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

INTEGRATED CARE PARTNERSHIP OF METRO ATLANTA

INTEGRATED CARE PARTNERSHIP2 - EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER (ERC) SUBMITS THIS GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE INTEGRATED CARE PARTNERSHIP (ICP PROGRAM) UNDER SAMHSA FY 2022 MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT FOR RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AT HIGH RISK FOR HIV/AIDS (NOFO NO. TI-22-004). UNDER THE ICP PROGRAM, ERC PROPOSES TO PROVIDE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) OR CO-OCCURRING DISORDER (COD) TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ADULT MEMBERS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS WITH SUD OR COD. ERC WILL TARGET AFRICAN-AMERICAN (AA) AND LATINX ADULTS, WITH OR AT RISK OF SUD/COD, LIVING WITH OR AT HIGH RISK OF HIV AND HEPATITIS INFECTION, AND RESIDING IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA, WITH ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING EXPERIENCES: INVOLVEMENT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT—INCLUDING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE COURT SYSTEM, AND/OR THE DIVISION OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES—AND ARE UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED AND/OR UNEMPLOYED/UNDEREMPLOYED. THE ICP PROGRAM WILL ENROLL PARTICIPANTS BASED ON THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN THE TARGET POPULATION AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE. ERC WILL PROVIDE SA TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES FOR 125 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS OF THE TARGET POPULATION WITH SUD/COD, WITH A PRIORITY FOCUS ON AA AND LATINO PEOPLE, AGED 18 YEARS AND OLDER, LIVING WITH OR AT HIGH RISK OF HIV AND HEPATITIS INFECTION—APPROXIMATELY 8,375 CLIENT ENCOUNTERS, ANNUALLY. THROUGH ITS CARF-ACCREDITED SERVICES—NON-RESIDENTIAL INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUGS (AOD)/MENTAL HEALTH (MH) SERVICES AND INTEGRATED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT AOD/MH SERVICES—ERC WILL RECRUIT AND ENROLL PARTICIPANTS AND PROVIDE SA TREATMENT SERVICES FOR 625 MEMBERS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS, OVER THE ENTIRE PROJECT PERIOD—AN ESTIMATED 41,875 CLIENT ENCOUNTERS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29, 2027. ICP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL BE SCREENED AND ASSESSED FOR SUD/COD BY LICENSED, TRAINED, AND QUALIFIED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) PROVIDERS. UPON ENROLLMENT, CLINICIANS AT THE ON-SITE ERC CLINIC WILL PROVIDE RAPID HIV TESTING, SCREEN FOR TB AND VIRAL HEPATITIS, AND LINK ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS TO PREP OR LONG-TERM HIV/HEPATITIS PRIMARY CARE. IN-HOUSE BH PROVIDERS WILL OFFER GROUP- AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL SA TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES FOR PARTICIPANTS, BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL RECOVERY PLANS. IN ADDITION, THE ERC PEER RECOVERY COACH WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PARTICIPANTS OUTSIDE OF TREATMENT, ENSURING THAT CLIENTS ATTEND MEETINGS AND ACHIEVE MEDICATION ADHERENCE, ASSISTING CLIENTS WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF SA SPONSORS, AND TEACHING CLASSES TO DEVELOP COPING, AND LIFE MANAGEMENT SKILLS. FURTHERMORE, PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE COORDINATION SERVICES THAT MAKE ACTIVE LINKAGES AND REFERRALS TO HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, PREP AND OTHER HIV AND HEPATITIS TESTING, PREVENTION AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. ENROLLED PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO ACCESS HEPATITIS IMMUNIZATION SERVICES, HIV/HEPATITIS PRIMARY CARE LINKAGES, AND INTEGRATED STI SCREENINGS THROUGH THE ERC CLINIC, AS NEEDED. THROUGH THE ICP PROGRAM, ERC WILL: (1) INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF HIV AND HEPATITIS TESTING, LINKAGES, REFERRALS, AND PREVENTION SERVICES FOR PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR DRUG-USING AND/OR SEXUAL PARTNERS; (2) PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED SA TREATMENT AND PEER-LED RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD/COD; AND (3) PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO COORDINATE SA TREATMENT, HIV AND HEPATITIS PREVENTION, CARE, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. ERC, LOCATED IN ATLANTA (FULTON COUNTY), GA, IS A NON-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION WITH A VALID IRS 501(C)(3) STATUS. SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED ON-SITE AT THE ERC COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTION CLINIC. LISA RUDESEAL, LPC, WILL SERVE AS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR. ERC IS ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES (CARF) AND PERMITTED BY THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH, DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. JACQUELINE BROWN, CEO, WILL SE

