention received integrated care—treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) and HIV in a single setting—to improve retention in care, viral suppression, and engagement in OUD treatment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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Seeking Safety: E2i
Seeking Safety helps people who have experienced trauma and/or substance use disorder gain safe coping skills through a flexible 12-session intervention. The University of California, San Diego Mother Child Adolescent HIV Program and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition implemented Seeking Safety as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Participants had higher rates of retention in care and viral suppression after 12 months of the intervention.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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Project CONNECT: E2i
Project CONNECT uses linkage coordinators to effectively engage people in HIV medical care. It focuses on people with newly diagnosed HIV or people with HIV who are transferring their care or have been out of care. AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland implemented Project CONNECT as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Project CONNECT was successful in increasing the number of clients retained in HIV care and who reached viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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TIA/CHANGE: E2i
Trauma-Informed Approach & Coordinated HIV Assistance and Navigation for Growth and Empowerment (TIA/CHANGE) was developed by HIV experts in collaboration with community members to improve health outcomes among people with HIV. Using a strength-based approach to HIV service provision, TIA/CHANGE offers guidance and structure for an organization to become trauma-informed. TIA/CHANGE includes enrollment of clients in trauma-informed intensive case management services. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium implemented TIA/CHANGE as part of E2i, an initiative funded by the RWHAP Part F SPNS program from 2017–2021. Among clients participating in TIA/CHANGE there were improvements in prescription of ART and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/07/2024
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SPNS Initiative: Innovative Intervention Strategies (2iS) (2022-2025)
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MORE: Mobile Outreach Retention and Engagement
A tailored service delivery model, which includes increasing access to supportive services and providing HIV care services in community settings.Resource updated 09/14/2023
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HOME: Homeless Health Outreach Mobile Engagement
HHOME is a mobile care and systems intervention that helps connect vulnerable and homeless individuals in San Francisco to rapid HIV treatment.Resource updated 02/12/2024