Vivent Health Inc

Social services: vivent health provides social services including social work case management, legal services, housing programs, rent and utility assistance and access to food pantries that are integrated with the health care services provided to hiv patients. Vivent health offers integrated social services to help hiv patients overcome serious social determinants of health that are often the difference between successful disease management and a long, healthy life or rapid disease progression. In fy 2024, vivent health witnessed year-over-year increases in food pantry clients served (18%), total food pantry orders (18%) and home deliveries ( 3% decrease 23 to 24 fyi from cheryl: which would be expected as covid times wind down); and served over 1,600 housing clients 88% of which received housing case management services and 46% of which received housing financial support. By helping patients overcome barriers to health care related to poverty, discrimination, homelessness, and hunger, vivent health allows patients to focus on successfully adhering to complex treatment regimens that afford them the best opportunity for health. In all locations, vivent health partners with other organizations to avoid unnecessary duplication of services.

Prevention services: in all locations, vivent health provides aggressive, targeted education, prevention and testing services. In fy 2024, vivent health conducted 3.784 hiv tests, 3,628 hepatitis c (hcv) tests, and 25.099 sti tests. Vivent health provided tens of thousands of hiv prevention contacts utilizing hiv and sti prevention and risk reduction counseling for men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, and others at-risk for hiv, hcv and sti, including the distribution of more than 800,000 condoms, through personal interventions, the internet and social media; hiv/hcv/sti counseling and testing services; syringe access services (more than 5.1 million syringes were distributed), harm reduction, navigation and referral services; and overdose prevention education (distributed 75,906 doses of naloxone and saved 2,104 peer lives).