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AIDS ACTION COUNCIL, WASHINGTON DC
This is the only national organization dedicated solely to addressing the
public policy implications presented by the AIDS crisis. The Council's
primary mission is to bring to the federal policy debate the concerns and
experiences of those on the front line of the epidemic. This grant is for
general operating funds.
AIDS LAW CLINIC, LEGAL SERVICES CENTER, JAMAICA PLAIN, MA
The AIDS Law Clinic provides legal services to over 50% of AIDS ACTION's
clients who seek legal services. It is one of the primary legal referral
sources for AAC's clients, providing a range of free legal services to any
person diagnosed HIV positive. This funding is to enable AIDS Law Clinic to
serve 200 clients, most of whom are low-income and people of color.
AIDS PROJECT WORCESTER
The second largest independent AIDS service organization in Massachusetts,
APW provides comprehensive programs of client services, education, and
outreach. The agency serves central Massachusetts and the far-western
suburbs of Boston. Funding is for general operating expenses.
BOSTON CITYWIDE LAND TRUST
This agency is dedicated to the long-term preservation of affordable housing
in Boston. This grant will be used towards the funding of a program to
provide single-room occupancy and congregate housing for people with AIDS.
BOSTON LIVING CENTER/MASS COALITION OF CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES
A drop-in center by and for people with HIV, The Living Center, now in its
first year of operation, offers support, recreational, and self-help
programs to all people living with AIDS, their families, domestic partners,
and other helpers. Funding is for general operating expenses.
CAMBRIDGE CARES ABOUT AIDS
The agency's mission is to develop a comprehensive, city-wide approach to
the AIDS epidemic, including direct services and education. This grant
represents funding for a case management position to serve people of color,
women, IV drug users, and the gay community out of the Cambridge Hospital
and Neighborhood Health Centers.
CAPE COD AIDS COUNCIL, HYANNIS, MA
As the primary provide of AIDS-related education and services on the
mid/upper cape, CCAC has been developing and providing service for almost
three years. Through its experienced volunteers and full-time staff, CCAC
works in conjunction with other organizations toward these ends . Funding
is to target AIDS prevention education to IV drug users and their sexual
partners, homeless men/women, battered women, pregnant teens, and teen
mothers.
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AIDS PROGRAM, BOSTON, MA
Children's Hospital's AIDS Outreach Program targets disenfranchised youth
and young adults. This program provides health care and referral to
individuals engaged in high-risk behaviors such as drug use and street
prostitution. This funding will provide street outreach AIDS Education to
this vulnerable group of young people who are at extremely high risk of
contracting HIV.
COMMUNITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE OF NEW ENGLAND (CRINE)
Representing the collaborative efforts of researchers, medical institutions,
care givers, and communities effected by HIV-illness, CRINE was established
in February, 1989, in order to develop clinical trials of new AIDS therapies
in community-based settings. This grant will be used to implement a program
to educate about and improve access to experimental and other HIV-related
treatment, particularly in communities of color.
COMMUNITY SERVINGS, BOSTON, MA
Coordinated under the auspices of the American Jewish Congress, in
collaboration with a diverse group of community-based organizations, this
program provides hot, nutritious meals delivered to home-bound people with
AIDS living in Greater Boston. The program will provide services to all
affected communities with particular attention to ensuring participation of
communities of color.
DIMOCK COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, ROXBURY, MA
A comprehensive family health center serving all people living in Roxbury,
North Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain, Dimock has been a leader in development
of AIDS-related programs targeted to communities of color. Programs that
AIDS ACTION and Dimock have collaborated on include women's education,
Pediatric AIDS Coalition, and Metropolitan HIV services. Funding is towards
the construction of an aerosolized pentamidine booth, and to begin
developing space at Dimock for use as housing for people with AIDS.
FENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
For 16 years, this community-based non-profit corporation has developed
affordable housing and advocated for the interests of the neighborhood.
Walk funds will be used to support a project to acquire existing housing or
develop new housing with units permanently set aside for people with AIDS.
FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, BOSTON, MA
The Fenway is the leading community-based primary care facility in Boston
serving the Fenway Neighborhood and the Gay and Lesbian community in a
variety of health programs. Over the last few years, Fenway has emerged as
a leader in providing AIDS and HIV-related medical and mental health
services, anonymous counseling and testing, and community-based research.
Walk funding will go towards the construction of Fenway's new health care
facility.
