Hope & help CDC high impact prevention program - hope and help center of central florida, INC. (hope & help), will use centers for disease control and prevention PS21-2102 funding to provide…

Hope & help CDC high impact prevention program - hope and help center of central florida, INC. (hope & help), will use centers for disease control and prevention PS21-2102 funding to provide comprehensive, high impact HIV prevention services in the central florida area. Hope & help will provide targeted HIV testing, comprehensive prevention for persons with HIV, as well as HIV-negative persons at increased risk for HIV infection, condom distribution, community outreach and engagement, community education, social media and marketing campaigns, and linkage to care and support services for those infected with HIV and those at-risk for infection. Operating from agency headquarters in orlando, hope & help will target high-risk and HIV positive same gender loving men (ages 13-34) and transgender/non-binary individuals of all ages, races, and ethnicities in the orlando metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and brevard county. Additionally, hope & help will provide targeted HIV prevention service to people who inject drugs (pwids). HIV testing services will be conducted utilizing hope & help?s mobile wellness unit, community partners with whom hope & help has CO-located HIV and STI testing services, and hope & help?s main location. Hope & help?s mobile wellness unit and community partnerships allow for consumers to utilize HIV testing services in comfortable and accessible locations, eliminating potential barriers to accessing care. Hope & help will provide comprehensive linkage to care services to those infected and at-risk for HIV. Linkages will include HIV medical management via hope & help?s onsite medical clinic?s test & treat program, as well as department of health medical clinics, linkage to medication and treatment adherence services provide by hope & help?s case management and peer mentoring staff. Linkage to prep and npep, services and additional STI screening and treatment via hope & help?s medical clinic, and linkage to risk reduction in terventions for persons living with HIV and those at-risk for infection. Prevention services will follow persons with HIV throughout the HIV continuum of care to ensure access to services, adherence to medical care, and viral suppression. Hope & help will distribute condoms to at-risk individuals and business that cater to target populations. Hope & help will conduct community outreach, engagement, and safer SEX education via mobile wellness unit, CO-located testing sites, and collaborative community partner events, as well as social media and marketing campaigns targeting priority populations. Hope & help is well positioned to implement a comprehensive and far-reaching prevention program. Hope & help is one of the only CBO?s in central florida to provide case management, prevention, education, and medical services to those infected and at-risk for infection. Hope & help?s ?one stop shop? Model reduces barriers to care and increases medical adherence. In this proposal, hope & help provides a detailed plan for service delivery, proposes to hire four (4) health educators, one (1) peer mentor, and one (1) linkage coordinator. The total annual budget for hope & help?s PS21-2102 proposal is $400,049.