Aids Service Center Of Lower Manhattan Inc

COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

ASCLM/ALLIANCE SUPPORTIVE OPIOID ADDICTION RECOVERY (SOAR) PROGRAM - AIDS SERVICE CENTER OF LOWER MANHATTAN DBA ALLIANCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE PROPOSES THE SUPPORTIVE OPIOID ADDICTION RECOVERY (SOAR) PROGRAM TO SERVE LOW-INCOME, HETEROSEXUAL AND LGBTQ+, CIS- AND TRANSGENDER PERSONS AGES 18 AND OLDER DIAGNOSED WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) IN NYC AND SEEKING/RECEIVING MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT). BASED ON OUR CURRENT HARM REDUCTION CASELOAD, WE ANTICIPATE MAINLY SERVING PEOPLE OF COLOR (40% HISPANIC OF ANY RACE, 35% BLACK, 5% ASIAN, 20% NON-HISPANIC WHITE), MOSTLY (78%) MALE. MANY OF THE PEOPLE TO BE SERVED LIVE WITH COMORBIDITIES AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES, E.G., HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HOMELESSNESS, JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT, POVERTY, AND INSUFFICIENT ACCESS TO QUALITY MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT. ALLIANCE WILL IMPLEMENT A HUB SERVICE MODEL BASED OUT OF OUR LOWER EAST SIDE HARM REDUCTION CENTER (LESHRC), IN WHICH WE WILL EXPAND PROVIDER HOURS AND DROP-IN SPACE DURING THE FIRST YEAR. SERVICES WILL BE EXPANDED TO OUR MIDTOWN MANHATTAN HEADQUARTERS, EAST HARLEM, AND EAST VILLAGE SITES IN THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH YEARS OF THE PROJECT. THE GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT SERVICE AREA WILL ENCOMPASS NYC'S FIVE BOROUGHS; HOWEVER, BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER WILL HAIL FROM MANHATTAN COMMUNITIES HIT HARDEST BY THE OUD CRISIS, I.E., EAST HARLEM AND LOWER EAST SIDE/CHINATOWN (COMMUNITY BOARD 3). ALLIANCE WILL SERVE AT LEAST 100 INDIVIDUALS IN YEAR 1, 150 IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING 3 YEARS, AND 100 IN YEAR 5, REACHING AT LEAST 650 INDIVIDUALS OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT. DRIVING THE PROJECT'S OUTREACH, PROJECT STAFF AND CRPA PEERS WILL CONDUCT VENUE-BASED OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT BASED ON OUR PEERS' KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL INSIGHTS SHARED BY MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 3. AS INDIVIDUALS ARE RECRUITED, THE PROGRAM MANAGER/COUNSELOR WILL CONDUCT CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS TO ESTABLISH EACH PARTICIPANT'S DIAGNOSIS AND OUD SEVERITY LEVEL USING DSM-5 DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMAL LEVEL OF CARE FOR EACH PARTICIPANT'S NEEDS. THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE BUPRENORPHINE TREATMENT FOR OUD, AN MAT FOR PEOPLE WITH OUD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH RSS SUCH AS COUNSELING AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING AND COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY TO PROMOTE INCREASED ADHERENCE RATES, SELF-EFFICACY AND IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH AMONG PARTICIPANTS. ONE 10-SESSION CYCLE OF THE EVIDENCE-BASED HARM REDUCTION INTERVENTION (EBI) SEEKING SAFETY WILL BE OFFERED EACH YEAR OF THE PROJECT'S LIFESPAN, REACHING A CORE GROUP OF AT LEAST 8 PEOPLE EACH YEAR. FIVE STORYTELLING VIDEOS FOR THE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION AND RISK REDUCTION EBI COMMUNITY PROMISE WILL BE RECORDED IN EACH PROJECT YEAR. THE PROJECT WILL ATTAIN THE FOLLOWING GOALS: 1) EXPAND MOUD OUTREACH/EDUCATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY ALLIANCE. 2) INCREASE ACCESS TO/AVAILABILITY OF MOUD. 3) INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND INCREASE COPING SKILLS OF PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE ADDRESSING BOTH TRAUMA AND SUBSTANCE USE. 4) REDUCE INCIDENCE OF OVERDOSE AMONG ALL OUD PARTICIPANTS. 5) FACILITATE LONG-TERM OUD RECOVERY. 6) IMPROVE ACCESS TO AND USAGE OF SERVICES THAT ADDRESS HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS, AND POVERTY-RELATED SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDH) THAT IMPEDE RECOVERY. OUTCOME MEASURES INCLUDE: 1) PERSONS SEEKING RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES WILL BE MEASURED ON WHETHER THEY MAINTAINED RECOVERY AFTER 6 MONTHS POST-PROGRAM COMPLETION. 2) PERSONS SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH SUBSTANCE USE REDUCTION WILL BE MEASURED ON WHETHER THERE WAS REDUCTION IN SUBSTANCE USE UTILIZATION AFTER 6 MONTHS POST-PROGRAM COMPLETION. 3) PSYCHOSOCIAL CHANGE WILL BE MEASURED VIA NUMBER OF REPORTED DEPRESSION DAYS, ANXIETY DAYS, QUALITY OF LIFE SCORE, SELF-SATISFACTION, AND PARTICIPATION IN RSS ACTIVITIES. 4) PROGRAM EFFICACY WILL BE MEASURED BY ASSESSING LINKAGE TO CARE AND PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM COMPONENTS.

