This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) aims to increase substance use disorder treatment and mental health services among Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM) at high risk for HIV/AIDS in New York City. The "ENTRE NOSOTROS" program will utilize evidence-based practices to provide behavioral...
The City & County of San Francisco's Public Health Department has been awarded a $1,800,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940). The award, titled "Project EXEL (Expand and Elevate), Cycle 2," aims to strengthen the city's integrated HIV and STI prevention services and advance progress towards San Francisco's goal of "Getting to Zero" new HIV...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants provides $198,531 to Emory University to develop and pilot test an integrated intervention addressing mental health and HIV medication adherence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa. The key objectives are to conduct formative research to inform the intervention design, carry out an open pilot to refine the intervention, and then conduct a randomized pilot...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award for $1,800,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940) supports the Sacramento County Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, in expanding access to high-quality HIV/STI prevention, testing, and care services for priority populations, particularly young gay and bisexual men of color. The key activities include: 1) expanding the...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will support the implementation and evaluation of an enhanced care intervention, HIV Prevention Plus Care (HP+ Care), for young men who have sex with men (YMSM) starting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) at two clinics. The $364,832 award to the Children's Research Institute will fund the use of implementation science methods to investigate factors...
This $1,576,238 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (CFDA 93.855 - Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research) aims to characterize, assess, and protocolize implementation strategies used by community-based HIV organizations in Florida and Puerto Rico to improve the reach of PrEP and mental health/substance use (MH/SU) treatments to Latino men who have sex with men (LMSM). The University of Miami will lead this initiative, forming a strategic alliance...
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) was awarded a $9,447,424 cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940). The funding will support a comprehensive 5-year initiative to prevent new HIV infections, improve health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reduce HIV-related health disparities in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Key objectives include increasing...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940), will enable Positive Impact Health Centers, in partnership with the Gwinnett County Board of Health, to enhance HIV and STI services in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area (Atlanta EMA). Over the 5-year, $1,800,000 award period, the project aims to double the capacity of Positive Impact Health Centers and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (MHAF) Program (CFDA 93.899), awarded a $1,199,913 Project Grant to the Mississippi Public Health Institute (MSPHI) to increase engagement in care for adult Black females (including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer/fluid individuals) living with or at high risk for contracting HIV/AIDS, STIs, viral hepatitis, substance use disorder, or mental health conditions in the Mississippi Delta region....
This $1,800,000 five-year Cooperative Agreement award from the National Center for HIV/AIDS (part of the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) under the HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based program (CFDA 93.940) will support the Hamilton County Public Health Department in Ohio to expand access to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment services, with a focus on reaching vulnerable populations such as women, sex workers, transgender...