Specifications include, but are not limited to: etro and MPHD are seeking contractors who will deliver high quality services that meet or exceed national, locally and professionally accepted guidelines and standards. The requested service, community Health Worker Services, are to be provided by an HIV outpatient medical provider, and should be modeled after national best practices, particularly from HRSA's Community Health Worker grant (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA-16-185) and findings generated by the grant recipient Boston University School of Public Health (http://cahpp.org/project/chw). Psychosocial services, via a Community Health Worker model, are to be implemented according to and in compliance with the Nashville TGA Standards of Care (Attachment 1, hereto and incorporated herein by reference), the HRSA National Monitoring Standards and its references (located at http://hab.hrsa.gov/manageyourgrant/granteebasics.html), all other applicable professional regulations and licensure requirements and as described herein. The goal of this funding is to increase the utilization of community health workers (CHW) to improve access to HIV health care; and to improve health outcomes for people living with HIV (PLWH) by strengthening the health care workforce, building healthier communities, and achieving health equity among racial and ethnic minority populations. The MPHD is interested in proposals that demonstrate the ability to provide community health worker services that support efforts to quickly engage HIV positive persons in care re-engage persons in care and retain clients in care, with the end result of achieving viral suppression. The successful bidder is to focus efforts on developing strategies to in order to effectively reach minority and other populations experiencing health disparities and inequities. The funding focuses on assisting an HIV outpatient medical care provider site, particularly a medical provider site serving racial/ethnic minority PLHW with low rates of retention and/or viral suppression, with the support needed to integrate CHWs into an HIV multidisciplinary HIV outpatient medical team model. The funded provider will also be required to fully cooperate with the MPHD in the evaluation and development of this service in the Nashville TGA. One Ryan White Request for Proposal (RFP) is being released that contains funding requirements for services that can be funded under both the Ryan White Part A program and the Ryan White Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) program. Under the MAI funds, the MPHD seeks to fund agencies that can identify culturally appropriate, innovative programs to create health equity among the MAI population. MAI funding must address and minimize health disparities and should facilitate early entry into care and improve access, linkage, retention, viral suppression thereby reducing disparities in health outcomes for the target population. MAI resources are not intended to merely provide additional funding; MAI funds are to be utilized to increase access and linkage to care for minority clients. Metro's goal is to improve the HIV-related health outcomes of targeted minorities in the TGA.