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANI

ASCLM MAI HIGH RISK POPULATIONS - "OPEN DOOR" PROJECT

ASCLM/ALLIANCE CDC PS21-2102 - NEW YORK CITY IS HOME TO THE NATION?S LARGEST POPULATION OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV (PLWH), MOST OF WHOM ARE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE OF COLOR. IN 2018, 119,170 NEW YORKERS WERE LIVING WITH HIV; APPROXIMATELY 9% WERE UNAWARE OF THEIR STATUS AND 32% WERE NOT VIRALLY SUPPRESSED. OF THE 1,953 NEW DIAGNOSES IN 2018, 77.2% WERE AMONG BLACKS AND HISPANICS; 72.0% WERE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM)?THE TARGET POPULATION FOR THIS PROPOSAL. TO ADDRESS THIS PROFOUND DISPARITY, AIDS SERVICE CENTER OF LOWER MANHATTAN DBA ALLIANCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE (?ALLIANCE?) PROPOSES A COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED, AND INTEGRATED HIV PREVENTION SERVICE PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME, UNDERSERVED BLACK AND LATINO/HISPANIC MSM IN NYC, FOCUSING ON CENTRAL HARLEM (MANHATTAN) AND CROTONA PARK-TREMONT (BRONX). WE WILL FOCUS ON 20-TO-39-YEAR-OLDS, THE AGE GROUP THAT MAKES UP 80% OF NEW HIV DIAGNOSES IN NYC. THE PROGRAM WILL BE DELIVERED IN COLLABORATION WITH NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL (NYP) (SUBCONTRACTOR), WITH SUPPORT FROM ENGAGEWELL HARM REDUCTION INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY CARE MANAGEMENT PARTNERS HEALTH HOME. PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE COORDINATED, INTEGRATED HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROGRAMMING TO HIV+ AND HIGH-RISK NEGATIVE (HRN) MSM OF COLOR IN NYC BY IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS ENHANCED BY EXTENSIVE CONDOM DISTRIBUTION; HIV/STI/HCV COUNSELING, TESTING, AND REFERRAL (CTR); LINKAGE TO CARE; SERVICE NAVIGATION AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE PROGRAMS; AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. OUTCOMES ARE ORGANIZED AROUND THE PILLARS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE HIV PREVENTION CORE PROGRAM. PILLAR I OUTCOMES: DIAGNOSE: SHORT-TERM: DIAGNOSE AT LEAST 15 NEW HIV INFECTIONS/YEAR; INCREASED CLIENT RECEIPT OF INTEGRATED SCREENINGS. PILLAR II OUTCOMES: TREAT: SHORT-TERM: PROVIDE LINKAGE TO CARE AND ANTI-RETROVIRAL TREATMENT (ART) PRESCRIPTIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS TO ALL NEWLY DIAGNOSED INDIVIDUALS; INCREASED RECEIPT OF HIV MEDICAL CARE AND ART AMONG PERSONS WITH PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED HIV WHO HAVE FALLEN OUT OF CARE; INCREASED MEDICATION ADHERENCE AMONG PLWH; INCREASED ACCESS TO PARTNER SERVICES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES AMONG PLWH. INTERMEDIATE: INCREASED ACCESS TO CARE FOR PERSONS WITH DIAGNOSED HIV; INCREASED VIRAL LOAD SUPPRESSION AMONG THOSE RECEIVING ANTI-RETROVIRAL TREATMENT AND ACCESS TO SERVICES (ARTAS). PILLAR III OUTCOMES: PREVENT: SHORT-TERM: INCREASED ACCESS TO PREP; INCREASED ACCESS TO NPEP; INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF CONDOMS; INCREASED RECEIPT OF EVIDENCE-BASED RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS; INCREASED ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR HRN PERSONS. PILLAR IV OUTCOMES: RESPOND: SHORT-TERM: INCREASED HEALTH DEPT. AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR HIV-TRANSMISSION CLUSTER DETECTION AND RESPONSE. INTERMEDIATE: IMPROVED RESPONSE TO THESE CLUSTERS AND OUTBREAKS. LONG-TERM: IMPROVED RESPONSE TO HIV TRANSMISSION CLUSTERS/OUTBREAKS; REDUCED NEW HIV INFECTIONS; REDUCED NEW INFECTIONS WHERE THE PERSON IS ALSO DIAGNOSED WITH AIDS WHEN FIRST DIAGNOSED WITH HIV; REDUCED HIV-RELATED HEALTH DISPARITIES; IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV; REDUCED NUMBER OF DEATHS OF PERSONS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV.FIVE-YEAR OBJECTIVES: PROVIDE 4,000 HIV TESTS. AT LEAST 75% OF TESTING PARTICIPANTS WILL BE BLACK/LATINO MSM AND AT LEAST 75 PERSONS WILL BE NEWLY DIAGNOSED HIV+. 90% OF THESE NEWLY DIAGNOSED PEOPLE WILL BE LINKED TO MEDICAL CARE WITHIN 30 DAYS. AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ?FALLEN OUT OF CARE? (AND AT LEAST 30 KNOWN HIV+ PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RETESTED) WILL BE RECONNECTED TO CARE; 100% WILL BE REFERRED TO PARTNER SERVICES AND PREVENTION/ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 100% OF HRN PERSONS WILL BE REFERRED/NAVIGATED TO PREP AND NPEP CLINICAL SERVICES. MORE THAN 15,000 FREE CONDOMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS ALL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

