Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
LGBT Life Center proposes to serve young African American MSM regardless of ethnicity, who are 16 to 29 years of age (YBMSM) that reside in the Eastern Region of Virginia known locally as Hampton Roads. This includes the cities in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News MSA. LGBT Life Center will use a status neutral approach to HIV prevention that uses HIV testing as the entry point. HIV testing will be conducted using a rapid-rapid testing protocol and will be integrated with STI/HCV screening. Regardless of HIV status, the priority population will be referred and linked to appropriate care including HIV medical care, PrEP services, and other prevention and essential support services. For persons with HIV, LGBT Life Center will refer to its existing linkage to care program to link newly and previously diagnosed persons to HIV medical care within 30 days of test. Funded under this NOFO, navigators also will refer persons at increased risk to acquire HIV to PrEP and nPEP services. Various promotional and outreach activities will be used to engage the population including traditional outreach, online outreach, use of social networks through mobile apps, social marketing, and one large scale testing event. HIV testing will be offered onsite and also at external venues using a mobile testing van. Community PROMISE, a community level intervention, will be implemented with persons at increased risk for HIV. YBMSM will be recruited to serve as role models and peer advocates to disseminate stories regarding health behaviors. Stage-based stories will be created and distributed through print and online media. Stories will address condom use, HIV test seeking behavior, use of PrEP, and accessing other prevention and essential services. All persons served under this NOFO will be offered condoms as part of all NOFO activities. This project complements existing services in the region and will help to offer a full continuum of services for YBMSM.
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