Welcome to the website for the Implementation of Evidence-Informed Behavioral Health Models to Improve HIV Health Outcomes for Black Men who have Sex with Men Initiative.

On this website you will find information related to the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) three-year Initiative, Implementation of Evidence-Informed Behavioral Health Models to Improve HIV Health Outcomes for Black Men who have Sex with Men.

About the Initiative

The Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Initiative, Implementation of Evidence-Informed Behavioral Health Models to Improve HIV Health Outcomes for Black Men who have Sex with Men, is a three-year Initiative that funds eight recipient sites to implement evidence-informed behavioral health interventions and/or models of care (MOCs) to engage, link, and retain BMSM living with HIV in medical care and supportive services. The interventions/MOCs include strategies to integrate behavioral health services, including substance use disorder treatment, with HIV care to specifically address the needs of HIV-positive BMSM and improve their health outcomes. Intervention outcomes will inform the development of implementation toolkits and other dissemination products in order to promote replication across the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) and other health care settings.

These sites will choose from the four interventions and/or models of care (MOCs) from the Center for Engaging BMSM across the Care Continuum (CEBACC) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-identified HRSA/SPNS to implement culturally competent services for HIV-positive BMSM. These interventions include a social marketing campaign, a case management program, recreation-based peer support, and motivational interviewing.