This Project Grant award of $150,036, made by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the CFDA 93.145 AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program, supports Care 4 U Management, Inc.'s efforts to enhance the healthcare workforce's capacity to provide high-quality HIV prevention, care, and treatment services in Miami, FL. Through this funding, Care 4 U will offer outreach, screening, risk assessments, and navigation services to link Black, Hispanic, and LGBTQ+...
This $1,260,020 federal Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), supports the implementation and evaluation of an evidence-based trauma treatment integrated with community-led PrEP navigation services for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals affected by violence and HIV in Los Angeles County. The 3-year pilot study will assess the acceptability, feasibility,...
This Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes (CFDA 93.226) program provides $794,496 to the Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (PIRE) to implement and evaluate a structurally competent adaptation of the Critical Time Intervention (CTI-T) for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals transitioning from institutional settings in New Mexico. The CTI-T intervention aims to...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), provides $1,233,520.00 to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research aimed at improving HIV prevention in transgender women and gender diverse persons accessing estrogen-based gender affirming hormone therapy. The key objectives are to: A) Evaluate the pharmacokinetics of long-acting cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for HIV...
This $1,800,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Center for HIV/AIDS, under the CDC's HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940), will fund the "ASHWELL LEVEL UP OF HIV PREVENTION AND CARE" project. The project aims to enhance HIV and STI prevention and care services for low-income populations of color, especially men who have sex with men (MSM) and LGBTQ+ individuals, in Travis County, Texas. Key activities include addressing clinic...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), will fund a 5-year, $395,496 research study to address trauma and improve HIV prevention and care engagement among transgender women. The primary objectives are to: 1) Explore the relationship between trauma, mental health, and HIV prevention/care engagement; 2) Examine barriers and facilitators to implementing a trauma-informed screening and...
This federal Project Grant award of $289,134 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Program (CFDA 93.145). The funding supports the Empowerment Resource Center, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, to enhance the healthcare workforce's capacity to provide high-quality HIV prevention, care, and treatment services. The award will enable Empowerment Resource Center to deliver a...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $5,600,000 was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program (CFDA 93.928) to JSI Research & Training Institute Inc. The purpose is to increase access to care for people with HIV by promoting efficiencies in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) eligibility and confirmation across all RWHAP parts. The project will: 1) conduct a systems assessment to identify...
This $4,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services' Healthcare Systems Bureau under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) will support the construction and expansion of The Aliveness Project's HIV prevention clinic, Thrive, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The funding will allow the organization to accommodate the growing need for HIV care and prevention services exacerbated by the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics. Key project elements include building an HIV...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under CFDA Program 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants, provides $845,304 to fund formative work for developing an intervention to support combined HIV/syphilis self-testing and linkage to prevention and treatment services for transgender women in South Africa. The key products and services to be delivered through this award include conducting in-depth interviews with 15 transgender women and 15 healthcare...
