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The purpose of the YouthLink project is to combine education and awareness programs, social marketing campaigns, various evidence-based interventions, and HIV and Viral Hepatitis testing services for Latino and African-American MSM and transgender high risk young adults ages 18-24, in order to reduce new HIV infections, increase access to care, reduce disparities and achieve a coordinated response. The APEB will reach young adult African-American and Latino MSM and transgender each year.

KIR project will enhance and expand its existing efforts to comprehensively address needs related to SA, HIV/AIDS, and viral hepatitis education and prevention among African American and Latino youth (18-24; transgender (M2F); men who have sex with men; female sex workers; and male injection drug users) transitioning out of LA County Jails and back into their communities.

Project Aspire will integrate evidence-based substance abuse (SA) and HIV/Viral Hepatitis (VH) prevention intervention, onsite HIV/VH testing, and onsite SA assessment, referral, and counseling services into Equinox's existing Youth Outreach Center. The Project will serve at risk minority youth, ages 13 to 24, in Albany, NY. It is expected that that the youth will participate in engagement activities and receive information about HIV/VH testing. Youth will participate in the Say It Straight prevention over 5 years.

The purpose of project CHAMPS is to deliver a combination of education and awareness programs, social marketing campaigns, and HIV/VH testing services at collaborating community college partners and juvenile detention centers. Project CHAMPS will target both minority youth, ages 13-17, and minority young adults, ages 18-24, at risk for substance abuse and HIV/VH infection.

The Center for Health Care Services seeks to build out Bexar County's existing infrastructure of HIV/AIDS services to include a prevention component featuring integrated HIV and substance abuse services targeting young males who have sex with males (ages 13-24). The project will deliver: curriculum-based sexual health education; b) informational presentations about HIV and substance abuse prevention to members of LGBT alliances; c) brief, trauma-focused group; and d) distribution of information about risk and protective factors for HIV infection and substance abuse to LGBT young adults attending community events.

The Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL-MIMH) will deliver a 6-week integrated substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis prevention intervention to African American youth ages 13-24 in St. Louis City and County. The intervention will serve a total of 960 participants across the lifetime of the project. The project is also designed to promote positive prevention messages and to change community norms via the social marketing campaigns. The proposed prevention intervention is replicated from two UMSL-MIMH SAMHSA-funded programs- Girls Holla Back! and FACE-UP (Families and Communities Empowered-Understanding Prevention).

The purpose of the MSM: HIV Capacity Building Initiative (HIV CBI) is to build local capacity for delivering and sustaining evidence-based substance abuse and HIV prevention services for the population of focus in the rural and metropolitan communities. The Health Promotion Resource Center in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at MSM, proposes to implement the Initiative in two rural counties (Lamar and Meriwether) and one metropolitan county (Spalding) in Georgia's LaGrange Public Health District. Over the five-year project period, the MSM: HIV CBI will provide prevention information, educational workshops, HIV testing and counseling for adolescents and young adults, ages 13 to 24.

Diaspora proposes to implement a substance use and HIV/AIDS prevention project with LGBT youth ages 13-24 in Brooklyn, NY. The project aims to reduce behavioral health disparities by: improving the community-level HIV, viral hepatitis and substance use infrastructure; increasing HIV and VH testing; and reducing substance use by 10% each program year, as well as HIV and VH incidence. Diaspora will measure project outcomes and impact via data collected through DCI Intake and Follow-up Assessments, an independent evaluation of CLEAR and the social marketing campaign, and will test for HIV and HCV.

The Health Services Center (HSC) will provide substance abuse/HIV/Viral Hepatitis C prevention (SAP/HIVP/VH) program for young adults (18-24) at risk for substance abuse (SA), HIV infection and VH, particularly young adults of color on college campuses and communities of color. The project will provide brief individual level contacts annually, including community distribution of 7,500 pieces of prevention material annually. Project IMPACT will deliver the RESPECT intervention, providing prevention services that are individually tailored to the unique life issues facing young adults.

