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What HIV services are available for women in Florida?

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Women in Florida can access HIV medical care, medication assistance, case management and peer support. Ryan White Part D supports family-centered services for eligible women, infants, children and youth with HIV; HRSA’s FY 2025 table lists six Florida grant recipients. TOPWA outreach operates in eight counties for eligible pregnant people. A grant recipient may support more than one care location, so use our locator and confirm intake with the provider.[2][3][5]

What Florida's numbers say about women

Florida’s 2023 surveillance report counted 32,638 females aged 13 or older living with diagnosed HIV, or 25.4% of the 128,387 people aged 13 or older in that table. It recorded 996 diagnoses among females that year, or 21.1% of 4,719 diagnoses in the same age range. These historical figures use the source’s sex categories and do not separately enumerate all women by gender identity.[1]

The same report gives a 2023 HIV diagnosis rate of 41.6 per 100,000 among Black females and 3.1 among White females, with a published rate ratio of 13.2. That documents a substantial disparity and supports attention to equitable access to prevention, testing and care. It does not by itself explain the disparity or identify every person’s care needs.[1]

In that 2023 table, 19,422 females living with diagnosed HIV were aged 50 or older. Ask your care team about menopause symptoms, bone and cardiovascular health, mental health, and recommended cancer screening alongside HIV treatment. The appropriate screening and follow-up depend on age, anatomy, medical history and prior results.[13][1]

Ryan White Part D: care designed around families

Ryan White Part D funds outpatient, family-centered primary and specialty medical care and support services for low-income women, infants, children, and youth with HIV, delivered through local community-based organizations. Allowable services include medical care, case management, transportation to appointments, and outreach to bring people into care and keep them there[2].

HRSA’s FY 2025 Part D award table lists six Florida recipients: North Broward Hospital District (Fort Lauderdale), University of Florida (Gainesville), University of Miami (Miami), Florida Department of Health (Orlando), Bond Community Health Center (Tallahassee), and University of South Florida (Tampa). These are grant-recipient listings, not a complete count of physical clinics or a guarantee of current intake availability.[3]

Florida’s provider PDF names Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center (CDTC) in Broward, while HRSA’s award table names North Broward Hospital District. Broward Health’s financial statements identify CDTC as a component of the district, so these names do not necessarily describe competing programs. For CDTC intake, its current contact page lists 954-728-8080, 1401 South Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. Confirm the appropriate program and appointment location before traveling.[14][15][4]

TOPWA: outreach that comes to you

TOPWA — Targeted Outreach for Pregnant Women — was created in 1999 under a 1998 state law to reach pregnant people who have HIV, and pregnant people at high risk who aren't getting services. Outreach workers go into untraditional venues and locations to find and enroll people who have not accessed care[5].

Florida DOH states that pregnant women who use substances and have or are at risk of acquiring HIV qualify for TOPWA services. The statute describes a broader outreach purpose that includes unmet prenatal care, substance-use or mental-health needs, or HIV; ask a local program about your circumstances. Services can include prenatal-care linkage, HIV testing, family planning, help applying for ADAP or Medicaid, and prevention education. Funded programs are listed in Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas and St. Lucie counties.[6][5]

The program is written into state law at Fla. Stat. § 381.0045, which requires outreach to be peer-based, culturally sensitive, and nonjudgmental, and requires the state to give pregnant people with HIV information about antiretroviral medication for their newborns and how to get medication after hospital discharge, to link people to substance use and mental health treatment, and to keep following any newborn exposed to HIV until final status is known[6].

Prenatal HIV testing, and your right to refuse

Florida Statutes §384.31 requires practitioners attending pregnant patients to arrange testing for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. The patient must be told which tests are planned and that testing can be refused. If the patient objects, a signed written objection goes in the medical record and the testing covered by that objection must not occur.[7]

Florida Administrative Code 64D-3.042 sets the prenatal schedule: initial examination and again at 28–32 weeks. Documented HIV infection need not be retested during that pregnancy. The rule also addresses patients presenting at delivery or within 30 days postpartum without prenatal care, without recorded testing, or without recorded testing after 27 weeks: testing for HIV, hepatitis B surface antigen and syphilis is required before discharge, subject to the refusal provisions. The official register lists the adopted rule as effective March 9, 2020; a later proposed amendment was withdrawn.[16][5]

If paying for an infant’s prescribed HIV medicines is a barrier, ask the hospital’s perinatal team about Baby RxPress before discharge. Florida’s July 2026 materials describe vouchers for participating pharmacies when a family has no other way to pay. The current voucher covers the attached prescription, up to a 42-day supply, with no refills; the clinician determines the infant’s medicines and duration. That voucher limit is not a recommendation that every exposed infant needs six weeks of treatment.[17][18][8]

Peer support built by women living with HIV

The Well Project offers women-focused HIV information, community writing and peer perspectives, including resources for people newly diagnosed. Its educational and peer resources can complement care from a clinician.[9]

