Desert Aids Project

THE MISSION OF DESERT AIDS PROJECT, DBA DAP HEALTH (DAP) IS TO ENHANCE AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY. FOUNDED IN 1984 AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE PRINCIPAL AREA OF SERVICE IS EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WITH A BROADER REACH TO THE RURAL AREAS OF RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER, DAP OFFERS A BROAD CONTINUUM OF CLINICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES DESIGNED TO MEET THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS NEEDS OF LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS. DAPS AREA OF EXPERTISE IS TO PROVIDE THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.

CLINIC SERVICES EXPENSES: 36,747,504 IN 2022, DAP PROVIDED HEALTH CENTER SERVICES TO 6,817 PATIENTS. AS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) 330 GRANTEE, DAP PROVIDES PRIMARY OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CARE, COMPREHENSIVE HIV-SPECIALTY CARE, PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL EDUCATION TO LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED OR UNDER-INSURED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. DAP ACCEPTS CLIENTS WITH VARIOUS INSURANCE PLANS, INCLUDING MEDI-CAL (CALIFORNIAS MEDICAID PROGRAM), MEDICARE AND COUNTY INDIGENT SERVICE PLANS. FOR THE UNINSURED, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON A SLIDING FEE SCALE DEPENDING ON INDIVIDUAL CLIENT INCOME ELIGIBILITY. CO-LOCATED ON THE MAIN CAMPUS IN PALM SPRINGS, DAP DELIVERS MEDICAL CARE THROUGH DEDICATED MEDICAL CLINICS, A SEPARATE DEDICATED WALK-IN SEXUAL WELLNESS AND SEXUAL TRANSMITTED INFECTION (STI) CLINIC. TO EXPEDITE TREATMENT ADHERENCE AND FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THEIR CLIENTS AND PATIENTS, DAPS ON-SITE PHARMACY AND LABORATORY PARTNERS LEASE SPACE IN THE MAIN BUILDING. A SATELLITE SEXUAL WELLNESS CLINIC OPERATES IN INDIO, CALIFORNIA. DENTAL SERVICES IN 2022, DAP PROVIDED DENTAL CENTER SERVICES TO 870 PATIENTS. DAP PROVIDES ORAL HEALTH CARE TO LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED OR UNDER-INSURED COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE DENTAL CLINIC AT THE MAIN CAMPUS. THE DENTAL CLINIC OFFERS HEALTH EDUCATION IN COMBINATION WITH A BROAD SPECTRUM OF PREVENTATIVE AND RESTORATIVE ORAL HEALTHCARE. DAP ACCEPTS CLIENTS WITH VARIOUS INSURANCE PLANS INCLUDING MEDI-CAL (CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAID PROGRAM), AND FOR THE UNINSURED, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON A SLIDING SCALE DEPENDING ON INDIVIDUAL CLIENT INCOME ELIGIBILITY. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN 2022, DAP PROVIDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO 524 PATIENTS. DAP'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE OFFERED AT THE MAIN CAMPUS TO LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED OR UNDER-INSURED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM OFFERS PSYCHIATRY AND INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY PROVIDED BY LICENSED CLINICIANS (PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS). CLIENTS ALSO BENEFIT FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER COUNSELING AND OTHER PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. FOR INDIVIDUAL THERAPY, DAP ACCEPTS CLIENTS WITH VARIOUS INSURANCE PLANS INCLUDING MEDI-CAL (CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAID PROGRAM), AND MEDICARE. FOR THE UNINSURED, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON A SLIDING SCALE DEPENDING ON INDIVIDUAL CLIENT INCOME ELIGIBILITY.

