FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Wyoming Department of Health, Communicable Disease Unit, provides funding opportunities for prevention activities in 2017. The mission of these funding opportunities is to increase the awareness of and decrease the incidence of HIV/STD/hepatitis in Wyoming. The Communicable Disease Unit offers to fund entities to do special projects that satisfy the four components of HIV/STD/hepatitis prevention. These components consist of:
1) Increase HIV/STD/hepatitis testing
2) Prevention with Positives
3) Condom Distribution
4) Policy development relating to HIV/STD/hepatitis prevention
All funded efforts must target one or more high risk populations identified by the Wyoming Department of Health Communicable Disease Unit, which include: Men who have sex with men (MSM), Adolescents / Young adults (ages 13 – 26), HIV positives, Injection Drug users (IDUs), and under- and uninsured individuals at risk.