Arapahoe House, provider for women's substance abuse treatment and mental health services in the Denver metro area, is partnering with the Mile High Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse (the Council) to develop and facilitate the Wagaye Esperanza, Our Value-Our Hope Project (Wagaye-Esperanza) as a targeted expansion of services for 326 minority women in the Denver metro region who are at high risk for HIV/AIDS. Wagaye-Esperanza will draw upon Arapahoe House's 20-plus years of expertise serving women with substance abuse and mental health services and the Council's experience serving as a Ryan White funded AIDS Service Organization (ASO) to build a woman-centered program that provides minority women with the communication skills and health and wellness knowledge necessary to make empowered choices so that they can address and minimize the co-factors that put them at high risk for HIV infection, including trauma, drug and alcohol abuse, and the cycle of poverty. The project will utilize the following evidence-based practices for the Wagaye-Esperanza project: Motivational Interviewing, Seeking Safety, and Sisters Informing Sisters on Topics about AIDS (SISTA). The goals for this project include reducing HIV infection and transmission rates in the population of focus, addressing the impact of violence and trauma, increasing access to appropriate trauma-informed care, and educating and empowering African American, Hispanic/Latina and other racial/ethnic minority women. The Wagaye-Esperanza project will provide case management and patient navigation services that will ensure that all women in the program receive the direct linkage to care that is critical for successful testing and treatment as well as for connecting women with benefits that will become available through the Affordable Care Act. In addition, case management services will ensure linkage to viral hepatitis testing, HIV rapid and confirmatory testing, and all follow-up care necessary after testing.