Outreach Level I

This program is available for Blacks & Hispanics only!

Reaching out to potential clients that are either aware or unaware that they are HIV/AIDS-positive.

Programs which have as their principal purpose identifying people with HIV disease so that they may become aware of and may be enrolled in care and treatment services, not HIV counseling and testing nor HIV prevention education. Outreach programs must be planned and delivered in coordination with local HIV prevention education outreach programs to avoid duplication of effort, be targeted to populations known through local epidemiologic data to be at a disproportionate risk for HIV infection, be conducted at times and places where there is a high probability that HIV-infected individuals will be reached, and be designed with quantified program reporting that will accommodate local effectiveness evaluation. Broad marketing of the availability of health care services for PLWH should be prioritized and funded as Planning Council or Consortium support activities.

Funds awarded under Title I or II of the Ryan White CARE Act may not be used for outreach programs that exclusively promote HIV counseling and testing and/or that have as their purpose HIV prevention education. Additionally, broad-scope awareness activities about HIV services that target the general public (poster campaigns for display on public transit, TV or radio public service announcements, etc.) may not be funded.

Grantees electing to support outreach activities within the parameters above will be required to provide written assurance to DHSS/DOAPC that the funded programs meet these criteria.

CARE Act funds may also be used for outreach through directories of services and similar resources to aid consumers in making the most effective us of available services, including the statutorially-referenced outreach for the Title II programs of home and community-based care and AIDS drug assistance.