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1. ENSURING LINKAGE TO CARE FOR
RECENTLY RELEASED HIV POSITIVE
INMATES
2012 Texas HIV/STD Conference
Austin, TX
October 31, 2012
2. WHY ARE YOU HERE?
• What Are You Expecting From This
Workshop?
• What Will Make This Workshop A Success
For You?
3. SHOW OF HANDS
• How many have worked with a client
recently released from incarceration?
• How many of you have received that client
through a referral from your local jail
system or TDCJ/UTMB?
• How many of you feel equipped to handle
the added issues of your client’s criminal
history?
4. A LIL’ BACKGROUND
CORRECTIONS IN TEXAS AND
FACILITIES TO BE DISCUSSED
5. WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
• HIV prevalence is still 3.8 times higher in
correctional facilities compared to the
general population.
• Texas rates 3rd in the number of HIV-
infected inmates (in the states reporting
data).
• While incarcerated, HIV-infected inmates
are in a system of care, but linkage to care
in the community is problematic.
6. CHALLENGES OF LINKING THE RR
• Culture of incarcerated system is much different than
the expected self advocacy of the “free world”
• Most Social Services Require Identification (Birth
Certificate, Social Security Card, State ID, License)
• Housing Options
• Alcohol/Substance Abuse Issues
• Lack of Social Support
• Transportation
• Language Barriers
• Low Literacy
• Maintaining Confidentiality Post Release
• Unemployment
• Mental Health Conditions
7. CORRECTIONS IN TEXAS
1 in 22 Texans are under
correctional control:
1 in 32 on Parole or
Probation
1 in 71 in Prison or Jail
2.96 Billion spent on
Corrections
One In 31: The Long Reach of
American Corrections, The Pew
Center On the States, March 2009:
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.or
g/report_detail.aspx?id=49382
8. TDCJ
• The Texas Department of
Criminal Justice (TDCJ)
manages one hundred and
fourteen (114) facilities
including seven (7) privately
operated correctional
centers, five (5) privately
operated state jails, two (2)
privately operated Pre-
Parole Transfer (PPT)
facilities, and five (5)
intermediate sanction
facilities.
9. HCSO
• The Harris County Sheriff's Office is the largest
sheriff's office in Texas and the third largest in the
United States.
• HCSO operates three facilities including:
– The 701 Jail (also known as 701 North San Jacinto) is one
of the largest detention facilities in the United States,
– The 1307 Jail (also known as the 1307 Baker Street facility)
– The 1200 Jail (as known as the 1200 Baker Street facility)
• On average, the census of the HCSO facilities is
approximately 10,000.
10. MENTAL HEALTH AT HCJ
• There are approximately 500,000 adult Harris County
residents who experience a mental health condition
each year;
• Approximately 140,000 of those suffer a severe mental
illness, such as severe depression, bipolar disease
and/or schizophrenia;
• Almost half of adult Harris County residents who suffer
from a severe mental illness could not access treatment;
• And approximately 20 percent of inmates in the Harris
County Jails have a history of mental illness.
11. MULTI-PARTNER APPROACH
• Because of the far ranging impact, a variety of
partners are required to address this problem.
• Views represented in this presentation:
– The State Perspective (DSHS)
– The Local Perspective (Services)
– The Local Perspective (Planning)
13. WHO WE SERVING: TDCJ
Offender Population and Known HIV (+) Offender Population by Month, 2012
Month Population HIV (+) Month Population HIV (+)
January 155,322 2,297 July 152,895 2,265
February 155,077 2,302 August 152,302 2,271
March 155,104 2,288 September 152,027 2,267
April 154,554 2,251 October
May 154,490 2,245 November
June 153,641 2,273 December
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Health Services Division. HIV and AIDS Monthly Statistics, September 2012.
14. An average of 100 persons with HIV
are released from TDCJ every month
HIV (+) Offenders by Legal County of Residence, Incoming and Outgoing-
September 2012
Incoming Outgoing
County of Residence
Number % Number %
Harris 783 35 13 13
Dallas 401 18 3 3
Tarrant 126 6 3 3
Travis 94 4 2 2
Bexar 133 6 3 3
Remainder 730 32 78 76
Total 2,267 100 100
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Health Services Division. HIV and AIDS Monthly Statistics, September 2012.
15. DSHS AND TDCJ
• Funds 2 positions at the University of Texas at
Galveston-Correctional Managed Care to conduct
Medical Discharge Planning 4 months prior to
release from the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice (TDCJ).
