Hiv Alliance

“Reviewed in detail by the finance director, executive director, and board treasurer and then presented to the budget and finance committee.”

“A copy of the conflict of interest policy is provided to and reviewed with all existing and incoming board members. Explanations are given as to what constitutes a conflict board members are asked to disclose conflicts upon joining the board and whenever they are renewing a term. Board members are asked to report any new relationships or transactions that may be considered in conflict as they arise. The board members annually read and acknowledge the conflict of interest policy.”

“Compensation for the executive director is reviewed annually by the board of directors based upon a current salary survey of similar organizations within the region for similar positions.”

“Salary ranges for key employees, besides the executive director, are determined every year by the executive director and reviewed with the executive committee of the board of directors. They are based on a current salary survey of similar organizations within the region for similar positions.”

“All governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Josephine, lake, klamath, jackson, coos, curry, lincoln, clatsop, and marion. This year, this was our largest service area, accounting for 81% of our program expenditures and 68% of our overall organizational expenditures. The goal of these services was to improve the health of people living with hiv by increasing their access to medical care and support services. We have certified care coordinators that assist our clients in accessing insurance, housing, and physical and mental health providers, as well as meeting their basic needs. We had five aids certified nurses that assisted clients with critical aids-related health issues to get back on track and become healthy again. Utilizing telehealth technology, our pharmacist worked with clients across our far flung rural region on medication adherence. This year, we had 136 patients served through our pharmacy adherence program, which includes telehealth and coloration agreements with doctors in lane, douglas, marion, josephine, and jackson counties. We provided additional support to our clients to ensure that they have adequate nutrition, access to housing, assistance in meeting basic needs, and social support. Over 80% of our clients live on a low income and many, who live in our largely rural region, have told us about their experiences with hiv-related stigma and discrimination. We raised private funds to provide our clients with care packages, non-medical transportation support (for such things as job interviews, grocery shopping, etc.), social support groups, and special seasonal events, as well as training and other wellness services.”

“To at-risk individuals. We reached out to gay and bi-sexual men through online dating sites and at places where they meet, such as clubs and other venues. The programs implemented are supported by the centers for disease control and prevention and effective in reaching at-risk populations and engaging those populations in hiv prevention. We also trained staff and nurses on hiv testing and counseling, in order to provide hiv testing to the partners of our clients living with hiv throughout our region. People who inject drugs are at-risk for contracting hiv and hepatitis c, as well as other injection related health problems such as abscesses, when they reuse or share syringes and injection supplies. The most effective mechanism for preventing the spread of disease in this population is to prevent the reuse of syringes. To do this, we provided syringe exchange services for people who inject drugs in lane, douglas and josephine counties. In lane county, we have a mobile syringe exchange that goes out three times per week to areas popular among people who inject drugs. This year, we exchanged over 1 million syringes and provided services to 4,078 clients. We also provided hepatitis c and hiv testing, wound care services, risk reduction counseling, and addiction treatment referrals to this population. Prevention services: education programs for youth & the community: we provided community education as well as hiv and hepatitis c risk reduction education to youth between the ages of 13-24. Nationally, youth between the ages of 13 and 29 years of age have accounted for 39% of all new hiv infections. We found this statistic disturbing and are working to expand our education programs to youth. In this year, we provided education to youth in lane, marion and douglas counties. We provided education in public and private schools, and also engaged 3,196 at-risk youth, including lgbtq+ and latinx student groups, detention facilities, alternative schools, and other facilities that do not have hiv education readily available. This year, we reached a total 5,132 youth under the age of 18 with compelling information about hiv and hepatitis c. Prevention services: volunteer recruitment and training program: volunteers were critical to our organization. We had an extensive training program for volunteers that enabled them to effectively participate within the organization on a number of levels. Volunteers actively helped us achieve our mission in all our major program areas. This years volunteers contributed 6,070 hours (or 2.9 fte) to a variety of programs, but especially in prevention. By expenditure, our prevention programs accounted for roughly 15% of our program expenditures and 13% of organizational expenditures overall. This year we also provided application assistance for oregon's health care exchanges for all our hiv-positive clients. In the past year, we had an office based in lane county and an office in douglas county out of which we provided care coordination and prevention services. In addition to our care coordinators we employed four aids certified nurses and a pharmacist. Our nurses were located in lane, josephine, and jackson counties. Hepatitis c care coordination services: in lane county we provided care coordination services for our prevention clients that were living with hepatitis c. The purpose of this program was to reduce the barriers to care for people living with this disease. Our goal was to work with clients to help them reduce their hepatitis c viral loads to zero. The majority of these clients were struggling with current addiction issues, and a high percentage of our clients were homeless or marginally housed. We only had funding to provide this service in lane county, and any government support for these clients was very limited.”

“Wellness consists of a qualified mental health professional, executive director, program director, prevention manager, and behavioral health coordinator. The program was piloted in 2015 through a grant opportunity with lane county behavioral health services. These services further our mission by supporting the mental health of individuals living with hiv/aids, and provide culturally sensitive and competent services to the greater lgbtq+ and hiv positive communities. By expenditure, our behavioral health program accounted for roughly 3.3% of our program expenditures and 2.7% of organizational expenditures overall.”

“Direct fundraising expenses included in revenue 5,536 direct rental expenses included in revenue 9,149 direct fundraising expenses included in revenue -5,536 direct rental expenses included in revenue -9,149”

“There were no changes to either the oversight or selection process in the current year.”