AIDS SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF PINELLAS INC

Programs

1. Epic's brighter seasons for children program: the program is a grassroots campaign started over 20 years ago by community members who wanted to make a difference in the lives of children infected and affected by hiv/aids living in pinellas county. Epic currently serves 53 families, which include 103 children. Each year, brighter seasons provides families with holiday food packages at thanksgiving, a christmas gift distribution, and back to school backpacks that are fully loaded with needed school supplies. Our emergency assistance program helps clients with limited financial income pay for medical appointments, medications, lab work, rent, mortgage, utilities and other quality of life expenses in order to maintain stable housing and adherence to medications. In order to qualify, a client must be hiv positive, be a client of epic and reside in a program service area of (continued on schedule o)

   $20,609,974 spentof which $7,574,972 as grants$17,409,940 earned by the program
   83% of program spending

2. The ryan white part a program includes medical case management and mental health counseling. The program links epic clients to community services designed to provide improved health and enhance quality of life. Clients enrolled in this program must participate in primary care and disease management. Epic clients achieved a 98 percent success rate with these requirements, which resulted in slowing disease progression and accounts for lower chance of opportunistic infections, which are detrimental to those with compromised immune systems. Further, it means fewer visits to emergency rooms, lower general medical care costs (including prescriptions), and reduced mental health issues, resulting in better overall wellness. Ryan white part a medical case management served 1,537 unduplicated clients over the past year and part a mental health counseling served 56 unduplicated clients over the past year.

   $2,041,228 spentof which $2,041,228 as grants$2,276,127 earned by the program
   8% of program spending

3. The ryan white part b program includes medical case management, non-medical case management programs, along with local pharmacy services to provide both emergency hiv medications (6 unduplicated clients) and non-hiv medications (136 unduplicated clients). This program is a "wrap around" of the state of florida aids drug assistance program (adap) and is used to prevent a lapse in treatment. The program links epic clients to community services designed to provide improved health and enhance quality of life. Clients enrolled in this program must participate in primary care and disease management. Epic clients achieved a 97 percent success rate with these requirements, which resulted in slowing disease progression and accounts for lower chance of opportunistic infections, which are detrimental to those with compromised immune systems. Further, it means fewer visits (continued on schedule o)

   $1,171,473 spentof which $1,171,473 as grants$1,095,683 earned by the program
   5% of program spending

4. The department of health (doh) grant provides high impact prevention services, through outreach, testing, condom distribution, prep, clear and home and community based intervention programs. The programs target those who are practicing high-risk behaviors. Clients may be hiv positive or high-risk negative. The program seeks to educate clients on safer sex options and ways to reduce risky behaviors and link individuals to care. The program staff coordinates with our case management program and other community providers. High risk behaviors such as substance abuse and mental health issues, sex addiction, having sex for money, homelessness, etc., are directly correlated with increased hiv infections. Staff must serve 60 clients in clear (hiv non-reactive) and 72 clients through the home and community based intervention (hiv reactive) each year. Staff must test a minimum of 1,200 individuals through the year as well as participate in a minimum of 96 outreach/testing events in the calendar year.

   $887,688 spentof which $887,688 as grants$1,099,316 earned by the program
   4% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,710,363.