AIDS SERVICE CENTER NYC COMPREHENSIVE AIDS SERVICE ALLIANCE (CASA) PROGRAM

TCE-HIV FOR HIGH RISK MEN OF COLOR

TRANSITIONAL ADDICTION AND HIV NETWORK SERVICES FOR RECOVERY MODEL (TRANSFORM)

ASC HIV PREVENTION SERVICES FOR YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (YMSM) OF COLOR

COACH PROGRAM: COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH AND CONNECTION TO HEALTH PROGRAM

SPECIAL PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

HOW I GOT HELP (HIGH) ON RECOVERY/WOMEN

ALLIANCE PREVENTION NAVIGATION: CHARTING POSITIVE CHANGE

AWARD PURPOSE TO PROVIDE NEW YORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED FROM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WITH PERSONALIZED CAREER READINESS TRAINING AND ONGOING SUPPORT TO ENTER OR RE-ENTER THE WORKFORCE. TO CONNECT DIVERSE HEALTH SECTOR EMPLOYERS WITH SKILLED AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT EMPLOYEES WHO REFLECT AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES SERVED. ACTIVITIES PERFORMED VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS AND CAREER READINESS COACHING - EXPLORE JOB-READINESS GOALS AND PROVIDE VOCATIONAL COUNSELING AND EDUCATION BENEFITS COUNSELING - TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS COUNSELING TO HELP PARTICIPANTS MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT ENTERING/RETURN TO WORK CERTIFICATION PROCESS - INDIVIDUAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO OBTAIN STATE CERTIFICATIONS JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES - ARRANGE THE MATCH WITH THE HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND MENTORING THROUGHOUT JOB PLACEMENT JOB RETENTION SERVICES - INTENSIVE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COACHING AND MENTORSHIP TO PREPARE INDIVIDUALS TO EXCEL IN THE WORKPLACE EMPLOYER CONSULTATION & PLACEMENT SUPPORT AND TRAINING - ARRANGE JOB MATCH AND OFFER TRAINING TO SUPERVISORS AT PLACEMENT FACILITIES PARTNERSHIP EXPANSION AND MARKETING - FOR JOB SEEKERS AND EMPLOYERS DELIVERABLES PATH TO JOBS WILL REACH 600 LOW-INCOME NEW YORKERS OVER THE 24-MONTH PERIOD WITH CAREER READINESS SUPPORT WHICH WILL RESULT IN 100 JOB PLACEMENTS WITHIN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS EACH YEAR. PATH WILL ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO EMPLOYERS ON HOW TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH, AND SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF, PATH TO JOBS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. INTENDED BENEFICIARY THE TARGET POPULATION ARE UNEMPLOYED AND/OR UNDEREMPLOYED ADULT NEW YORKERS (18+) RESIDING ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND STATE. PATH TO JOBS WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON LOW-INCOME PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ARE LIVING WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS (E.G., HIV, HEPATITIS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES) WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED FROM EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL, EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES PATH TO JOBS, A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION INCUBATED BY ALLIANCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE, WILL IMPLEMENT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE SERVICES OF OUTPOSTED STAFF, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION AND EVALUATION.

COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

PS04064, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS(HIV) PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR CBO

MINORITY SA/HIV/HEP STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK (SPF)

ASCLM/ALLIANCE WOMEN ACCESSING OPTIONS FOR OPIOID MANAGEMENT (OPTIONS) - AIDS SERVICE CENTER OF LOWER MANHATTAN, INC., D/B/A ALLIANCE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE (ALLIANCE) SEEKS FUNDING TO SUPPORT WOMEN ACCESSING OPTIONS FOR OPIOID MANAGEMENT (OPTIONS) IN THE GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA OF NEW YORK CITY. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS IS CISGENDER AND TRANSGENDER WOMEN WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD); ALLIANCE HAS SERVED THIS POPULATION SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1990. OPTIONS IS A HIGH IMPACT WOMEN-CENTRIC SERVICE MODEL SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO REACH AND ENGAGE LOW-INCOME CISGENDER AND TRANSGENDER WOMEN LIVING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES IN COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. SINCE THE ONSET OF COVID-19, SUD HAS CONTINUED TO BECOME MORE PREVALENT IN NYC AND THE CRISIS HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON BLACK AND LATINA FEMALE RESIDENTS. OPTIONS IS AN INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LEVEL SERVICE PROGRAM CONSISTING OF GROUPS THAT ADDRESS POLYSUBSTANCE USE, HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES, AND TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT WILL ALSO FACILITATE SOCIALIZATION ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE EXPANDING SOCIAL NETWORKS. INDIVIDUAL SERVICES WILL INCLUDE REFERRALS AND ONE-ON-ONE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS WILL INCREASE KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE, SUD TREATMENT OPTIONS SUCH AS BUPRENORPHINE, BUILDING COPING SKILLS, AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS. ALLIANCE’S OPTIONS LEVERAGES PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING AMONG PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND STAFF TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE IN WHICH WOMEN CAN RECEIVE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THAT WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED ACCESS, REDUCED BARRIERS, AND PROMOTION OF HIGH QUALITY, EFFECTIVE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES FOR WOMEN IN NEW YORK. AT ALLIANCE’S OPTIONS PROGRAM, NO WOMAN IN NEED IS TURNED AWAY. THE OPTIONS TEAM WILL DEVELOP INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE PLANS FOR EACH PARTICIPANT TO PROMOTE HEALTHY BEHAVIORAL CHANGE AND LINKAGE TO SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT. ALLIANCE WILL SERVE AT LEAST 100 UNDUPLICATED WOMEN WITH OPTIONS SERVICES DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR.

HERS@ASC (HONORING EVERY WOMAN'S RIGHT TO SAFETY)- A RECOVERY COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM

ASC HIV PREVENTION SERVICES FOR YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (YMSM) OF COLOR

NEW MEDIA STRATEGY

TCE-HIV FOR HIGH RISK MEN OF COLOR