SOCIAL SERVICES EXPENSES: 10,612,684 WELLNESS SERVICES IN 2022, DAP PROVIDED WELLNESS SERVICES TO 119 CLIENTS. DAP MAINTAINS AN EXTENSIVE SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDING MANY SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED OR UNDER-INSURED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE DEPARTMENT OFFERS PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING: HIV AND AGING, STRESS MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP, BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, BUILDING A POSITIVE LIFE, AND TALKING CIRCLE. PEER-RUN GROUPS INCLUDE: SEWING WITH A PURPOSE, KNITTING GROUP, 12 STEP MEETINGS, BOOK CLUB, AND CLAY SCULPTING. ADDITIONAL WELLNESS SERVICES SUCH AS CHAIR YOGA, CHAIR MASSAGE, REIKI, FITNESS CLASSES, ACUPUNCTURE, AND GENTLE YOGA ARE UNDER THE SOCIAL SERVICES UMBRELLA. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO INCLUDES SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDING HOUSING, FOOD, AND MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSISTANCE. CASE MANAGEMENT IN 2022, DAP PROVIDED CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 1,472 CLIENTS. UNDER THE SOCIAL SERVICES UMBRELLA, DAP PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT TO LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED OR UNDER-INSURED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT THE MAIN CAMPUS AND THEIR SATELLITE OFFICE IN INDIO. CASE MANAGEMENT CONSISTS OF SERVICE COORDINATION ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO, AVOID DUPLICATION OF, AND MAINTAIN ENGAGEMENT IN MEDICAL CARE AND OTHER NEEDED SERVICES. THE TEAM OF CASE MANAGERS ASSESS NEEDS, IDENTIFY BARRIERS AND PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH REFERRALS AND ADVOCACY DESIGNED TO FACILITATE LINKAGE TO SERVICES OFFERED AT DAP OR OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THEY PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICAL INSURANCE ENROLLMENT, OFFER GUIDANCE ON BUDGETING, AND MONITOR HEALTH OUTCOMES. FOR THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF FALLING OUT OF CARE, THEY PROVIDE INTENSIVE MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT. HOME HEALTH SERVICES DAP PROVIDES HOME HEALTHCARE TO LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED OR UNDER-INSURED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEIR STAFF BRING PARTICULAR EXPERTISE TO SERVING THOSE LIVING WITH HIV. THE CARE TEAM CONSISTS OF NURSE CASE MANAGERS, SOCIAL WORKERS WHO COORDINATE IN-HOME MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY AND SKILLED HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY HOMEMAKERS AND CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDES. CLIENTS SERVED ARE THOSE WHO ARE DETERMINED BY A PHYSICIAN TO HAVE A CHRONIC MEDICAL DEPENDENCY DUE TO PHYSICAL OR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FROM HIV INFECTION. ALL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN THE HOME OF THE CLIENT.

COMMUNITY HEALTH - EDUCATION AND PREVENTION EXPENSES: 4,426,911 IN 2022, DAP PROVIDED COMMUNITY HEALTH IN THAT WE PROVIDED 3,986 HIV TESTS AND ENROLLED 370 NEW CLIENTS INTO EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES. DAPS COMMITMENT TO TESTING, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION IS CONTINUALLY EXERCISED BY ITS COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATORS/TESTING COUNSELORS PROVIDE RAPID HIV, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION (STI), HEPATITIS C (HCV) TESTS ON-SITE AT OUR PALM SPRINGS MAIN CAMPUS IN OUR SEXUAL WELLNESS CLINIC, IN THEIR SECOND SEXUAL WELLNESS CLINIC IN INDIO, CA, IN OUR MOBILE TESTING VAN, AND OFFSITE AT COMMUNITY PARTNER'S (MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL) LOCATIONS OR AT SPECIAL EVENTS. SEXUAL WELLNESS CLINICIANS PROVIDE RAPID ACCESS TO HIV AND HIV PREVENTION EDUCATION MEDICATION TO PREVENT DISEASE TRANSMISSION. EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS ABOUT HIV, HCV, AND OTHER STI'S ARE ROUTINELY OFFERED TO ADULTS AND YOUTH THROUGHOUT RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES STAFF LINK INDIVIDUALS TO MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT; PROVIDE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND REFERRALS FOR SERVICES TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO AND RETENTION IN CARE; BENEFIT NAVIGATION AND ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE; AND REFERRALS TO ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL ARE ALSO FULLY TRAINED TO EDUCATE AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS ABOUT HIV PREVENTION INCLUDING HIV PREVENTION MEDICATION, PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) AND POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PEP). SEXUAL WELLNESS CLINICS PROVIDE SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR CLIENTS WITH HIV WHO ARE CHALLENGED BY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE VAN, THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES HARM REDUCTION SERVICES AT A FIXED LOCATION IN PALM SPRINGS TWICE PER WEEK, AS WELL AS AT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND OTHER TARGETED PALM SPRINGS LOCATIONS. DAP'S HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM PROVIDES SYRINGE SERVICES AND NAXALONE TO COUNTERACT OVERDOSE. THE PROGRAM LINKS SUBSTANCE USERS TO DAP'S WRAP-AROUND SERVICES INCLUDING HIV/HCV/STI TESTING; ON-SITE CASE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COUNSELING, PEER SUPPORT RELAPSE PREVENTION GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING; AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SOCIAL SERVICES SUCH AS HOUSING PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE, FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION.

REVIVALS - RE-SALE STORES EXPENSES: 5,146,749 REVENUE: 7,638,316 VALUE OF DONATED GOODS SOLD: 5,791,829 DAP OPERATES FOUR RESALE STORES IN THE SERVICE AREA AS A FUNDRAISING ENDEAVOR. MOST ITEMS FOR SALE ARE DONATED BY INDIVIDUALS AND INCLUDE CLOTHING, FURNITURE, HOME DCOR, ARTWORK, JEWELRY AND BOOKS. NEW FURNITURE, CARPETS/RUGS, MATTRESSES AND OTHER NEW ITEMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. OVER 275 VOLUNTEERS (MANY OF WHOM ARE ALSO CLIENTS) DONATED MORE THAN 70,000 HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO STAFF THE STORES INCREASING NET REVENUE AVAILABLE TO BE ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS, CLINICAL CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES.