Table 2 Summary emergent themes and relative frequency of discussion by study topic

Linkage to Supportive Economic Services

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Provide vouchers to address insufficient funds

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**

Provide support to communicate and negotiate with banking institutions

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*

Trans-friendly awareness training, assessment, and support to employers/employees

*

Database of trans-friendly employers and jobs

Employment Readiness Training

***

*

Guidance to improve resume or CV

*

*

Guidance to improve job application and interview skills

****

***

Support for job/career planning and sustainment through hardship

Personal Finance Education

****

****

Assistance with how to budget and save

***

Accessing and improving credit

Gender Transition Supports

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**

Support for achieving feminine appearance using non-medical services or products

****

*

Support for obtaining clinical/medical gender transition services

**

Educate and avoid dangerous, unskilled transition services

HIV Prevention and Care

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Improve authentic HIV counseling and testing

**

Offer other HIV-related harm reduction services

*

Not too much attention/focus on HIV given its stigma associated with transgender women

Intervention Preference and Concerns

*

*

Concerns regarding participant misuse or ineligibility of resources

**

Concern about transportation to participate in intervention

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*

Preference for visibly-trans intervention for all transgender women

*

*

Important for safe zone, network, and locale

****

Enabling group empowerment by sharing and learning from other transgender women

**

Addition of support for responding to gender-based violence

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***

Best modes of advertising the intervention (flyer, social media, etc.)

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****

Best places to advertise the intervention (clinic, transgender women friendly club, etc.)

***

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Duration of intervention (responses to the 4-h length and/or 12 weeks)

***

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Preference for intervention group size