Grantee: AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC)

Location: Chicago, IL

Priority Population: Mexican MSM HIV+ or at high risk for HIV

 

AFC’s Salud y Orgullo Mexicano will identify prospective clients through three strategies: 1) a targeted bilingual social marketing campaign; 2) in-reach through existing programs of AFC and Erie Family Health Center; and 3) outreach to agencies working with the target population and to clients at health fairs and community festivals. Promotores de salud, community health workers who are HIV-positive men of Mexican descent, will facilitate clients’ timely entry, engagement, and retention in HIV primary care at Erie Family Health Center by providing culturally appropriate systems navigation, health education, medical adherence coaching, and peer counseling.