Client Services

Case Management

Ryan White Case Management Services

Food Pantry

Eligible clients may access Project Response’s on-site food pantry twice per month and receive supplies of non-perishable food.  In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, the food pantry is prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Our frozen food program is also available on site.

Transportation

Project Response operates a passenger van that provides transportation to medical appointments and social services appointments within and out-of-county.

Emergency Financial Assistance

Project Response provides thousands of dollars of direct assistance to its clients each year through the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program.   The HOPWA program is to provide short-term, stabilizing interventions to HOPWA eligible households experiencing a financial crisis as a result of their HIV/AIDS health condition or a change in their economic circumstances. HOPWA assistance is a preventive housing intervention intended to reduce the risks of homelessness, and when utilized together with other HOPWA efforts, including access to health care services, case management, benefits counseling, and employment or vocational services, works to stabilize assisted households.  Low-income persons (at or below 80 percent of area median income) that are medically diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and their families are eligible to receive HOPWA-funded assistance.

If the emergency expense cannot be paid through the HOPWA program, Project Response may have other limit resources to meet those needs.

Project Response cannot grant all requests it receives for emergency financial assistance, and requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

New Clients

New Client Application Process (Ryan White Case Management)

In order to become a client of Project Response, Inc. and receive all available and pertinent case management services, you will need to qualify for services based upon the Ryan White program’s and Florida’s criteria.  If you wish to make application for services, please contact Kathleen (Kate) Kunert, our Intake Specialist at 321-724-1177.  She will set up your initial intake interview and will assign you to a Case Manager for services review and access.

In order to qualify for these services, you will need to provide us with your:

1. Full legal name
2. Date of Birth
3. Social Security number
4. Current Brevard county residence
5. Mailing address if different from residence
6. Current contact phone number
7. Date of onset of illness/diagnosis
8. Current physician including contact information
9. List of current medications
10. Marital status
11. Type of insurance, if any
12. Source of income, if any
13. Other information as necessary to determine your eligibility

Required Support Documents

In order to determine your eligibility, you will need to bring supporting documents to the appointment for verification. You will need only one item from each category to process your application:

1. Proof of financial status (Income or No Income: Documents can be any of the following:
   1. 3 consecutive pay stubs
   2. Statement of Social Security or Disability Benefits within the past 90 days
   3. Letter of employment from current employer
   4. Previous year’s tax return from the IRS
   5. Affidavit of No Income
2. Proof of Brevard County residence:
   1. Current and Valid Driver’s license or State issued ID
   2. Copy of current lease
   3. Copy of current utility bill
   4. 2 Letters of support if address on Driver’s License is different than other supporting documents
   5. If you do not have any of these forms for verification of residence, please contact our Intake Specialist for other forms of identification (green card, prison ID, etc.).
3. Proof of Health Insurance
   1. Private
   2. Employer or Group
   3. COBRA
   4. Affidavit of No Insurance
4. Proof of HIV Status
   1. Lab Report verifying HIV viral load
5. Social Security Card
6. Unexpired Photo ID
   1. Current Valid Florida Driver’s License
   2. Current County or Student ID
   3. Passport
7. Other documents or information as necessary to determine your eligibility

If you have any questions regarding the application process, please do not hesitate to contact Project Response, Inc. for additional information.

If you do not qualify for Case Management

For those who do not qualify for case management services, please see the peer navigation program. The peer navigation program provides support services to everyone who is HIV positive.

Project Response, Inc  does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability or sexual orientation.