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NJCRI is New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive HIV/AIDS community-based organization. Our mission is “to help people with HIV/AIDS and those at risk for HIV/AIDS.” We conduct state-wide HIV clinical trials, and HIV treatment, care and prevention services in the Greater Newark Area. Populations we serve include youth and adults, men and women, men who have sex with men, people who acquire or who are at risk for HIV through injection drug use, and others.

NJCRI also seeks to address the concerns and disparities of access to health care faced by minority populations. Some of the non-HIV related services we offer include behavioral research, chronic illness management education, street outreach, substance abuse treatment, transportation, food pantry, and technical assistance to other community-based organizations. Approximately 6,000 people avail themselves of our free and confidential services each year.

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The North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) is one of New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive HIV/AIDS community-based organizations, whose mission is to empower clients by reducing social and health disparities in the greater Newark area.  

Over the past 30 years, NJCRI has provided important health and social services, such as primary medical care (including transgender and hormone therapy), mental health and psychiatric services, behavioral research, substance abuse treatment, food pantries and homeless services, as well as many LGBTQ services, including drop-in centers.

“Our HIV infection rates have doubled over the past two years,” says NJCRI’s CEO, Brian McGovern, “but the state is aware of it, and we are working on bringing those numbers down.”  

There are programs underway aimed at eradicating HIV, while also focusing on other issues impacting the LGBTQ community. One of these initiatives is the Total Health Awareness Team (THAT). “We serve people in the clinic or in a mobile unit in the community, and we do health care screenings for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases,” explains McGovern. The benefit of THAT is it allows NJCRI to reach people onsite who are on preventive medications.  

McGovern points out that the stigma associated with HIV has been exacerbated by factors such as Covid-19 and monkeypox. “Monkeypox has a higher rate of infection in the world of gay men, yet we have seen a large percentage of this population getting vaccinated, so that is great,” McGovern says. “However, we need to ensure we reduce the stigma associated with monkeypox and gay men, because others are at risk in the general population, since it is transmitted through close, personal, often skin-related contact.”  

Another NJCRI initiative launched this year is the Rainbow program, which is aimed at addressing intimate-partner/interpersonal violence in the LGBTQ community. “It is called intimate-partner rather than domestic violence because in the LBGTQ community, people may not be married, or it may be a transgender person experiencing violence against them in the community. Or it could be an intimate relationship that may not be a long-term one, so intimate partner broadens the definition of relationship violence,” McGovern explains. The Rainbow program is one of the first of its kind in the state. The program includes a hotline for people to call in and speak with a live person who will put them in touch with services, whether it be medical care, respite care, mental health or other support.  

New Jersey is committed to ending the HIV epidemic by 2025 and has set the following goals: reduce new HIV infections by 75 percent; promote 100 percent testing, so people know their HIV/AIDS status; and promote access/linkage to care, so that 90 percent of those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS have the medical care to be virally suppressed.  

Prevention is key to ending the epidemic. Biomedical intervention will be a major factor in doing so; pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), for example, is a medication that helps prevent infection. People living with HIV who stick to their medication will have   better outcomes, be undetectable, and make HIV untransmittable.

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1543. Risk Reduction service delivery during the COVID Pandemic to a marginalized urban population in Newark, NJ

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Corey L Rosmarin-DeStefano, Eileen Scarinci, Diana Finkel, Erika Escabi, 1543. Risk Reduction service delivery during the COVID Pandemic to a marginalized urban population in Newark, NJ, Open Forum Infectious Diseases , Volume 7, Issue Supplement_1, October 2020, Page S771, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1723

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North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) is a non- profit organization in Newark, NJ that provides medical care and support services for highly vulnerable and hard to reach patient populations (e.g. homeless, HIV/AIDS, transgender, MSM, injection drug users, sex workers), 83% of whom are people of color. We are in a unique position to identify critical vulnerabilities and continued risk factors in our communities and patients during pandemics especially identifying HIV, HCV and other STIs and providing support services to this population.

We assessed the impact of COVID on HIV, HCV, STI Clinical care, testing, prevention, treatment, mental health and substance abuse services and patent retention. We used our EMR data to track patient visits, prevention visits and testing pre and post covid. Post Covid we utilized Telemedicine and mobile units to continue to provide services as well as self collection kits for the patients for testing. We staggered schedules on site in our outdoor triage center for support services like syringe exchange and food pantry and made an outdoor triage center for all services. Our phone system was routed to providers who assessed provided medical care through telemedicine and remote lab orders and Medication orders were sent via EMR to pharmacies who delivered the medications.

Pre Covid Jan-Feb 2020: 855 clinical visits including testing Behavioral visits 191. Syringe exchange 38,653 needles to 73 clients, Food 189 clients received food. LGBTQ service Clients Reached 779

March 2020 333 clinical visits including testing behavioral visits 154

April 2020 360 clinical visits including testing behavioral visits 208

May 2020 447 clinical visits including testing behavioral visits 282

Syringe exchange March- May 27,367 needles to 53 clients

Food received March-may 118 clients

LGBTQ clients reached 2035

Assess and implement best practices post COVID to plan for services in the event that we have another wave of COVID. STI, HIV and HCV services and testing can be successfully delivered remotely and through an outdoor triage facility in an underserved urban setting. Point of Service testing for both home and outdoor settings will be added to treatment paradigms to better serve the needs of the community.

