Saturday, May 3, 2025
5/3/2025
Ryan White Part C Outpatient EIS Program - Community Health Net 1202 State Street, Erie, Pa 16501 Lori Dever, Program Director Phone: 814-454-4530 ext. 239 Fax: 814-456-2375 ldever@community-healthnet.com https://www.community-healthnet.com/ Amount requested: $179,661 As of 2022, Erie County, Pennsylvania had 418 people living with diagnosed HIV, which was the 15th highest in a county in the state outside of Philadelphia. In 2022, the county also had 12 new HIV diagnoses, the 14th highest number of diagnosis in the state outside of Philadelphia, though the number had decreased from 2021. In 2021, 18 residents tested positive for HIV, and in 2020 five tested positive. However, the rate of HIV in Erie County is lower than the state (7.0) and national (11.5) averages , at 6.7 per 100,000 people. Community Health Net will address the needs of people with HIV in Erie County by coordinating program goals and objectives with the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. plan. CHN’s Ryan White Program goals are as follows: 1.) Provide HIV counseling and testing services to high-risk individuals and increase risk reduction education; 2.) To provide high quality HIV care as early as possible in the course of the disease; 3.) To provide comprehensive HIV clinical management throughout the course of HIV disease; 4.) To provide full gynecological/reproductive health services and/or referrals for HIV infected women; 5.) Provide adherence counseling to patients starting, changing, or demonstrating difficulty adhering to medication regimens; 6.) To provide comprehensive oral health care and optometry care; 7.) Increase accessibility of substance abuse and mental health treatment providers and make referrals as needed; 8.) Maintain a program of continuous quality improvement to ensure quality care and the ongoing improvement of the RW Part C EIS Program and the clinical care offered to patients. Community Health Net will focus on populations vulnerable to acquiring HIV in Erie County including people engaging in male-to-male sexual contact (MSM), people who inject drugs, minority populations including Black/African Americans and/or Hispanics/Latinos, people who test positive for other STIs, youth ages 25-34, as well as partners who may have been exposed. Community Health Net strives to identify the social determinants of health that influence disparities within these at-risk groups and works to implement of feasible interventions and prevention strategies.
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