Guiding Right Inc

COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS - GUIDING RIGHT, INC., A NON-PROFIT AGENCY LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA, WILL IMPLEMENT HIV TESTING, PREVENTION, AND LINKAGE TO CARE SERVICES TO NON-HISPANIC, BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN DESIGNATED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION TO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE THE RISKS OF HIV TRANSMISSION. THE OKLAHOMA CITY METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA (MSA) AND TULSA MSA HAVE SEEN OVER APPROXIMATELY 1,500 HIV DIAGNOSES IN JUST THE PAST FOUR YEARS. BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN MSM POPULATIONS ARE AT ESPECIALLY HIGH RISK FOR HIV INFECTION IN THIS SETTING.GUIDING RIGHT, INC. WILL FOCUS ITS TESTING, LINKAGE, MEDICAL TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS IN THE MOST IMPACTED REGIONS IN THE TWO MSAS. STAFF, REFLECTIVE OF THE TARGET POPULATION, WILL DELIVER GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INTERVENTIONS AND SERVICES TO 3,750 AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM) AND HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN AND MEN AGES 13 TO 64.GUIDING RIGHT WILL CARRY OUT THESE SERVICES IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE BUSINESSES AND PARTNER AGENCIES THAT ALSO SERVICE THE TARGET POPULATION, AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL PROJECT OFFICER. OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD, THE PROJECT WILL REDUCE RISK BEHAVIORS BOTH ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL WITHIN THE TARGET POPULATION.

THE THRIVE PROJECT - GUIDING RIGHT, INC. (GRI) IS PROPOSING A PROGRAM, TREATMENT, REFERRALS, INTERVENTIONS, AND EDUCATION (THRIVE) TO PREVENT AND REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE/MISUSE AND TRANSMISSION OF HIV/AIDS AMONG RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITIES AT INCREASED RISK FOR HIV/AIDS. GRI WILL ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG AT-RISK POPULATIONS BY INCREASING ACCESS TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES, INCREASING SERVICE USE, AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES AMONG PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE USE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. GRI WILL IMPLEMENT A RANGE OF PROGRAM STRATEGIES THAT COMBINE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, PATIENT NAVIGATION, AND FOLLOW-UP SERVICES FOCUSED ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE/MISUSE AND HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAMMING FOR THE POPULATION OF FOCUS. THE AGENCY WILL UTILIZE ITS SUCCESSFUL 23 YEAR HISTORY OF PROVIDING HIV SERVICE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS AT HIGH RISK FOR HIV, MENTAL DISORDERS, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS. GRI IS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR FUNDING BECAUSE THE AGENCY IS A COMMUNITY BASED PROVIDER THAT CAN PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY BASED SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HIV PREVENTION AND NAVIGATION STRATEGIES; THE AGENCY IS HIGHLY SKILLED AT PROVIDING INTEGRATED CARE AND SERVICES THAT BUILD RAPPORT AND TRUST WITH HARD-TO-REACH POPULATIONS - INCLUDING CHRONIC SUBSTANCE USERS, AS WELL AS MINORITY POPULATIONS AT RISK FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND HIV.

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