Programs

  • HIV Prevention and Education Initiative

    HIV PREVENTION: The overall objective of the programs is to promote awareness; promote risk reduction behavior; increase the number of persons who know their HIV status; and actively link persons to supportive HIV risk reduction and harm reduction services and treatment among the targeted populations by ensuring that culturally competent and linguistically appropriate status neutral prevention and education, testing, and group services are provided to and supported within these populations. NovaSaluds priority is to maximize the engagement of both people living with HIV and persons with risky behavior for HIV through the status neutral approach. This approach builds upon HIV status neutral service navigation in Northern Virginia by employing improved HIV service approaches and technologies, with the overall goal of contributing to further declines of HIV transmission and movement along the HIV Care Continuum. NovaSaluds services are designed to enhance the targeted offering of HIV outreach, education, testing, linkage, and retention to all who are at-risk and further integrate our services with culturally competent status neutral HIV prevention and care.Our services consist of but limited to:1. Outreach, HIV/HCV/STD prevention education, testing and linkage for high-risk individuals to services; PrEP, mental health, substance use, housing, etc.2. Outreach, HIV/HCV/STD prevention education, testing and linkage for PLWHA to care and services; group/individual psychosocial support, health insurance, mental health, substance use, housing, etc.3. Evidence-based group/individual interventions to support risk-reduction, education, and retention in care; TSISTA, RISE, CLEAR, Real Tea-Real Talk, and Peer Support4. Condom Distribution and Stigma Reduction
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $796.9K

  • Community HIV Testing Program

    COMMUNITY HIV TESTING (CHT): THE CHT PROGRAM CONSISTS OF HIV/HCV/STI TESTING AND LINKAGE TO CARE SERVICES, PREP EDUCATION AND LINKAGE TO PREP USE, AND SOCIAL NETWORK STRATEGY PROGRAM SERVICES TO THE FOLLOWING TARGET POPULATIONS:1. MSM (AFRICAN-AMERICAN/BLACK AND LATINO)2. IDU AND NON-IDU SUBSTANCE ABUSERS (AFRICAN-AMERICAN/BLACK AND LATINO)3. TRANSGENDER (LATINA)4. HIGH RISK HETEROSEXUALS (AFRICAN-AMERICAN/BLACK AND LATINO)THE OVERALL OBBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS; PROMOTE RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO KNOW THEIR HIV STATUS; AND ACTIVELY LINK PERSONS TO SUPPORTIVE HIV RISK REDUCTION AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES AND TREATMENT AMONG THE TARGETED AFRICAN-AMERICAN/BLACK AND LATINO POPULATION IN FAIRFAX COUNTY AND PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY BY ENSURING THAT CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE PREVENTION AND END EDUCATION PROGRAMS, TESTING, AND BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION IS PROVIDED TO AND SUPPORTED WITHIN THESE POPULATIONS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $693.9K

  • Ryan White Services Program

    RYAN WHITE PART A and PART B: Our Ryan White programs provide services to people living with HIV and those affected by HIV as well as those who are at high risk for HIV. The cornerstone of NovaSaluds Services is our rapid linkage/re-engagement to services. NovaSalud patient navigation and Rapid Start programs ensures that all of our clients, regardless of HIV status, rapid and personal linkage to HIV/HCV/STD care and other supportive services.NovaSalud community health worker will take deliberate steps to increase the capacity of systems as well as the number and diversity of available providers of clinical care and related services for people living with HIV. CHW staff will provide a comprehensive, coordinated, patient-centered care for people living with HIV, including addressing HIV-related co-occurring conditions and challenges meeting basic needs such as housing and employment.Our Youth Reach program focuses on high risk young people of color between the ages of 18 and 30. Both our YR EIS and psychosocial services will be provided by our proposed Youth Center which will serve high-risk youth of color between the ages of 18 and 30. The Youth Center serves as a safe place for this population in the DMV area and is the base of our EIS and psychosocial services. NovaSaluds proposed Youth Reach program will be implemented using the status neutral approach which will focus on meeting the needs of all clients with the same level of personalized services regardless of their HIV status.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $333.8K