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Title: Increase awareness of HIV prevention programs in Queens
Procurement
Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
Voces Latinas Corp.
3763 83rd St Ste 1B, Jackson Heights, NY,11372-7146
Human Services/Client Services
Negotiated Acquisition
3/11/2024
Award
$1,500,000.00

PIN#81623N0052001

Voces Latinas has been addressing the impact of HIV among the Latinx population since 2003 and have made a home in Queens. Educators can often be seen on Roosevelt Avenue, providing information, HIV testing and linkage to HIV prevention and treatment services for the community. Not only has Voces Latinas established a presence in the HIV prevention space in Queens, this organization is also well versed in the model of interest, using Promotores (community health workers, usually Spanish speaking) to share information about their services and connect communities to health care. While there are other HIV service organizations in the area, the best-known facilities are centered around clinical service (AHF, CHN, Elmhurst Hospital). There is also a list of NYC-supported HIV testing sites and CBOs through the Playsure Network (out of BHHS) here: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/providers/resources/playsure-network.page. Of these, ACQC is in Queens but they are already partnered with a clinical site (AHF) and they refer all of their PrEP patients there. The Queens LGBT network has an office in Astoria but mainly serves Long Island and parts of Queens with no established history or demonstration of using the community health worker model. Voces Latinas is the only other listed organization based out of Queens that doesn’t have their own clinical site, is established in the outreach model we seek to employ and has a trusted history with the HIV community in this area.
Description

DOHMH intends to enter into a limited pool Negotiated Acquisition with Voces Latinas Corp. to provide patient navigation, education, and outreach services at the Corona SHC, which will be the initial site services. The partnership with Voces Latinas aims to increase awareness of HIV prevention programs within the sexual health clinics among Latino MSM and transgender women in the Queens community. The organization will use a community health worker model to build trust and relationships with community members and connect them to services in the sexual health clinic. The contract will require the organization to provide outreach and navigation services to support the PrEP clinic in Corona, Queens.

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