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HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM

COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS - PROJECT ABSTRACTPROJECT TITLE: COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS - CDC-RFA-PS21-2102APPLICANT NAME: PRIORITY HEALTH CAREADDRESS: 4700 WICHERS DRIVE MARRERO, LA 70072CONTACT NAME: TAMARA BOUTTE, MSW, MSHCMPHONE: 504-309-6522. FAX: 504-309-6084EMAIL: TBOUTTE@PHC-NO.ORGWEBSITE: WWW.PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.ORGCONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: DISTRICT 2 PROPOSED SITE DISTRICT 2AMOUNT REQUESTED: $470,000.00TYPE OF FUNDING REQUESTED: CDC-RFA-PS21-2102 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TYPES OF FUNDING CURRENTLY BEING RECEIVED: HRSA BPHC, RYAN WHITE PART A, B, AND DPRIORITY HEALTH CARE (PHC) IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC). THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON MEMBERS AT GREATEST RISK OF ACQUIRING AND TRANSMITTING HIV INFECTION. AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE THE MOST AFFECTED RACIAL/ETHNIC POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, THE SOUTH AND CONSEQUENTLY THE NEW ORLEANS ELIGIBLE METRO AREA (NO EMA). PHC PROPOSES TO PROVIDE HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION SERVICES TO HIGH-RISK HETEROSEXUAL (HRH) AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES AND FEMALES, AGES FROM 13 TO 49, LIVING IN THE NO EMA, PLACING A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON JEFFERSON PARISH. SHORT TERM GOALS: 1) PREVENT NEW INFECTIONS, 2) IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR PLWH AND 3) PREVENT NEW INFECTIONS. AT LEAST 600 PEOPLE ARE SERVED IN YEAR 1 AND 3,000 PEOPLE BY END OF YEAR 5. SHORT TERM OUTCOME MEASURES INCLUDE YEAR 1 AND YEAR 5 OUTLINED IN THE PROJECT NARRATIVE:?OUTCOME MEASURE: A MINIMUM OF 75% OF PERSONS TESTED MUST BE PART OF THE RECIPIENT?S SELECTED TARGET POPULATION?OUTCOME MEASURE: AT LEAST 1.6% OF PERSONS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED HIV IDENTIFIED THROUGH PS21-2102 FUNDED TESTING?OUTCOME MEASURE: AT LEAST 75% OF PS21-2102 HIV TESTING EVENTS CONDUCTED IN WHICH THE CLIENT WAS PROVIDED SCREENING FOR STDS (SYPHILIS, GONORRHEA, CHLAMYDIA), VIRAL HEPATITIS, OR TB (IN CONJUNCTION WITH PS21-2102 FUNDED HIV TESTING).?OUTCOME MEASURE: 90% OF PERSONS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED HIV WILL BE LINKED TO HIV MEDICAL CARE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF DIAGNOSIS.?OUTCOME MEASURE: AT LEAST 27% OF PERSONS WITH PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED HIV, NOT-IN-CARE, LINKED TO OR RE-ENGAGED IN HIV MEDICAL CARE WITHIN 30 DAYS.?OUTCOME MEASURE: 100% OF PERSONS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED HIV WILL BE REFERRED TO PARTNER SERVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS.?OUTCOME MEASURE: AT LEAST 78% OF PERSONS RE-ENGAGED IN CARE WILL PARTICIPATE IN OUR RAPID RESTART PROGRAM. (PROVIDED MEDICATION AT THE FIRST RETURN VISIT TO PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE).?OUTCOME MEASURE: 100% OF HIV-NEGATIVE PERSONS REFERRED TO PREP.?OUTCOME MEASURE: AT LEAST 7,000 CONDOMS THROUGH ACTIVITIES FOR HIV-POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS, 2) 13,000 CONDOMS THROUGH ACTIVITIES FOR HIGH-RISK HIV NEGATIVE INDIVIDUALS.PHC ADHERES TO ALL REQUIRED LAWS, STATUTES, REGULATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONCERNING HIV TESTING AS WELL AS MONITORING AND EVALUATION UNDER THIS NOFO AS A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.

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