Resources: Statewide Resources

STATEWIDE RESOURCES

• Indiana State Department of Health: Division of HIV/STD
  The Division of HIV/STD works to promote public health and enhance the quality of life for Indiana residents by the prevention, intervention, and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.  This mission will be accomplished through policy and resource development, clinical data collection and analysis, research, education, prevention programs, disease detection, and the provision of treatment services.
  
  Website: http://www.in.gov/isdh/programs/hivstd/index.htm
  
  
• Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services - HIV-AIDS Branch
  
  275 E. Main St. HS2E-C, Frankfort, KY 40621
  Phone: (502) 564-6539
  Toll Free: (800) 420-7431
  Fax: (502) 564-9865 
  KADAP Clients: (866) 510-0005
  Case Reporting only: (866) 510-0008
  
  
• KY HIV-AIDS Program
  The Kentucky Department for Public Health HIV-AIDS Branch will promote the prevention of HIV transmission and associated morbidity and mortality by:
  • Ensuring that HIV-AIDS surveillance is a quality, secure system;
  • Ensuring that all people at risk for HIV infection know their sero-status;
  • Ensuring that those who are not infected with HIV remain uninfected;
  • Ensuring that those infected with HIV do not transmit HIV to others;
  • Ensuring that those infected with HIV are accessing the most effective therapies possible;
  • Ensuring a quality professional education program that includes the most current HIV-AIDS information.
    
    
  • KY HIV-AIDS Surveillance Program
    This program documents and maintains the HIV-AIDS case reports data. HIV and AIDS case reporting is mandated by Kentucky Communicable Disease Reporting Regulations. Kentucky HIV-AIDS Statistical Reports are available online.
    
    
  • KY HIV-AIDS Prevention Program
    This program is responsible for coordinating the planning, implementation and evaluation of prevention activities targeting men who have sex with men (MSM), minorities at risk (African Americans and Hispanics), injecting drug users (IDU), women at risk (WAR), youth at risk (YAR), sex-trade workers and the incarcerated. These activities are carried out via contracts with Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Targeted Health Departments in the various regions of the state. The CBOs and Targeted Health Departments provide Outreach Workers trained in Behavioral Science Models for risk and harm reduction and prevention case management.
    
    
• HIV Prevention Interventions
  Prevention interventions are designed for multiple level contact. On the individual level, outreach workers provide prevention education and prevention supplies on a one-to-one basis with contacts in a variety of settings. On the group level, prevention education and prevention supplies are provided to groups of individuals through one-time and multiple session contacts. On the community level, the community is provided with prevention education and encouraged to actively participate in HIV prevention and to establish prevention as a community norm.
   
• Counseling, Testing, Referral and Partner Notification Program
  This program is responsible for the development and monitoring of all Counseling and Testing Sites (CTS) across the state. All county health departments and other professional agencies offer free anonymous or confidential HIV tests.
  
  
• Kentucky HIV-AIDS Planning and Advisory Council
  The prevention program also coordinates the activities of the Kentucky HIV-AIDS Planning and Advisory Council (KHPAC). KHPAC is responsible for planning priority interventions for target populations across the state, providing advisement to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services regarding HIV-AIDS activity in the Commonwealth, and providing guidance to the Title II Services Program. Much effort is taken to assure that the membership of KHPAC is reflective of the epidemic in our state with representation from all targeted populations.
  
  
• The Kentucky HIV Care Coordinator Program (KHCCP)
  The intent of the KHCCP is to facilitate the provision of quality care and services to HIV infected individuals and their families in a timely and consistent manner across a continuum of care. The program provides Care Coordinators in six regional sites and community based organizations throughout Kentucky to aid the client in identifying and accessing needed services. These regional sites allow for statewide coverage and better local access to these services.

The KHCCP acts as an umbrella for other client assistance programs such as the Kentucky Health Insurance Continuation Program, Outpatient Health Care and Support Services, and the State Support Services Programs. For information about the treatment guidelines for HIV infection and AIDS-related illnesses, approved by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

• The Kentucky HIV Care Coordinator Program (KHCCP)
  The intent of the KHCCP is to facilitate the provision of quality care and services to HIV infected individuals and their families in a timely and consistent manner across a continuum of care. The program provides Care Coordinators in six regional sites and community based organizations throughout Kentucky to aid the client in identifying and accessing needed services. These regional sites allow for statewide coverage and better local access to these services.
  
  The KHCCP acts as an umbrella for other client assistance programs such as the Kentucky Health Insurance Continuation Program, Outpatient Health Care and Support Services, and the State Support Services Programs. (Continuation of all programs depends on state and federal funding.)For information about the treatment guidelines for HIV infection and AIDS-related illnesses, approved by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
  
  HIV-AIDS Branch
  275 E. Main St. HS2E-C, Frankfort, KY 40621
  Phone: (502) 564-6539
  Toll Free: (800) 420-7431
  Fax: (502) 564-9865
  e-mail: none
  Website: http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/epi/hivaids.htm

• Ohio Department of Health - HIV/STD Prevention Program
  The Ohio Department of Health’s HIV/STD Prevention Program provides local health districts with capacity-building support and funding for HIV and STD prevention services.
  
  35 E. Chestnut St., 7th Floor
  Box 118, Columbus, OH 43216-0118
  Phone: (614) 644-1838 or (614) 466-2446
  HIV Care Services Section: (800) 777-4775
  Ohio AIDS/HIV/STD Hotline (Confidential): (800) 332-AIDS
  Fax: (614) 728-0876
  E-mail: HIVSTDPrevent@odh.ohio.gov
  Website: none
  

• Ohio AIDS Council AIDS Watch Ohio
  Modeled after the AIDS Watch program produced by the National  Association of People With AIDS, AIDS Watch Ohio, is a statewide advocacy effort sponsored by the Ohio AIDS Coalition. AIDS Watch Ohio is a unique opportunity for people to visit with elected officials to advocate for a solid commitment to HIV/AIDS programs. OAC believes that Ohio’s elected officials must hear from people living with HIV/AIDS and their allies about the importance of local, state and federal funding for HIV/AIDS services.

48 W. Whittier Street, Columbus, OH.
Toll Free: 1-800-226-5554
Phone: (614) 444-1683
e-mail: info@ohioaidscoalition.org
Website: http://www.ohioaidscoalition.org

Other Support Services

• Department of Insurance (for complaints against H.M.O.s): (800) 686-1526
  Emergency Response Hotline: (888) 411-4142
  
  
• Ohio Civil Rights Commission: (888) 278-7100
  
  
• Ohio Employee Assistance Program: (800) 221-6327
  
  
• Medicare Balance Billing Complaint Hotline: (800) 899-7127
  
  
• Ohio Nurse Aid Registry: (800) 582-5908
  
  
• Physicians Who Care (for complaints against H.M.O.s): (800) 800-5154
  
  
• Women’s Helpline: (800) 282-3040