Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR) intends to serve 325 Hispanic Latino individuals with Substance Use Disorder at risk for or living with HIV in Fall River and New Bedford, Massachusetts through the proposed project, Fuerza Latina. Fall River and New Bedford have opioid addiction rates that exceed the state and national averages. Latinos in Massachusetts continue to be disproportionally impacted by HIV, representing 29 percent of all new infections from 2012-2014 despite being only 9.6 percent of the state population in 2010. Fuerza Latina will provide rapid HIV testing to 100 Latinos with SUD and their partners through targeted mobile outreach and within SSTAR MAT clinic. Referrals to PrEP and HCV testing and treatment for eligible clients will be made. Partnerships with local agencies serving Latinos at risk for SUD are in place. We will link newly diagnosed HIV clients to HIV treatment and medical case management at SSTAR FQHC or our partner Ryan White provider in New Bedford. We will increase the engagement in MAT and mental health counseling of Latinos with SUD by 65 new enrollments per year. Nurse care management will be utilized to retain people in SUD treatment thereby reducing illicit and prescription opioid abuse among Latinos in our area. The program will address cultural and language barriers among our population through targeted outreach to Latino communities, relationship building with Latino groups, and programming offered by bilingual staff. We will provide evidence-based services including Rapid HIV Testing, ARTAS Linkage to Care, MAT, MI, and MET. Participants will complete data collection for evaluation at intake, 6 months, and discharge, managed by Program Evaluator, Dr. Allison Minugh.
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