Program areas at Nebraska Aids Project
Prep - providing access to medication and programs to individuals across the state of Nebraska with hiv/aids.
Hopwa - this u.s. department of housing and urban development program provides housing opportunities for persons with Aids (hopwa). Case management personnel work to secure safe stable housing for clients. Federal funds are available to pay rent or mortgage payments for eligible participants. In 2024, nap assisted 309 people living with hiv and their families with long term and short term financial assistance for housing and utility needs.
Client services - nap provides support services to low income people living with hiv/aids and their families including: medical case management - a unique model aiming to assist people living with hiv/aids with disease management through systems navication programs and adherence support, application assistance to hiv drug assistance programs, emergency financial assistance for utilities, individualized mental health service referrals, psychoeducational support groups, health literacy education, transportation assistance, personal care items and toiletries, and client lunches. Support services address a client's needs in order to maintain maximum level of health, stability, and self-sufficiency.
Ahp - adolescent health Project assists in the deveilpment of systems that will increase the availability of free testing, free treatment, and free precention services for sexually transmitted diseases. The adolescent health Project (ahp) is a program of the women's fund of omaha. Nap is one of 8 organizations awarded grants.
Education - working within our communities through prevention and outreach programs to educate on hiv/aids and stds. Nap offers free and confidential hiv and std testing, linkage to medical care, safe sex materials (condoms, lube, testing information, etc.) And risk-reduction education to the community. Nap's hiv and sti program tests over 2,500 individuals for hiv and stis each year, as well as distributing over 15,000 condoms to the community. In 2015, nap joined with 7 partners to form the adolescent health Project in order to develop systems that will increase the availability of free testing, free treatment, and free prevention services for sexually transmitted diseases (stds).