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DOW launched its Culturally Specific Initiative in 2019 to ensure culturally relevant, inclusive and accessible services that meet the needs of historically marginalized and underserved communities.

DOW uses a combination of state and federal funding to support community-based organizations to provide culturally appropriate domestic violence and sexual violence services. These agencies understand the complex challenges and barriers faced by the communities they serve and are equipped to deliver services in a culturally relevant and linguistically appropriate manner. Agencies provide a combination of the following services: 

• Housing and rental assistance
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• Victim advocacy (financial, housing, employment, education, immigration, etc.)
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• Medical accompaniment
• Individual or group counseling
• Children's services
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Central Jersey Legal Services Central Jersey Legal Services is a non-profit law firm providing high quality civil legal aid for low-income individuals in Mercer, Middlesex, and Union Counties experiencing domestic violence.

centraljerseylegalservices.org   Mercer (609)695-6240  Middlesex:  (732)249-7600 Union:  (908) 354-4340

Community Affairs Resource Center Its mission is to empower the community and strengthen youth and families by promoting self-sufficiency through education, advocacy, and collaboration. It does this by offering a broad range of services like case management, housing and rental assistance, job skills trainings, translation/interpretation, system advocacy, support groups, and prevention workshops.

https://carcnj.org/ (732)774-3282

Exhale Women’s Fellowship Exhale Women’s Fellowship’s mission is to invite women regardless of age, race, creed, religion or economic status, to leverage resources and build a support system. Exhale is a faith-based organization dedicated to support women, specifically African American/Black women, facing crisis and distress due to domestic violence. Based in Burlington County, Exhale empowers them to become self-sufficient and to realize their potential.

https://exhaletoday.org   (856) 393-7845

Harambe Social Services Harambe is a non-profit agency based in Camden County that provides supportive services and resources rooted in African culture and tradition to families impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. Harambe also offers technical assistance and training to build capacity and ensure more culturally relevant services to people of the African Diaspora.

https://harambesocialservices.org   (609) 225-6936

Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey   Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey provides a broad range of culturally relevant social service and advocacy programs for survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence. Services include counseling, support groups, outreach, legal advocacy, information/referral and educational and employment assistance.

https://hispanicfamilycenter.com/family-strengthening

The Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) ICC is a multi-service, community-based nonprofit organization rooted in and representative of the ethnically diverse Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. ICC offers a range of services including legal advocacy, and information/referral to victims and survivors of domestic violence.

https://ironboundcc.org   862-306-2445

Jewish Family Service (JFS) JFS’s Project SARAH (Stop Abusive Relationships At Home) is a program that works to overcome cultural, legal and religious barriers confronting men, women, and children affected by domestic violence and sexual abuse. It provides services to the Jewish community statewide in addition to individuals of all races, genders, or those experiencing financial difficulties.

https://jfsclifton.org/portfolio/domestic-violence-sexual-abuse (973)777-7638

Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ) Legal Services in New Jersey provides essential civil legal aid for economically disadvantaged individuals experiencing domestic violence and sexual violence. LSNJ provides free legal assistance, referral, and advice, and serves clients throughout the state. It also offers training and ongoing assistance with cases to private attorneys who provide free representation for low-income clients.

https://www.lsnjlaw.org   (732) 572-9100

Lifeties, Inc. The mission of LifeTies, Inc. is to nurture wellness and self-sufficiency in vulnerable youth, young adults and their families. Lifetimes provides safe housing, clinical services, mentoring services and life skills to the LGBTQI+ community experiencing domestic violence.

https://www.lifeties.org  

Manavi, Inc. Manavi provides a unique blend of culturally specific support services and intervention methods for South Asian survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence. Manavi offers counseling, legal advocacy, outreach, training, housing and more through a linguistically appropriate and empowering lens.

http://www.manavi.org   (732)435-1414

Mercy Center Mercy Center provides domestic violence and sexual violence services in a culturally sensitive manner to people in the greater Asbury Park area. It offers advocacy, support services, linkages, and wrap-around services in English, Spanish, Creole and Arabic languages.

https://www.mercycenternj.org   (732) 774-9397

North Jersey Community Research Initiative The North Jersey Community Research Initiative empowers clients by reducing social and health disparities in the greater Newark area. NJCRI provides prevention and direct services for the LGBTQI+ community who experience domestic violence.

https://www.njcri.org   (833) 702-5020

Partners Partners empowers low-income survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence to build safe and secure futures for themselves and their children by providing equal access to justice. It offers quality legal assistance in domestic violence, sexual violence and family law matters in Passaic, Union, Hudson, Middlesex, and Essex counties.  https://partnersnj.org   (973)233-0111

Wafa House Wafa House provides sexual violence and domestic violence services to victims and survivors of Middle Eastern or South Asian descent. Wafa House offers crisis intervention, comprehensive case management services, counseling and mental health support, legal advocacy and refugee assistance in northern New Jersey.

https://www.wafahouse.org   (800) 930-9232

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Your unrestricted donation to NJCRI can help us raise awareness and provide essential treatment and support for those whose lives have been touched by HIV/AIDS, those who are battling addiction, the homeless, for those in need of emotional support, and for our LGBTQ community at large..

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Njcri is a 501(c) 3 charitable institution (ein: 52-1592616). your contribution is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law., check donations can be made out to : njcri, mailing address: njcri attn: joseph rothenberg 393 central ave newark, nj 07103.