GAY AND LESBIAN ADVOCATES AND DEFENDERS
GLAD is a public interest legal agency, founded to litigate and educate on
behalf of the legal rights of gay men and lesbians. Funding will support
the ongoing work of GLAD's AIDS Law Project. which targets its services to
persons who are affected by HIV-related discrimination in employment,
housing, insurance, medical and institutional care, HIV testing, and public
accommodations.
GREAT BROOK VALLEY HEALTH CENTER, WORCESTER, MA
This comprehensive community health center has been serving Worcester for
over 17 years. Located in a primarily Latino housing project, the center
provides affordable primary care regardless of the client's ability to pay.
Funding is for the construction of two (2) aerosolized pentamidine booths.
HAITIAN MULTI SERVICE CENTER, DORCHESTER, MA
The Center's mission is to provide survival services to Haitian immigrants
and refugees. The Haitian Community AIDS Project provides outreach,
advocacy, and education to Haitians in Greater Boston affected by HIV. This
grant will enable the Center to expand and upgrade its case management
program with additional staff, and to provide emergency assistance funds.
HARVARD STREET NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER/PROJECT HOPE
This neighborhood health center serves Roxbury, North Dorchester, and
Mattapan whose residents are predominately Black, West Indian, Haitian, Cape
Verdean, Portuguese, and Hispanic. Walk funds will support HIV-related case
management, outreach and prevention education, as well as grief/loss family
counseling.
HOSPICE AT MISSION HILL, HOSPICE WEST, BOSTON'S MISSION HILL
This is the first Medicare-certified hospice for people with AIDS. It
provides Boston's only residential hospice program for PWAs, comfortable
home for 18 people in the final stages of AIDS. Funding will be used for
general operating expenses.
INQUILINOS BORICUAS EN ACCION (IBA), SOUTH END, MA
For twenty years, IBA has been addressing the social, cultural, economic,
and health issues facing Boston's Latino community. This grant will assist
IBA in developing a three-pronged culturally and linguistically appropriate
approach to educating low-income Latino youth about AIDS and AIDS
prevention. The project will include Workshops at the youth drop-in center,
Leadership Training courses to train peer educators, and a Latino Women's
Support Group to inform young Latina women about their particular
vulnerability to AIDS.
LATINO HEALTH NETWORK
This agency's mission is to assess, document, and advocate for the Latino
community's health needs, with particular emphasis in preventing the spread
of HIV. Funding will go to the creation and development of a statewide
coalition of Latino community-based agencies and educational and health
organizations in order to improve HIV-related education, access to health
care and quality services.
NATIONAL AIDS NETWORK
Representing over 600 AIDS Service organizations, NAN is a national
leadership organization dedicated to developing support for and increasing
the viability of local organizations responding to the challenge of the HIV
epidemic in communities across the United States. Funding will go towards
general operating expenses.
NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF ACUPUNCTURE, WATERTOWN, MA
Currently in its 14th year of operation, the school is the oldest of its
kind in the country. The grant will be used to support the operation of a
free outpatient clinic for acupuncture and other oriental medical
techniques for treatment of AIDS and HIV-related infection.
NODDLE'S ISLAND MULTI SERVICE CENTER, EAST BOSTON, MA
This agency's mission is to provide treatment services to substance abusers
and their families, and to provide education and outreach to the community
to prevent substance abuse and its related problems. This grant will help
sustain their AIDS outreach and education programs in East Boston, Chelsea,
and as far north as Lynn.
NUAVA ESPERANZA, HOLYOKE, MA
Serving the Latino community in Holyoke, this agency's mission is to address
housing, socioeconomic, cultural, educational, and health issues facing this
population. The Walk grant will support culturally and linguistically
appropriate AIDS prevention education in this Western Massachusetts city.
OUTER CAPE HEALTH SERVICES, INC., PROVINCETOWN, MA
Outer Cape is a primary and acute care health center serving the
Provincetown area, 50 miles from the nearest community hospital in Hyannis.
Approximately 35% of patient visits are HIV related. Funding will be used
to expand and improve the on-site health care services for over 200 people
with HIV related infection.
PWA COALITION OF BOSTON
For three years the Coalition has organized dinners at various locations
throughout Boston for People with AIDS. Additionally, this program
addresses the need for psycho-social support by and for people living with
HIV. The expansion of this program through Walk funding will provide over
5,000 meals to people of various cultures and communities living with HIV.
PARTNERS IN LIFE
With seed money from "FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE '87", this agency was developed
to provide "Niceties of Life" for patients at Lemuel Shattuck's AIDS unit.
