Project Title: “FY 2023 RWHAP Part C Capacity Development Program” Funds Requested: $150,000 Performance Period: September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024 Family Health Centers at NYU Langone (FHC), due to its strong commitment to full integration of services for PLWH, requests FY 2023 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Capacity Development Program funding to strengthen its organizational capacity to improve integration of health care services, and to enhance access to high quality HIV primary health care services for low-income, uninsured, and underserved PLWH in central and southwestern Brooklyn. The proposed project would be an expansion of our currently funded Ryan White Part C HIV Care Innovation project with the selected activity, Coordination or integration of HIV primary care with oral health and/or behavioral health care. The proposed project would directly address Stage 2 (Linkage to HIV Medical Care) and Stage 3 (Retention in Care) of the HIV Care Continuum by expanding clinical dental care for PLWH, who often have extensive treatment needs, and meaningfully strengthen the coordination and integration of HIV primary care and dental care at FHC. Proposed Services: FHC will increase the number and proportion of PLWH who receive high-quality dental services, including regular preventive care and treatment plan completion, by expanding network dental capacity for PLWH and addressing barriers to accessing and receiving continuity of dental care via the enhancement of the responsibilities of the Program Supervisor. FHC will also aim to improve oral health services for PLWH by enriching the training and education of dental residents and faculty to include collaborative case study meetings with primary care providers focused on case analysis and best practices in caring for PLWH. Funding Preference: FHC, requests a funding preference, under Qualification #2 “Underserved Populations”, reflecting the organization’s historical commitment to prov
iding primary care services to a medically underserved population in central and southwestern Brooklyn, New York and due to its place as a principal HIV primary care and support services provider in the catchment area.