INTEGRATED CARE PARTNERSHIP1 - EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER SUBMITS THIS GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE INTEGRATED CARE PARTNERSHIP (ICP PROGRAM) UNDER SAMHSA FY2022 MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE—SERVICE INTEGRATION (SHORT TITLE: MAI-SI) NOFO NO. SM-22-005. UNDER THE ICP PROGRAM, EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER (ERC) PROPOSES TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED, TRAUMA-INFORMED, AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH (MH) THERAPY AND PRACTICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MH OR CO-OCCURRING (COD) DISORDERS. ERC WILL TARGET RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY ADULTS, WITH OR AT RISK OF MH DISORDERS AND COD, AND RESIDING IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA, WITH ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING EXPERIENCES: SELF-INJURIOUS, SUICIDAL, OR RISK TAKING BEHAVIORS; HOUSING INSTABILITY; AND/OR LIVING WITH OR AT HIGH-RISK OF HIV. THE ICP PROGRAM WILL ENROLL CLIENTS BASED ON THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN THE TARGET POPULATION AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE. ERC WILL PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY AND RESILIENCY SERVICES FOR 125 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS OF THE TARGET POPULATION WITH MH DISORDERS OR COD, WITH A PRIORITY FOCUS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO MEN AND WOMEN, AGED 18 YEARS AND OLDER—APPROXIMATELY 5,375 CLIENT ENCOUNTERS, ANNUALLY. THROUGH ITS CARF-ACCREDITED MH AND INTEGRATED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUGS (AOD) SERVICES (AOD/MH) AND NON-RESIDENTIAL INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS, ERC WILL PROMOTE THE PROPOSED PROGRAM, RECRUIT AND ENROLL PARTICIPANTS, OFFER MH SERVICES FOR 500 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS, OVER THE ENTIRE PROJECT PERIOD—AN ESTIMATED 21,500 CLIENT ENCOUNTERS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29, 2026. ICP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL BE SCREENED AND ASSESSED FOR MH/COD BY LICENSED, TRAINED, AND QUALIFIED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) PROVIDERS. UPON ENROLLMENT, CLINICIANS AT THE ON-SITE ERC COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTION CLINIC WILL PROVIDE RAPID HIV TESTING, SCREEN FOR TB AND VIRAL HEPATITIS, AND LINK ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS TO PREP OR LONG-TERM HIV/HEPATITIS PRIMARY CARE. IN-HOUSE MH PROVIDERS WILL OFFER GROUP- AND INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL MH THERAPY AND RESILIENCY SERVICES FOR PARTICIPANTS, BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL RESILIENCY AND RECOVERY PLANS (IRRP). IN ADDITION, THE ERC PEER LEADER WILL WORK WITH PARTICIPANTS TO CREATE INDIVIDUALIZED WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLANS AND CONDUCT SELF-HELP SUPPORT GROUP SESSIONS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP COPING AND LIFE MANAGEMENT SKILLS. FURTHERMORE, PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE COORDINATION SERVICES THAT MAKE ACTIVE REFERRALS TO HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, EVIDENCE-BASED HIV BEHAVIORAL, BIOMEDICAL, AND STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS, AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. ENROLLED PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO ACCESS HEPATITIS IMMUNIZATION SERVICES, HIV/HEPATITIS PRIMARY CARE LINKAGES, AND INTEGRATED STI SCREENINGS THROUGH THE ERC CLINIC, AS NEEDED. THROUGH THE ICP PROGRAM, ERC WILL: (1) INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF HIV AND HEPATITIS PREVENTION SERVICES WITHIN A BH CARE SETTING; (2) PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED AND CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE-BASED SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MH/COD; (3) PROVIDE PEER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PARTICIPANTS; (4) PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO COORDINATE BH, PRIMARY CARE, HIV AND HEPATITIS TREATMENT, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; AND (5) IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE OUTREACH STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE PROPOSED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND HIV AND HEPATITIS PRIMARY CARE AND PREVENTION SERVICES. ERC, LOCATED IN ATLANTA (FULTON COUNTY), GA, IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION WITH A VALID IRS 501(C)(3) STATUS. SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED ON-SITE AT THE ERC COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTION CLINIC. LISA RUDESEAL, LPC, MS WILL SERVE AS THE ICP PROGRAM DIRECTOR. ERC IS A NON-RESIDENTIAL OUTPATIENT FACILITY AND IS ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES (CARF) AND PERMITTED BY THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH, DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. JACQUELINE BROWN IS THE CEO AND WILL SERVE AS PRINCIPLE INVESTIGA

