Established in 1972, The San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center (The Center) is one of the most vibrant and largest LGBT community centers in the nation. The mission is to enhance and sustain the health & well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and HIV communities to the betterment of our entire San Diego region. The Center’s Minority AIDS Initiative – Service Integration (MAI-SI) program will provide services for target population of focus San Diego County (SDC) individuals ages 18 and over, of racial and ethnic minorities, have a mental health disorder and/or co-occurring disorder, and are living with or at risk for HIV and/or hepatitis. This specifically includes men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Asian/Pacific Islander population. Services will be delivered in the geographic catchment area of SDC.
The Goals are: (1) Increase The Center’s capacity to provide integrated services that will help reduce the co-occurring epidemics of HIV, hepatitis, and mental health disorders among members of the population of focus; (2) Identify and enroll members of the population of focus in integrated services to help reduce the mental; (3) Implement four evidence-based practices (EBPs): trauma-informed care (TI), motivational interviewing (MI), personal cognitive counseling (PCC), and PrEP. The Center’s MAI-SI program will use four evidence-based practices (EBP), two are from SAMSHA Evidence-Based Practice Resource Center: (1) trauma-informed care (TIC); and (2) motivational interviewing (MI). The other two EBP's are: (3) personalized cognitive counseling (PCC), and (4) PrEP. All chosen EBPs are appropriate for the LGBTQ population and services provided under the proposed program. No adaptations to EBPs will be made. Lastly, we will serve 700 people over the lifetime of the project, and 200 unduplicated people each year from Year 2 to Year 4, with year one we are serving 100 prorated for a 4-month program set up.