Program areas at Thrive Alabama
In may 2015, Aids Action Coalition of Huntsville registered as dba Thrive Alabama. Thrive Alabama is a better representation of our services. The organization received full fqhc status effective september 1, 2019. Huntsville has approximately 92,000 people who do not have adequate healthcare and most likely do not receive care or use local emergency rooms for care. Aac is trying to meet this need by caring for people regardless of their income or insurance status. Thrive Alabama is currently caring for approximately 5,000 patients. In september 2021, Thrive Alabama acquired a for-profit pediatric practice. This added approximately 1,800 patients under the age of 18 years old.
Aids Action Coalition of Huntsville is a ryan white part b recipient. Under this program, aac provides hiv health care and support services to hiv positive clients. Services include optometry care, medical referrals, laboratory services, oral health services, health insurance premium and cost sharing assistance, mental health services, medical nutrition therapy, medical case management services, non-medical case management services, emergency financial assistance, grocery vouchers, linguistic services, and medical transportation services. Aids Action Coalition of Huntsville currently services approximately 1,100 hiv positive unduplicated persons.
In 2000, aac was first awarded a ryan white part c grant for primary care for hiv positive individuals. Aac consistently has received this grant since 2000. Ryan white part c is used to pay for outpatient/ambulatory medical services for approximately 1,100 hiv positive unduplicated patients.