Life Support

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

PALSS PS21-2102 COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM - PROJECT ABSTRACT ? PS21-2102APPLICANT NAME: PALMETTO AIDS LIFE SUPPORT SERVICESADDRESS: 2638 TWO NOTCH RD., STE. 108, COLUMBIA SC 29204PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR NAME: CARMEN HAMPTON JULIOUS, CEOPHONE NUMBER: 803-779-7257E-MAIL ADDRESS: CARMEN.JULIOUS@PALSS.ORG WEB SITE ADDRESS: WWW.PALSS.ORG SERVICE AREA AND TARGET POPULATION - THE SERVICE AREA FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL BE RICHLAND, LEXINGTON AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA MIDLANDS. ALL THREE COUNTIES ARE ADJACENT AND LIE WITHIN THE COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AREA. RICHLAND COUNTY HAS THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN THE STATE, AS WELL AS THE HIGHEST AIDS MORTALITY RATE. THE SERVICE AREA POPULATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (AA MSM) HAS THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE RATES FOR HIV IN THE STATE. AA MSM WILL BE THE TARGET POPULATION FOR THIS PROPOSAL. AFRICAN AMERICANS IN SC ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY POVERTY AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE UNINSURED THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION. HIV STIGMA AND LACK OF ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT AMONG THE TARGET POPULATION CONTRIBUTE TO RISK OF TRANSMISSION IN THE SERVICE AREA. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION - PALSS IS AN AIDS SERVICES ORGANIZATION WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN COLUMBIA SC IN1985 TO FIGHT THE HIV EPIDEMIC. PALSS PROVIDES CULTURALLY COMPETENT OUTREACH AND CONDUCTS EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS TO DELIVER HIV PREVENTION EDUCATION, TESTING AND LINKAGE TO CARE FOR HIGH RISK POPULATIONS. PALSS IS A RYAN WHITE PART B SUB-RECIPIENT AND CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE OF SC TO PROVIDE A BROAD SPECTRUM OF SERVICES INCLUDING: OUTREACH, HIV AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION, HIV RAPID TESTING AND INTEGRATED TESTING FOR STDS AND VIRAL HEPATITIS, AND CONFIRMATORY TESTING. PALSS UTILIZES ARTAS TO LINK NEWLY DIAGNOSED AND PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS TO CARE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF DIAGNOSIS OR CONTACT, RESPECTIVELY. PALSS PROVIDES OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CARE INCLUDING TREAT MENT AND REFERRAL FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CARE, 340B PHARMACY SERVICES, ADAP, ASSISTANCE ENROLLING IN PHARMACEUTICAL CHARITABLE GIVING PROGRAMS, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING. PALSS? TREATMENT ADHERENCE SERVICES INCLUDE MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE THROUGH THE HEALTH CARE MARKETPLACE AND SOCIAL BENEFIT PROGRAMS, FOOD BANK, HEALTH EDUCATION/RISK REDUCTION, HOUSING SERVICES, LINGUISTIC SERVICES, MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES, AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE COUNSELING. PURPOSE - PALSS WILL ESTABLISH A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE CDC TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT HIGH-IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE HIV PREVENTION CORE PROGRAM TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, PREVENT AND RESPOND TO HIV IN THE SERVICE AREA, AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGRAM PROMOTION, OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GROUP, AND FORMALIZED COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE TO CONDUCT A TARGETED PROGRAM TO REDUCE NEW INFECTIONS; INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF PLWHA; AND TO REDUCE HIV RELATED HEALTH DISPARITIES AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN THE SERVICE AREA. FULFILLMENT OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS INITIATIVE WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENT OF PALSS CURRENT ACTIVITIES, UTILIZATION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE CDC, AND THE ADOPTION OF NEW METHODS RECOMMENDED BY THE CDC IN RESPONSE TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE EPIDEMIC AND THE INTRODUCTION OF EFFECTIVE NEW PRACTICES OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT PERIOD.

