Sunday, April 20, 2025
4/20/2025
RISE (REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF HIV THRU SUPPORT AND EDUCATION) - Forging Ahead for Community Empowerment and Support (FACES), the largest minority-run organization in Harlem, proposes to expand its outreach services and enhance its capacity to reduce substance abuse and prevent HIV transmission among 300 hard to reach African American and Latino MSM youth in the NYC House Ball community, who engage in high risk behaviors for SA and HIV infection, such as prostitution, survival sex, substance abuse, drug dealing and stealing and injection of hormones. The proposed RISE program (Reducing Incidents of HIV through Support and Education) will combine the evidence-based HIV prevention intervention Many Men, Many Voices and Motivational Interviewing, an evidence based substance abuse intervention, with its successful outreach and pre-treatment services to reduce participant's risky behaviors. The program will address HIV prevention and substance abuse behavior, make referrals by linking participants to needed services, increase knowledge of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS, reduce substance use, risky sexual behavior and IV drug use as well as have clients enter and stay in treatment. Approximately 75% of House Ball members are living a marginalized lifestyle typified by survival sex and illegal activities while 25% are employed professionals, often working with agencies providing LGBT services
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