Federal Grant Award Summary

Yale University received a $2.23 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), effective April 1, 2026 through February 28, 2031. The GEO IMPACT project deliverables include development and implementation of a learning public health system designed to increase reach and access to HIV and substance use disorder prevention, care, and treatment services for people who use drugs (PWUD) in Connecticut. The project will deploy a novel mobile pharmacy and clinic (MPC) healthcare delivery model staffed with community health workers to serve high-risk populations.

The project will deliver three primary service components: (1) population identification and needs assessment through collaboration with six Connecticut state health agencies to identify PWUD populations living with or at risk for HIV and quantify service needs using modeling techniques; (2) service alignment and deployment of the MPC to target geographic areas with evaluation of outcomes at macro, meso, and micro levels comparing implementation communities to matched control communities; and (3) optimization of healthcare delivery through mixed-methods, community-engaged research characterizing local barriers to care. These integrated services address the federal priority of supporting implementation research to expand evidence-based treatment access for underserved populations affected by converging HIV and substance use public health crises.