TABLE 2.
Fast Track Client Characteristics at Intake*
| Partner Services Clients | FT 2.0 NIC Clients (n = 3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT 1.0 (n = 12) | FT 2.0 (n = 23) | |||||
| Gender | ||||||
| Cisgender man | 8 | 67% | 20 | 87% | 2 | 67% |
| Cisgender woman | 4 | 33% | 3 | 13% | 1 | 33% |
| Sexual partner pairings† | ||||||
| MSM | 6 | 50% | 11 | 48% | — | — |
| MSW | 2 | 17% | 8 | 35% | — | — |
| WSM | 4 | 33% | 3 | 13% | — | — |
| Unknown | 0 | 0% | 1 | 4% | — | — |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| Latino/Hispanic (any race) | 5 | 42% | 7 | 30% | 1 | 33% |
| Black non-Hispanic | 6 | 50% | 12 | 52% | 2 | 67% |
| White non-Hispanic | 1 | 8% | 3 | 13% | 0 | 0% |
| Other (not specified) | 0 | 0% | 1 | 4% | 0 | 0% |
| Age group, y | ||||||
| 20–29 | 7 | 58% | 11 | 48% | 1 | 33% |
| 30–39 | 3 | 25% | 6 | 26% | 0 | 0% |
| 40–49 | 2 | 17% | 4 | 17% | 0 | 0% |
| 50–59 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 9% | 1 | 33% |
| 60+ | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 33% |
| Borough | ||||||
| Brooklyn | 12 | 100%‡ | 9 | 39% | 0 | 0% |
| Bronx | — | — | 7 | 30% | 2 | 67% |
| Manhattan | — | — | 5 | 22% | 0 | 0% |
| Queens | — | — | 2 | 9% | 0 | 0% |
| Staten Island | — | — | 0 | 0% | 1 | 33% |
| Housing status | ||||||
| Stably housed | 11 | 92% | 18 | 78% | 2 | 67% |
| About to lose housing | 1 | 8% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| At risk of losing housing | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 0 | 0% | 5 | 22% | 0 | 0% |
| Insurance status | ||||||
| Medicaid | 5 | 42% | 9 | 39% | 1 | 33% |
| Private | 3 | 25% | 4 | 17% | 1 | 33% |
| Medicaid and private | 0 | 0% | 1 | 4% | 0 | 0% |
| Uninsured | 4 | 33% | 3 | 13% | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 0 | 0% | 6 | 26% | 1 | 33% |
*Fast Track 1.0 was implemented March to December 2019, and Fast Track 2.0 was implemented August 2020 to March 2021.
†In cases of individuals who had sexual partners of more than 1 gender, clients are classified based on the gender of the newly diagnosed index patient, if known. In FT 1.0, the HIV+ male partner of 1 WSM client was a transgender man. No other clients specifically indicated that the HIV+ index partner was transgender.
‡Eligibility criteria for FT 1.0 included residence in 1 of 5 Brooklyn zip codes.