DeKalb Public Health’s (DKPH) HIV/ STD Prevention Program seeks to increase efforts to end the HIV epidemic to reduce new HIV infections in DeKalb County, Georgia. The Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) and GIA 645 (Core funding initiative) focuses on scaling up four science-based strategies in communities most affected by HIV across the country. These strategies are to: 1. Diagnose all people with HIV as early as possible. 2. Treat people with HIV rapidly and effectively to result in sustained viral suppression. 3. Prevent new HIV transmissions by using proven interventions, including condom distribution, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), and syringe services programs (SSP). 4. Respond quickly to potential HIV outbreaks to get vital prevention and treatment services to people who need them. This RFP will focus on the diagnose, treat, and prevent strategies The EHE and Core plans rely heavily on new voices and non-traditional CBOs; therefore, these entities are strongly encouraged apply. Approaches for the strategies will focus on diagnosing all people with HIV as early as possible; treating people with HIV rapidly and effectively to reach viral suppression; preventing new HIV transmission by using proven interventions, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
