The High Impact Program (HIP) is designed to improve the health status of African-Americans in Hinds County, Mississippi who are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, STDs, TB and substance abuse and where gaps in services and funding exist.
The major goals of the program are to increase access to health services by:
- using community coalitions to develop a linked network of agencies providing prevention, treatment and care services in the areas of HIV/AIDS, STDs, TB and substance abuse; and
- strengthening existing linkages among local providers to better serve these communities.
Through the Mississippi Urban Research Center, HIP operates the Linked Network of Services (LNS) which makes all services equally available. The LNS utilizes a database of providers who identify the services they provide as well as their linkage collaboration needs. This database clusters together a network of providers to facilitate services and improve efforts to deal with the consumer holistically.
HIP operates a 24-hour
toll-free hotline which allows consumers to access assistance in prevention,
treatment and care. The hotline is managed by professional HIP staff who
make referrals based upon consumer needs
