Sunday, May 11, 2025
5/11/2025
Ryan White Part C Outpatient EIS Program - As an almost 30-year champion and health provider for people living with HIV in Kentucky and Indiana, Matthew 25 AIDS Services, Inc. (M25) will use HRSA-25-004 funding to continue to accelerate clinical care for HIV positive individuals through the Ryan White Program. Matthew 25 will continue to collaborate with community partners to bring effective prevention, care, and education directly to high-risk populations. This three-year project will measurably continue to identify new HIV positive individuals and engage them in care. With clinic sites in Henderson, Owensboro, and Bowling Green Kentucky, and also Evansville, Indiana, Matthew 25 is the only Ryan White funded clinic the southern region of Indiana; success can be seen in its 700+ patients living with HIV, and upwards of 90% of those patients have a viral load that is undetectable and therefore untransmittable. Matthew 25 has developed insurance navigation and pharmacy programs to generate additional revenue sources to enhance scarce federal and state resources, invested in nine vehicles to transport patients to and from clinic sites and referral visits, and trained up a team of prevention and education providers who have developed over 40 area MOU partnerships for testing, condom/literature distribution, and PrEP navigation. Additionally, Matthew 25 has positioned itself locally, regionally, and nationally as both an exemplary manager of public/private funds and as a trusted advocate and provider in the area. With this funding, HRSA and Matthew 25 will continue to provide aggressive prevention services and high quality Early Intervention Services for those at risk and living with HIV in the existing service area which includes the following counties: 10 in Indiana (Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Warrick, and Vanderburgh) attention will be given to meeting the intervention and care needs of the focus populations which include men between the ages of 18-25 and Haitian Creole populations, within the service area. This service area can also be identified as an area of increased burden due to it's rural and underserved population.
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).