Cascade Aids Project

Primary care and behavioral health services - prism health delivers primary care and behavioral healthcare to the general public with an emphasis on providing culturally relevant, affirming, and non-judgmental care to the lgbtq+ community. Prism health opened for patients on may 2, 2017, as the first lgbtq+ primary care clinic in Oregon. During the year ended june 30, 2023, prism health had a total of 9,757 patient encounters for medical services and 4,306 patient encounters for behavioral health care.

Southwest Washington services - in partnership with the Washington state department of health, the organization opened a new office in southwest Washington during the year ended june 30, 2017. The sw Washington program offers a wide range of unified care and prevention services and provides culturally affirming, trauma-informed services to residents of sw Washington (clark and skamania counties). A second office in longview, Washington opened in december 2018, serving cowlitz and wahkiakum counties. During the year ended june 30, 2023, staff members enrolled 459 clients in medical case management services and provided housing assistance to 226 households (short and long term rent assistance, emergency rental assistance, and move-in costs), and provided supportive services, such as food and transportation, to 147 clients. Other services provided onsite include employment support and job readiness, peer navigation services (connecting clients to mental health care and substance abuse treatment), support groups, wellness case management, housing advocacy and support, insurance enrollment, prep navigation, sti screening and treatment, safer sex supplies, and community education and outreach.

Housing and support - the housing and support services department coordinates intake into the organization's services, provides one-on-one support in finding and maintaining housing, offers educational programs to help people living with hiv thrive at home and at work, and builds community among people living with hiv. Hundreds of households received rent, utility, and/or emergency assistance, and over a thousand households received some form of support services for the year ended june 30, 2023. Assistance with housing includes both long-term and short-term or emergency housing assistance and help moving and finding furnishings. Support services include a program to help clients find meaningful employment and also workshops in budgeting and being a good tenant. Peer mentor programs help people experiencing mental illness and/or substance abuse find and stay in medical care and housing. Culturally specific navigation programs help african american and latinx clients understand their diagnosis and engage in hiv care. Other programs offered include camp kc, a week-long residential camp for hiv infected and affected children, and aging well, a program that builds community and supports the well-being of aging adults living with or affected by hiv.

Prevention and health services - the prevention and health services department provided services to almost two thousand people during the year ended june 30, 2023. The department offers hiv/sti testing services in various locations across multnomah, clackamas, Washington, and clark counties with over a thousand hiv tests completed during the year ending june 30, 2023. The department also offers low barrier testing through pivot. Pivot is a community space dedicated to the health and wellness of all gay/bisexual/queer men and trans-identified people with a focus on sexual health and hiv.additional services include: programs that support people living with hiv, connecting newly diagnosed individuals with medical care, assisting individuals in enrolling and navigating health insurance, helping clients access pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep), providing safer sex materials, and educating the community at large about hiv.advocacy and public policy - the advocacy and public policy department advocates for effective hiv public policy at all levels of government. The organization engages in efforts to advance progressive hiv/aids policy and legislation and to educate people living with hiv about how to advocate for their health.residential care - acquired in 2022, our house of portland provides 24-hour residential care for people living with hiv. During the year ended june 30, 2023, 12 of the 14 rooms were occupied by residents. In addition, our house of portland provides in-home support services to roughly 50 households per year through its neighborhood housing and care program. Furthermore, our house operates a community food pantry, esther's pantry, and a clothing/household good donation site, tod's corner. Over 500 clients utilize these services each month.