TOPS PROJECT

A program funded by the HIV/AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration as a Special Project of National Significance

The Teen Outreach Primary Services (TOPS) Center provides outreach to youth with HIV and high-risk-for-HIV inner-city minority youth, and links them to health care and social services.

Project Director: Rudy Feudo, Ph.D., TOPS Project, Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Program, 200 Mill Hill Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06610, Phone 203.384.3629, Fax 203.384.4034, Email: gbapp@aol.com.

Project Photographs and Productions

Mi Casa/My Home
Brochure for the opening ceremony of this special initiative of the Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Project, Inc. Mi Casa/My Home is a safe and supportive housing program for pregnant and parenting teens and their infants who are unable to live at home because of abuse, substance abuse, overcrowding or some other extraordinary circumstance.

Tour of TOPS Project of GBAPP
Photographic tour of the TOPS Project of the Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Project. Tour includes pictures of staff, TOPS project building, and new to-be-renovated residential center for pregnant and parenting teens.

Project Tape Recording
The Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Program's peer educators wrote and performed this prevention message on audio cassette.

Project Resources

TOPS (Teen Outreach and Primary Services)
Rudy Feudo, Ph.D. Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Program, Inc. (GBAPP), CT.

Project Web Flyer

Teenage Outreach Primary Services Project [PDF]

Adolescent Project SPNS/Fax

Supplement Features HRSA/HAB's SPNS Adolescent Care Projects

TOPS Targets Inner-City Youth in Bridgeport

Project Materials Presented at Professional Conferences

You Can’t Teach What You Don’t Know and You Can’t Lead Where You Don’t Go: GBAPP/TOPS Project Lessons Learned About Peer Street Outreach
R Miller, D Wilson, M Perez, T Serrano, T Johnson. TOPS Project Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Program. (National AIDS Update Conference)

Abstract from the Teen Outreach and Primary Services (TOPS) Program: Raising Community Awareness About Adolescent HIV Risk: Developmental Strategies to Improve Access to Health Care
This paper was presented at HIV/AIDS '97 - The Social Work Response: The 9th Annual Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS (June 1997).

Cross-Cutting Presentations and Abstracts

Overview of HRSA/HAB's SPNS Adolescent Care Grantees, January 1997
This presentation is an introduction to the nine Adolescent HRSA/HAB's SPNS Adolescent Care Grantees. In addition, Major Program Objectives and Selected Program Outcomes are outlined. [HTML / PDF]

Outreach Activities in 10 Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
This presentation is an introduction to the outreach strategies and models of the 10 adolescent-targeted projects. Examined are perceived outreach successes, challenges and agency achievements. [HTML / PDF]

Enrolled Clients in 10 Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
This presentation is an overview of targeted youth enrolled in the 10 adolescent-targeted projects. In addition, summaries of enrollment successes, challenges and lessons learned are included. [HTML / PDF]

Interventions Provided in 10 Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
This presentation is a summary of interventions provided to targeted youth. Included are perceived successes, challenges and lessons learned about providing individual youth services. [HTML / PDF]

Poster by the 10 Adolescent Care Projects: Alcohol Use In A Sample of Adolescents at High Risk for HIV
The following poster was given at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism (July 19-24, 1997 in San Francisco, California).
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Outreach to Adolescent Women with or At-risk for HIV
This presentation was made at the 1997 National Women and HIV Conference in Pasadena, California. [HTML / PDF]

A Profile of Adolescent Women With or At-Risk for HIV: Personal and Service Needs
This presentation was made at the 1997 National Women and HIV Conference in Pasadena, California. [HTML / PDF]

Abstract for the 10 Adolescent Care Projects: Alcohol Use In A Sample of Adolescents at High Risk for HIV
This paper was presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. (July 1997 in San Francisco)

Abstract for the 10 Adolescent Care Projects: The Role of Case Management in Innovative HIV Programs for Youth
This paper was presented at HIV/AIDS '97 - The Social Work Response: The 9th Annual Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS (June 1997).

