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- 2. Asian Health Services What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? Founded in 1974, Asian Health Services (AHS) provides advocacy and linguistic and cultural competency for the Asian American and Asian immigrant communities accessing healthcare in Alameda County. AHS started seeing its first patient living with HIV in 1993, and this is when our HIV program began. Fun fact, this patient is still our patient! In 2020 the HIV program hired our first staff from our patient community, and since then we have hired three additional former patients. Providing these opportunities has been of enormous benefit to our HIV program. To be able to learn from our former patients, now leaders, has been pivotal in the long-term growth of our program, and we could not be more humbled to continue this practice alongside traditional recruitment strategies. We are very excited to continue to expand our viral hepatitis services, including case management for patients seeking or on treatment for hepatitis C and patients that are treatment-eligible for hepatitis B. Viral hepatitis disproportionately impacts the Asian immigrant population in the United States, and it is a natural extension of our HIV services. The thing that I think everyone on our HIV team loves most is the team-environment. Our team is truly like a little family. We all bring so many different experiences that we are coming from, and no one hesitates to ask for help or feedback on whatever project they are working on or challenge they are trying to overcome. Thank you Alex, Eris, Victor, D’Yale, Cam, Jason, Han, Chris, and Lexi!
- 3. Bay Area Community Health What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? Tri City was founded in 1970 and Foothill Community was founded in 1996 in San Jose; BACH was formed in spring 2020. BACH implemented one of the first HIV Programs in Alameda County in 1993 In 2003, we established TransVision, a specialized clinic devoted to providing comprehensive, respectful and culturally competent care to transgender and LGB clients, as well as patients seeking Prep, PEP, or STI testing. We are proud to be able to offer an injectable program for HIV Treatment and Prevention that we hope will improve compliance rates, patient outcomes and satisfaction The BACH HIV Prevention and Care team share a passion for, and dedication to the patients we serve in an effort to improve health outcomes and quality of life.
- 4. CAL-PEP What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? CAL-PEP and its HIV program was founded and started in 1984. CAL-PEP is known as the pioneer outreach agency providing mobile HIV/STD prevention and education, with an intentional emphasis on sex workers and substance users. Taking our services into locations that were overlooked such as, crack houses, shooting galleries and sex worker strolls during non traditional hours. CAL-PEP has expanded our services to include a focus on community mental wellness, SU counseling, rapid housing support and providing navigation support to those experiencing housing insecurities. The CAL-PEP team has demonstrated a level of unwavering commitment to the community. CAL-PEP has employees who have remained in this fight for well over 20 years.
- 5. Highland Hospital Adult Immunology Clinic What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? 1984 Our injectable ART and linkage programs 1996 campaign to build trust among Black/African-American patients to consider taking protease inhibitors Big hearts, open arms We care for patients and one another. We all have a diverse set of skills and jump in wherever needed.
- 7. Hope Solutions What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? Hope Solutions formerly known as CCIH (Contra Costa Interfaith Housing) began in 1997, the Homeless Task Force of Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church alerted its neighboring faith-based communities to the growing crisis of homelessness in Contra Costa County, A current project that Hope Solutions is working on is Housing Development. Efforts. For Hope Village, which is to create low cost affordable homes in Walnut Creek and Antioch. These are six Cottages being built on land owned by Churches. Hope Solutions is the Heart of Housing and Services . It is known for Quality Permanent Housing Solutions and other programs that are geared towards keeping families together and housed along with single adults in need of housing. Permanent housing and on-site support services are the foundation on which our residents can build self- reliance. The one thing that I love most about working with my HOPWA Team is that everyone has a role and plays an important part in making sure that those who need homes are housed, those who need to know about resources in the Community are provided with the information and those who need medical care are receiving treatment.
- 8. Kasier Permanente, East Bay What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? Our HIV Care & Prevention Program (formerly the HIV Consultation Clinic) was established in 1990. The program’s development included input from an HIV Patient Advocacy Committee. The development and implementation of “E-visits” to provide members another option to access PrEP care and STI testing. An E-visit for nPEP access is currently in production. Our Women’s Clinic: Sharing Our United Lives (SOUL Clinic) is a specialized clinic that provides ongoing medical and gynecologic care to women living with HIV. I love working with a multidisciplinary team of physicians and staff who are truly passionate about HIV care and prevention. The team is consistently open to new ideas and approaches to best meet the needs of our patients.
- 9. Oakland LGBTQ Center What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? The Center was founded in 2017. The clinic as a program was established in 2020. The Center is Oakland’s first all-inclusive LGBTQ Community Center There are multiple projects that we are excited about. Hard to choose. 1. Youth Club (new) Services, 2. Elders Services.(new) 3. Recovery Services (new) LGBTQ+ Community and the Glenn Burke clinic.
- 10. Somos Familia What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? We have been doing this work since 2019. Our organization Somos Familia was founded by two moms from the East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area) with Latino gay and bisexual sons in 2007 to reach out to other families. We started the first trans Latinx/Latine support group for trans men in Spanish in 2019 in Oakland, that we know off. Gathering of Diverse Families Conference. It will be a weekend full of community, dialogue, and training. We believe that Latine families have the power to be fierce advocates for the LGBTQ+ community and we want to share our resources to create a safer future. That in reality we are a family, the family many of us wished we had, with healthy communication, respect and we care for each other as chosen family.
- 11. Wellpath What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? Our organization (CFMG/Wellpath) took over the contract in 2016 and has continued our commitments to taking care of our HIV/Transgender/HEPC patients. We are the second jail in the nation and the only jail in California to have an OTP program. MAT falls under the OTP program. Assisting patients with Medi-CAL enrollment prior to their release date. We have an HIV provider who focuses on HIV/Transgender/Hep C patients. Our team continues to expand, working and collaborating with ACSO and AFBH re-entry services. Working with incarcerated individuals requires a special type of character due to such a vulnerable population. Our team also enjoys our great partnership with the HIV community partners whom we can call upon to assist with patient’s needs.
- 13. WORLD What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? WORLD was founded in 1991. Our flagship program is our peer support program for women living with HIV or AIDS. Our Latina Spanish speaking support groups; our nutrition program that provides free groceries to the community on Tuesdays and a free fresh food market the third Wednesday of every month. What I love most about working with my team is that they have the ability to collaborate and work together across programs in order to meet program objectives.
- 19. Yvette Flunder Foundation What year was your organization founded or what year was your HIV program created (or both)? What is a current program or project at your organization that you are most excited about? What was one flagship program/project/historical moment that your organization is known for? What is one thing you love most about working with your team? The Yvette A. Flunder Foundation, Inc. (formally The Ark of Refuge Inc) since September 1992, in a collaborative effort with The Allen Temple AIDS Ministry. We are now in Collaboration with Sankofa Holistic Counseling Services/Ntu Wellness to provide Mental Health Services for our clients and referrals. Our new Food and Wellness Program provides meals. And to decrease the level of isolation in adults over 45 who are living with HIV, through Support and activities. One in particular focused on providing support for the Children and Families of Zimbabwe at The Mother of Peace Community which serves 130 orphaned children and 700 adults Living with HIV and AIDS were provided Medical Care quarterly (until his untimely death) The Staff’s commitment to our community - locally, and Internationally and keeps us hopeful that one day the fight will be no more.