The Substance-abuse, HIV Assessment & Prevention Education (SHAPE) Program's goal is to build capacity for HIV, viral Hepatitis and substance abuse prevention services for the population of focus (Young Adults18-24 years of all sexual orientations/gender identities) in minority communities in Escambia Co. LCI anticipates using VOICES, CCAA EBIs in conjunction with SA/HIV/STD/VH education; providing Rapid HIV Testing services and rapid HCV testing to all HIV testing participants who are also assessed to be at high-risk for Hepatitis infection; they will also provide Street Outreach Brief Intervention services.

The purpose of the YMC Project is to reduce the spread of HIV and to reduce/eliminate substance abuse in YMSM of color (13-24 years old), including those in college, via the development of a Youth Service Provider Network (YSPN), HIV/viral hepatitis testing, VH vaccination, and the implementation of two HIV/SA prevention focused evidence-based practices (Community PROMISE and Communities That Care (CTC)). The project will also include direct linkages to HIV primary care, mental health treatment, and other prevention and care services.

RRHS proposes the Health-Educated Youth (HEY!) project, a Capacity Building Initiative for Substance Abuse, HIV and Viral Hepatitis (VH) Prevention Services for black males and females, ages 13 to 24, in the Jacksonville/Duval County urban core and surrounding areas. The goals of the HEY! project are to: reduce new HIV, viral hepatitis and other sexually transmitted diseases among high-risk youth and young adults; increase access to care and improve health outcomes for young people living with HIV and VH; reduce HIV-related disparities and health inequities; reduce substance abuse among high risk youth and young adults; and increase community capacity and enhance systems development in the planning and coordination of HIV/VH/SA prevention efforts.

The purpose of the Regents project is to expand capacity for delivering evidence-based approaches to substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention, engage UCSF psychiatric nurse practitioner students and Larkin Street Youth Services staff in ongoing training efforts as part of a clinic, and conduct a performance evaluation documenting the impact of this effort. The Regents anticipate activity to include: (1) screening; (2) psychiatric case management; and (3) implementation of an evidence-based Street Smart group intervention. The population of focus is over 3,450 homeless and marginally housed youth (ages 13-24) in San Francisco.

The purpose of Project SHAPE is to prevent and reduce substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis (VH) among at-risk minority young adults, aged 18-24 in Bexar County. UTSA will provide an integrated intervention by utilizing a comprehensive array of evidence-based substance abuse, HIV and VH prevention strategies, HIV and VH testing services, VH vaccination services, and environmental prevention strategies developed under a Strategic Prevention Framework.

The purpose of the Young Minds Project is to prevent and reduce the onset of substance abuse and transmission of HIV/VH among high risk populations in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties among racial and ethnic minority youth and young adults, ages 13-24, including African American, Hispanic, MSM and transgender populations in need of substance abuse treatment; HIV positive, and VH positive. The Metro goal is to serve 13-17 and 18-24 years old individuals.

The purpose of the Future Project is to implement integrated substance abuse prevention and treatment, HIV and viral hepatitis prevention and testing, and comprehensive behavioral health and supportive services for high-risk young people of color between the ages of 13 and 24 living in Alameda County, California, the vast majority of whom are African American. The project will implement a youth-centered model of project development and implementation which incorporates education and awareness programs, youth-generated outreach events, extensive social media components, and mobile HIV and viral hepatitis testing services in nontraditional settings.

The goal of Project SAFE-LA is to develop the infrastructure and capacity necessary for a system of integrated HIV and substance abuse, HIV and Viral Hepatitis prevention services for the greater East Los Angeles community. Our project brings together stakeholders from the health services sector, as well as two minority (Latino) serving colleges to build a stronger and culturally intelligent prevention system. Additionally, direct and indirect drug and HIV prevention services will be provided to Latino youth in 2 local high schools and on 2 local college campuses.