PROJECT STRENGTH (STATUS-NEUTRAL TRANSGENDER-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS ENDING TOGETHER HIV) - WITH ALMOST 4 DECADES PROVIDING HIV PREVENTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES AND 23 YEARS PROVIDING HIV CARE IN THE COUNTIES OF MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD, CARE RESOURCE IS SOUTH FLORIDA'S OLDEST HIV/AIDS COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION AND AN FQHC SINCE 2009. PROJECT STRENGTH (STATUS-NEUTRAL TRANSGENDER-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS ENDING TOGETHER HIV), A COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN CARE RESOURCE (TG CLINIC) AND VARIOUS TG CBOS, WILL OFFER A COMMUNITY-TO-CLINIC, STATUS NEUTRAL, HIV PREVENTION AND CARE SERVICE MODEL TO THE PRIORITY POPULATION OF TRANSGENDER (TG) PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR TRANSGENDER WOMEN (TGW), LIVING IN THE AREA OF MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD WHICH, ACCORDING TO CDC, IS NUMBER 1 IN TERMS OF HIV INFECTION RATES IN THE NATION. WHILE HIV INCIDENCE DATA ABOUT TG PERSONS ARE HARD TO COME BY, IT'S ESTIMATED, ACCORDING TO THE 2018 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, LIVING AT RISK: TRANSGENDER WOMEN, HIV, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, THAT AT LEAST 23% OF ALL TG PERSONS MAY BE LIVING WITH HIV. FURTHERMORE, TG PERSONS ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE STATE AS A "KEY POPULATION" TO RECEIVE HIV SERVICES. THEREFORE, INFORMED BY THE HIV NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN, 2021-2025 (HIV PLAN) AND IN SUPPORT OF THE GOALS OF THE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC: A PLAN FOR AMERICA (EHE), PROJECT STRENGTH WILL ESTABLISH A SAFE, WELCOMING, CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE TRANS MEDICAL HOME THAT INTEGRATES IN A ONE-STOP-SHOP HIV PREVENTION AND CARE, AS WELL AS TRANSGENDER-DRIVEN HEALTH SERVICES, WITH A FOCUS ON ACCESS TO HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND TRANSITION-RELATED CARE. THE END GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT AND TG PERSONS ARE TO: A) PREVENT NEW HIV INFECTIONS; B) IMPROVE HIV-RELATED OUTCOMES FOR TG PERSONS); C) REDUCE HIV-RELATED DISPARITIES AND HEALTH INEQUITIES AMONG TG PERSONS; AND D) IMPROVE TRANSGENDER-FOCUSED HEALTH CARE SERVICES. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIES, ACTIVITIES, AND OUTCOMES (TO BE MET OR EXCEEDED AFTER YEAR I): 1) PROVIDE INTEGRATED HIV TESTING, STATUS-NEUTRAL HIV PREVENTION AND CARE, AND COMPREHENSIVE TG HEALTH SERVICES TO TG PERSONS THROUGH TG CBO AND CLINIC COLLABORATIVES: A) INCREASED HIV TESTING AMONG TG PERSONS; B) INCREASED HIV DIAGNOSES AMONG TG PERSONS WHO ARE UNAWARE OF THEIR HIV STATUS; C) INCREASED ACCESS TO STI, HEPATITIS TREATMENT AND VACCINATION; D) INCREASED PREP INITIATION BY PREP-ELIGIBLE TG PERSONS; E) INCREASED NPEP INITIATION BY NPEP-ELIGIBLE TG PERSONS; F) INCREASED ADHERENCE TO PREP BY TG PERSONS; G) INCREASED PERSISTENCE WITH PREP BY TG PERSONS; H) INCREASED RAPID ART INITIATION BY TG PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV; I) INCREASED LINKAGE TO HIV CARE BY TG PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV; J) INCREASED RETENTION IN HIV CARE BY TG PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV; K) INCREASED CAPACITY OF TG CLINIC AND TG CBO TO PROVIDE OR LINK TG PERSONS IN HIV PREVENTION AND CARE, AS WELL AS COMPREHENSIVE TG HEALTH SERVICES; L) INCREASED VIRAL SUPPRESSION AMONG TG PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV. 2) SUPPORT USE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES BY TG PERSONS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: M) INCREASED RECEIPT/LINKAGE BY TG PERSONS OF SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES. 3) PROVIDE SERVICES THAT ARE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY RESPONSIVE FOR TG PERSONS AND FOR BLACK AND HISPANIC PERSONS: N) INCREASED CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC RESPONSIVENESS FOR TG PERSONS IN TG CBOS AND TG CLINIC. 4) PARTICIPATE IN A NATIONAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE FOR RECIPIENTS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED FOR COMMUNITY-TO-CLINIC, STATUS-NEUTRAL, COMPREHENSIVE TG HEALTH SERVICES: O) INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED BY TG PROVIDERS ABOUT COMMUNITY-TO-CLINIC, STATUS-NEUTRAL, AND COMPREHENSIVE TG HEALTH CARE SERVICES. CARE RESOURCE REQUESTS $500,000 A YEAR TO IMPLEMENT PROJECT STRENGTH IN THE COUNTIES OF MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD, FL WHILE SERVING AT LEAST 375 TG PERSONS IN YEAR 1