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HIV/AIDS
– RESOURCE SUMMARY FOR CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS
INFORMATION/FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT AIDS AND HIV:
For information and for answers to frequently
asked questions about HIV and AIDS, go to the
Centers for Disease Control web site:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ or to the Connecticut
Department Public Health’s FAQs.
CONNECTICUT'S HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND CARE
GUIDE:
http://www.211ct.org/Search/AIDSHIVPreventionCareGuide.pdf
FEDERAL AIDS INFORMATION SITES:
CONNECTICUT STATE AGENCIES
OFFERING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS:
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH – AIDS
AND CHRONIC DISEASES SECTION funds
prevention initiatives, health care services,
and AIDS statistical data collection for the
State of Connecticut.
CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES Administers
cash and medical benefits programs including
CADAP, cash assistance programs, Medicaid,
Medical Spend Down, SNAP (Food Stamps). Apply at
DSS regional offices and suboffices.
AIDS/HIV RELATED SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS IN CONNECTICUT
(For specific information on service
providers for any of the following, please
search our online
database, or dial 2-1-1 to speak to a
2-1-1 Specialist. 2-1-1 is open 24
hrs./7 days; calls are anonymous and
confidential.
- AIDS PROJECTS: AIDS
Project agencies in Connecticut provide case
management, assistance with basic needs
services, counseling, information on
alternative therapies, educational outreach,
linkage to community services and social
support to people with AIDS or HIV.
- CASE/CARE
MANAGEMENT*AIDS/HIV: Case management
links people who have AIDS or who are HIV
positive to entitlement and benefits programs,
housing, treatment and health services, and
other support services.
- COMPREHENSIVE RISK
COUNSELING AND SERVICES (CRCS): HIV
prevention case managers work with people who
are at high risk of HIV infection or
transmission by providing intensive individual
counseling on risk reduction and coordination
of services needed to meet a client's basic
needs in order that the client can better
focus on developing behaviors to protect
health.
- DRUG TREATMENT ADVOCATES:
Connecticut’s Department of Public Health
funds case managers (usually in urban areas)
who do drug/alcohol addiction assessments and
then find treatment beds for substance abusers
who want to get into drug or alcohol
treatment. Case managers can also arrange for
subsequent levels of care.
- HEALTH RELATED SUPPORT
GROUPS*AIDS/HIV: There are over 60
support groups statewide for people with
AIDS/HIV and their families, friends, and
caregivers.
- HIV PREVENTION COUNSELING:
Connecticut Department of Public Health funds
several different types of prevention
counseling. These programs target both people
who are at risk of becoming HIV+ to teach them
strategies to stay healthy, and people who are
HIV+ or who have AIDS to teach them how to stay
healthy and prevent transmission to others.
- HIV TESTING: In
Connecticut everyone is entitled to a
confidential and anonymous HIV antibody test.
Testing and counseling are offered at various
health agencies including city health
departments and community health clinics.
Private physicians can also give a patient an
HIV test.
- HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH
AIDS: Connecticut
AIDS Resource Coalition produces a
directory of member AIDS residence provider
agencies. AIDS residences and scattered site
apartments are also listed in
Connecticut’s Community Resources Database.
- MEDICATION ADHERENCE
PROGRAMS: Nurses/counselors help people
who are HIV+ how to best manage their
medication regimens.
- MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR
CHILDREN/YOUTH WHO HAVE A LOVED ONE WITH
AIDS/HIV: Several child guidance clinics
in Connecticut offer special support and
counseling for children and teens who have a
family member who is HIV+ or has AIDS, or who
have experienced the death of a loved one
because of the disease.
- NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS:
There are 5 needle exchange programs in
Connecticut.
- PARTNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM
–CARE PROGRAM (Companion Awareness and
Risk Education: AIDS) helps people with
HIV/AIDS or other STDs notify present and
previous sex or needle-sharing partners that
they may have been exposed. Counselors will
tell partners and keep the source
confidential, or will provide the support
needed for the person who is infected to
inform the partner(s) him/herself. DPH manages
the CARE Program.
- PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE:
CADAP (Connecticut AIDS Drug Assistance
Program) is a state program that helps
eligible people living with HIV/AIDS pay for
federally approved HIV antiretroviral drugs
and drugs which prevent opportunistic
infections associated with HIV/AIDS. Net
countable income must be at or below 400%
Federal Poverty Level; there is no asset
limit.
- RENT SUBSIDY PROGRAM:
Shelter Plus Care programs provide subsidized
rental housing for adults who are homeless or
at risk of homelessness AND who have a history
of psychiatric disability, substance abuse,
dual diagnosis, or who are homeless/at risk of
homelessness AND HIV symptomatic. People apply
for this program through their case managers.
- RYAN WHITE FUNDING: Ryan
White Care funding provides a system of
services for people living with and affected
by HIV and AIDS. Different parts of the Ryan
White Act fund different types of services;
some services are targeted for low income
households. Funded services include
medical treatment, and for some regions of
Connecticut, non-medical services such as
emergency financial assistance,
transportation, congregate meal programs,
mental health services.
- SPECIALIZED
TREATMENT*AIDS/HIV: Many health agencies
in Connecticut provide AIDS and HIV treatment
including hospitals, community health centers,
and health clinics.
TO FIND PROVIDERS IN
CONNECTICUT'S COMMUNITY RESOURCES DATABASE:
Click
here to find providers offering
services targeted SPECIFICALLY for people who
are HIV+ or who have AIDS.
NOTE: Non-targeted
services can of course also be used by people
with AIDS! The difference is that the ones with
the targets are designed specifically for people
with HIV or AIDS. To find non-targeted services,
search the whole database by going to: http://www.211ct.org/referweb/.
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CONTENT LAST MODIFIED:April2013
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