Pinellas County Ex-Offender Re-Entry Coalition, Inc. (PERC) in partnership with Help-Us Help-U, Inc. will serve youth and young adults, ages 13 to 24 in Pinellas County, who are at high risk for substance abuse. The program will target communities with a high percentage of African Americans, high poverty rates, and high crime. The outcomes of the program include a reduction in substance abuse among participants, and participants who complete the Say It Straight (SIS) program will report an increased intention to avoid substance abuse and risky behaviors on post-survey. The program will also increase the number of persons in the target population tested for HIV and Viral Hepatitis by 50% over the baseline.

The purpose of Enhancing Community Connections Project is to reduce the risk of substance abuse and HIV among Black/African American youth and young adults ages 13-24 in Louisville, Kentucky. COPES expects to provide individual level programming to up to 450 participants across five years. The project will implement a combination of evidence-based community level (environmental) and individual level preventive interventions including Creating Lasting Family Connections (CLFC) Curriculum.

The purpose of the EMPOWERR Program Capacity Expansion project is to enhance the capacity of the EMPOWERR Program in the South Carolina Charleston-Tri County metropolitan area to provide comprehensive culturally-informed, state-of-the-art HIV, substance abuse, and viral hepatitis prevention services to at-risk ethnic/racial minority young people (13-24). By the end of the five year period, this program is expected to reach young people via social norming campaigns, on-line evidence-based substance abuse prevention interventions, evidence-based HIV interventions, and HIV/VH testing.

The purpose of Project YES! is to enhance local capacity and mobilize community resources in order to provide comprehensive substance abuse and HIV prevention strategies that support racial/ethnic minority adolescents (ages 13-17) and young adults (ages 18-24), including MSM youth in the catchment area. The goals of Project YES! are to: 1) Increase access to care and improve SA/HIV and VH health outcomes for at-risk minority adolescents and young adults; and 2) Reduce HIV and VH infection and prevent the onset of SA among at-risk minority adolescents and young adults.

Black Young Men Building Capacity (BYMBC) reflects a collaborative partnership between Vanderbilt University and First Response Center (FRC), a 501(c)3, non-profit HIV/AIDS prevention and care organization of Metropolitan Interdenominational Church to develop a capacity building initiative for substance abuse and HIV prevention for African American men who have sex with other men (MSM) ages 18-24 in Nashville, Tennessee. The initiative will be targeted to prevent and reduce the onset of substance use, reduce sexual risk factors to prevent new HIV and VH infection occurrences, and decrease HIV transmission among the population of focus.

The purpose of CCPE project is to build a solid foundation for delivering and sustaining quality, comprehensive, culturally sensitive, age appropriate evidence-based services that will prevent and/or reduce the onset of SA and HIV/AIDS in Monroe County, Indiana. Centerstone will implement three evidence-based, multi-cultural curricula, Say It Straight, Lead & Seed, and RESPECT. CCPE key activities will include: conducting a comprehensive community needs assessment; developing a data-driven strategic plan; mobilizing and building capacity; implementing environmental prevention intervention strategies; providing outreach and prevention education; implementing HIV/VH testing and linkage services; and assessing performance.

The purpose of the NewRoads to Health project is to serve youth and young adults residing in neighborhoods in Brooklyn, NY, that show high rates of substance abuse, HIV, VH and other health problems. The populations of focus are youth of color, primarily African Americans, who are involved in the criminal and juvenile justice system. CCA anticipates that it will implement the prevention intervention, Be Proud! Be Responsible! (BP!BR!), and peer leadership training. Peers under the supervision of project staff will deliver direct and indirect environmental strategies, condom distribution, creation and dissemination of culturally competent, developmentally appropriate SA and HIV risk reduction messages through social media and social marketing tools.

The purpose of the D.I.C.E. Lives project as an adapted version of the evidence-based intervention-Project TND (Towards No Drug Abuse), is to provide services to 568 high-risk African American and Latino young men (18-24 years), including men who have sex with men (MSM) living in Los Angeles County. The APLA anticipates the following activity: (1) through outreach, recruit high risk young men to participate in D.I.C.E. Lives program activities; (2) provide HIV counseling and testing to young men participating in D.I.C.E. Lives program activities; (3) provide screening for viral hepatitis; (4) and develop and implement a media campaign in the metro system as a key environmental strategy.