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

INTEGRATED CARE PARTNERSHIP (ICP) PROGRAM49 - EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER SUBMITS THIS GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE INTEGRATED CARE PARTNERSHIP (ICP PROGRAM) UNDER SAMHSA FY 2024 SYNDEMIC APPROACH TO PREVENTING HIV AND SUBSTANCE USE AMONG RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES (SHORT TITLE: SYNDEMIC APPROACH TO PREVENTION) NOFO NO. SP-24-004. UNDER THE ICP PROGRAM, EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER (ERC) WILL IMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY AND INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF A SYNDEMIC MODEL. THE ICP PROGRAM WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO EVIDENCE-BASED, TIMELY, AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH (MH) AND SUBSTANCE USE (SU) INTERVENTION, SERVICES, AND TREATMENT FOR UNDERREPRESENTED RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY ADULTS STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD) AND/OR CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL DISORDERS (COD), WHO ARE LIVING WITH OR AT HIGH RISK OF HIV, VIRAL HEPATITIS (VH) AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STI) AND RESIDING IN THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA. UNDER THE ICP PROGRAM, ERC WILL PLACE A PRIORITY FOCUS ON ALL BLACK FEMALE IDENTITIES, INCLUDING CISGENDER, TRANSGENDER, NONBINARY, AND GENDERQUEER/FLUID INDIVIDUALS, WHO ARE AT RISK FOR OR CURRENTLY STRUGGLING WITH SUD AND/OR COD, AND ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING EXPERIENCES: (1) DEPRESSIVE, SELF-INJURIOUS, OR RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS; (2) HISTORY OF TRAUMA WITH EXTREMELY HIGH ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE (ACE) SCORES; (3) UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED; OR (4) UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED, REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR ABILITY TO PAY. DURING THE COURSE OF THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES, BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED. ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC), 50% OF WOMEN WHO RECEIVED A NEW HIV DIAGNOSES WERE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN. PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAX (PREP) IS A PROVEN STRATEGY TO REDUCE HIV TRANSMISSION. CONVERSELY, THERE IS LESS AWARENESS AND UPTAKE AMONG CISGENDER BLACK WOMEN. CDC STATISTICS INDICATE THAT ONLY 4.4% OF BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM PREP RECEIVED TREATMENT. FURTHERMORE, THE DUAL DIAGNOSES OF HIV INFECTION AND SUD/COD IS A GROWING CONCERN AND AUGMENTS HIV TRANSMISSION. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, ALCOHOL AND DRUG MISUSE CAN ALTER JUDGMENT AND LEAD TO RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS THAT INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING OR TRANSMITTING HIV. THE GEORGIA NHBS INDICATED THAT 32% OF RESPONDENTS DID NOT KNOW THE HIV STATUS OF THEIR SEXUAL PARTNERS AND 41% HAD CONCURRENT SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS. THROUGH THE ICP PROGRAM, ERC WILL IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PREVENTION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES AND IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY OF AND ACCESSIBILITY HIGH-QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH (MH) AND SUBSTANCE USE (SU) INTERVENTIONS AND TREATMENT, TARGETING RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY INDIVIDUALS IN ATLANTA. ERC WILL INCREASE CAPACITY TO REACH INDIVIDUALS IN NONTRADITIONAL AND UNCONVENTIONAL PREVENTION SPACES THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ANCHORS AND EXPAND THE SUD/COD CONTINUUM OF CARE IN ATLANTA. ERC, LOCATED IN ATLANTA FULTON COUNTY), GA, IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION WITH A VALID IRS 501(C)(3) STATUS. SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED ON-SITE AND VIA TELEHEALTH. ERC IS AN APPROVED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER, OFFERING SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED GEORGIANS THROUGH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (DBHDD). SHANIQUA SMITH, LCSW WILL SERVE AS THE ICP PROGRAM DIRECTOR. ERC IS A NON-RESIDENTIAL OUTPATIENT FACILITY AND IS ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES (CARF) AND PERMITTED BY THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH, DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. JACQUELINE BROWN IS THE CEO AND WILL SERVE AS PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR.

RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS - EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER SUBMITS THIS GRANT APPLICATION FOR CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT OF RAPID ART INITIATION SERVICES UNDER THE HIV CARE INNOVATION CATEGORY FOR ITS EMPOWERLINK PROGRAM UNDER HRSA RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM PART C CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (NOFO HRSA-22-019). UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER (ERC) WILL UPDATE ITS EMPOWERLINK PROTOCOLS TO INCORPORATE A NEW, EVIDENCE-BASED MODEL OF RAPID ART INITIATION, DEVELOP INTERNAL WORK FLOWS TO MINIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD OF LOSING CLIENTS TO CARE, AND BUILD CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT THE STAY CONNECT MEDICATION ADHERENCE INTERVENTION FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED PLWH. THE EMPOWERLINK PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS, INCREASE ACCESS TO HIV CARE, IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG PEOPLE INFECTED AND AFFECTED BY HIV, AND REDUCE HIV-RELATED HEALTH INEQUITIES IN THE ERC CATCHMENT AREA. EMPOWERLINK SPANS THE HIV CARE CONTINUUM FROM HIV SCREENING, TESTING, AND DIAGNOSES TO RETENTION IN HIV CARE. ORIGINALLY, ERC DID NOT PROVIDE RAPID ART INITIATION OR STABILIZATION THROUGH EMPOWERLINK. THE EMPOWERLINK PROGRAM UTILIZES THE ARTAS LINKAGE TO CASE MANAGEMENT EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION AND PREP/NPEP EVIDENCE-BASED BIOMEDICAL INTERVENTIONS TO ASSIST CLIENTS WITH DEVELOPING INDIVIDUALIZED, DOCUMENTABLE GOALS TO ENROLL AND REMAIN IN HIV PREVENTION THERAPY AND HIV PRIMARY CARE. THIS PROGRAM HAS PROVEN SUCCESS AND IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. CLIENTS RECEIVED ACTIVE REFERRAL TO RYAN WHITE PARTNERS AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, WHO WOULD PROVIDE INITIATE ART THERAPY. MUCH OF ERC’S FUNDING IS RELATED TO HIV PREVENTION; ERC IS FUNDED TO PROVIDE HIV TESTING, COUNSELING, AND CARE LINKAGES BY THE CDC, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SEVERAL FOUNDATIONS, AND THE BOARDS OF HEALTH FOR FULTON, DEKALB, CLAYTON, COBB, DOUGLAS, GWINNETT, NEWTON, AND ROCKDALE COUNTIES. WITH THE SHEER NUMBER OF POSITIVE CLIENTS IDENTIFIED EACH YEAR, ERC PROGRAM STAFF SAW MANY CLIENTS LOS T TO CARE. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ONLY EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM AS HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SHIFTED RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE CORONAVIRUS, AND HIV CARE WAIT-LISTS GREW. IN 2020, ERC SHIFTED IT MODEL FOR CARE LINKAGES AND BEGUM PROVIDING RAPID ART INITIATION ITS IN-HOUSE COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTION CLINIC. ERC MAINTAINS THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND CLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE RAPID LINKAGE TO CARE AND ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY. ERC CONDUCTS EXAMS, ORDER LABS, PRESCRIBE ART MEDICATIONS FULFILLED THROUGH ITS ON-SITE 340B CONTRACT PHARMACY, MAIL MEDICATIONS TO CLIENTS’ HOMES, AND PROVIDE MEDICATION ADHERENCE COUNSELING AND HEALTH EDUCATION TO NEWLY- AND PREVIOUSLY-DIAGNOSED PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV (PLWH), IN EFFORTS TO REINFORCE THE IMPORTANCE OF REMAINING IN CARE, ADHERING TO MEDICAL REGIMENS, ACHIEVING VIRAL SUPPRESSION, AND MAINTAINING GOOD HEALTH. UNFORTUNATELY, ERC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES STILL REFLECT THE OLD MODEL OF REFERRING CLIENTS TO EXTERNAL PROVIDERS. ? LEGAL NAME: EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER, INC. IS LOCATED AT 230 PEACHTREE STREET NW, SUITE 1800, ATLANTA GA (FULTON COUNTY). FORMER LEGAL NAME HIV/AIDS EMPOWERMENT RESOURCE CENTER FOR YOUNG WOMEN, INC. ? ERC IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION WITH A VALID IRS 501(C)(3) STATUS. ? SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED ON-SITE AT THE ERC COMPREHENSIVE INTERVENTION CLINIC. ? TANESHA TAYLOR, BA WILL SERVE AS THE EMPOWERLINK PROGRAM DIRECTOR. ? DR. PAUL DONNAN WILL SERVE AS THE ERC MEDICAL DIRECTOR. ? JACQUELINE BROWN IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND WILL SERVE AS PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR.

RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS

INTEGRATED CARE PARTNERSHIP OF METRO ATLANTA