Monday, December 30, 2024
12/30/2024
Morehouse School of Medicine, ANIZ, Inc, and Odyssey Family Counseling Center will collaborate to address to implement a comprehensive culturally appropriate approach to provide HIV and Viral testing, and prevention navigation services. The priority populations will include youth and young adults between 16 and 24 (men, women, LGBTQ) in Fulton County, GA. We will provide navigation for those diagnosed with HIV and/or a substance misuse disorder. The proposed project will test 1,250 individuals over a five-year period. We will provide navigation services to 125 individuals over the five - year grant period. The goals and objectives of the proposed project are : Goal 1. Raise awareness of HIV status among a minimum of 1,250 at risk youth and young adults ages 16-24. Objective 1A. Hold bi-monthly rapid HIV testing initiatives at rotating sites of our community-based partners to test a minimum of 250 unduplicated youth and young adults per year for a total of 1250 unduplicated individuals over the course of the five year funding period. Objective 1B. Offer free condoms, safer sex kits and SA/HIV prevention and marketing materials on an ongoing basis. Goal 2. Increase the number of unduplicated HIV positive youth and young adults completing the continuum of care. Objective 2A. Link 100% of HIV-positive young adults to evidence-based programs for people living with HIV and their partners within 30 days. Objective 2B. Prevention navigators will assist in eliminating barriers, which may prohibit engagement and retention in HIV care, for 90% of those who test positive. Objective 2C. 90% of participants will be receiving ongoing HIV medical care (retention) by the end of the grant period. Goal 3. Increase the number of unduplicated high-risk youth and young adults linked with substance misuse treatment as a strategy for reducing HIV risk and continued substance use. Objective 3A. The prevention navigators will engage and link 90% of participants with detox, treatment and recovery support services. Objective 3B. 75% of participants linked to SA treatment will complete treatment. monitoring their participation as a strategy for retaining them in care, sustaining their recovery, and reducing their risk for relapse or for returning to behaviors that lead to HIV infection. Objective 3C. By the end of the grant period, 50% of participants engaging in substance use, will have decreased or eliminated any substance use. Goal 4. Provide gender and culturally- specific education on HIV screening to substance use health care providers. Objective 4A. Convene quarterly webinars on HIV screening, reaching 75% of substance use health care providers. Objective 4B. Increase the number of substance use providers who conduct HIV screening by 75%. Goal 5. Develop awareness campaigns to educate community residents about SA/HIV prevention services, with an emphasis on PrEP. Objective 5A. 90% of the priority population will have received content related to the public health awareness campaign. Objective 5B. 75% of the priority population will be educated about the benefits of PrEP as an HIV prevention strategy.
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