Positive Women’s Network–USA describes itself as a national membership organization of women living with HIV and allies, founded in 2008 by 28 women living with HIV. It supports leadership, advocacy and regional organizing. Use its current national site to ask about ways to participate and available local connections.[10]

For clinicians, NCCC’s Perinatal HIV consultation line is 844-275-6222, available 24/7. The service supports decisions about HIV prevention, testing and care around pregnancy, delivery and infant exposure. Ask your obstetric or HIV clinician to call when specialist consultation would help.[11]

Where to start in your county

HRSA’s Find HIV Care tool lists Ryan White medical providers by location, including providers supported through Parts A–D. It is useful beyond Part D alone. Florida’s Part D provider list provides additional program contacts; call to verify services and current intake.[12][4]

If you are pregnant and outside the eight TOPWA counties, your county health department is still the route in — ask for perinatal HIV services and prenatal case management by name. The Florida HIV/AIDS Hotline is 1-800-352-2437, the ADAP Help Desk is 844-381-2327, and the FL DOH HIV/AIDS Section can be reached at 850-245-4422. Ask for a warm hand-off, not a phone number, and say the words "I need help today" if that's true.[5][19]

Related questions

Where are Florida's Ryan White Part D sites?

HRSA’s FY 2025 table lists six Florida Part D grant recipients in Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee and Tampa. This is not a count of all clinic locations. CDTC is affiliated with North Broward Hospital District; contact the local program to confirm the right intake site.[3][14][15]

What is TOPWA and who qualifies?

TOPWA is Florida’s Targeted Outreach for Pregnant Women program. Florida DOH lists eligibility for pregnant women who use substances and have or are at risk of acquiring HIV, while the law describes a broader outreach purpose. Ask the program about your needs. Funded programs are listed in Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas and St. Lucie.[5][6]

Can I refuse an HIV test during pregnancy in Florida?

Yes. Florida Statutes §384.31 requires that you be informed of the planned tests and your right to refuse. If you object, a signed written objection is placed in your medical record and the testing covered by that objection must not occur.[7]

How many women in Florida are living with HIV?

Florida’s 2023 report counted 32,638 females aged 13 or older living with diagnosed HIV, including 19,422 aged 50 or older. The first number is about 25.4% of the matching age-13-or-older diagnosed population. These are dated surveillance sex categories, not a separate estimate of all women by gender identity.[1]

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Last reviewed: September 2026 by the RiseUpToHIV team. Educational content only — not medical advice.

References & Sources

  1. Florida Department of Health — State of the HIV Epidemic, Florida (2023 data). Counts of women living with HIV and newly diagnosed, age breakdown, and diagnosis rate ratios. ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩
  2. HRSA — Ryan White Part D: Services for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth. What Part D funds, including case management, transportation, and outreach. ↩ ↩
  3. HRSA — FY 2025 Part D grant awards: six Florida recipients, not a complete physical-site inventory. Source. ↩ ↩ ↩
  4. Florida DOH — Part D provider list. Names may refer to service organizations within a larger award recipient. Source. ↩↩
  5. Florida Department of Health — Perinatal HIV prevention (TOPWA and F.A.C. 64D-3.042). TOPWA history, eligibility, funded counties, and the prenatal testing schedule in rule. ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩
  6. Fla. Stat. § 381.0045 — Targeted outreach for pregnant women. Statutory basis for TOPWA and its peer-based, nonjudgmental outreach requirements. ↩ ↩ ↩
  7. Fla. Stat. § 384.31 — Testing of pregnant women; duty of the attendant. Prenatal HIV testing duty and the written right to refuse testing. ↩ ↩
  8. Florida DOH — Baby RxPress statewide program summary, July 2026. Source. ↩
  9. The Well Project. Resources, blog, and free English and Spanish print materials for women living with HIV. ↩
  10. Positive Women's Network–USA — About. National membership body founded in 2008 by 28 women leaders living with HIV. ↩
  11. NCCC — Current 24/7 perinatal clinician consultation service and phone number. Source. ↩
  12. HRSA — Find a Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical provider. Federal search tool for Ryan White providers by city, ZIP, address, or state. ↩
  13. NIH — Women with HIV: individualized care across the lifespan. Source. Checked September 21, 2026. ↩
  14. North Broward Hospital District — FY 2025 financial statements: CDTC organizational relationship. Source. Checked September 21, 2026. ↩ ↩
  15. CDTC — Current contact and location. Source. Checked September 21, 2026. ↩ ↩
  16. Florida Administrative Code 64D-3.042 — Adopted prenatal testing rule and amendment history. Source. Checked September 21, 2026. ↩
  17. Florida DOH — Baby RxPress 2026 voucher: prescription supply and refill limits. Source. Checked September 21, 2026. ↩
  18. NIH — Management of infants with HIV exposure: clinical selection and duration of antiretrovirals. Source. Checked September 21, 2026. ↩
  19. Florida DOH — HIV/AIDS program and statewide contacts. Source. Checked September 21, 2026. ↩

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