Sunday, May 18, 2025
5/18/2025
Ryan White Part C Outpatient EIS Program - Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-25-003 Project Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C HIV Early Intervention Services Program Applicant Organization Name: Chattanooga C.A.R.E.S., Inc. dba Cempa Community Care Address: 1000 E. 3rd St. Chattanooga, TN 37403 Project Director Name: Jamie Barbeauld Contact Phone Number: (423) 667-5404 Email Address: jbcfo@cempa.org Website Address: https://www.cempa.org/ Funds Requested: $397,826.00 Project Background: Chattanooga CARES, dba Cempa Community Care, requests funds for Early Intervention Services to address the primary health care concerns of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the identified Proposed Service Area. Cempa provides Ryan White Part C (RWC) services to eleven counties in the Southeast Tennessee region: Bledsoe, Bradley, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie. With sustained funding, Cempa will continue to provide comprehensive, high-quality care to a growing and diverse population of individuals living with HIV while integrating best care practices in accordance with Healthy People 2030, the National HIV/AIDS Strategy 2022-2025, the STI National Strategic Plan for the United States (2021-2025) and the Viral Hepatitis National Strategic Plan for the United States (2021-2025). Targeted Population: In the target PSA, there are 1,599 PWLHA, 74% (1,185) of whom reside in Hamilton County/Chattanooga, where Cempa is located. The number of PLWHA in our region has increased steadily over the past 3 years, due to increased diagnoses, migration into the area, and a steadily increasing life expectancy for PLWHA. Current data trends show rising incidence rates among Black individuals, women, and individuals aged 24-44, along with a rise in older individuals living with HIV. Cempa is dedicated to working toward the elimination of health disparities among those populations and strives to reconcile any gaps in service for PLWHA in our PSA. Proposed Services: Cempa will provide diagnostic and therapeutic services directly to patients in an outpatient medical setting by a licensed healthcare provider through our clinic at the Cempa Community Care. Cempa Community Care provides regular clinical evaluations and follow-ups for both primary care and HIV-specific specialty care. This includes on-site phlebotomy for all recommended HIV screening and maintenance labs, treatment of HIV, and prophylaxis for AIDS-related opportunistic infections (OIs) according to current guidelines. The clinic also provides skin biopsies, pharmaceutical services, medication adherence counseling, medical case management, immunizations and vaccinations, nutritional counseling, screening and treatment for Hepatitis C and STIs, and an on-site dental clinic and pharmacy.
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