The purpose of this supplemental funding is to strengthen organizational capacity to respond to the changing health care landscape and increase access to high quality family-centered HIV primary health care services for low income women, infants, children and youth (WICY) with HIV. The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA)
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part D funds outpatient
family-centered primary and specialty medical care for low-income
women, infants, children, and youth with HIV. Part D funding also
may be used to provide support services to people with HIV and
their affected family members. The Enhancing HIV Care of Women, Infants, Children and Youth:
Building Capacity through Communities of Practice program is a
platform for RWHAP Part D recipients to increase the delivery of
evidence-based interventions, evidence-informed interventions,
and emerging interventions that enhance client outcomes;
increase the skill level of the HIV workforce providing care and
treatment to women, infants, children, and youth; and involve
partner collaboration for dissemination of best practices. During
the four-year initiative, which began in fiscal year (FY) 2023, the
Communities of Practice are focusing on three areas:
■ Pre-conception counseling, including sexual health (2023–2024)
■ Trauma-informed care (2024–2025)
■ The transition from youth services to adult care (2025–2026)