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Model Incarcerated and Newly Incarcerated Women HIV/AIDS Support Program
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Women’s Health
has awarded POI funds for a three-year model incarceration initiative for women
infected with or at high risk for HIV in the Baltimore metropolitan area. POI
staff collaborates with the
Sacred Zion Church, Inc. and Women Accepting Responsibility (WAR) to
extend the survival and improve the quality of life among HIV-infected or high
risk women who have been incarcerated in Maryland prisons, jails, or juvenile
detention centers. Outreach Workers employed by Sacred Zion Church and WAR
initiate outreach and coordination services with incarcerated women prior to
their release. Upon release, the Outreach Workers help guide their clients to
initiate medical care, HIV therapeutics, case management, and other support
services. POI resource development staff are spearheading a regional planning
effort to coordinate the activities of agencies working with incarcerated
HIV-infected or at-risk populations. A formal network of agencies is forming to
eliminate gaps and duplication of services. POI has developed a service
directory listing agencies that offer services relevant to newly released
HIV-infected women prisoners and parolees, and the agencies that serve them.
This initiative is conducted in close collaboration with staff from the
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) Division
of Corrections (DOC), DPSCS Division of Parole and Probation and wardens and
HIV social workers at Baltimore Pre-Release Unit, Women’s Detention Center, and
Maryland Correctional Institution for Women.
Office of Women’s Health website:
http://www.4woman.gov/owh/
Maryland's Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services website:
http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/
Maryland's Department Of Correction website:
http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/doc/
HIV/AIDS Service Provider Directory:
http://www.positiveoutcomes.net/clientservices/owhservice/servicedirectory.aspx
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