The Orlando Chavez Peer Hepatitis C Community Navigation program in partnership with End Hep C SF is a stipend volunteer opportunity similar to an internship. Each cohort of participants with lived experience(Community Navigators) are invited to assist our department in linking clients to our services with a focus on Hepatitis C.
Cohorts last 6 months to a year. The participants receive training and skill building opportunities, and assist with engaging, linking, and retaining clients living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C in treatment/care.
In this experience CNs perform direct services, and support outreach by making harm reduction kits. They have the opportunity to further their education as well as gain work readiness experience, build their resumes and become HEAT advocates.
This team also staffs our point pick up program keeping the streets of the Tenderloin and surrounding neighborhoods free of syringe litter. Space is limited and there is a high demand. For more information email Asheldon@glide.org
Our team regularly conducts on foot street outreach in the Tenderloin, Civic Center and other areas in San Francisco as needed, providing harm reduction and safer sex supplies, linkage to testing and care, Narcan, and brief supportive counseling/education/referrals as needed.
We use basic harm reduction principles and strategy aimed at reducing the risks and harmful effects associated with using drugs. Not just physically meeting participants where they are at but meeting them in a nonjudgmental, caring and compassionate manor. Our outreach team reduces the amount of fatal overdose, emergency service calls, viral hepatis, HIV, abscesses and other infections.
We want to see our community thriving! We are here to support positive change in peoples lives as well as give them the supplies and skills to be healthy today. Working with the community we serve to achieve equity and social justice for and with people who use drugs and sex workers alike.
