Health Care and Other Services

Core Medical Services

Outpatient/ambulatory health services

Outpatient/Ambulatory Health Services provide diagnostic and therapeutic-related activities directly to a client by a licensed healthcare provider in an outpatient medical setting. Outpatient medical settings may include: clinics, medical offices, mobile vans, using telehealth technology, and urgent care facilities for HIV-related visits.
Mental health services

Mental Health Services are the provision of outpatient psychological and psychiatric screening, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and counseling services offered to clients living with HIV. Services are based on a treatment plan, conducted in an outpatient group or individual session, and provided by a mental health professional licensed or authorized within the state of Illinois. Such professionals typically include psychiatrists, psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers.
Oral health care
Medical nutrition therapy

Medical Nutrition Therapy may include nutrition assessment and screening, dietary/nutritional evaluation, food and/or nutritional supplements per medical provider’s recommendation, nutrition education and/or counseling. These activities may be provided in individual and/or group settings.
Outpatient substance abuse services

Substance Abuse Outpatient Care is the provision of outpatient services for the treatment of drug or alcohol use disorders. Activities under Substance Abuse Outpatient Care may include screening, assessment, diagnosis, and/or treatment of substance use disorders.

Support Services

Food bank/home-delivered meals
Housing services

Housing provides transitional, short-term, or emergency housing assistance to enable a client or family to gain or maintain outpatient/ambulatory health services and treatment, including temporary assistance necessary to prevent homelessness and to gain or maintain access to medical care. Limited to a lifetime assistance of 24 months per household.
Legal services

Legal services involve legal matters related to or arising from a person’s HIV, including assistance with public benefits such as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), interventions necessary to ensure access to eligible benefits, and preparation of healthcare power of attorney, durable powers of attorney, and/or living wills.
Linguistics services
Medical transportation services
Psychosocial support services
Treatment adherence counseling
Utility or short-term rent assistance