Project Grant H79SP083873

PEACH TREE HEALTHCARE PREVENTION NAVIGATOR PROGRAM - PROJECT SUMMARY: PEACH TREE HEALTHCARE (PEACH TREE), A COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IS APPLYING FOR FUNDING TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES AND SERVICE GAPS IN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AMONG LOW-INCOME, HIGH-RISK, RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS, AS WELL AS PERSONS WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQI+ WHO ARE NOT IN STABLE HOUSING. PEACH TREE OFFERS A WIDE-RANGE OF MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, DENTAL, AND VISION SERVICES ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. WE OPERATE EIGHT SERVICE DELIVERY SITES, HAVE TWO MOBILE UNITS, AND BECAME A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) IN 2006. GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA INCLUDES SACRAMENTO COUNTY, ONE OF THE 48 COUNTIES LISTED IN THE NATIONAL HIV/AIDS STRATEGY FOR THE UNITED STATES 2022-2025. PEACH TREE'S BROADER SERVICE AREA COVERS 22 ZIP CODES WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF SACRAMENTO, AND THE UNINCORPORATED SACRAMENTO SUBURBS OF ARDEN/ARCADE AND FOOTHILL FARMS. RURAL GEOGRAPHIES OF OUR SACRAMENTO VALLEY SERVICE AREA HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. PROJECT NAME: PEACH TREE HEALTHCARE PREVENTION NAVIGATOR PROGRAM. POPULATIONS TO BE SERVED: PEACH TREE'S POPULATION OF FOCUS INCLUDES RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY, LOW-INCOME YOUNG ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE AT HIGH-RISK OF HIV/AIDS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD) OR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND SUD (COD). WE WILL ENSURE RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS, AS WELL AS PERSONS WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQI+, WHO ARE NOT IN STABLE HOUSING, ARE PROVIDED ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE SERVICES AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. NUMBER TO BE SERVED: YEAR 1: 50; YEAR 2: 100; YEAR 3: 100 YEAR 4: 100; YEAR 5: 150; LIFE OF PROJECT: 500. PROJECT STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: PEACH TREE WILL USE A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL EVIDENCE-BASED- INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING: TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, MEDICATED-ASSISTED TREATMENT, AND PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) AND POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PEP). PROJECT GOALS AND MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES: OUR GOALS INCLUDE: ENGAGE AND CONNECT THE POPULATION OF FOCUS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT, HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES; INCREASE HIV/AIDS PREVENTION SERVICES, INCLUDING TESTING; IMPROVE CULTURAL COMPETENCY TO IMPROVE HIV PREVENTION SERVICES AND SUD CARE; DECREASE BARRIERS TO SEEKING AND RECEIVING CARE. MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) EACH YEAR, CONDUCT IN-REACH TO IDENTIFY 50 INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH SUD AND/OR COD AND REFER THEM TO PEACH TREE'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES; (2) EACH YEAR, 75% OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SCREEN POSITIVE FOR OPIOID USE AND/OR OTHER SUBSTANCE USE DURING INTAKE, WILL ACCEPT A REFERRAL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES; (3) EACH YEAR, DISTRIBUTE 2,500 INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWO-TIMES MONTHLY TO PROMOTE PEACH TREE'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, CAPACITY, AND RESOURCES; (4) EACH YEAR, PROVIDE SCREENING AND RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR HIV AND VIRAL HEPATITIS, INCLUDING PRE-AND-POST-TEST COUNSELING, FOR 50 INDIVIDUALS; (5) EACH YEAR, 75% OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SCREEN POSITIVE FOR HIV AND/OR VITAL HEPATITIS, WILL ACCEPT A REFERRAL FOR TREATMENT SERVICES; (6) EACH YEAR, DISTRIBUTE 2,500 INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA TWO-TIMES MONTHLY TO PROMOTE PEACH TREE'S HIV AND OTHER PREVENTION SERVICES, CAPACITY, AND RESOURCES; (7) WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF AWARD, TRAIN 100% OF PEACH TREE'S PROVIDERS ON CULTURAL COMPETENCY FOCUSING ON SUD AND HIV PREVENTION SERVICES; (8) EACH YEAR, ENSURE AT LEAST 25% OF INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AND POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE PEACH TREE'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, HIV AND OTHER PREVENTION SERVICES, CAPACITY, AND RESOURCES ARE IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH; (9) EACH YEAR, PROVIDE NAVIGATION SERVICES TO LINK 50 INDIVIDUALS TO ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING BENEFIT ENROLLMENT AND HOUSING; (10) EACH YEAR, HOST OR PARTICIPATE IN 10 OUTREACH EVENTS TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT PEACH TREE'S SERVICES, CAPACITY, AND RESOURCES; REACH 100 INDIVIDUALS AT THESE EVENTS EACH YEAR.