OUR IMPACT

Overall

  • 30+ years providing HIV care to Central Brooklyn
  • 2,500+ patients served annually with medical and behavioral healthcare, support services, and outreach and prevention services

HIV Care

  • 87% of patients virally suppressed, exceeding national benchmarks
  • >90% of patients are retained in HIV care

Family-Focused Health Care Program

  • 177 babies born since program began in 2011
  • 100% undetectable viral load at delivery and HIV-negative infants

Prevention

  • Hundreds of people connected to prevention services annually
  • Thousands of people reached with multi-media prevention education annually

Behavioral Health  

  • [350+] patients receive mental healthcare and substance use services each year, integrated with medical care

Education and Training

  • 20+ years as a trusted training site within SUNY Downstate – we train medical students, residents, nurses, midwives, and public health and allied health students
  • 140 technical assistance and continuing education sessions provided to over 2,500 HIV care providers annually
  • 154 clinicians in foreign countries trained on HIV treatment, management and research

Adolescent Education Program /THEO

  • [300+] youth reached annually with peer-led HIV and pregnancy prevention education
  • 80% of the AEP-THEO Peers and Advocates graduate and go on to college, with the remaining 20% going directly into the workforce, vocational school or military. 
  • [Total #] of graduates of THEO

Grants and Research

  • 27+ active clinical, educational, and research grants supporting STAR’s mission
  • $3.6 million in current research funding
  • [1,500+] publications by STAR Program faculty + staff