RPSSI Nassau Program Services
Click each link below to learn more about that service category and see the partner organizations providing the service
Support Services Navigation and
PrEP Education and Adherence Support:
Navigators work closely with clients over a period of three months to a year helping them achieve their healthcare goals through the following specific services:
- Education on Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Linkage to HIV Testing
- Linkage to Hepatitus C Virus (HCV) Screening
- Linkage to STD Screening
- Linkage to Primary Care
- Information on PrEP ( Pre-exposure Prophylaxis medication to prevent getting HIV from sex or injection drug use )
- Screening for PrEP
- Linkage to PrEP
- Prevention Counseling
- Supportive Counseling
- Treatment Education and Adherence Counseling (PrEP)
- Treatment Education and Adherence Counseling (STDs)
- Treatment Education and Adherence Couseling (HIV)
- Linkage to Overdose Prevention Training
- Linkage to Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services
- Linkage to Legal Support
- Assistance with Access to Benefits/Entitlements
- Assistance with Housing Services
- Assistance with Employment/ Education
- Translation/Interpretation
- Escort to appointments
- Transportation Coordination
There are no income limits to receive services through the RPSSI Nassau Program. Immigration status is not asked (see About Us section for specific eligibility criteria). All services under the Program are provided with no cost to the client. Our goal is to help clients regain their health and stay healthy by addressing any obstacles that interfere with their ability to seek proper medical care or follow their clinician’s advice.
RPSSI Nassau Partner Organizations providing Support Services Navigation and PrEP Education and Adherence Support
Center For Transgender Care ( CTC )
Sundeep Boparai
516-622-5195
CenterForTransCare@northwell.edu
Great Neck
Yessi Torres
516-538-2613 (Ext. 286)
Cell: 516-824-4200
YTorres@HispanicCounseling.org
Hempstead
Center for AIDS Research & Treatment (CART)
Christina McCormack
Cell: 516-737-7696
cmccormack3@northwell.edu
Manhasset
Olga Pimentel
516-296-2254
Cell: 516-512-9535
opimente@numc.edu
East Meadow
Darlene Claus
631-361-9020 (Ext. 1220)
631-235-5370
DClaus@optionscl.org
Margarita Sotelo
Cell: 516-566-5620
msotelo@harmonyhealthcareli.org
Hempstead
Roosevelt
Cesar Nuesi
516-292-2433 (ext. 111)
cneusi@cdlh.org
Hempstead
Lenny Spada
Assistant Director
516427-7698 (Ext. 4226)
Cell: 516427-7698
lspada@fcali.org
Hempstead , Hicksville
Testing for HIV & Other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Testing is available for HIV, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia.
Center for AIDS Research & Treatment (CART)
Christina McCormack
Cell: 516-737-7696
cmccormack3@northwell.edu
Manhasset
Community Based (Plan Van)
Peggy Rivera
516-750-2675
peggy.rivera@ppgreaterny.org
Hempstead
Evidence Based Interventions (EBIs)
EBIs are programs which have been formally studied and proven to help clients improve their knowledge and/or skills in maintaining sexual health.
Aiden Jay Kaplan
516-679-9000 (ext. 11)
akaplan@liccpfy.org
Center For Transgender Care (CTC)
Sundeep Boparai
516-622-5195
CenterForTransCare@northwell.edu
Great Neck
Syringe Exchange
Syringes and overdose prevention education is provided to active injection drug users.
Referral Partners
Provides HIV & STI treatment and prevention services including PrEP.
Social Media Campaigns
The RPSSI Program sponsors a series of sexual health education and program services promotion campaigns on several social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Grindr, etc. The Partner organizations supporting the development, launch and monitoring of the campaigns are :
