TRANS Transgender Resources And Neighborhood Space

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TRANSTransgender Resources And Neighborhood
Space

• JoAnne Keatley, M.S.W.
• Project Director
• UCSF/CAPS - Health Studies for People of Color

Tooru Nemoto, Ph.D. (P.I.) Don Operario, Ph.D.
(co-P.I.) Funded by Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration Grants H79-TI12592
and U97-SM53769
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Overview of TRANS I

• Target population Male-to-female transgender
  individuals, intensified outreach to
  African-American, Latina, and Asian Pacific
  Islanders
• TRANS I Provided
• A safe space for MTFs where they are welcomed and
  made to feel valued
• A living room lounge area with TV/VCR, shower
  facilities, a resource closet, referral
  information
• Individual health education sessions with one of
  a trained, multicultural team of health educators
• 18 Health Education Workshops (in English in
  Spanish)
• Linkage to Transgender Recovery Program (TRP)

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Results of TRANS I

• Over 3,000 MTFs received outreach services, 1,554
  MTFs utilized the project space, and 359 enrolled
  in prevention workshops.
• Comparison of pre- and post-intervention data
  shows statistically significant decreases in
• HIV risk behavior
• Perception of barriers to substance abuse
  treatment
• Depression

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Results of TRANS I-HIV Risk Behavior
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Barriers to Substance Abuse TreatmentScores were
on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5
(strongly agree), with higher scores indicating
higher levels of barriers to seeking substance
abuse treatment programs.
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Overview of TRANS II

• Trans II is targeting Gender Variant Individuals
  (GVIs) of color, including MTFs, FTMs, and other
  self-defined gender variant individuals.
• TRANS II Provides
• Outreach Expansion Program (OEP)-OEP will expand
  outreach to include GVIs in jail.
• TRANS II workshops-TRANS II will continue to
  provide gender sensitive workshops for GVIs to
  reduce their drug use and HIV risk behaviors and
  increase their life skills.
• Drug Treatment Readiness Enhancement Program
  (DTREP)-DTREP will provide pre-treatment support
  groups and case management to GVIs who are
  interested in enrolling in treatment.

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TRANS II (Contd)

• Transgender Treatment Enhancement Network
  (TTEN)-TTEN will promote collaboration among
  social service agencies offering substance abuse
  treatment resources to GVIs.
• Transgender Sensitivity Enhancement Program
  (TSEP)-TSEP will provide transgender sensivity
  training to TTEN member agencies.
• Transgender Resource and Neighborhood Space-TRANS
  II a safe space where GVIs are welcomed,
  including a living room/lounge area with
  television, showers, and a resource closet.

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Contact Information

• You are welcome to come to our site for a tour
• 1145 Bush Street, 2nd floor
• Web site www.caps.ucsf.edu/TRANS
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail jkeatley_at_psg.ucsf.edu