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Eligibility and Services

The Ryan White Part A program offers eligible people core medical services and essential support services.

Eligibility

To be eligible for services you must be:

  • HIV positive
  • Live in Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester county in Massachusetts; Hillsborough, Rockingham, or Strafford county in New Hampshire
  • Income 500% or less of the current federal poverty level

Services provided

Services

ADAP provides approved medications to low-income living with HIV who have no or limited health care coverage.

This service focuses on improving health outcomes for clients, including viral suppression rates. Funded activities in this category include engagement in primary medical care and health-related support services. Client-centered services support a client's self-sufficiency and independence. Key activities include:

  • information and referral
  • assessment of the client's needs and personal support systems
  • development of a comprehensive individualized service care plan
  • coordination of the services required to implement the plan
  • client monitoring to assess the efficacy of the plan
  • periodic reassessment
  • adoption of the plan

Medical case management programs establish and maintain effective links with primary care and other service providers. They prevent duplication of medical case management across providers. They also provide services in a harm reduction framework including risk assessment and risk reduction planning.

This service focuses on improving access to care. This includes improved access to both core medical and support services. These activities usually happen in non-medical community-based facilities. Client-centered services support a client's self-sufficiency and independence.

Key activities include:

  • information and referral
  • assessment of the client's needs and personal support systems
  • development of a comprehensive individualized service care plan
  • coordination of the services required to implement the plan
  • client monitoring to assess the efficacy of the plan
  • periodic reassessment
  • adoption of the plan

They provide services in a harm reduction framework and include risk assessment and risk reduction planning.

Emergency Financial Assistance provides limited one-time or short-term payments to assist with an urgent need for essential items.

Food Bank & Home Delievered Meals provides hot meals and other food items.

Health Education & Risk Reduction educates clients living with HIV how to reduce the risk of transmission and treatment options.

Housing services include help with housing searches, applying for housing, and homelessness prevention.

Linguistic services provide translation services to assis in communicating with providers.

Medical Case Management aims to improve the long-term health of clients. This includes help accessing and maintaining medical care, education on medication, and help applying for state and federal benefits.

Medical Nutrition Therapy gives clients education and coaching on nutrition to stay healthy.

Medical Transportation helps clients get to medical appointments.

Non-Medical Case Management helps clients connect to services such as employment, legal, education, and other support services.

Oral Health helps clients access dental care with referrals to dentists and financial help if eligible.

Other Professional Services can help clients with legal issues such as housing discrimination or denial of benefits.

Psychosocial Support services give clients mental healthcare in individual our group sessions.

Service Locations

Agency Services Contact

AIDS Response Seacoast

Medical Case Mgmt.

603-433-5377

7 Junkins Ave.

Portsmouth, NH 03801

AIDS Project Worcester ​Non-Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

Foodbank and Home Delivered Meals

Psychosocial Support

Emergency Financial Asst. 

Health Edu. & Risk Reduction

508-755-3773

85 Green St.

Worcester, MA 01604

Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation 

508-746-2000

275 Sandwich St.

Plymouth, MA 02360

Ryan White Dental Program Oral Health

617-534-7771

1010 Mass. Ave.

Boston, MA 02118

Cambridge Health Alliance  Medical Case Mgmt. 

617-665-1000

1493 Cambridge St.

Cambridge, MA 02139

236 Highland Ave.

Somerville, MA 02143

Casa Esperanza Non-Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

Health Edu. and Risk Reduction

617-445-1123

245 Eustis St.

Roxbury, MA 02119

Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston Non-Medical Case Mgmt. 

Emergency Financial Asst. 

Linguistics Services

617-541-0100

185 Columbia Rd.

Boston, MA 02121

Codman Square Health Center Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

Psychosocial Support (MAI) 

Emergency Financial Asst. (MAI)

617-825-9660

637 Washington St.

Dorchester, MA 02124

Community Research Initiative  AIDS Drug Assistance Program

617-502-1700

529 Main St.

Boston, MA 02129

Community Servings Medical Nutrition Therapy 

617-522-7777

179 Amory St.

Boston, MA 02130

Dimock Community Health Center Medical Case Mgmt. 

617-442-8800

55 Dimock St.

Roxbury, MA 02119

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Medical Case Mgmt. (MAI)

Psychosocial Support (MAI) 

617-568-4622

79 Paris St.

East Boston, MA 02128

Edward M. Kennedy Health Center Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

508-854-2122

19 Tacoma St.

Worcester, MA 01065



650 Lincoln St.

Worcester, MA 01605

 

Father Bill's & Main Spring Housing

508-427-6448

430 Belmont St.

Brockton, MA 02301

Fenway Community Health Center Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

Psychosocial Support

Housing 

Emergency Financial Asst.

Legal Services (MAI) 

617-267-0900

1340 Boylston St.

Boston, MA 02215



75 Amory St.

Front Entrance 

Boston, MA 02119

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

Emergency Financial Asst.

978-685-7663

34 Haverhill St.

Lawrence, MA 01841



150 Park St.

Lawrence, MA 01841



700 Essex St.

Lawrence, MA 01841



73D Winthrop Ave.  

Lawrence, MA 01841



1 General St.

Lawrence, MA 01741

Harbor Health Services Medical Case Mgmt. 

Housing

Emergency Financial Asst.

617-282-3200

398 Neponset Ave.

Dorchester, MA 02122

Justice Resource Institute ​Medical Transportation

Housing

Psychosocial Support

Legal Services

617-457-8150

75 Amory St.

Rear Entrance

Boston, MA 02119

Lynn Community Health Center Medical Transportation

Medical Transportation

781-581-3900

269 Union St.

Lynn, MA 01901

Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers  Non-Medical Case Mgmt. (MAI) 

Emergency Financial Asst. 

617-864-7600

1046 Cambridge St.

Cambridge, MA 02139

​​Merrimack Valley Assistance Program Non-Medical Case Mgmt. 

603-226-0607

8 Wall St.

Concord, NH 03301

Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

Boston - ZPAR Program

​617-726-3812

55 Fruit St.     

Boston, MA 02114



Chelsea

781-485-6135

151 Everett Ave.

Chelsea, MA 02150

Making Opportunity Count  Non-Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

Foodbank and Home Delivered Meals

Psychosocial Support

Emergency Financial Asst. 

Health Edu. & Risk Reduction

978-345-4366

76 Summer St. 

Suite 210                 

Fitchburg, MA 01420

Multicultural AIDS Coalition Non-Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

Psychosocial Support

Emergency Financial Asst. 

Health Edu. and Risk Reduction

617-442-1622

9 Palmer St.

Roxbury, MA 02119

New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services AIDS Drug Assistance Program

603-271-4502

29 Hazen Dr.

Concord, NH 03301

Southern New Hampshire HIV/AIDS Task Force Medical Case Mgmt. 

Psychosocial Support

603-271-4502 

75 Northeastern Blvd.

Nashua, NH 03062

Upham's Corner Health Center Medical Case Mgmt. 

Emergency Financial Assistance

617-287-8000

500 Columbia Rd.

Dorchester, MA 02125

Victory Programs, Inc. Non-Medical Case Mgmt. 

Housing

Medical Transportation

Foodbank and Home Delivered Meals

Psychosocial Support

Health Edu. and Risk Reduction

617-541-0222

965 Mass. Ave.

Boston, MA 02118

Whittier Street Health Center Medical Case Mgmt. 

Medical Transportation

Psychosocial Support

Emergency Financial Asst. 

617-427-1000

1290 Tremont St.

Roxbury, MA 02120

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