Background

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) funded the HRSA HAB Building Futures: Supporting Youth Living with HIV project to identify best practices for enhancing services to youth living with HIV (YLWH), contributing to better outcomes in both retention and viral suppression. Site visits were conducted with 20 HRSA HAB Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP)-funded providers and included interviews with clinical, support service, and administrative staff. Focus groups and 1:1 interviews were also conducted with YLWH at each site. Throughout the toolkit there are references to specific interviews, advice, and lessons reported by these providers that may benefit other youth-serving HRSA HAB RWHAP-funded programs.

Goals of the Toolkit

The result of the project activities was the development of this toolkit, integrating the feedback and lessons learned from the 20 sites that were visited. This toolkit contains 10 topic areas, ranging from YLWH support groups to data-driven programming. Each section includes strategies to address the specific topic, and resources are provided to support the implementation. Providers can use some or all information in the toolkit to enhance their programs in an effort to better meet the needs of YLWH.

Target Audience

The toolkit is designed to support management, clinical, support, and administrative staff at HRSA HAB RWHAP-funded providers.