The NYC Health Department receives a grant from the federal government to provide services to people living with HIV in New York City and the Tri-County region (Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties).
Some people know this program as “Ryan White Part A.” This program funds services such as case management and food programs.
If you have HIV and need support to pay for medical care or supportive services, visit the New York State HIV Uninsured Care Programs or the Human Resources and Services Administration’s Ryan White HIV Program Medical Provider Tool.
Care Coordination
Supports people with HIV to start and stay in medical care and take their medicine as prescribed.
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Harm Reduction
Provides easily accessible harm reduction, recovery readiness and relapse prevention services to people with HIV who use or previously used alcohol or drugs.
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Mental Health
Provides comprehensive mental health services through health centers and community-based organizations that are co-located with or linked to HIV primary care providers.
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Food and Nutrition
Supports people with HIV who are experiencing or at risk of food insecurity.
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Supportive Counseling and Family Stabilization
Provides individual and family-focused (chosen and biological) counseling services.
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Support for Transgender, Intersex, Gender Non-Conforming and Non-Binary People
Provides gender-affirming health care and counseling for transgender, intersex, gender non-confirming and non-binary people with HIV, and support for their birth and chosen families.
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Legal
Provides comprehensive legal advocacy services for people with HIV.
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Oral Health Care
Provides comprehensive periodic screening and preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic oral health services.
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Health Education and Risk Reduction: The Positive Life Workshop
Provides social support and education related to living with HIV and reducing the risk of transmission. Workshops meet in 3-to-4-week cycles, with multiple programs starting new cycles every month.
Workshop topics include:
Housing
Provides emergency and transitional short-term housing to prevent homelessness and support access to medical care. Each client has an individualized housing plan guiding their transition to permanent housing with the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program. Please call the agency before directing clients to the program.
Provides housing and supportive services in congregate and scatter-site settings for unstably housed people with HIV. Emergency housing assistance moves clients into transitional or permanent housing within 90 days of program enrollment. Short-term, transitional housing assistance seeks to move clients to permanent housing within two years.
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Identifies and secures permanent housing for income-eligible people with HIV and their families, particularly for clients who are formerly incarcerated, diagnosed with a mental illness, have a history of or active drug use and residents of emergency Single Room Occupancy (SRO) facilities in New York City.
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Provides direct rental payments to landlords for income-eligible people with HIV and their families to secure or maintain stable housing. Clients must meet HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASA) program medical and financial eligibility criteria and be ineligible for HASA due to administrative reasons.
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Services in NYC and Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties
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Connects people with HIV leaving NYC jails and New York State prisons to HIV care and supportive services via the Fortune Society’s work with NYC Health + Hospitals’ Correctional Health Services.
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Provides one-time or short-term financial assistance for essential goods and services, including utilities, housing, groceries, food vouchers and medicines. Eligible clients may receive up to $5,000 per household annually.
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Services in Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties
Provides food and nutrition services to people with HIV who are experiencing or at risk for food insecurity. Services are similar to those listed for NYC, above.
Provides services to support engagement in medical care and medication adherence for people with HIV. Services are similar to those listed for Care Coordination programs in NYC, above.
Provides transportation to medical appointments and supportive services appointments for clients who have no other means of transportation. Medical transportation services include taxi, van, bus, ambulette vehicles and gas vouchers from contracted transportation providers in Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties. Medical transportation may only be provided between points within NYC, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties for medical appointments and supportive services appointments.
Provides individualized supportive counseling and family-focused services. Services are similar to those listed for Supportive Counseling programs in NYC, above.
Provides comprehensive legal advocacy services for people with HIV. Services are similar to those listed for NYC, above.
Provides direct rental payments to landlords for income-eligible people with HIV and their families to secure or maintain stable housing. Clients must meet HASA program medical and financial eligibility criteria and are ineligible for HASA due to administrative reasons.
Provides comprehensive periodic screening and preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic oral health services. Services are similar to those listed for NYC, above.
Provides comprehensive mental health services in health centers and community-based organizations that are co-located or have established linkages with HIV primary care services. Services are similar to those listed for NYC, above.