The National Resource Center on HIV, Infectious Disease, Sexual Health and Identity

A collection of more than 1, 000 legal substantive resources to support and increase the advocacy power and expertise of attorneys, community members, service providers, and all people living with HIV.

This comprehensive database of materials on topics of importance to people living with HIV and their advocates includes quality memoranda, research, reports, legal and medical guides, court and agency decisions, pleadings and briefs, policy analyses, and recommendations. CHLP summarizes and analyzes every document we post so that you can quickly determine whether that resource is relevant to your needs.

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Fact Sheet

The 2017 Modernization of California’s HIV Criminal Exposure Laws: What Did It Do, Who Will It Affect?, Center for HIV Law and Policy

This analysis looks at the legislative modernization of California's HIV criminal laws that will take effect on January 1, 2018.

Fact Sheet

Intersections in the Work to Ensure Youth in State Custody have Access to Sexual Health Care, CHLP (2017)

A look at how the work to ensure comprehensive sexual health care for youth in state custody intersects and supports public health, reproductive rights, racial justice, and human right advocacy work.
Fact Sheet

Get Involved: Ensure States Respond to the Sexual Health Needs of Youth in their Custody (2017)

This TeenSENSE action sheet outlines the steps that individuals can take to advocate for the rights of youth in state care to comprehensive sexual health. 
Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Teen SENSE Model Policy: Staff Training Focusing on the Needs of Youth in State Custody, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2017)

Teen SENSE Model Policy: Staff Training Focusing on the Needs of Youth in State Custody, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in out-of-home care, outlines the basic requirements for ensuring that staff in youth facilit

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Teen SENSE Model Policy: Sexual Health Care for Youth in State Custody, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2017)

Teen SENSE Model Policy: Sexual Health Care for Youth in State Custody, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in out-of-home care, outlines the basic minimum requirements for sexual health care services.

Newsletters

The PJP Update, Positive Justice Project (September 2017)

Read the Positive Justice Project Update for news about national and state advocacy efforts, the latest from state PJP Working Groups, and updates on the criminal and civil cases where CHLP is providing assistance. For more information about PJP or the PJP Working Groups, contact us at [email protected].
Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines

Supporting Normative Experiences for Children, Youth, and Youth Adults in Foster Care: Applying a Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard, 15-OCFS-ADM-21, New York State Office of Children and Family Services (2015)

This Administrative Directive (ADM) by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services provides information to local departments of social services (LDSSs) and voluntary authorized agencies (VAs)—agencies authorized to operate, manage, supervise, or own group homes or other such c

Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)

Settlement Agreement between the United States of America and Aurora Health Care under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (July 2017)

This settlement agreement, dated July 21, 2017, between the United States and Aurora Health Care is the result of two complaints filed with the United States Department of Justice alleging discrimination on the basis o

Research and Journal Articles

Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage: An Updated Review of U.S. Policies and Programs and Their Impact, John S. Santelli et al., 61 Journal of Adolescent Health 273-80 (2017)

This review of abstinence-only-until-marriage (AOUM) policies and programs in the U.S. concludes they fall short of the goal to raise sexually healthy adults.

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: Missouri v. Johnson, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2017)

 
Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

HIV Criminalization Beyond Non-Disclosure: Advocacy Toolkits on Intersections with Sex Work and Syringe Use, The Center for HIV Law and Policy and National LGBTQ Task Force (2017)

The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) and the National LGBTQ Task Force are pleased to announce the release of an exciting new resource that can help foster more intersectional advocacy for HIV criminal law reform. HIV Criminalization Beyond Non-Disclosure:

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

The Intersection of Sex Work and HIV Criminalization: An Advocate's Toolkit, The Center for HIV Law and Policy and National LGBTQ Task Force (2017)

HIV criminalization reform has focused on laws criminalizing non-disclosure of a person’s positive HIV status prior to consensual sex.

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