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RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING GRANTS - PROJECT TITLE: FY 2023 RWHAP PART C CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROJECT CATEGORY: HIV CARE INNOVATION PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME: CHRISTOPHER TULLIS CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 312-498-7387 CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: CTULLIS@FRESHSTARTHEALTHCENTERS.COM WEBSITE: HTTPS://FRESHSTARTHEALTHCENTERS.COM ADDRESS: 336 29TH ST., STE. 203 CITY & STATE: ASHLAND, KENTUCKY 41101 FUNDING REQUEST: $150,000 FRESH START HEALTH (FSH) WAS ESTABLISHED TO IMPROVE THE NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY COMMUNITY’S OVERALL HEALTH. THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS COMMITTED TEAM LOOK TO ADDRESS THE TREATMENT GAPS IN THE CURRENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS THE REGION. FSH REMAINS COMMITTED TO MEETING THE ORGANIZATION’S VISION TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE, COMPASSIONATE AND STIGMA-FREE CARE FOR ANY PERSON READY TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. FSH WAS CONCEPTUALIZED TO OFFER MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) SERVICES TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) BUT HAS GROWN TO SUPPORT PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM A RANGE OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD) AND HAS BROADENED ITS SCOPE TO INCLUDE STI AND HIV TESTING, FAMILY MEDICINE, HEPATITIS C TREATMENT, COUNSELING, TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT AND PEER SUPPORT SERVICES. THE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND RECOVERY LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM (STAR LRP) PROVIDES LOAN REPAYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN A FULL-TIME SUD TREATMENT PROGRAM LIKE THE ONE AT FSH. THIS KEY ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITY HAS ALLOWED FSH TO CONTINUE TO GROW ITS TEAM OF SUD PROVIDERS TO GROW ITS PATIENT POPULATION AND BROADEN ITS REACH OF SERVICES. FSH ALSO RECEIVED KENTUCKY CERTIFICATION AS AN STI CLINIC IN LATE 2022 IN THE EFFORT TO PROVIDE A WIDER NET OF COMPREHENSIVE STI TESTING AND TREATMENT TO RESIDENTS MORE THAN 100 MILES AWAY FROM THE NEAREST STI CLINIC IN LEXINGTON. FSH IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY-COST EFFECTIVE PRIMARY, ADDICTION AND SPECIALIZED CARE TO PATIENTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY REGI ON. FSH WILL UTILIZE SUPPORT FROM HRSA AND THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM (RWHAP) TO STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATION’S CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO THE CHANGING HEALTHCARE LANDSCAPE, WHILE INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HIV PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED, MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS WITH HIV. FSH WILL FOCUS ON HIV CARE INNOVATION, COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF HIV PRIMARY CARE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE. THIS INTEGRATION WILL FOCUS ON THE ORGANIZATION’S COMMITMENT TO SUD AND ADDICTION RECOVERY CARE, WHILE INTEGRATING PRIMARY CARE TO PROVIDE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. FSH WILL STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: - ENHANCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS TO NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY, TARGETING A REGION WITH FEW HIV SERVICE PROVIDERS - ENHANCE THE INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE AND ADDICTION RECOVERY SERVICES THROUGH HIV CARE COORDINATION - DEVELOP POLICIES FOR INTEGRATING HIV PREVENTION, HIV TREATMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION RECOVERY SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS (PWID) AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) BY THE END OF PROJECT FUNDING, FSH WILL HAVE EXPANDED ITS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY TO REACH MORE PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY COMMUNITY, TARGETING AT-RISK POPULATIONS AND ENSURING THESE POPULATIONS ARE AWARE OF THE SERVICES OFFERED BY FSH. THE PRACTICE WILL UTILIZE ITS ORGANIZATIONAL FOCUS AND PASSION ON ADDICTION SERVICES TO BE A UNIQUE TOUCHPOINT FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE SEEKING ADDICTION SERVICES, BUT ALSO MAY BE AT RISK FOR HIV. FSH WILL CREATE A FOUNDATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES, THAT WILL ESTABLISH A PLAN FOR THE CONTINUOUS GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF PROGRAMMING BEYOND GRANT FUNDING, SERVING THE IDENTIFIED PATIENT POPULATION FOR YEARS TO COME.
