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Aliviane, Inc.
1111 Barranca Drive, Suite 800, El Paso, TX 79935
(915) 782-4000 (Phone)
(915) 782-4040 (Fax)

Aliviane has 39 years of experience providing drug treatment and social services to minorities, and much of their experience is providing HIV testing and counseling services to high-risk minority populations, early intervention, medical case management to persons with AIDS. They also have extensive experience providing drug treatment and mental health services to high-risk minority youth.

Youth Click (YC) Program
$247,874
Emma Munoz
(915) 782-4042
emunoz@aliviane.org

Abstract

The purpose of the project is to increase the number of at-risk minority youth participating in HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and testing services. In El Paso, Texas, racial/ethnic minorities and youth are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. The target population is impoverished and underserved youth, Hispanic and African-American youth, ages 13 to 24, who are at high risk for HIV infection. The program will recruit, hire, and train five minority Youth Peer Educators who will work as a team with Outreach Workers to reach high risk minority youth. Together, they will implement a Street Smart HIV-prevention-education curriculum, refer youth to HIV testing and community resources, and follow up with participants after graduation. They will also send safety messages using technology systems. The program will also connect the youth with community health resources and refer participants to HIV testing and counseling. The program expects to achieve an increase of knowledge and skills about HIV prevention, a decrease of prevalence of risky behaviors and the formation of an advisory committee of partner agencies. The program will track and monitor such performance measures as:

• The number of outreach services to high-risk individuals,
• The number of prevention/brief interventions oriented toward HIV/AIDS/STD reduction and
• The strength of services to participating individuals.

OMH objective(s) toward which the project's results most contribute:

• Increased awareness, education, and outreach to address racial/ethnic minority health and health disparities problems
• Improved access to, and appropriate utilization of, health and other community-based services and systems through user-centered design for racial/ethnic minorities (e.g., health IT, culturally/ linguistically appropriate services, service provider education/ training, workforce diversity)