Friday, May 9, 2025
5/9/2025
EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES - Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, dba SIHF Healthcare (SIHF) requests continued funding as a Ryan White Part Early Intervention Services Recipient to meet the ongoing need for HIV primary care and support services in the service area. As the only federally qualified health centers in the service area, SIHF has built a strong regional "safety net" healthcare system that is committed to providing quality healthcare regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. SIHF has successfully integrated a comprehensive system of care that the community relies on for a continuum of quality HIV medical care, prevention and support services. The Part C service area is significantly under-funded for HIV primary and specialty care services relative to the region’s HIV/AIDS case rate and other Part C regional programs based on patient numbers. SIHF Healthcare’s Ryan White Part C Program provides HIV primary care for all non/underinsured HIV positive individuals in the project area. Under this grant, SIHF Healthcare proposes to provide early intervention services, including primary HIV medical care, laboratory testing and diagnostic testing needed for the diagnosis and treatment of HIV. Core medical services will include: HIV Post-Test Counseling and Linkage to Care, outpatient/ambulatory health services and medical case management. Support services will include: non-medical case management, emergency financial assistance, food bank/home-delivered meals, and medical transportation. Grant funds will support robust quality management activities to improve the quality of care provided.The target populations for this Part C Early Intervention grant are uninsured or underinsured persons living with HIV disease residing in the 5 southwestern Illinois Counties of Clinton, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair. The target area includes a mix of minor metropolitan, suburban and rural communities. Prevalence data from the Illinois Department of Public Health indicate 1,051 cases of HIV disease living with HIV/AIDS in the service area as of 12/31/2023. African Americans make up 17% of the general population but comprise 51% of all living cases of HIV disease in the region, illustrating the disproportionate impact of HIV disease on African Americans in the service area. Targeted populations include African American men who have sex with men, African American women, White men who have sex with men. Of the patients receiving HIV medical care at Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, 67% reside in St. Clair County, 28% reside in Madison County. The remaining 5% reside in the Illinois Counties of Clinton, Jersey, Monroe, Bond, Calhoun, Jackson, Jefferson, Marion, Macoupon, Perry, Randolph, and St. Louis, Missouri.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).