AIDS RESOURCE CENTER OF WISCONSIN INC
PO BOX 510498, MILWAUKEE, WI 532030092 www.viventhealth.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: VISION: WE ENVISION A WORLD WITHOUT AIDS AND STRIVE TO ASSURE THAT EVERYONE WITH HIV DISEASE WILL LIVE A LONG AND HEALTHY LIFE. MISSION: WE ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF HIV PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT AND ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING QUALITY MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH HIV.

TO BE A RELENTLESS CHAMPION FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV AND DO ALL WE CAN TO HELP THEM THRIVE, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE EVERY PERSON HAS VALUE AND SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT.

FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL MERGER WITH ST. LOUIS EFFORT FOR AIDS (EFA) IN MISSOURI IN SEPTEMBER, 2018, VH NOW OPERATED IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DENVER, COLORADO, AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. ACROSS ALL LOCATIONS, VH NOW SERVES MORE THAN 7,110 PATIENTS AND CLIENTS. IN FY 2019, VH PROVIDED $4,730,134 WORTH OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE, AND PROVIDED 10,229 MEDICAL CARE APPOINTMENTS, 4,841 DENTAL APPOINTMENTS, 7,138 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS APPOINTMENTS AND FILLED MORE THAN 128,750 PRESCRIPTIONS. MORE THAN 90% OF PATIENTS RATE THE CARE THEY RECEIVE AS GOOD OR VERY GOOD. THE VH MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH THE FOLLOWING: MEDICAL CARE THAT INCLUDES MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF HIV DISEASE, PRIMARY CARE FOR GENERAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF OTHER CHRONIC AND CO-MORBID CONDITIONS, PSYCHIATRY, INCLUDING TELEPSYCHIATRY FOR THE PATIENTS LIVING CONSIDERABLE DISTANCES FROM THEIR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER, MEDICATION ADHERENCE COUNSELING INCLUDING DRUG INTERACTION AND SIDE EFFECT COUNSELING, HIV PREVENTION EDUCATION AND COUNSELING INCLUDING PRE EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS FOR HIV-NEGATIVE INDIVIDUALS, AND REFERRALS AND CLOSE MONITORING FOR NEEDED SPECIALTY CARE; DENTAL CARE SERVICES THAT INCLUDE PREVENTATIVE AND RESTORATIVE CARE, ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION, CLEANINGS, FILLINGS AND DENTAL PROSTHETICS, PARTIAL AND FULL DENTURES AND ORAL SURGERY; BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS AND TREATMENT, NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING, ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG TREATMENT AND INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS; MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT THAT ASSURES SUCCESSFUL HEALTH OUTCOMES BY ENROLLING PATIENTS INTO CARE, IDENTIFYING AND SECURING HEALTH CARE PAYER SOURCES WHEN AVAILABLE, PROVIDING MEDICATION AND APPOINTMENT ADHERENCE COUNSELING, ENSURING PATIENT REFERRALS TO SPECIALTY CARE ARE COMPLETED, CONDUCTING HIV PREVENTION COUNSELING AND ASSISTING PATIENTS IN ACCESSING OTHER NEEDED SERVICES; VH PHARMACY DISPENSES MEDICATIONS AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE COUNSELING IS AVAILABLE TO ALL HIV PATIENTS, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY THROUGH THE INTEGRATED VH PHARMACY AND ITS MEDICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ARE ALSO ABLE TO UTILIZE THE EXPERTISE OF VH PHARMACISTS IN PROVIDING CARE TO THEIR PATIENTS. IN 2019, VH ALSO EXPANDED ACCESS TO PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS - A BIOMEDICAL INTERVENTION THAT IS MORE THAN 95% EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING HIV UPTAKE- TO MORE THAN 925 PATIENTS.

VH PROVIDES SOCIAL SERVICES INCLUDING SOCIAL WORK CASE MANAGEMENT, LEGAL SERVICES, HOUSING PROGRAMS, RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND ACCESS TO FOOD PANTRIES THAT ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED TO HIV PATIENTS. VH OFFERS INTEGRATED SOCIAL SERVICES TO HELP HIV PATIENTS OVERCOME SERIOUS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT ARE OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESSFUL DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND A LONG, HEALTHY LIFE OR RAPID DISEASE PROGRESSION. IN FY-2019, VH HANDLED MORE THAN 950 LEGAL MATTERS, PROVIDED MORE THAN 855,096 MEALS TO HIV PATIENTS AND ENSURED INDIVIDUALS WITH HIV RECEIVED MORE THAN 77,746 SAFE HOUSING OVERNIGHT STAYS. BY HELPING PATIENTS OVERCOME BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE RELATED TO POVERTY, DISCRIMINATION, HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER, VH SOCIAL SERVICES ALLOWS PATIENTS TO FOCUS ON SUCCESSFULLY ADHERING TO COMPLEX TREATMENT REGIMENS THAT AFFORD THEM THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR HEALTH. IN ALL LOCATIONS, VH PARTNERS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DUPLICATION OF SERVICES.

IN ALL LOCATIONS, VH PROVIDES AGGRESSIVE, TARGETED EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND TESTING SERVICES--INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MORE THAN 7,500 HIV TESTS--TO INDIVIDUALS AT HIGHEST RISK FOR CONTRACTING HIV. IN FY 2019, VH PROVIDED MORE THAN 90,944 HIV PREVENTION CONTACTS UTILIZING HIV AND STD PREVENTION AND RISK REDUCTION COUNSELING FOR GAY MEN, MEN WHO HAS SEX WITH MEN, AND OTHERS AT-RISK FOR HIV AND STI, INCLUDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN 511,000 CONDOMS, THROUGH PERSONAL INTERVENTIONS, THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA; HIV AND HEPATITIS C COUNSELING AND TESTING SERVICES FOR INJECTION DRUG USERS AND THEIR PARTNERS; CLEAN NEEDLE EXCHANGE--WHERE LEGAL--AND RISK REDUCTION COUNSELING FOR INJECTION DRUG USERS; OPIATE OVERDOSE PREVENTION EDUCATION; PREVENTION AND TESTING SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND YOUTH AT-RISK FOR HIV AND HIV AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND REFERRAL SERVICES.

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