Being Alive People With Aids Action Coalition Inc

SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

HEALTH EDUCATION/RISK-REDUCTION PREVENTION OUTREACH:AS WELL AS PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND "PREVENTION FOR POSITIVES" BOTH ONE-ON-ONE AND IN SMALL GROUPS, BEING ALIVE PROVIDES HIV PREVENTION OUTREACH SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AT FESTIVALS, SPECIAL EVENTS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE CENTERS, HOMELESS SERVICES AGENCIES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, AND OTHER VENUES. PREVENTION OUTREACH INCLUDES PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE NEW HIV PREVENTION MEDICATION TREATMENT KNOWN AS PREP (PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS) FOR AT-RISK COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS. PREVENTION GOALS INCLUDE DISSEMINATING INFORMATION OF HIV TRANSMISSION AND PREVENTION IN NEW AND EXCITING METHODS THAT GET ENGAGEMENT AND RESULTS. BEING ALIVE COLLABORATES WITH OVER 100 AGENCIES INCLUDING PARTNERING WITH AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE HIV/STD TESTING VANS, CLINICAL STUDIES, HEP C TREATMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES. PREVENTION MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDE: CONDOMS, SAFER SEX PRACTICES, PRINTED MATERIAL AND GIVEAWAYS THAT KEEP PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.HEALTH EDUCATION/RISK-REDUCTION PREVENTION OUTREACH PROGRAM:TOTAL OUTREACH ENGAGEMENTS: 5,358BEING ALIVE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER PROGRAMSTHE WELLNESS CENTER PROGRAMS INCLUDE CARE COORDINATION SERVICES, ACUPUNCTURE, CHIROPRACTIC, SCULPTRA FACIAL REJUVENATION, SOCIAL SERVICES NAVIGATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT COUNSELING THAT SUPPORTS THE OVERALL WELLNESS OF CLIENTS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS. THIS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES EMOTIONAL SUPPORT GROUPS, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY. THE HIV CONTINUUM OF CARE MODEL IS TO KEEP CLIENTS ENGAGED NOT ONLY IN THEIR BIO-MEDICAL CARE, BUT ALSO ACTIVE IN THEIR OVERALL WELLNESS ACTIVITIES THAT ENCOURAGE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE THAT IS REFLECTIVE IN THE VIRAL SUPPRESSION OUTCOMES OF BEING ALIVE CLIENTS. ONE OF BEING ALIVE'S GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE TOTAL CLIENTS IN VIRAL SUPPRESSION AT 90%. BEING ALIVE CLIENTS IN VIRAL SUPPRESSION REACHED 96%. BEING ALIVE PROVIDES LGBT-AFFIRMATIVE MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY THROUGH A MENTAL HEALTH TEAM OF MFT INTERNS AND TRAINEES COMPREHENSIVELY TRAINED IN HIV CONTINUUM OF CARE. ISSUES UNIQUE TO THOSE LIVING WITH HIV COMMONLY INCLUDE ADDICTION ISSUES, SURVIVOR'S GUILT, DISCLOSURE, PTSD, TRAUMA, INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA AND MORE. THERAPISTS ENTER FROM A VARIETY OF UNIVERSITIES FOR ON-SITE CLINICAL TRAINING ARE ABLE TO FOSTER REAL AND LASTING CHANGES IN CLIENTS AS A VARIETY OF THERAPEUTIC ORIENTATIONS. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE WITH NO FIRM LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF THERAPY SESSIONS CLIENTS MAY ACCESS THAT IS RARELY AVAILABLE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES COMMUNITY.TOTAL WELLNESS SERVICES DELIVERED TO CLIENTS: 13,081HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM THE HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM AT BEING ALIVE WAS ESTABLISHED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS (ALONG WITH PREVENTING HCV, COVID, AND OTHER DISEASES) AMONG PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A SAFE, NONJUDGMENTAL PLACE FOR PARTICIPANTS TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF USED SYRINGES, PICK UP NEW, STERILE SUPPLIES, HYGIENE KITS, WOUND CARE KITS, NARCAN (NALOXONE), AND OTHER ITEMS THAT COULD PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE WHO USE DRUGS, EITHER LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY. PART OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDES THE DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE-SAVING NARCAN TO PREVENT OPIOID OVERDOSES TO PARTICIPANTS, FIRST RESPONDERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK WITH POPULATIONS WHERE OVERDOSE CASES ARE ON THE RISE. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM IS THE REFERRAL TO MEDICAL CARE, HIV TESTING, HOUSING, AND TREATMENT OPTIONS. HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM: TOTAL PARTICIPANTS SERVED: 3,955