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- EIN 31-1210524
- (513) 761-1480
- 4138 Hamilton Avenue Cincinnati OH 45223-2293 USA
- www.caracole.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Housing & Shelter, Housing Development, Construction & Management, Housing Expense Reduction Support, Human Services
Mission: To reduce the impact of hiv/aids through housing, care and prevention.
Programs: To reduce the impact of hiv/aids through housing, care and prevention. Caracole provides direct care services, housing and prevention services for a 19 county region in ohio, kentucky and indiana. These services include:-three housing programs for homeless or unstably housed hiv+ individuals and their families-comprehensive case management services to assist hiv+ individuals in accessing medical care and maintaining good health-pharmacy services to all eligible persons living with hiv/aids in greater cincinnati-homeless prevention services-on-site primary medical care through our partner, the cincinnati health network-specialized case management services for hiv+ individuals who inject drugs-on-site and community-based education, prevention, hepatitis c and hiv testingnoteworthy activities and outcome in 2017 include: a) caracole served 1533 individuals in case management and 75% of participants achieved viral load suppression b) caracole housed 145 homeless, hiv+ clients and their household members in our shelter plus care program, 97. 7% of which remained in housing or successfully moved to permanent housing; c) 76% of clients in our tenant-based rental assistance program increased or maintained income; d) our pharmacy program provided 9,384 prescriptions for 169 clients. Caracole forgave $313,533 in co-pays for these prescriptions e) 1617 individuals were tested for hiv.