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Ryan White Part C Outpatient EIS Program - Project Title: Western Colorado HIV Specialty Care Clinic Applicant Organization Name: Intermountain Health care, Inc. Project Director: Alicia Gutierrez, MSW, LCSW Address: 36 S State St Ste 2200 Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1470 Contact Phone: 970-298-1740 Email: alicia.gutierrez@imail.org Website Address: https://www.sclhealth.org/locations/st-marys-medical-center-family-medicine-residency/about/tracks-and-opportunities/hiv/ List of all grant funds requested in application: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services Program: Existing Geographic Service Areas, HRSA-25-003 (requesting $341,850 for each year of three-year period of performance) Funding Preference: Qualification 1: Increased Burden, Qualification 2: Rural Areas, and Qualification 3: Underserved Areas The Western Colorado HIV Specialty Care Clinic (Part C Clinic), housed at St. Mary’s Medical Center and part of Intermountain Healthcare, provides early intervention services to people living with HIV (PLWH), and it is the only Ryan White funded HIV specialty provider in Western Colorado. The Part C Clinic has served western Colorado since 2000. General overview of the HIV epidemiology in the entire designated service area selected: For the proposed project, which is executed at St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, will serve the following counties: Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Jackson, Lake, La Plata, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, San Juan, San Miguel, and Summit. The number (prevalence) of unduplicated PLWH in the service area has increased from 716 to 780 from 2021 to 2023, an increase of 8.9%. There continues to be a steady number of newly diagnosed people in the service area. There were an average of 22 newly diagnosed people per year in the service area. In 2023, the most common form of transmission for PLWH in the area is men who have sex with men (MSM), at 61.4 %, followed by heterosexual transmission (13%), people used drugs intravenously made up 6.7% of the population and pediatric cases made up 0.7% of new cases. Transfusion/hemophilia related cases were 1% of new diagnoses. People with unknown risk made up 10.2% of new diagnoses. Description of the key services to be supported by this request, the amount requested, and the target populations (including sub-populations) to be served: The Part C clinic offers key HIV services, including early intervention and linkages to care and core medical and support services (mental health services, oral health care, outpatient ambulatory health services, substance use disorder outpatient care, medical case management, care coordination, antiretroviral prescription and monitoring, and referral to partnering organizations for specialty care not provided by the clinic). The Part C clinic requests $341,850 for each year of the three-year period of performance. The target population for the Part C clinic is all current and prospective people living with HIV (PLWH) in Western Colorado. The clinic’s patient population increased by over 300%, going from 71 unduplicated individuals to 300, since its inception 25 years ago. Targeted subpopulations to be served are MSM, women, racial and ethnic minorities, and people with a new diagnosis.
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