Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
Dallas Syndemic Approach to Prevention Program - Abounding Prosperity, Inc. (AP, Inc.) is proposing a program to advance equity in health outcomes for all Black female identities (including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer/fluid individuals) in Dallas County, TX who are experiencing disparities related to HIV/AIDS, VH, STIs, SUDs, and mental health conditions. AP, Inc. will serve 250 unduplicated individuals annually with grant funds and 750 over the entire project period. Populations to be served. The population of focus (POF) will be all Black female identities, including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer/fluid individuals. The geographic catchment area where services will be delivered is Dallas County, TX. Strategies/interventions. Program activities will include: 1) resource mapping; 2) develop and submit a strategic plan; 3) form a steering committee; 4) provide prevention education, prevention outreach services, and prevention interventions for HIV, VH, STIs, substance use and SUDs, and/or mental health conditions; 5) provide substance use prevention, psychosocial support, and health education; and 6) participate in a peer-to-peer best practices learning collaborative. AP, Inc. will also implement 3 EBPs: Social Networking Strategy, Peer Support Services in Crisis Care, and Person Centered Care Planning (PCCP). Project goals and measurable objectives. The program’s goal is to advance equity in health outcomes for Black female cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer/fluid individuals in Dallas County who are experiencing disparities related to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis (VH), sexually transmitted infections (STIs), substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs), and/or mental health conditions. AP, Inc. will build on its experience conducting similar programming through its HRSA SPNS-funded Improving Care and Treatment Coordination: Focusing on Black Women with HIV project, through which AP, Inc. served 50 Black women living with HIV per year, as well as the agency’s recently funded SAMHSA High Risk Minority AIDS Initiative program. Objectives for the proposed program include: 1) Within four months, establish and cultivate relationships with two community anchor organizations to help implement and reach the goals of the project. 2) Within the first four months of the grant period, conduct resource mapping in collaboration with the POF to identify existing community assets, strengths, needs, and gaps relevant to the program’s goals. 3) By the tenth month of the grant period, form a steering committee that includes community anchors, racial and ethnic minority individuals, and/or people with lived or living experience (PWLLE) of HIV/AIDS, VH, STIs, substance use and substance use disorders, or mental health conditions. 4) Conduct prevention and education activities, reaching up to 250 persons from the POF through population-based prevention efforts including social media campaigns per year. 5) Link 90% of individuals in need of services to substance use prevention and/or treatment services per year. 6) Link 90% of individuals in need of services to mental health promotion and/or treatment services per year. 7) Link 90% of individuals in need of services to social support services including food, housing, and employment per year. 8) Test and screen 250 individuals for HIV, VH, and STIs per year. 9) Link at least 95% of those testing positive for HIV to HIV treatment services per year. 10) Link at least 90% of those who test negative to PrEP/PEP providers per year. 11) Link at least 95% of those testing positive for STI/HV to STI/HV treatment services per year. 12) Train staff at two community anchor organizations to provide HIV, VH, and STI testing, referral procedures, harm reduction practices, overdose prevention, substance use prevention and/or mental health first aid per year. 13) Distribute at least 200 safer sex kits that include, at a minimum, male and female condoms and lubricant per year. 14) Distribute 100 F
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