Track 2: Prevention With Positives
Project Work Plan
January - December 2016
Minnesota Department of Health
HIV/STD Prevention Projects
Agency name:
Project name: (If applicable)
PROJECT OVERVIEW
IMPORTANT: If your 2016 budget amount was reduced, include details of any and all
changes in your project caused by the funding reduction.
Interventions:
Check all of the following activities for this project:
Individual Level Intervention (ILI)
# of clients projected
Group Level Intervention (GLI)
# of clients projected
Individual Risk Reduction Counseling (IRRC)
# of clients projected
Prevention Case Management (PCM)
# of clients projected
Condom Distribution
Sub-Population(s):
If you are focusing on any specific client sub-population(s) of people who are HIV Positive,
check all that apply:
African Immigrant
Young High Risk Heterosexuals
Latinos
African Americans
Greater MN
Native American
Asian/Pacific Islander
Adult MSM
Young MSM
IDU
MSM/IDU
Other:
Other:
Other:
PREVENTION WITH POSITIVES PROJECT OVERVIEW
The project will be implemented as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the change?
ENGAGEMENT & RECRUITMENT
How will HIV positive clients and their partners be recruited or referred to your program?
NEW MEDIA
List any new apps, websites and other new media in which activity will be implemented:
CONNECTION TO CARE & REFERRALS
How will you ensure that seropositive individuals are engaged in appropriate care, treatment, and/or
prevention services?
What changes have you made in how you actively refer or link clients to appropriate prevention and/or
support services (other than HIV care)? What new agencies/providers are you connecting clients to? (e.g.,
housing, mental health, chemical dependency treatment, etc.)
How will you address retention or re-engagement in care for HIV-positive persons already aware of their HIV
status?
HIV TESTING
(if applicable)
(NOTE: Do not fill out this section if you are referring partners to your agency’s Track 1 Testing project.
This section only applies if you are directly testing partners of clients as a part of your Track 2 Prevention With Positives
project.)
Number of tests you plan to conduct (Jan-Dec):
INTERVENTIONS
Individual Level Intervention #1 (ILI):
Individual Level Intervention will be conducted as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the change?
Group Level Intervention #1 (GLI):
Group Level Intervention will be conducted as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the change?
Group Level Intervention #2 (GLI):
(NOTE: Skip this section if only doing one GLI.):
Group Level Intervention will be conducted as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the change?
Individual Risk Reduction Counseling (IRRC):
Individual Risk Reduction Counseling will be conducted as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the change?
Prevention Case Management (PCM):
Prevention Case Management will be conducted as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the change?
CONDOM DISTRIBUTION
Targeted condom distribution will be implemented as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the changes?
PrEP
How will you integrate PrEP education and active referrals for partners of HIV positive clients in your work in 2016?
What training or capacity building assistance do you need from MDH to accomplish this?
STD & HEPATITIS INTEGRATION
STD & Hepatitis will be integrated into your project as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the changes?
MONITORING & EVALUATION
List one specific project activity that will be evaluated this year. Include the type of data that will be collected
to evaluate the activity:
INCENTIVES
Check this box if you do not use incentives.
Incentives will be utilized as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the changes?
VOLUNTEERS
Number of volunteers in your program:
The role of volunteers is the same as described in your 2015 Project Work Plan:
Yes
No
If no, what changes were made and why did you make the changes?
STAFFING
Project staff List any staff paid through this project’s budget as of January 2016.
Name
Title
(List title if position is unfilled)
FTE on
project
Authorized to
use EvalWeb
(Must match
FTE in Budget
Plan and
Narrative)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Describe any additional information that you think is important for MDH to know:
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Required Elements of Track 2 – Prevention With Positives
Locating, Engaging and Recruiting Clients; applicants will either:
 Identify and locate seropositive individuals within the target/client population at risk as well as
their sexual and/or needle sharing partners and ensure that they are engaged in appropriate
care, treatment, and prevention services.
 Receive referrals from other agencies and clinics for persons living with HIV/AIDS and their
sexual and/or needle sharing partners, and/or;
Provide Risk-reduction Activities:
Conduct behavioral and clinical risk screening followed by at least one of the following risk reduction
interventions for HIV-positive persons and their HIV-discordant sexual and/or needle sharing partners
at risk of transmitting or acquiring HIV.
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Individual Level Interventions: One-on-one sessions carried out one or more times; and/or
Group Level Interventions: Sessions designed for multiple individuals, such as meetings,
workshops, training, and other types of sessions; and/or,
IRRC – Individual Risk Reduction Counseling: A time-limited intervention designed to assess
clients’ personal perception of risk; the context in which risk behaviors occur; barriers to
reducing risk; and clients’ level of readiness to change risk behaviors. If a client’s needs extend
past five sessions, the client should be referred to a mental health specialist or to Prevention
Case Management; and/or,
PCM – Prevention Case Management: A hybrid of risk-reduction counseling and traditional
case management that promotes the adoption and maintenance of HIV risk-reduction
behaviors. PCM is a more intensive, longer-term intervention than IRRC that is designed for
high-risk clients who often have co-occurring disorders (mental health and/or substance use).
Condom Distribution
Optional Activities:
HIV Testing (follow all required elements of Track 1) or referral to testing