This webpage is dedicated to supporting a regionally coordinated response to the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative. The regional response includes California’s eight EHE Phase 1 jurisdictions: Alameda, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, and San Francisco Counties. Find more information about the EHE regional response, upcoming regional response events, and useful resources below.
CHIPTS received a one-year EHE supplement award from the National Institute of Mental Health in September 2019 to engage a regional effort for coordinated EHE response in California. This involved:
- Bringing together stakeholders from the eight California EHE Phase 1 counties;
- working with those stakeholders to assess key needs, collaborative opportunities, and existing resources for a coordinated EHE response;
- and compiling findings and recommendations from this project to help facilitate an EHE regional response.
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Regional stakeholders identified several key priorities for the EHE regional response. Identified priorities and supportive resources are listed below.
Infrastructures to support regional information sharing and collaboration
- EHE Regional Learning Collaborative (select Learning Collaborative tab to learn more!)
- End the Epidemics Statewide Working Group
- California Planning Group
- Ending the Epidemic Scientific Working Group
- California Regional Group (CARG) for quality improvement in HIV care
- Leadership team: Erica Washington and Marcy Fenton
- America’s HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard (AHEAD): California
The EHE Regional Learning Collaborative was created in response to stakeholder recommendations to develop a learning collaborative infrastructure to support the EHE regional response. The goals of the learning collaborative are to:
- Facilitate knowledge sharing and spark collaborative opportunities across California’s EHE Phase 1 counties
- Build readiness for coordinated action on EHE regional response priorities
Learning Collaborative Sessions
Kick-Off Session - 9/30/2020, 10-11:30 a.m. PST
Session 4 - 1/19/2021, 10-11:30 a.m. PST
Session 5 - 2/16/2021, 10-11:30 a.m. PST
Session 6 (National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Special Event) - 3/23/2021, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST
Session 7 - 4/20/2021, 10-11:30 a.m. PST
Session 8 - 5/18/2021, 10-11:30 a.m. PST
EHE Regional Response Next Steps - April 20, 2020
Taking Strategic Action to Address Substance Use in CA - Oct. 20 and Oct. 27, 2020
- Meeting Agenda: Taking Strategic Action to Address Substance Use in California (35 downloads)
- EHE Regional Meeting Summary Report: "Taking Strategic Action to Address Substance Use in California" (70 downloads)
Day 1 – The Current Landscape
- Day 1 Opening Remarks (32 downloads)
- Data Landscape: HIV and Substance Use in CA (31 downloads)
- Harm Reduction and Community Mobilization in CA (31 downloads)
- Evidence-Based Strategies to Address Substance Use (38 downloads)
- Substance Use Policy Landscape (40 downloads)
- Strategies to Address Substance Use Panel: Q & A (38 downloads)
Day 2 – Action Planning
California Department of Public Health Office of AIDS
- Program website
- EHE contact: Kevin Sitter, Ending the Epidemics Program Manager
County Health Departments
Alameda
- Program website
- EHE contact: Steve Gibson, Director, Office of HIV Prevention
Los Angeles
- Program website
- EHE contact: Julie Tolentino, Ending the HIV Epidemic Program Manager, Division of HIV and STD Programs
Orange
- Program website
- EHE contacts:
- Matilde Gonzalez-Flores, Program Manager, HIV Planning and Coordination
- Mindy He, Grant Manager, HIV Planning and Coordination
- Alexa Viramontes, EHE Staff Specialist, HIV Planning and Coordination
Riverside
- Program website
- EHE contact: Lea Morgan, HIV/STD Branch Chief
Sacramento
- Program website
- EHE contacts:
- Paula Gammell, Human Services Program Planner, Ryan White CARE Program
- Kyle Lafferty, Health Program Coordinator, HIV/STD Prevention
- Chelle Gossett, AIDS Director and Senior Health Program Coordinator
San Bernardino
- Program website
- EHE contacts:
- Cynthia Turk, Health Education Specialist II, HIV Prevention Program
- Heather Cockerill, Public Health Program Coordinator
San Diego
- Program website
- EHE contact: Lauren Brookshire, Assistant Medical Services Administrator, HIV, STD and Hepatitis Branch
San Francisco
- Program website
- EHE contacts:
- Hanna Hjord, HIV/HCV/STI Behavioral Health Coordinator
- Bill Blum, Director of Programs and Primary Care Director, HIV Health Services
Capacity Building Partners
- Region IX Prevention through Active Community Engagement (PACE) program
- Contact: Commander Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, Region IX PACE Director
- Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC)
- California HIV/STI Prevention Training Center (CAPTC)
- Technical Assistance Provider-Innovation Network (TAP-in)