Sunday, April 27, 2025
4/27/2025
FY 2021 Ending the HIV Epidemic - Primary Care HIV Prevention - FY 2021 Ending the HIV Epidemic - Primary Care HIV Prevention - Project Title: Primary Care HIV Prevention (PCHP) Applicant Organization Name: Health Education, Assessment and Leadership, Inc. (HEAL) Health Center Program Grant Number (H8026594) Website Address: www.healingcommunitycenter.org The goal of HEAL’s PCHP Initiative is to build upon the priority jurisdiction efforts in Fulton County, GA to optimize resources among our five primary care locations – medical, dental and an existing mobile unit - to increase the number of patients counseled and tested for HIV, the number of patients prescribed PrEP, and the number of patients linked to HIV care and treatment within 30 days of diagnosis. These new resources to enhance workforce capacity for integrating HIV services within the primary setting will aid us in improving testing and counseling for HIV resulting in increased prevention efforts and improved outcomes. We will support this work by targeting existing and new health center patients at the community level and in the practice setting with a focus on tele-PrEP online prescribing. Work will be further supported via provider training offering continuing education and through hiring community health workers to support additional workforce capacity in promoting PrEP, given expanded outreach and education. Utilizing UDS data trends, we will establish baselines and project targeted increases for patients reflecting linkages to care and treatment within 30 days of diagnosis. Beyond direct patient outreach and intervention, HEAL will review, research and engage with leaders among existing EHE initiatives to address barriers. These efforts such as the Fulton County Ryan White program, the Metropolitan Atlanta HIV Health Services Planning Council (PC), the Fulton County HIV Advisory Committee (FCHAC), community memb ers and recommendations from the state’s EHE HIV Integrated Plan will inform a workplan to address any gaps, given the ability to take deeper dives with outreach and community engagement specific to those in our targeted service area zip codes beyond the broader county outreach. We will collaborate with these existing efforts in our aim to optimize federal investments by enhancements to each of our five primary care settings to address barriers identified through three years of work throughout the jurisdiction. Additional capacity targeted to the geographic location specific to the health center’s approved service area will afford a more detailed focus within the Fulton County jurisdiction. HEAL’s service area comprises the 30331 zip code, where patients have established relationships with health center providers. These providers will receive targeted training, support and incentives to assist us in achieving the four workplan activities of PrEP, Outreach, Testing, and Workforce Development.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).