Ryan white title III HIV capacity development and planning grants - the activities in this category support progress along the HIV care continuum to improve the health and increase the life span of…

Ryan white title III HIV capacity development and planning grants - the activities in this category support progress along the HIV care continuum to improve the health and increase the life span of transgender people with HIV and to prevent new infections. Betances health center (BHC) is seeking $150,000 per year from hrsa to create and provide a gender affirming care environment. The care and treatment of transgender and gender-diverse people with HIV is a priority for betances health center. Today, we provide services to 101 transgender people with HIV. We want to provide knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of the transgender population that we serve to maintain them fully engaged in care and with their viral loads suppressed. BHC in partnership with organizations such as the national lgbtq health and education center, fenway institute, and the university of california with obtain knowledge on guidelines for primary and gender affirming care of transgender and gender non-binary people. We also will provide trainings through our partner aids educational training center (AETC), prime, and other lgbt programs. We will diminish stigma and discrimination by providing gender-affirming health care and social services to the transgender community through education as a key component to improving the lives of transgender people with HIV and eliminating health disparities. We will provide patient-centered, trauma-informed, and inclusive environments of care for clients to help reduce medical mistrust and other barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence for transgender people with HIV. By eliminating structural and social barriers we will facilitate the transgender population's access to HIV services in an environment with education about pronouns and the provision of culturally responsive care. We will address the following components critical to gender-affirming care: 1- stigma and discrimination 2- gender affirming medical treatment, and 3-gender-affirming medical & psychosocial treatment (model of car E infrastructure and clinical application. We will provide a detailed care plan with all the activities in a calendar year. We will create progress reports with the established goals and metrics. BHC will further objectives in reaching more of the transgender underserved populations to end the HIV epidemic and maximize impact.