El Roi Initiative
El Roi Initiative - provides outreach-based case management to People of Color, LGBTQA, Transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming specific communities who are at high risk for HIV infection and who could use support to remain HIV-negative. The work of case managers includes outreach, meeting clients, accompanying them to appointments, or staffing drop-in hours in community spaces around the city and nationally.
Case managers work with clients to decrease vulnerability to HIV by focusing on their strengths and resiliency. Case managers support the development of self-efficacy and personal skills that can strengthen resiliency by supporting them to make the changes they want to make to their behavior, lifestyle, relationships, and emotional and mental health. The program also addresses structural barriers to wellness that can impact people at ongoing high risk for HIV, including support to access social assistance, housing and healthcare, and referrals to community, immigration, and legal services.
Referrals come from HIV testing nurses, healthcare providers who see people living with HIV whose partners are HIV negative, and other primary care providers. In addition, referrals also come from population-specific service providers such as immigration consultants, and service providers that work with gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
Case managers work with clients to decrease vulnerability to HIV by focusing on their strengths and resiliency. Case managers support the development of self-efficacy and personal skills that can strengthen resiliency by supporting them to make the changes they want to make to their behavior, lifestyle, relationships, and emotional and mental health. The program also addresses structural barriers to wellness that can impact people at ongoing high risk for HIV, including support to access social assistance, housing and healthcare, and referrals to community, immigration, and legal services.
Referrals come from HIV testing nurses, healthcare providers who see people living with HIV whose partners are HIV negative, and other primary care providers. In addition, referrals also come from population-specific service providers such as immigration consultants, and service providers that work with gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.