Description
The Ryan White Part B Community Re-Entry Support Grant provides assistance to individuals recently released from incarceration from Illinois county jails and Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) facilities. The grant program shall provide HIV-related prevention, care, and support services, including outreach services, training and professional development, and Summit of Hope events. The grantee shall provide coordinated services to individuals living with HIV or vulnerable to acquiring HIV, and shall work with correctional facilities, community-based organizations, and local health departments to provide re-entry case management and continuity of care. Key deliverables include partnering with correctional facilities to provide HIV prevention education, identifying detainees living with HIV, ensuring referrals to medical services, and providing discharge planning and packets.
• Outreach services to include linkage to care, outreach to care, HIV prevention education, and re-entry discharge packets
• Training and professional development for organizations working with re-entry populations
• Summit of Hope events to provide identification services, discharge packets, and other assistance
• Partnering with correctional facilities to provide HIV prevention education
• Identifying detainees living with HIV and ensuring referrals to medical services
• Providing discharge planning and packets to individuals released from correctional facilities