Sunday, April 20, 2025
4/20/2025
Access Care System Project - FACES NY, Inc. is proposing to implement the Access Care System Project (ACS) with two local established providers in the fields of comprehensive medical services and behavioral health. This project will concentrated in the 5 boroughs of New York City : Central Harlem/Morningside Heights/East Harlem; Fordham/Bronx Park, Crotona, Tremont/Hunts Point/Mott Haven; Bedford- Stuyvesant/Crown Heights; East New York, Greenpoint/ Williamsburg/ Bushwick; and Jamaica. The combined levels of expertise will provide synergy in addressing minority women's HIV/AIDS risk and/or care accompanied with access to treatment for substance use and substance use and co-occurring mental health. The project will serve 350 minority women over the life of the grant. Main project objectives are to: reduce HIV infection and transmission rates among minority women of color; address the impact of violence and trauma on women's increased risk of substance abuse and HIV infection; increase access to culturally appropriate, women and family centered, trauma-informed substance abuse/co-occurring mental health treatment and viral hepatitis testing and treatment; implement trauma-informed substance abuse/co-occurring mental health treatment and viral hepatitis testing and treatment service providers; educate and empower minority women of color to increase their awareness of safer sex practices and make informed decisions about their behavioral health, including trauma-related HIV risk-behaviors. Project will implement evidence-based interventions MI and SISTA.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).