Community Resource Initiative (CRI)

Since 1989, Community Resource Initiative (CRI), has sponsored community‐based research on HIV/AIDS and

other infectious diseases. In addition to the research program, CRI operates the Infectious Disease Drug

Assistance Program (IDDAP) under contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the

Boston Public Health Commission. This program, funded by both federal and state dollars, is one of the most

comprehensive programs of its kind in the country, and provides access to HIV‐related medications to underor

uninsured clients through the HIV Drug Assistance Program (HDAP). The Comprehensive Health Insurance

Initiative (CHII) also provides health insurance for individuals with HIV/AIDS who are otherwise unable to

access coverage. HDAP and CHII serve as key programs within the larger umbrella of IDDAP programs.

Additional components include coverage of the costs of tuberculosis drugs (TB Drug Assistance Program); an

HIV prevention program, the Pre‐exposure Prophylaxis Drug Assistance Program (PrEPDAP); and the nonoccupational

Post‐Exposure Program (nPEP), designed to prevent HIV transmission through timely access to

medications following potential exposure to HIV.