Friday, May 3, 2024
5/3/2024
The T2Day Collaborative, two charter high schools, five homeless youth shelters, three Weed and Seed coalitions and two Juvenile Court Centers, Pima Prevention Partnership will enhance and expand local substance abuse treatment and HIV-testing services aimed at high-risk minority youths. This collaborative effort will reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS and substance abuse among high risk minority youths through coordinated outreach, pre-treatment, screening and HIV Rapid Testing, and subsequent case-management and substance abuse treatment services. T2Day will introduce community-based outreach, HIV testing and coordinated services for adolescents, which do not currently exist in Pima County. The T2Day Project will serve Hispanic, African American and Native American youth ages 12-17 years at highest risk for substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. The T2Day collaborative of agencies will integrate multiple approaches to create a community system of coordinated care that engages this hard-to-reach and hard-to-treat target group: 1) Informational Session reaching 320 youths per year with a five-year outcome of I,600 youth receiving information regarding addiction and HIV risks, 2) Substance Use Disorder Screening reaching 135 youths per year with a five year outcome of 675 youth being screened, 3) HIV Infection Risk Screening for 160 youths per year with a five year outcome of 800, 4) youth being screened for HIV infection risk using the Project RESPECT intervention, HIV Rapid Testing for 50 youth per year for a total of 250 youths having been tested, 5) Intensive Substance Abuse Treatment and Relapse Prevention Support for 80 youth per year for a total of 400 youth served, and 6) Case Management for 81 youth per year, totaling 405 youth who will be enrolled in substance use treatment services over 5 years. Supplemental funds will be used to screen an additional 150 high school youth and 100 parents.
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