Ryan white title III HIV capacity development and planning grants - neighborhood health services corp (NHSC), a community based fqhc located in plainfield new jersey is requesting a FY 2021 ryan white…

Ryan white title III HIV capacity development and planning grants - neighborhood health services corp (NHSC), a community based fqhc located in plainfield new jersey is requesting a FY 2021 ryan white HIV/aids program (RWHAP) part C capacity development grant for the dental equipment activity under category 2: infrastructure development. The goal of this capacity development program is aligned with rwpc's goals of increasing assess to oral health services for plwha who are eligible for rwpc services. Ultimately the program outcome will be patients experiencing decreased barriers to oral health care by having additional appointment time slots available. With the rwpc capacity development grant funding, NHSC will purchase equipment for the dental clinic that will allow the agency to increase patient visits for plwha. Specifically, the equipment is as follows: 1) two autoclave machines - used for sterilization of instruments 2) dental instruments - instruments with the most frequency of use needing a quicker turnaround time for sterilization and availability. 3) four mobile medical carts four mobile medical/dental carts- these are workstations on wheels (WOWS) that can house a laptop along with other peripheral devices to help improve triaging of patients 4) one full-time dental assistant - allowing dentist to have a higher productivity and less chair time for the patients NHSC is requesting $150,000 to support the equipment and dental assistant.