Two Guilford County Nonprofits Partner to House Triad HIV Residents

Stable housing has long been recognized as the single biggest predictor of whether someone living with HIV stays in treatment, and two Guilford County nonprofits are now working together to close that gap directly.

Triad Health Project, the county's primary HIV service organization based at 801 Summit Ave. in Greensboro, has partnered with a local housing-focused nonprofit to connect Triad-area residents living with HIV to secure, stable placements. The collaboration links THP's existing free case management pipeline with coordinated housing entry infrastructure already operating across Guilford County.

THP currently serves roughly 555 people each year through two tiers of free case management, a scope that puts the organization in daily contact with clients whose viral suppression often tracks directly to whether they have an address. Case managers refer clients to medical partners including the Regional Center for Infectious Disease and Wake Forest Baptist Health, but housing has remained the hardest referral to fulfill. Clients who are unhoused or housing-unstable are significantly harder to keep on treatment, making the new partnership a clinical intervention as much as a social service.

The federal Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program, known as HOPWA, funds much of the rental assistance work in this space. Greensboro serves as the lead entity for a consortium that includes unincorporated Guilford County, and HOPWA dollars have supported both short-term rental assistance and longer-term community residences for low-income HIV-positive residents and their families. The City of Greensboro has separately moved to expand that capacity, acquiring the former Summit Executive Center at the intersection of Summit Avenue and Sullivan Street for $950,000, with federal funds earmarked to convert the site into housing for HIV and AIDS patients.

THP's case management office can be reached at 336-275-1654, ext. 125, for residents seeking to enroll in services. The organization also maintains a High Point office at 501 W. Westwood Ave. for clients in the southern end of Guilford County.