Impact Exchange

Comprehensive High-impact Hiv Prevention Programs for Community-based Organizations - This Program Is Designed to Increase Hiv Testing Among Ethnic and Minority (asian, Black, Pacific /islander, Native /american/american /indian and Hispanic) People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Clark County, Nevada for Hiv Testing. This Is One of the Hiv Prevention Jurisdictional Priority Populations Listed in the Integrated Prevention and Care Plan) Represented 4% of All New Hiv Diagnoses in 2014 and 8% of Persons Living With Hiv. Six Percent of New Hiv Diagnoses Indicated a Transmission Category of Msm+idu, While 7% of Persons Living With Hiv Had That Transmission Category in 2014. in 2014, Among Females With a New Hiv Diagnosis, 9% Reported the Transmission Category of Idu. in 2014, Idu Was the Transmission Category for 16% of Females Living With Hiv. Among New Female Hiv Diagnoses in 2014, Idu Was a Transmission Risk Only for White and Black Females. Among Females Living With Hiv, Idu Varied Across Race/ethnicity Groups, With the Highest Percentage Among White Females (26%) and Ai/an Females (22%). This Project Proposes to Increase the Number of Pwid That Know Their Hiv Status by Providing a Minimum of 800 Tests Per Year in Settings Frequented by the Target Population Including Trac-b Sap, Trac-b Wellness Clinic and a Safe Space Site to Be Developed in Las Vegas. New Clients to These Facilities Will Be Evaluated to Determine Their Risk of Hiv Transmission. Clients That Have a Risk Will Be Met by an Hiv Test Counselor Who Will Administer an Hiv Rapid Test. Clients That Are Negative Will Be Referred to the Hiv Linkage Coordinator for Prep Referrals and Npep Education. Clients That Are Positive Be Met by the Hiv Linkage Coordinator to Be Referred to Partner Services and Linked to Art and Medical Care Through SNHD and Other Sites That Provide Care Services in Which We Have an Mou in Place. Clients That State That They Are Previously Hiv-positive Will Be Immediately Connected to the Hiv Linkage Coordinator for Partner Service Referrals as Well as L Inkage to Medical Care and Art. All Clients Will Be Offered and Given Condoms. Pwid Will Be Offered Syringe Service Products to Reduce Their Risk of Hiv Transmission. Community Outreach Worker/ Peers Will Work Within the Community to Locate Areas Where Field Testing Can Occur. They Will Also Work to Find People That Need Re-engagement in Hiv Care. Impact Exchange Will Assist the Local Health Authority With Identifying Clusters as Well as Cluster Investigations.one Large Scale Testing Event Will Be Planned Each Year in Collaboration With the Southern Nevada Harm Reduction Alliance to Focus on Providing Services Including Hiv Testing to Pwid. a Vending Machine Will Be Placed in YEAR-1 Which Will Allow for Pwid to Receive a Take Home Hiv Tests Which the Community Outreach Peers Will Follow Up by Contacting Them for the Results. STD Testing Including Self-collected Urine, Oral and Rectal Gonorrhea and Chlamydia, Syphilis Screenings and Hepatitis a, B and C Tests Will Be Offered at Trac-b Wellness to Pwid Along With the Rapid Hiv Tests. Syphilis and Hepatitis C Tests Will Be Offered at the Safe Space and Trac-b Sap Locations Along With the Rapid Hiv Tests. Results of Those Tests Will Be Documented. Yearly, Data Will Be Evaluated to Help Determine Future Messaging of the Program as Well as to Look at Program Success. a Community Engagement Group Will Be Developed in the First Year in Order to Help Plan the Project, Survey Clients on Procedures and to Help Lead the Development of Future Goals and Objectives. Staff Will Attend Training in Year One on Partner Services and Social Networking Strategies as Well as Other Behavioral Interventions. Staff Will Continue to Attend Trainings and Workshops Throughout the Years Including State Hiv Updates.outcomes: Increase Number of Pwid That Know Their Hiv Statusincrease Number of Pwid in Hiv Medical Care and on Artincreased Receipt of Integrated Screenings for STD?S an