HIV & Employment

ODEP offers a number of resources to assist both individuals living with HIV and employers. These include:

In addition, the ODEP-funded Job Accommodation Network (JAN) provides guidance on common workplace accommodations for people with HIV.

Getting to Work Training Curriculum

As part of its work to support employment for people living with HIV, ODEP collaborated with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop Getting to Work: An Online Training Curriculum for HIV/AIDS Service Providers and Housing Providers. This interactive multi-media curriculum assists HIV/AIDS service providers, including housing providers, to understand the value of employment for individuals with HIV and outlines strategies that service providers can implement to incorporate employment into their approach and create new opportunities for the populations they serve.

Improving HIV Health Outcomes through the Coordination of Supportive Employment and Housing Services

In recent years, ODEP also played a role in the Improving HIV Health Outcomes through the Coordination of Supportive Employment and Housing Services grant program (2017-2020), also known as the HIV, Housing & Employment Project. The goal of these grants was to decrease the negative impact of unmet social service needs, including employment and housing, on long-term health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities living with HIV. The program was administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and supported through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF) and the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program.

TargetHIV is the recently unveiled site that highlights innovative strategies utilized by the 12 demonstration sites, tips, lessons learned, and findings from the initiative. There are currently over 80 resources on the site, including implementation manuals, issue briefs, client story videos, and more.

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