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS(HIV) PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY BASED ORGS

HOLISTIC APPROACH TO COMMUNITY BASED ABSTINENCE EDUCATION

PALSS PREVENTION NAVIGATOR PROGRAM

PS04-064 HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS(HIV)PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR CBO

RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING COLLABORATIVE: A PUBLIC PROVIDER AMBULANCE SERVICES AND FIVE SEPARATE FIRE DEPARTMENTS COLLABORATING ON JOINT EMS TRAINING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS. - BASED IN A BI-COUNTY RURAL AND ISOLATED PART OF COASTAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING COLLABORATIVE (REMSTC) FORMED TO ALIGN AND EXPAND OUR LOCAL EMS TRAINING CAPACITY AND TO LINK MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE EDUCATION. REMSTC’S STRATEGIES ARE TO: 1) ENGAGE AND CONVENE ALL DISTRICT EMS AGENCIES IN COLLABORATIVE EMS TRAINING RATHER THAN WORKING IN SILOS; 2) EXPAND LOCAL CERTIFIED EMS COURSEWORK; AND 3) GROW DISTANT LEARNING ACCESS ALLOWING STUDENTS REMOTE ACCESS TO EMS COURSEWORK. OUR TRAINING GOALS ARE TARGETED AT RECRUITING AND ENTICING COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO ENTRY LEVEL EMS ROLES WHILE KEEPING LOCAL EMS FIRST RESPONDERS’ LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION CURRENT. REMSTC IS COMPRISED OF FIVE FIRE DISTRICTS SPANNING THE DISTRICT. LOCATED IN MENDOCINO COUNTY ARE REDWOOD COAST AND SOUTH COAST FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS. IN SONOMA COUNTY ARE THE NORTH SONOMA COAST, TIMBER COVE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS AND THE ANNAPOLIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. COAST LIFE SUPPORT DISTRICT (CLSD) IS THE SOLE REGIONAL AMBULANCE PROVIDER AND PROVIDES TWO PARAMEDIC-STAFFED AMBULANCES 24/7. THERE ARE 135 PRE-HOSPITAL PERSONNEL IN TOTAL: (9) PARAMEDICS, (43) EMTS, (56) FIREFIGHTERS WITH MINIMAL EMS TRAINING, AND (26) FIREFIGHTERS WITH NO EMS TRAINING. ALL TOTAL, 96% ARE VOLUNTEER. BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IS SIXTY MILES LONG, AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIMES CAN BE 30-40 MINUTES. FIRE EMS PERSONNEL ARE USUALLY FIRST ON SCENE FREQUENTLY PROVIDING INITIAL MEDICAL CARE. TRANSPORTS TO THE REGIONAL HOSPITALS (NONE ARE IN THE DISTRICT) ARE TWO HOURS AWAY. OTHER LOCAL PARTNERS ENGAGED AND COMMITTED TO IMPROVING EMS RESILIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IS THE MENDONOMA HEALTH ALLIANCE (MHA) OFFERING A DIVERSITY OF PREVENTION-BASED AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES TO ADDRESS OPIOID AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. ADDITIONALLY, REDWOOD COAST MEDICAL SERVICES OFFERING PRIMARY CARE, URGENT CARE (UC), DENTAL, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. THE UC SEES OVER 5,000 PATIENTS A YEAR AND IS AN ESSENTIAL EMS PARTNER. THE COMMUNITY IS COMPRISED OF 5,300 FULL TIME RESIDENTS SURGING TO ~11K DURING THE SUMMER AND HOLIDAYS. CURRENTLY, A PROLONGED SURGE IS DUE TO URBAN FLIGHT FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WITH MANY RESIDENTS RETIRED, THERE IS A PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASES (E.G., CARDIAC, RESPIRATORY, HYPERTENSION, DIABETES AND DEMENTIA) WHICH STRAINS THE LIMITED EMS RESOURCES. THERE IS ALSO A GROWING NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO SPEAK SPANISH AT HOME AS WELL AS TWO KASHIA BANDS OF POMO INDIANS ON RESERVATIONS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS FUNDING CYCLE, WE PLAN TO HAVE A REFINED PROGRAM CULTIVATED BY DATA AND OUTCOMES ANALYSIS THAT IS FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE AND A MODEL THAT CAN BE REPLICATED IN OTHER RURAL COMMUNITIES.

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RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING COLLABORATIVE: A PUBLIC PROVIDER AMBULANCE SERVICE AND FOUR SEPARATE FIRE DEPARTMENTS COLLABORATING ON JOINT EMS TRAINING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

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ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NEW

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COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF OVC AND OVC HOUSEHOLDS IN KAMATA, WAMAKKO LGA OF SOKOTO STATE.

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS(HIV) PREVENTION PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY BASED ORGS

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