POSSE End-of-Year Report
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HIV/STI Outreach
Supervisor
SEE
Coordinator
NTS
CoordinatorJail Screener Bi-lingual
Outreach
Assistant
JUNE11th, Downtown Winston-Salem
Intersections of the Triad Retreat Send-off
19th, Ladeara CrestCommunity Extravaganza
21st, Reynolds Park Recreational CenterMaking-A-Difference Youth Conference
22nd, Winston-Salem State UniversityNational HIV Testing Day Event w/ Radio Station
26th, Save-A-Lot Parking Lot (East Winston)National HIV Testing Day w/ Motorcycle Clubs
AUGUST7th, Piedmont CircleCommunity Day Event
14th, Green Street ChurchCommunity Outreach Event
21st, Boston RoundupCommunity Event
27th, Various LocationsStreet Outreach
SEPTEMBER12th, Ephesus SDA Church on Cleveland Ave
Community Health Fair
OCTOBER23rd, WSSU Homecoming Parade
Community Awareness
NOVEMBER13th, First Baptist Health FairChurch & Community Health Fair
19th, Save-A-LotCommunity Outreach & Testing
DECEMBER4th, Happy Hill Gardens
Power of Teens HIV Education & Testing
17th, Compare Food Grocery StoreLatino Outreach & Testing
HIV, Syphilis, Chlamydia & GonorrheaSites are Open to the Public
Call Jennifer at 336-703-3212
Shalom Project's
Green Street Health Clinic639 S. Green Street, Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30pm
Winston-Salem Urban League201 W. 5th Street
2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1:00-3:00pm
Community Care Clinic2135 New Walkertown Road
Thursdays, 4:00-5:00pm
On October 4th, 2010 the Forsyth County
Detention Center became one of the first
county jails in the state to offer routine
opt-out HIV and syphilis testing at the
intake area of the jail. This was made
possible through a grant from the NC
Department of Health and Human Ser-
vices to the Forsyth County Department
of Public Health. The Health Depart-
ment is contracting with Correct Care
Solutions, Inc. to administer the testing
at the jail on a 24 hours, 7 days per week
basis. In addition, inmates volunteer to
attend HIV/STI Health Education Ses-
sions led by Patricia Donaldson of the
POSSE Team each week.
October November DecemberAverage DailyJail Population
712 693 642
Inmates tested 526 616 334HIV Positives 3 4 2Syphilis Positives 10 6 9
POSSE has increasedoutreach efforts to theLatino Community in2010. We have offeredHIV/STI education,testing and outreach inseveral neighborhoodsand apartment com-plexes primarily popu-lated by Spanish-speaking residents. Inaddition, we have twostandard testing siteswhich target the Latinocommunity. Our Bi-lingual Health Educa-tion Assistant offersgreat support in reach-ing our Latino Clients.
Ledge’s Apartments
AIDS Care Service
Club Odyssey
Club Platinum
Winston-Salem Transit Authority
Forsyth Tech Community College
Addiction Recovery Care Association (ARCA)
Bethesda Homeless Center
Winston-Salem State University
Salem College
Church of the Holy Spirit
WFU Health Science Infectious Disease Clinic
Project Reentry—NC Department of Corrections
UNC School of the Arts
Intersections of the Triad
NIA Community Action Agency
Project Reentry—NC Department of Corrections
UNC School of the Arts
Intersections of the Triad
Forsyth County Detention Center
Community Care Clinic
Green Street United Methodist Church
Winston-Salem Urban League
On Saturday, June 26th, 2010,POSSE and the Tru-LegacyRyderz Motorcycle Clubteamed-up in support ofNational HIV Testing Day.The purpose of this outreachwas to encourage the commu-nity to “know their status” bygetting tested. The event washeld in the parking lot of theSave-a-Lot Store on Martin Lu-ther King Drive in EastWinston. There was a bikeshow, food, prize give-a-ways,and FREE HIV and SyphilisTesting on our new POSSEMobile Unit. WSSU studentsalso volunteered with POSSEfor this event.
POSSE has participated in theWinston-Salem State Home-coming Parade for the past fewyears as an innovative approachto outreach. The POSSE Teamand volunteers have reachedover 3000 people in this out-reach activity by providing in-formation, HIV/STI awareness,POSSE program branding anddistributing resources for dis-ease prevention measures. Thelarge crowds attending the pa-rade are very receptive and ap-preciative of the POSSE Team’sefforts to prevent the ongoingspread of STI’s everywhere!