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Effective Strategies for Affirming and Engaging Transgender Clients

The purpose of this toolkit is to use an approach to health care delivery in which organizations, programs, and providers recognize, validate, and support the identity stated or expressed by the individuals served.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Apply patient-centered treatment strategies to provide holistic care for all clients, including mental health and outreach services.
  2. Facilitate safer and affirming strategies to engage and support Transgender communities.
  3. Outline marketing and outreach strategies to increase engagement and retention in care in Transgender individuals.
  4. Utilize trauma-informed approaches in care and delivery of services.
  5. Outline harm reduction practices and strategies specific to the needs of the DC EMA Transgender community.

Nutrition, HIV, and Food Deserts in DC

The nutritional implications of living with HIV make having reliable access to nutritious food a necessity.  Food insecurity can curtail many positive individual health outcomes, especially in immunocompromised patients. This webinar seeks to address the relationship between nutrition and HIV, local food deserts in the Washington DC area, and how you can connect clients and their families to healthy and affordable food.

Intro to LinkU

This webinar provides instruction and an introduction to LinkU, a service provided DC Health to connect people to health, food, housing, and more services.

Identifying, Tracking, and Managing Ryan White Program Income (Fiscal Health Series)

Overview

This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) program income requirements; offer various examples of what qualifies as program income; explain how to track and monitor program income; and explain how to effectively plan and budget program income for service expansion.

Learning Objectives

    • Identify program income tracking and management requirements for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
    • Describe examples of program income generation
    • Discuss methods for tracking, monitoring, and spending program income
    • Review methods to plan for, budget and spend program income

Implementing a Schedule of Charges & Caps on Charges (Fiscal Health Series)

Overview

This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) requirements and expectations related to Schedule of Charges, imposition of charges, sliding fees schedule, and tools to help patients manage  out of pocket charges.

Learning Objectives

    • Identify the steps in client management: enrollment and eligibility, sliding fee scale and discount schedule, and cap on out-of-pocket charges
    • Describe the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) legislative requirements and program expectations as it relates to enrollment and eligibility, sliding fee scale and discount schedule, and cap on out-of-pocket charges
    • Design educational tools that can be provided to patients to assist in managing the sliding fee scale and cap on out-of-pocket charges

340B Program Webinar (Fiscal Health Series)

Overview

Programs operating a 340B pharmacy will benefit from reviewing 340B pharmacy compliance and operation standards. This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the 340B Pharmacy Program; identify program implications on Ryan White HIV/AIDS service providers; and explain compliance standards for operating a 340B program.

Learning Objectives

    • Describe the 340B Drug Pricing Program
    • Discuss eligibility requirements and compliance of operating a 340B program
    • Review key steps to maintaining a compliant 340B program