HAWAII ISLAND HIVAIDS FOUNDATION

THERE HAVE BEEN 30 NEW INTAKES THAT ARE A COMBINATION OF NEWLY DIAGNOSED INDIVIDUALS, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MOVED TO THE ISLAND AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO SEEK OUT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES BUT HAD ALREADY BEEN ON THE ISLAND. OUR KEY SERVICES INCLUDE MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT TO COORDINATE CARE PLANS, ONGOING HEALTH MONITORING, AND REFERRAL TO SPECIALTY PROVIDERS. WE ALSO ASSISTED CLIENTS WITH BENEFITS NAVIGATION TO SUPPORT CLIENTS WITH ENROLLMENT INTO MEDICAID, MEDICARE, RYAN WHITE-FUNDED PROGRAMS AND STATE DRUG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH WELL-BEING TO ADDRESS STIGMA, ISOLATION, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FOR SHORT TERM HOUSING, LONG TERM HOUSING SUPPORT, MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION AND EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID. IN ADDITION, WE OFFER RISK REDUCTION COUNSELING, TREATMENT ADHERENCE EDUCATION AND HIV PREVENTION RESOURCES FOR CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE DO MONTHLY GRAND ROUNDS WITH OUR AIAOLA SEXUAL HEALTH CLINIC WHICH HAS AN HIV PROVIDER ON STAFF. WE COLLABORATE WITH CLINT SPENCER CLINIC FROM OAHU WHO PROVIDES HIV SPECIALTY CARE AT BOTH OUR HILO AND KONA OFFICES ONCE A MONTH. WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A STATEWIDE RYAN WHITE PROVIDER ZOOM MEETING EVERY MONTH HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HARM REDUCTION SERVICES BRANCH TO DISCUSS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO BENEFIT CLIENTS.

THE PREVENTION, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT POE DEPARTMENTS TESTING PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED 316 NARCAN KITS, WHICH LED TO 43 REPORTED OVERDOSE REVERSALS. WE EXCHANGED 28,591 SYRINGES IN 881 VISITS IN OUR WEST HAWAII OFFICE. OVERALL, WE CONDUCTED 1,107 SEXUAL HEALTH TESTS TO 935 PEOPLE. WE DIAGNOSED AND TREATED 57 CASES OF GONORRHEA, CHLAMYDIA OR SYPHILIS. WE DIAGNOSED AND LINKED 5 INDIVIDUALS TO HIV CARE. WE ALSO HAD 2 POSITIVE HEPATITIS C CASES WITHIN THIS YEAR. APPROXIMATELY 45,000 CONDOMS WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT HAWAII ISLAND. POE CONTINUED BUILDING COALITIONS WITH THE HIV COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP, THE STATE WORKGROUP ON SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY, AND HEPFREE HAWAII.