This grant represents start-up funds for what will be Massachusett's first
adult day health program specifically for people with HIV to be developed in
cooperation with the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.
PINE STREET INN, BOSTON, MA
The Inn has a 20-year history of providing shelter to Boston's homeless men
and women and is nationally recognized as a leader in health care for
homeless people and services to homeless people with AIDS. Walk funds will
assist Pine Street in creating housing for homeless people with HIV-related
illnesses.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS
PPLM's mission is to encourage and facilitate responsible, informed choices
about individual sexual behavior, and to foster a political and social
climate favorable to informed decisions. The Walk grant will initiate a
demonstration project in 8 Greater Boston public high schools for a
comprehensive HIV prevention and sexuality education program that will reach
more than 8,000 adolescent students.
POSITIVE DIRECTIONS, BOSTON, MA
A Boston-based grass roots self-help group of HIV positive individuals,
Positive Directions' mission includes education, psycho-social support, and
a forum for increased activism in AIDS-related political issues. The grant
will be sued for general operating expenses.
PROJECT CARE/AIDS ADVOCACY CENTER, NEW BEDFORD, MA
A Program of the New Bedford Center for Human Services, Project Care
provides AIDS education and outreach to all those affected by HIV. Funding
will be used for the continuation of direct services to people with HIV and
for prevention education and outreach programs targeted tot he Portuguese
and Latino communities.
PROVINCETOWN AIDS SUPPORT GROUP, PROVINCETOWN, MA
Serving Barnstable County, PASG provides social services to persons with
AIDS/ARC to maintain and enhance their quality of life, and educates
individuals and the community with information about AIDS/HIV. Funding is
for general operating expenses.
PROVINCETOWN POSITIVE PWA COALITION, PROVINECTOWN, MA
This local self-help coalition in Provincetown is run by PWAs, HIV+,
high-risk, and interested persons, and has as its mission to fight HIV
infection through support, education, advocacy, and outreach. The Coalition
is in its second year of operation. Walk funding is for general operating
expenses.
ROSIE'S PLACE, BOSTON, MA
For the past fifteen (15) years, Rosie's Place has been providing
friendship, food, clothing, and shelter (both emergency and permanent) to
homeless and poor women. The Walk grant will be used towards the renovation
of a home in Dorchester to create permanent housing for homeless women with
AIDS.
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, BOSTON, MA
Both the largest union in Massachusetts and the largest union of health care
workers in the country, nearly half of SEIU's 925,000 members work in
health-care related fields. Funds will be used to support HIV-related
education of SEIU's members in Massachusetts.
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON, BOSTON, MA
Founded in 1886, this agency serves all neighborhoods of Boston, as well as
the towns of Chelsea, Winthrop, Revere, and Brookline. VNA provides service
to more PWAs than any home health agency in New England. Walk funds will
help expand the mental health nursing component of its AIDS Home Health Care
Program.
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LYNN, LYNN, MA
VNA of Greater Lynn services 17 communities on the North Shore of Boston,
providing comprehensive health care and guidance to individuasl and families
during phases of illness and periods of crisis. With this funding, VNA will
form a coalition to focus the energies and resources of agencies in the
Greater Lynn/Salem area to develop a high-quality system of services for
people affected by HIV, and to address the needs for prevention in gay, IV
drug using, and adolescent populations.
WOMEN, INCORPORATED, DORCHESTER, MA
This organization has pioneered in providing treatment and support to
substance abusing women, and particularly low-income women and women of
color. The agency has two over-reaching goals; to help women move from
dependence on drugs, alcohol, and public assistance to independent social
health and responsibility, and to preserve and strengthen the family units
headed by these women in the process of their treatment. The grant will
help fund a full-time counseling position to provide HIV-related education
and support to IV drug using women in recovery.
AIDS ACTION COMMITTEE OF MASSACHUSETTS
AIDS ACTION is a nonprofit cooperation committed to combating the epidemic
of AIDS and to addressing the needs of those affected through service,
education, advocacy, and outreach. Through a cooperative,
mutually-supportive effort between professional staff and a strong
volunteer component, AIDS ACTION seeks to serve with a compassionate and
caring presence, people of all cultures affected by AIDS and HIV-related
disorders, as well as those at risk of infection. AIDS ACTION operates in
partnership with a wide range of community organizations, as well as with
government agencies at the local, state, and national levels. Funding is
for general operating expenses.
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