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ADAP in Rhode Island: help paying for HIV medicine

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Rhode Island AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) helps pay for HIV medicines for Rhode Island residents living with HIV whose income is up to 400% of the federal poverty level.

Primary source: https://eohhs.ri.gov/Consumer/Adults/RyanWhiteHIVAIDS.aspx

Ryan White Part B

Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), HIV Provision of Care & Special Populations Unit

State ADAP

Rhode Island AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)

Income limit 400% of the poverty level

State PrEP program

None we could confirm; almost all health plans must cover PrEP at no charge

Rhode Island AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) eligibility and enrollment

Rhode Island AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) helps pay for HIV medicines for Rhode Island residents living with HIV whose income is up to 400% of the federal poverty level. The state's Ryan White Part B program is run by the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), HIV Provision of Care & Special Populations Unit.

For help in your state: Rhode Island's HIV program.

For Black families in Rhode Island

2,891 people were living with diagnosed HIV in Rhode Island at the end of 2024, and 31% of people 13 and older newly diagnosed that year were Black (our arithmetic from CDC's counts), according to CDC's provisional 2024 data.

Infectious Diseases and Immunology Clinic at The Miriam Hospital (Brown University Health). The Infectious Diseases and Immunology Clinic at The Miriam Hospital in Providence says it cares for more than 2,100 people living with HIV, about 80% of people living with HIV in Rhode Island. The clinic is supported by the federal Ryan White program and sees patients regardless of insurance status or ability to pay; call 401-793-2928.

AIDS Care Ocean State. AIDS Care Ocean State in Providence is one of the agencies Rhode Island contracts to help people apply for the Ryan White HIV Care Program and ADAP, and it offers medical and non-medical case management, rental assistance and housing subsidies to Rhode Islanders living with HIV. Call its intake case manager at 401-273-1888 or visit 557 Broad Street; its Prevention Center offers free HIV and hepatitis C testing.

Named HIV testing + PrEP sites in Rhode Island

Miriam Hospital Immunology Center

Providence, RI • 1-401-793-4900

Rapid test Sliding scale Black-community anchor

AIDS Care Ocean State — Project House

Providence, RI • 1-401-521-3603

Rapid test Free Black-community anchor

Open Door Health — Providence

Providence, RI • 1-401-648-4700

Rapid test Free

Where to get help in Rhode Island

References & primary sources

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Get care in Rhode Island

Reading about ADAP is the first step. These are the places in Rhode Island that actually test, prescribe, and cover it.

All 53 community health centers in Rhode Island Federally qualified health centers test for HIV, prescribe PrEP, and charge on a sliding scale. No insurance required. 4 Black clinicians in Rhode Island Filter by specialty and insurance to find someone taking new patients. Medicaid in Rhode Island Medicaid pays for PrEP, HIV testing, and treatment. Check whether you qualify and how to apply.