• Starting in 2011, funds 3 positions at the TDCJ
Reentry and Integration Division to conduct
Transitional Discharge Planning.
• In 2012 will fund an HERR position at Harris
County Jail.
16. DSHS AND TDCJ: EDUCATION
• Developed a 12 hour Discharge Class –Somebody Cares in
partnership with AIDS Foundation Houston, TDCJ Health
Services Division, TDCJ Peer Education Programs at the
Walls, Polunsky and Gatesville units and written by ETR
Associates.
• Currently being piloted at 4 TDCJ sites.
• Working with Texas A&M school of rural public health to
evaluate the curriculum.
• TDCJ Parole office posters to call the Texas AIDS Drug
Assistance Program (ADAP).
• Pill bottle sticker to contact ADAP.
17. TEXAS ADAP
• Healthy ADAP program
• Expedited applications for the recently
released
• Position that goes beyond eligibility and
provides limited case management
• New application released in June 2012
• On-line ADAP 101 training on TRAIN system;
Access TRAIN at https://tx.train.org/
18. ACCESS TO TEXAS ADAP FOR RR
• January to June 2012
• 40.5% of releases:
– Enrolled in ADAP within an average of 15 days
after release
– 20 days average from release to initial order
• 70% of TDCJ releases were prior ADAP clients
• Plans for ADAP position to do Case
Management with the RR
19. DSHS STATEWIDE
• Texas DSHS Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) funds
are used to assist post incarcerated persons with
linkage to services and medications including the
Texas HIV Medication Program (THMP).
• Funds 3 local community providers: in Houston,
Dallas and San Antonio to support linkage to HIV
Medications and Medical Care.
20. DSHS AND HOUSTON
• Collaboration with SIRR
• SIRR Conference
• Local collaboration to engage RR to develop
ShellBook life stories. For TDCJ:
www.lifestories.shellbook.net
• Pocket Resource Guides State Wide
23. ESTABLISHMENT OF LINKAGE TO CARE SYSTEM
• Local tailoring of the Early
Intervention Services (EIS) Service Figure 2: County Jail, Utilization of EIS Targeted to the Incarcerated
in Harris
Total Client
Per Year
Category 1,400
1,200
– Focus on PLWHA in Harris County Jail 1,147
Total # of clients served
1,108
1,000
– Purpose: to facilitate linkage to care at 800
863
760
community-based ASOs post-release 600
• Planning Council annually approved 400
200
allocation ($166,211) of State 0
FY08 FY09 CY10* CY11
Services for EIS Service Category EIS 760 1,147 863 1,108
(FY09 to present) *Reporting time period changed from fiscal year (FY) to calendar year (CY)
• Review of UDC and other service
utilization reports by RWPC in
ongoing planning activities
24. TAILORED ASSESSMENT
• Inclusion of and analysis in community-wide HIV/AIDS Needs
Assessment (beginning 2011)
– “During the past year, have you been released from jail or
prison?”
• 72% reported it was easy to get HIV medical services;
17% said they had difficulty
• 61% reported that it was easy to get HIV medications;
22% said they had difficulty
• 60% reported it was easy to get case management; 20%
said they had some difficulty
25. SYSTEMS-WIDE IMPROVEMENT PLANNING
• HRSA guidance for 2012 Comprehensive HIV plans (May 2011)
– Grantees must include “[s]trategy, plan, activities (including
responsible parties) for addressing the needs of special
populations including but not limited to: adolescents, injection
drug users, homeless, and transgender.”
