Coping with HIV/AIDS in the Rural Southeast (CHASE)
An NIH grant that collected data on HIV infected individuals in six predominantly rural Southern states to learn more about psychosocial adaptation, utilization of physical, mental and non-traditional health services, health habits, attitudes about AIDS, and adherence to medical regimens of HIV infected individuals in the South. For more information contact Kate Whetten.

Southern States Policy Project
Data was collected from six southern states on the epidemiology of HIV and on state-level policies on Medicaid eligibility for HIV-positive persons, partner notification, HIV testing, and criteria for ADAP funding. Interviews were conducted with all six state HIV/AIDS Directors, as well as a sample of Ryan White CARE Act grantees in each state, on the unique needs, systems, and structures of the southern states, compared with other US states. For more information contact Kate Whetten..

Piedmont HIV Integrated Community Access System (PHICAS)
The PHICAS project, funded in November 2003 through HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care, will develop a network of providers through a six county region to link and coordinate services for HIV-infected person with or at high risk of contracting Hepatitis C. The region served includes Durham, Vance, Warren, Franklin, Person, and Granville counties. For more information contact Frank Lombard.

BRIGHT
An NIH funded project at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We are working with this program through our training sector to identify and assist in meeting training needs. The program goal is to develop and implement s strengths-based Case Management program for HIV+ persons in NC prisons. They will be connected to Case Managers who will meet and develop individual care plans that will facilitate their release back into the communities. For more information contact Melissa Green.