Innovative Services for Young Women: Addiction, Mental Health, and HIV
This paper was presented at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Conference on Women in Phoenix (September 1997).

Addiction and Related Psychosocial Issues among Young HIV-Positive Women
This paper was presented at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Conference on Women in Phoenix (September 1997).

Multi-site Evaluation Methods for 10 National Demonstration Projects on Adolescent HIV/AIDS Care
This poster, presented at Evaluation '98–the 1998 conference of the American Evaluation Association in Chicago, Illinois, describes a number of methods designed and implemented by The Measurement Group in the cross-cutting evaluation of HRSA/HAB's SPNS Adolescent Care Projects.

Evaluation of Client Retention in Services in 10 Adolescent HIV Programs
This poster, presented at Evaluation '98–the 1998 conference of the American Evaluation Association in Chicago, Illinois, shows patterns of retention in care by the 10 Adolescent Care Projects. In addition to overall retention, the presentation addresses two related questions: 1. When in a treatment episode do young people receive psychosocial counseling and peer support services?, and 2. How does utilization of case management affect other service utilization?

Cross-Cutting Papers

Cross-Cutting Evaluation Papers from the Adolescent HIV/AIDS Care Projects
These papers present cross-cutting evaluation results from the 10 HRSA SPNS Adolescent HIV/AIDS Care Projects. Results presented in these papers include those relating to the characteristics of thousands of young people served through this initiative, the services provided by these 10 innovative care models, and various outcomes related to service utilization patterns, retention, and other program impacts.

Cross-Cutting Reports

The Infrastructure for Adolescent HIV Services in Six Cities: A Cross-Cutting Evaluation of the Health Resources and Services Administration Special Projects of National Significance Program
This report summarizes the findings of adolescent care projects in six cities (San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Bridgeport, Seattle, and Birmingham) in relation to evaluating the service infrastructure for HIV-related youth services. The report looks at the type and quantity of HIV-related service availability for youth in each city as well as the barriers to providing such services. In addition, this report documents the cohesiveness of the service continuum as well as service provider consensus of HIV youth services design.

Youth-To-Youth–Peer Workers in HIV/AIDS Youth Programs: A Peer Development Guide
In 1993, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program funded ten national demonstration projects focusing on youth and adolescent HIV/AIDS services. Seven of these projects have collaborated to assemble a manual describing the best practices and lessons learned from programs that use peers in the development and delivery of HIV services. The manual also includes advantages and the challenges of youth involvement in service delivery. To view a flyer for the Peer Manual, click here.

Summary of the Journal of Adolescent Health Supplement on Ten Models of Adolescent HIV Care (August 1998)
Provides a summary, list of editors, and table of contents of the Journal of Adolescent Health Supplement on Ten Models of HIV Care. The supplement contains a Preface, information about the ten adolescent models of HIV care, a national consensus model for adolescent-targeted services, and articles about the HIV care models.

Report on Outreach Activities in 10 Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
A series of reports are being written about the activities of the 10 projects on adolescent-targeted HIV services funded in 1993 by the HRSA Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program. This first report examines the methods that the projects use to recruit adolescents with, or at high risk to acquire, HIV. The report was written by The Measurement Group in collaboration with the Adolescent Care Projects and HRSA staff. The report covers the period from 1993 to 1996.

Report on Enrolled Clients in 10 Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
A series of reports are being written about the activities of the 10 projects on adolescent-targeted HIV services funded in 1993 by the HRSA Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program. This second report examines the demographics, needs, and behaviors of the clients enrolled in HIV prevention and HIV treatment services. The report was written by The Measurement Group in collaboration with the Adolescent Care Projects and HRSA staff. The report covers the period from 1993 to 1996.

Report on Interventions Provided in 10 Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
A series of reports are being written about the activities of the 10 projects on adolescent-targeted HIV services funded in 1993 by the HRSA Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program. This third report examines the services provided to the clients enrolled in HIV prevention and HIV treatment services. The report was written by The Measurement Group in collaboration with the Adolescent Care Projects and HRSA staff. The report covers the period from 1993 to 1996.

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