Figure 3: Structure Used to
Develop the Houston Area
Comprehensive HIV Prevention
and Care Services Plan for 2012 -
2014
26. SYSTEMS-WIDE IMPROVEMENT PLANNING
2012 Houston Area Comprehensive Prevention and Care Services Plan
Strategy 3: Strategy to Address the Needs of Special Populations
– Goals
1. Prevent New HIV Infections among the Special Populations of
Adolescents, Homeless, IRR from jail or prison, IDU, MSM, and Transgender
2. Reduce Barriers to HIV Prevention and Care for the Special Populations of
Adolescents, Homeless, IRR from jail or prison, IDU, MSM, and Transgender
3. Strengthen the Cultural and Linguistic Competence of the HIV Prevention and Care
System
– Solutions
1. Infuse the HIV prevention and care system with policies, procedures, and other
structural solutions that ensure equal treatment of all people living with or at risk
for HIV
2. Fill gaps in targeted interventions and services to better meet the HIV prevention
and care needs of vulnerable populations
3. Improve data management systems to better reveal information on the HIV
epidemiology, risks, outcomes, and needs of historically under-sampled populations
27. SYSTEMS-WIDE IMPROVEMENT PLANNING
• Benchmarks
1. Reduce the number of new HIV infections diagnosed among
each Special Population by 25 percent:
• IRR from jail, from 1,097 to 822
• IRR from prison, from 137 to 102
2. Increase the proportion of newly-diagnosed individuals
within each Special Population linked to HIV clinical care
within three months of their HIV diagnosis to at least 85
percent:
• Incarcerated in jail, maintain at 100 percent
• Recently released from jail, from 62.0 percent to 85 percent
• IRR from prison, baseline to be developed
28. SYSTEMS-WIDE IMPROVEMENT PLANNING
• Benchmarks
1. Prevent increases in the proportion of individuals within
each Special Population who have tested positive for HIV but
who are not in care (Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Unmet
Need Framework):
• IRR from jail, baseline to be developed
• IRR from prison, baseline to be developed
2. Maintain the percentage of frontline HIV prevention and
care staff receiving annual cultural competence training at
100 percent
30. THE HCJ EIS PROGRAM
• Starting in 2001, The Resource Group funded
two positions through State Services funds to
ensure that HIV-positive inmates received
appropriate care while incarcerated.
• The two care coordinators work for HCJ and
coordinate with the contract medical
providers.
• In September 2010, a discharge planner
position was added (a direct result of SIRR).
31. WHO ARE WE SERVING: HCJ
**AIDS Regional Information and Evaluation System (ARIES) 2012
32. BACKGROUND ON SIRR
• Born from the Linkage To Care Pilot Project
• During the 2009 Standards of Care workshop, HCJ
requested TRG facilitate a community meeting to increase
the partners in the Linkage to Care Project.
• In December 2009, TRG facilitated a stakeholders meeting
at its office to discuss the expansion of the pilot project.
Little did we know that 28 providers and community
members showed up including representatives from DSHS.
• Since then, the stakeholders meeting became the Serving
the Incarcerated and Recently Released (SIRR) Partnership
of Greater Houston.
33. SUCCESSES OF SIRR
• Mini Blue Books
• SIRR Network
– Active, engaged community advocates meeting
monthly to help identify local gaps and barriers
• Improved Outcomes
– 470/1108 or 42% (22%) accessed medical care
after incarceration. This included 90 individuals
who accessed medical care for the first time.
– 88/1108 or 8% of the clients utilized RW funds for
medications.
34. SIRR SURVEY
• SIRR is conducting a survey of consumers and
providers in October and November. The
survey will be used to evaluate outcomes of
the linkage to care project from the
community and provider perspective.
– Consumers: Individuals released from prison or jail in the last 12
months
– Providers: Agencies who have served the recently released in the last
12 months and members of the correctional system who would have
made community referrals.
35. SIRR Survey
Preliminary Findings
• Survey began 10/17/2012
• 17 HIV Positive RR Individuals have completed
the survey either over the phone, in person or
on web based survey
• Multiple recruitment methods currently
underway
36. SIRR Survey
• 100% Male at birth, 35% Identify as
Transgender at the time of survey
• 100% African American
• Average age of respondents is 41
• 58% Unemployed
• 17% Reside in shelter, 17% Halfway
house, 29% Home of family member or friend
• 70% High School Diploma or GED
• 47% TDCJ, 52% Harris County Jail
38. STARTING POINTS
• Examine current systems to determine
whether they are RR-friendly:
– Fast Tracking
– Ease of Navigation
• Reach out to community partners
– Ryan White is not the only world of services
– Make contacts with correctional partners
– Use and abuse the Pharmaceutical Companies
39. STRATEGIES
• Bring people together to network:
– Community trainings
– Resource development
• Find A Good Facilitator
– Guide the conversation
– Maneuver around pitfalls
• Find Passionate Champions
• Make The Time
41. CONTACT INFORMATION
• Janina Vasquez
Care Services Group Manager
Janina.Vazquez@dshs.state.tx.us
(512) 533-3095
• Patrick Martin
Program Development Director
plmartin@hivresourcegroup.org
(713) 526-1016 ext. 111
• Anna Henry
Planner
Ahenry@hivresourcegroup.org
(713) 526-1016 ext. 106
Editor's Notes
DSHS is funding programs both in the community and at TDCJ to conduct activities that provide health education and discharge planning to engage offenders post-release into HIV medications and medical care.
Common Audience Questions Are: Is SIRR Working? How do you get local ASOS to “buy in”? How do you effectively collaborate with your local jail? How does the discharge process look different than in the past?