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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, between the City of Long Beach and the State of California Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS, in the amount of $3,808,592 for the provision of HIV/AIDS health care services for the period of April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2019; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) in the Health and Human Services Department (HE) by $560,622. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
For the past 28 years, the California Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS (State) has contracted with the City, through the Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department), to provide the HIV Care Program (HCP), formally known as the HIV Early Intervention Program (EIP). The HCP provides quality of life enhancement to those individuals infected with, and affected by, HIV. Integrated into the HCP services is the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI), which provides additional funding to assist to prevent further transmission and reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS on racial and ethnic minorities.
The HCP provides comprehensive medical services including diagnostic testing, case management, health education, treatment coordination and advocacy, counseling and specialty referrals and other direct linkages to outside services as needed. The MAI portion of these services include treatment adherence, outreach, risk reduction and other services, which assist HIV infected individuals with overcoming barriers that prevent linkage to and transition into care. Additionally, the MAI brings individuals who have been newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, into medical care and assists those who fall out of care to overcome barriers and return to care. These funds also provide for enhanced partner counseling and referral services. These new funds will increase our client caseload by 100 unduplicated clients per year. The City still maintains a high incidence and rate of HIV diseas...
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