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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: HIV MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT TPQC OFFERS MEDICATION AND TREATMENT ADHERENCE SUPPORT TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING MEDICATION AND TREATMENT SUPPORT, HIV CASE MANAGERS ASSIST CLIENTS WITH OVERCOMING BARRIERS RELATED TO NUTRITION, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, SUBSTANCE USE, AND MENTAL HEALTH. TPQC EMPLOYEES THAT SPECIALIZE IN HOUSING STABILITY AND BENEFITS NAVIGATION TO REDUCE THE PREVALENCE OF CLIENTS THAT ARE UNHOUSED AND ENSURE THAT CLIENTS ARE ADEQUATELY ENSURED. SINCE RYAN WHITE IS A PAYER OF LAST RESORT, CASE MANAGERS WORK DILIGENTLY TO CONNECT CLIENTS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND FUNDING STREAMS IN THE SERVICE AREA. CASE MANAGERS ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HIV/AIDS AND PROVIDE EDUCATION TO CLIENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHICH ASSISTS IN REDUCING THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DIAGNOSIS. TPQC WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE GENESIS INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINIC TO STREAMLINE LINKAGE TO CARE AND CARE TEAM COLLABORATION. DURING THE YEAR, TPQC SERVED 805 CLIENTS LIVING WITH HIV. PREVENTION AND OUTREACH THE TEAM AT TPQC PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT AIM TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HIV AND HEPATITIS C TRANSMISSION. EACH WEEK, OUR OUTREACH SPECIALISTS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND HIV/HCV TESTING SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE. THEY DISTRIBUTE A VARIETY OF PROPHYLACTICS AND PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AT ALL TESTING AND EDUCATION SITES. IN 2021, TPQC BEGAN FORMALLY PROVIDING HARM REDUCTION SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. THE HARM REDUCTION COORDINATOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING STAKEHOLDER FOCUS GROUPS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO INJECT DRUGS AND HOST COMMUNITY EDUCATION SESSIONS WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF HARM REDUCTION WORK. TPQC DISTRIBUTES HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES INCLUDING STERILE SYRINGES AND NARCAN/NALOXONE AT OUR BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION, OUR ON-SITE CLINIC, AND IN OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH SETTINGS. IN ADDITION TO HARM REDUCTION WORK, OUR HARM REDUCTION COORDINATOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSISTING CLIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH HEPATITIS C ACCESS TREATMENT AND MEDICATION. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TPQC PROVIDES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERED BY LICENESED AND PROVISIONALLY LICENSED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. TPQCS LCPCS FOCUS ON THOSE LIVING WITH OR IMPACTED BY HIV AND PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ SERVICES INCLUDE INDVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY. RYAN WHITE LEAD AGENT TPQC SERVES AS THE REGION 1 LEAD AGENT FOR ILLINOIS RYAN WHITE PART B SERVICES. THE ORGANIZATION OVERSEES THE PROGRAMMATIC AND FISCAL COMPONENTS OF SUBGRANTEES IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS TO ENSURE BEST PRACTICE SERVICE PROVISION AND ALLOWABLE ALLOCATION OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

TPQC PROVIDES CLINICAL SERVICES INCLUDING HIV/STD TESTING, PEP AND PREP SERVICES, AND LIMITED PRIMARY CARE FOCUSING ON LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS. TPQC PROVIDES OVER 2000 TESTS PER CALENDAR YEAR AND PROVIDES ONGOING CARE FOR THE ABOVE POPULATIONS.