Ryan White Title III HIV Capacity Development and Planning Grants - Family Health Centers at NYU Langone (FHC), due to its strong commitment to full integration of services for PLWH, requests FY 2025 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 (HRSA-24-062) 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 strengthen the coordination and integration of HIV primary care and dental care at the FHC. Proposed Services: FHC will improve health outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) by expanding the HIV-Dental Health Dashboard to create a holistic view of patient health to improve individual and population health through linkages to care, adherence to treatment plans, retention, and addressing social determinant barriers. The FHC will also create a PLWHA Dental Health Scorecard to evaluate performance metrics by provider and site to improve outcomes through quality initiatives and provide training and support to providers for treating PLWHA Funding Preference: FHC, requests a funding preference, under Qualification #2 “Underserved Populations”, reflecting the organization’s historical commitment to providing 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.
