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Tri-County Collaboration Project
901 Boren Avenue, Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98104.

This web site was made possible by a grant from the Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA), and the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program. Its content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of HRSA or SPNS.

Currently, persons with HIV/AIDS and histories of mental illness, chemical dependency, or criminal justice system involvement receive care from various service delivery systems. Collaboration among health care providers in the different systems is often lacking due to separate funding streams and administrative bodies. The purpose of the Tri-County Collaboration Project is to improve the integration of health care delivery to HIV infected persons with multiple issues by working at the patient, agency, and systems levels throughout the Seattle Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA; includes King, Snohomish, and Island Counties of WA State). The goal of this 5-year project is to improve collaboration among providers by faciliating linkages and cross training, by addressing agency and systems policy issues which create barriers to service integration, and by establishing a team of experts to disseminate information to providers of care across systems. Ultimately, we hope these efforts will improve the delivery of care services to HIV infected individuals with multiple problems which in turn will result in better health outcomes.

We publish a bimonthly newsletter which contains contact information and topics of interest to providers and consumers.

This grant is funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program (Title V funding).

Victoria Harris, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. She is a board certified psychiatrist with 9 years of forensic (correctional) psychiatry experience and 5 years of HIV/AIDS psychiatry experience. She is the lead principal investigator on the team.

Karina Uldall, MD, MPH, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the UW School of Medicine, balancing patient care with research, teaching, and administrative responsibilities. She is a co-principal investigator and trainer on the project, as well as a board certified psychiatrist. Her primary area of expertise is HIV/AIDS psychiatry. Research areas of interest include delirium in HIV/AIDS, psychopharmacology in HIV/AIDS and health services in consult/liaison psychiatry.

Mimi Allin, is the program coordinator for the project. She manages the mailing databases and co-edits the project newsletter, The SPNS Connection, with Karina Uldall. She also assists with coordinating and writing of project reports and other types of administrative support.

Terry O’Neil, PhD, is a research consultant and has a doctorate in clinical psychology. Her role on the project includes database development, management and analysis, as well as project evaluation. She also teaches a graduate course in psychopathology at Antioch University. She maintains a private practice in Bellevue, WA, where she works primarily with victims of trauma and domestic violence.

Reema Rafii, MPH, MSW, is the senior project evaluator. Her educational background is in Behavioral Science and Health Education. Her role on the project is to oversee the planning and implementation of all evaluation activities. She also attends national meetings and collaborates on the preparation and dissemination of project findings. Her experience includes volunteer work in the development and provision of HIV/AIDS prevention education.

Shelly Tonge, MPA, is the project manager. Her duties include budget management, supervising personnel, coordination/leading of meetings and other project activities such as overseeing project reports. She is responsible for determining that project activities are completed in the stated timeline. She also serves as liaison with the UW regarding UW policies (e.g., pertaining to budget, personnel, purchasing).

We publish a bimonthly newsletter, The SPNS Connection, which contains topics of interest to providers and consumers. If you would like to receive our newsletter, please follow the directions listed below under "Ordering Materials".

Our newsletter is free and available by request. If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive our newsletter, please contact us via our email or mailing addresses, or through our telephone or fax numbers listed below. Please include the following information with your order: your name, the agency at which you work (if applicable), address, telephone number, and the number of copies of each publication that you would like to receive.

Attn: Shelly Tonge
Tri-County Collaboration Project
901 Boren Avenue, Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98104

This section includes a listing of the HIV/AIDS, mental health, chemical dependency, and corrections agencies/facilities in King, Snohomish and Island Counties that have provided us information about their services. Contact and service information is presented. Please select from the following categories to go to a specific list of agencies. To review the entire list, click "King County" and you may scroll down through the list. Once you select a category, you will see an alphabetical listing of agencies within that category. At that point, you may select a particular agency from the list or you may scroll down to view each agency's information.

King County	Snohomish County	Island County
HIV/AIDS	HIV/AIDS	HIV/AIDS
Mental Health	Mental Health	Mental Health
Chemical Dependency	Chemical Dependency	Chemical Dependency
Corrections	Corrections	Corrections

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - http://www.nida.nih.gov - Provides research on health aspects of drug abuse and addiction.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - http://www.nimh.nih.gov - Conducts and supports research on mental illness and provides information on mental health issues and mental health conferences.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) - http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA - Provides ready access to substance abuse and mental health research data.

Bureau of Prisons - http://www.bop.gov - Provides information on the federal prison system.

King County HIV/AIDS Program (Formerly the AIDS Prevention Project) - http://www.metrokc.gov/health/apu/ -Provides HIV/AIDS education and social services throughout King County in WA State.

CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse - http://www.cdcnac.org - A service of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

HealthCare Communications Group - http://www.healthcg.com/hiv/ - Excellent site for healthcare providers, case managers, and HIV+ individuals with CME courses, treatment guidelines, detailed conference reports, and local and national resource directories.

Health Resources & Services Adminisration (HRSA) - http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov - Directs programs to assure quality and availability of health care to underserved, vulnerable and special-need populations. The Tri-County Project is funded through their SPNS Program.

HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service - http://www.hivatis.org - Provides information about federally approved treatment guidelines for HIV and AIDS.

Northwest AIDS Education & Training Center (NWAETC) - http://weber.u.washington.edu/~nwaetc/ - Provides HIV/AIDS education and training for health care providers.

The Measurement Group (TMG) - http://www.tmg-web.com - Conducts research to evaluate social and health programs with a focus on improving programs for substance abuse treatment, and social and medical treatments of HIV/AIDS. Website offers links to many other HIV/AIDS resources.

SPNS Progarm National Evaluation Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) - http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/sph/sms/spns - Provides overall evaluation coordination for the cross-cutting, multisite evaluations of the SPNS2 projects.