Friday, April 26, 2024
4/26/2024
The Comprehensive High Impact HIV Prevention Project will expand prioritized HIV testing, Status Neutral Comprehensive High Impact HIV Prevention, and collaboration, Promotion, and Recruitments to help reduce morbidity and mortality associated with HIV/AIDS for African American Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) ages 13-34 and their partners. While the project will serve African American MSM ages 13-34 and their partners throughout Atlanta MSA, counties of Fulton and DeKalb and city of Atlanta specifically Zip Codes 30307, 30308, 30309, 30314, and 30318 will be targeted due to high levels of need and low levels of service access and use. Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition, Inc (AHRC) is an HIV, HCV, STI and substance use prevention organization which provides outreach, advocacy, education, testing, linkage, treatment, training, and more to underserved and stigmatized communities. AHRC has strong ties to the populations of focus and a strong historical presence in the targeted geographic area. This project will support increased outreach capacity targeting African American MSM ages 13-34 and their partners in areas of Atlanta with health indicators pointing to high-risk drug use and sexual behavior. Effective outreach conducted via mobile health unit will connect with members of the target population to provide them with comprehensive evidence-based HIV prevention services. These wide-ranging services are combined with a CDC approved evidence-based intervention: community PROMISE. For those contacted through outreach efforts who choose to access HIV medical care, Partner, essential, and support services, the collaboration will provide the enhanced treatment including comprehensive case management, linkage, treatment, and after-care follow-up. These additional services will improve access and retention by addressing obstacles to medical care, meeting independent living and economic needs, and providing other HIV-related services. Outreach expansion efforts will serve approximately 3,900 members of the target population over the five-year life of this project; HIV testing and condom distribution to 2,000 individuals, HCV/STI screening and treatment to 500 individuals, linkage to treatment, medication adherence, and partner services to 40 new and 40 previous HIV positive persons, EBIs to 500 HIV positive and high risk negative persons, linkage to essential and supportive services to 600 HIV positive persons and high risk negative persons, linkage to PrEP/nPEP to 375 high risk negative persons, referral/linkages of 150 PLWHA and HRN persons to SSP, and linkage of 150 PLWHA and HRN persons to job readiness training over the five-year period of the grant. Finally, AHRC will develop service agreement with 2 new service providers within the community and implement 5 anti-HIV stigma campaigns and 100 safe spaces to reduce stigma associated with HIV through the 5-year course of this project.
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).
