CAReTeam Integrated Services

The Community Advocacy Resource/Education (CARe) Team provides a wide range of harm reduction and direct client support including:

HIV Medical Case Management 

• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (Part B) funded: HIV Care Program
• Prioritizing early treatment and engagement in care

Hepatitis C (HCV) Prevention and Collaboration 

• Linkage and Navigation services available
• Educational Resources
• NEW! Hepatitis C (HCV) Toolkit - HCV resources for health provider/support staff and patients.
  • Things you should know about Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis C Screening & Treatment Toolkit
  • Glossary
  • Meeting Recording - “Hepatitis C in Primary Care” by Dr. Jan Diamond
    • Slides from meeting

HIV/HCV Testing and Counseling

• HIV Testing Sites in Santa Cruz County
• TakeMeHome- Free self-testing HIV tests, STI tests, and PrEP panel tests (where available) that you can take in a place you’re most comfortable without going to a clinic or testing site.
  
  Visit TakeMeHome.org to order test kits and learn more about this resource
  
  Materiales e información también disponibles en Español.  

Safer Sex Resources

• Safer sex products are available at Public Health!
  Public facing facilities and programs may submit a request with the following information:
  • Product type (e.g lubricant, external/internal condom) 
  • Quantity (50-200)
  • Preferred brand(s) (FC2, ONE, LifeStyles, Atlas, SlipperyStuff, Good)
  • Pick-up date 
  • Click here to submit email request
• The Right Way to Use a Male Condom (PDF)
• The Right Way to Use an Internal Condom
• Do's and Dont's for Using Condoms (PDF)

Syringe Services Program (SSP)

• Syringe Services Program - The primary goal of the SSP is to work in partnership with the community to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases associated with injection drug use and to address the community's concern regarding improperly discarded syringes.

Partner Notification Services for HIV and STI Dual Diagnosis
 

County Statistics

• Datasharescc.org
• HIV/AIDS Statistics by year

Impact on Racial and Ethnic Minorities | HIV.gov