NH25PS005248
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
New York City Health + Hospitals: Comprehensive community-driven sexual health - Overview
The proposed project seeks to strengthen clinic infrastructure at NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) while improving service delivery, fostering strategic partnerships, and integrating existing sexual health resources to better support the New York City (NYC) Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Plan.
H+H is the largest municipal healthcare system in the US. It includes 11 acute care hospitals, a federally-qualified health center (FQHC) network, and a health plan.
Purpose
Through the integration and expansion of services, priority populations will have increased access to high-quality sexual health services that address the HIV/STI syndemic, such as HIV testing, three-site STI testing, treatment of HIV and/or STIs, recommended vaccinations, and comprehensive pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and non-occupational post exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) services.
The priority populations served will include women of color, minority adolescents/young adults, men who have sex with men (MSM), and transgender, gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals.
The proposed program seeks to improve and expand sexual health services within two community FQHCs and through a mobile sexual health clinic.
To ensure the effectiveness of the program, responsiveness to priority populations, and high quality of care, we will work with strategic partners, including the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), the NYC EHE planning bodies, the NYC STD/HIV Training Center, a coalition of community-based organizations (CBOs) and community advocates, and CDC and non-CDC funded programs within H+H and across NYC.
Outcomes
Strengthen clinic infrastructure and improve service delivery
While the sexual health infrastructure at H+H is significant, gaps exist in our efforts to support priority populations.
These gaps include: (1) uneven access to services, (2) patients with acute sexual health needs related to STIs obtaining treatment quickly, and (3) need for improvement in the quality of care provided.
To address this, we will expand existing sexual health care to develop two express model sexual health clinics and one mobile sexual health clinic.
The proposed program will add dedicated, grant-funded staff at H+H’s East New York and Gouverneur FQHCs to support the enhancement of services to align with recommendations for quality STI and HIV prevention services and implement express model sexual health clinics.
The teams hired for the FQHCs will also staff 1-2 night shifts at the mobile sexual health clinic – providing approximately 75% of their time within the brick-and-mortar clinics, and 25% of their time in the mobile clinic.
The mobile clinic will provide on-site healthcare at nightlife and commercial sex venues to effectively provide STI and HIV prevention services at locations where priority populations meet for sex.
The proposed program will expand access for individuals at high need not currently served, improve the quality of care provided, and integrate efforts to further the reach and avenues of care access for priority populations.
Foster strategic partnerships
H+H is committed to excellence and equity in healthcare, demonstrated by providing services grounded in the voices of the people we serve and effectively responding to their needs.
This health equity commitment is a cornerstone of the NYC EHE Plan.
The proposed program will exemplify this through multiple actions that build partnership and engagement with the priority populations.
This will include the development of a community advisory group that includes representatives from priority populations, administering a community needs assessment, and working directly with community partners to guide clinical improvements.
An example of this is the proposed mobile sexual health clinic – a direct response to community desire for mobile health units for STI and HIV testing and referral to high quality, affirming sexual health care.
The proposed project seeks to strengthen clinic infrastructure at NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) while improving service delivery, fostering strategic partnerships, and integrating existing sexual health resources to better support the New York City (NYC) Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Plan.
H+H is the largest municipal healthcare system in the US. It includes 11 acute care hospitals, a federally-qualified health center (FQHC) network, and a health plan.
Purpose
Through the integration and expansion of services, priority populations will have increased access to high-quality sexual health services that address the HIV/STI syndemic, such as HIV testing, three-site STI testing, treatment of HIV and/or STIs, recommended vaccinations, and comprehensive pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and non-occupational post exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) services.
The priority populations served will include women of color, minority adolescents/young adults, men who have sex with men (MSM), and transgender, gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals.
The proposed program seeks to improve and expand sexual health services within two community FQHCs and through a mobile sexual health clinic.
To ensure the effectiveness of the program, responsiveness to priority populations, and high quality of care, we will work with strategic partners, including the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), the NYC EHE planning bodies, the NYC STD/HIV Training Center, a coalition of community-based organizations (CBOs) and community advocates, and CDC and non-CDC funded programs within H+H and across NYC.
Outcomes
Strengthen clinic infrastructure and improve service delivery
While the sexual health infrastructure at H+H is significant, gaps exist in our efforts to support priority populations.
These gaps include: (1) uneven access to services, (2) patients with acute sexual health needs related to STIs obtaining treatment quickly, and (3) need for improvement in the quality of care provided.
To address this, we will expand existing sexual health care to develop two express model sexual health clinics and one mobile sexual health clinic.
The proposed program will add dedicated, grant-funded staff at H+H’s East New York and Gouverneur FQHCs to support the enhancement of services to align with recommendations for quality STI and HIV prevention services and implement express model sexual health clinics.
The teams hired for the FQHCs will also staff 1-2 night shifts at the mobile sexual health clinic – providing approximately 75% of their time within the brick-and-mortar clinics, and 25% of their time in the mobile clinic.
The mobile clinic will provide on-site healthcare at nightlife and commercial sex venues to effectively provide STI and HIV prevention services at locations where priority populations meet for sex.
The proposed program will expand access for individuals at high need not currently served, improve the quality of care provided, and integrate efforts to further the reach and avenues of care access for priority populations.
Foster strategic partnerships
H+H is committed to excellence and equity in healthcare, demonstrated by providing services grounded in the voices of the people we serve and effectively responding to their needs.
This health equity commitment is a cornerstone of the NYC EHE Plan.
The proposed program will exemplify this through multiple actions that build partnership and engagement with the priority populations.
This will include the development of a community advisory group that includes representatives from priority populations, administering a community needs assessment, and working directly with community partners to guide clinical improvements.
An example of this is the proposed mobile sexual health clinic – a direct response to community desire for mobile health units for STI and HIV testing and referral to high quality, affirming sexual health care.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
New York,
New York
United States
Geographic Scope
County-Wide
New York City Health & Hospitals was awarded
Cooperative Agreement NH25PS005248
worth $600,000
from National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention in August 2024 with work to be completed primarily in New York United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 93.977 Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Prevention and Control Grants.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity Support and Scale Up of HIV Prevention Services in Sexual Health Clinics.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 10/4/24
Period of Performance
8/1/24
Start Date
7/31/29
End Date
Funding Split
$600.0K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$600.0K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to NH25PS005248
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
NH25PS005248
SAI Number
NH25PS005248-2812110301
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
75CDC1 CDC OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Funding Office
75CVJ0 CDC NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, STD, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION
Awardee UEI
M3QSBBNAVY59
Awardee CAGE
3PFP9
Performance District
NY-90
Senators
Kirsten Gillibrand
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
Modified: 10/4/24