Disease Control

The AIDS Program Office provides training and technical assistance to organizations serving people living with HIV and people at risk for HIV infection.

The AIDS Program Office provides:

• Guidance for HIV testing and linkage to care and treatment
• Support to help clients take their medications accurately with quality of life taken into consideration

All services are provided at no cost to all registered HIV test sites and employees of registered test sites.

The Early Intervention Program monitors all HIV counseling, testing, and linkage services throughout Area 4 (Clay, Nassau, Baker, St. Johns).

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Unit provides CDC approved case reporting of HIV/AIDS cases, investigation of “No Identified Risk” cases for classification, the Medical Monitoring Project, and HIV/AIDS data and reports. 

HIV/AIDS Patient Care Regional Lead Agency oversees and coordinates Ryan White eligibility, the AIDS Drug Assistance Program eligibility, fiscal management of the Ryan White/GR Patient Care Network for Area 4, and management of direct co-pays for client medical services.

HIV 500/501 Training

HIV 500 is the required four hour training prerequisite for HIV 501 client-centered counseling, testing, and partner services training. The HIV 500 course provides specific information related to HIV history, origination, transmission modes, disease progression, testing types/options, prevention, universal precautions, laws, and statistics to prepare participants to become HIV pre- and post-test counselors.

HIV 501 counseling, testing, and partner services training is a two and one-half day session. This training provides a greater understanding of HIV/AIDS, testing protocols, HIV relevance to domestic violence, and enhancement in client-centered risk reduction counseling skills for individuals providing services in the public and private sector.

HIV 501 Update is an annual two hour class that includes updates on forms, processes, legislation, programs, statistics and is required of all HIV pre and post test counselors.

Register for the HIV 500/501 Counselor Training (Area 4, Florida Department of Health)