Communicable Disease Partnership - 2002/2004 Projects

Quality of Life

Ventura County Rainbow Alliance ($20,000): AIDS Project Ventura County - Mental Health will increase mental health care provided for individuals living with HIV or AIDS in Ventura County. This grant will provide for mental health professionals who serve the HIV and AIDS-affected population of Ventura County.

Ventura County Rainbow Alliance ($10,000): AIDS Project Ventura County - Case Management - Housing Assistance Project will help men and women living with AIDS in Ventura County avert eviction, utility shutoff or homelessness by providing funds to assist in paying rental, mortgage, emergency lodging or utility obligations.

Ventura County Rainbow Alliance ($15,000): AIDS Project Ventura County - Food Pantry will provide additional supplies of nutritious, ethnic appropriate foods to accommodate the increasing number of HIV-infected people accessing the Food Pantry. Improving the nutritional wellbeing of people living with HIV or AIDS improves the effectiveness of their medications.

Medical Services

Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation (VCMRF) ($30,000): La Familia Sana, a collaboration including VCMRF and four rural clinics will implement a screening program that will result in early detection and treatment for agricultural farm workers and their family members who are at risk for and/or living with communicable disease. Funding will also be used to purchase medical supplies to perform health screenings for TB, Hepatitis C, Chlamydia and HIV and will provide adult agricultural workers with immunizations against Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B.

The Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence ($19,101): The Rape Crisis Program will provide initial and follow-up testing for sexually transmitted diseases for victims of sexual assault, especially those who would not otherwise be able to pay including monolingual and bilingual Spanish speaking women and children.

Testing and Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Teenage and Young Adult Populations

Conejo Free Clinic ($12,000): The Communicable Disease Project will implement a testing and treatment program for sexually transmitted infections for under-served teenagers and young adults. These services will be publicized in radio spots, newspaper ads and other local publications, and at music, video and convenience stores.

Ventura County Community College ($38,000): Project Get Smart will provide screening, education and treatment for sexually transmitted infections at the Ventura College Student Health Center at no cost to low-income students selected to participate in this program.