Utah sees an average of 2,000 new hepatitis C cases and 125 new HIV cases every year. So why aren't we talking about it?
We are Hope on T.T.a.P.P., Inc.— Testing, Treatment, and Peer-led Prevention. A recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit and a mobilized rapid point-of-care program.
We started a movement against conventional medical establishments that treat patients with old-world mentalities and discriminating stigmas. We believe everyone deserves equal access to healthcare that improves their quality of life — including free HIV and hepatitis C testing, judgment-free prevention conversations, and barrier-free pathways to life-saving medications.
We provide mobile harm reduction services to vulnerable and medically under-served Utahns: people who use and inject drugs, sex workers, those coming out of incarceration, communities of color, LGBTQ+ folks, and those in rural counties afraid of “small-town talk.”
Founded by staff with lived experience, backed by a team of loving providers, delivering care in the comfort of our clients' own environments — that's how HoT changes how healthcare is delivered.
Sequan Kolibas is diagnosed HIV+ and lives in silence and fear for six years, watching her community endure stigma from medical providers.
Hope on T.T.a.P.P., Inc. is founded as a Utah 501(c)(3) — a mobilized rapid point-of-care program against conventional medical stigma.
Mobile testing reaches rural counties. Partnership with University of Utah infectious disease team and Utah HIV Planning Group is solidified.
Telehealth PrEP launches via Q Care Plus partnership — putting prevention in anyone's pocket, anywhere in Utah.
Sequan represents Utah at AIDSWatch in Washington D.C., advocating for policy change. The work continues — louder.
HIV+ since 2013. Certified Harm Reduction Navigator and HIV Peer Navigator at the University of Utah. Member of the Utah HIV Planning Group, Getting to Zero Committee, and Hep C Elimination Group.
Founder of Soap 2 Hope — Utah's certified syringe exchange. 16+ years in recovery. ABC News Giving Back Award honoree. Voice for sex workers, exploited communities, and people in active addiction.
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah. Co-founder of Utah's first free HIV prevention clinic. Translational researcher on HIV persistence and eradication.
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Utah. Medical Director of Project ECHO. Liver transplant recipient (2002) — bringing lived experience to liver disease care.
R.N., advocate, and ally with 13+ years in healthcare. Built mobile and fixed-site syringe exchange in Santa Fe. Currently lead clinical nurse at Kind Clinics in Austin.
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