Development of an Empowerment Intervention for Young Women Living With HIV

Inclusion Criteria: * Female at birth and currently female; * Receives services at one of the selected ATN sites or their community partners * HIV-infected as documented by medical record review or verbal verification with referring professional * Between the ages of 16-24 years (inclusive) at the time of informed consent/assent * Ability to understand both written and spoken English * Gives informed consent/assent for study participation Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of active, serious psychiatric symptoms (e.g., hallucinations, thought disorder) that would impair a participant's ability to meet the study requirements * Visibly distraught (e.g., suicidal, homicidal, exhibiting violent behavior) * Intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or other substances at the time of study enrollment\*. * Intoxication at the time of visit will exclude participation at that time. Participants cannot be visibly under the influence of substances at the time of enrollment or consent. If a participant returns to enroll while sober, enrollment can occur. Similarly, if a participant arrives to an intervention group visibly intoxicated, then she will be asked to leave. However, prior intoxication does not eliminate future participation. Thus, those who are dismissed from a session due to intoxication can return to a subsequent session as long as they are sober.