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AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA)
The AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) is a non-profit community-based AIDS research and treatment education center. In conjunction with recognized leaders in AIDS research and treatment, primary-care providers, and people living with HIV disease; ACRIA: identifies scientifically promising therapies for AIDS and HIV-related illness, designs and implements studies on these interventions, and submits the findings for publication; conducts research geared towards the further understanding of HIV disease, treatment, and prevention; and provides education about AIDS treatments and research to the communities affected by HIV/AIDS.

Aidspan
Aidspan is a small US-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to reinforce the effectiveness of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

AIDS Treatment News
AIDS Treatment News is an internationally recognized newsletter. It is one of the primary treatment resources for community-based organizations, government agencies, and individuals. Hosted by Immunet, AIDS Treatment News has been available on ÆGIS since 1990.

American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
The mission of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) is to prevent death and disease associated with HIV/AIDS and to foster sound AIDS-related public policies.

Artery - the AIDS arts forum
Since the last World AIDS DAY, we've entered the Third Millenium and are on the brink of the third decade of the AIDS epidemic. The irony is that it's clearer than ever that there are numerous AIDS epidemics, not just one. For many people with HIV/AIDS in the developed world, the situation has improved. But not so for the burgeoning populations with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, and the former Soviet Union. The time-honored axiom that every community has its own AIDS epidemic remains entirely apt.

CARE's AIDS Information Center
Since the late 1980s, CARE has fought against the spread of AIDS. Today CARE offers AIDS prevention projects in 17 high-risk countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

CORE Initiative
The Communities Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic (CORE) Initiative is a USAID-funded global program, whose mission is to support an inspired, effective and inclusive response to the causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS by strengthening the capacity of community and faith-based groups worldwide. The main approach of the CORE Initiative is to leverage existing efforts, while catalyzing and encouraging new efforts through diverse and innovative partnerships in the areas of community-based prevention, stigma reduction, and care and support to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and their families.

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases, and to direct those resources to areas of greatest need.

Global Health Reporting
GlobalHealthReporting.org is a project developed and operated by the Kaiser Family Foundation with major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide journalists and others -- including researchers, policymakers and nongovernmental organizations -- with the latest news and information about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria worldwide.

Global Strategies for HIV Prevention
Global Strategies for HIV Prevention is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to implement international strategies to prevent HIV infection by means of strategic alliances with those who share in a compassion for alleviating the suffering of children.

Health Cares Exchange Initiative
Founded in Boston in 1992, HCEI's mission is to create supportive inclusive networks for caregivers, including AIDS caregivers, in diversely affected geographic areas and then foster information and personnel exchanges between them. HCEI works to encourage caregiver collaboration, enhance community-based care, and educate caregivers about stress management.

HIV/AIDS Anit-Stigma Initiative
Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic over 20 years ago, stigma has been a barrier to HIV prevention and care. The effect of stigma on people's ability to access HIV testing, counseling, diagnosis, care, treatment, and prevention messages varies from setting to setting, but when present, stigma can create an environment where people may avoid HIV-related services

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
The IAVI site endeavors to keep the world informed on the development of a safe, effective, accessible HIV vaccine for use throughout the world.

International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
IAPAC describes its global mission here and provides this comprehensive site with information on antiviral therapies consumer information diseases and more. Search the site also.

International Council of AIDS Service Organizations
ICASO is the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations, a global network of non-governmental and community-based organizations. ICASO was formed in 1991 with secretariats in five geographic regions, and a central secretariat based in Canada. In 1995 ICASO was incorporated under Canadian law.

Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV/AIDS
This site offers information concerning a wide variety of topics in the health related field. Some include HIV/AIDS testing, medical insurance, and Medicaid.

Latino Commission on AIDS
The Commission was created to improve the health of the Latino community. Using its extensive network of members and sister organizations, the Commission is mobilizing effective community responses to the diverse health challenges faced by Latinos. The objective of all Commission programs is the same - care, health promotion, awareness, education and advocacy.

Long Island Association for AIDS Care
LIAAC is the leading source on Long Island for accurate and current AIDS-related information in partnership with local media, including radio, print and television.

Multifaith Works
Multifaith Works builds a community of compassion by mobilizing volunteers from many spiritual and cultural backgrounds to provide practical and emotional support, and housing, for people living with AIDS or other life-threatening illnesses. Through all its programs, Multifaith Works promotes understanding and acceptance of human diversity.

Names Project
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the largest on-going community arts project in the world. Each of the over 41,000 colorful panels in the Quilt was made to remember the life of a person lost to AIDS.

National Disease Research Interchange
The National Disease Research Interchange is the only national program collecting organs and tissues from HIV-positive patients, both live and deceased, to help advance HIV/AIDS treatment and cure research.

National HIV Testing Recources
This Web site contains many resources on HIV testing including a national database of HIV testing sites and answers to many questions about HIV/AIDS and testing.

one Village Foundation
Viewing the impact that the HIV/AIDS epidemic has on the social structure, healthcare system, economic growth and political stability in our global village, OVF sees the challenge and opportunity of using Information Communication Technology (ICT) to address the epidemic while providing a platform for development. We are devoted to increasing collaboration and access to ICT in under-served communities, facilitating local content creation and dissemination, and building bridges among digital communities globally.

Pangea Global AIDS Foundation
The Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation was established by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation on World AIDS Day, 2001. Pangaea’s primary goals are to broaden access to HIV/AIDS antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and care in developing countries and to support the development of an effective HIV vaccine.

Postive Hope™
Positive Hope is an organization that provides resources, referalls, education, advocacy, community, conferences, support, love, and hope to young adults living with HIV/AIDS. Positive Hope considers young adults to be between the ages of 18 to 29. Positive Hope does not turn anyone who may be in need.

Revolution Health Revolution Health is a new health care website started by AOL co-founder Steve Case. Revolution Health helps individuals take action to manage their health care, conditions and healthy living goals by bringing together a blend of the best health information, tools, communities and services all in one place. See what Revolution Health has to say about HIV/AIDS.
Sex Information and Education Council of the United States
SIECUS works to make sure that information, knowledge, and skills are within everybody's reach. Each year, SIECUS distributes hundreds of thousands of print and electronic resources to educators, advocates, parents, researchers, physicians, and others working to expand sexual health programs, policies, and understanding. SIECUS also offers specialized assistance to help individuals locate research, write accurate news articles, create sexual health curriculum, and build support for high quality programs in their community.

The Synergy Project
The Synergy Project is a five-year, performance-based contract that provides technical assistance and services to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to design, evaluate, and coordinate HIV/AIDS programs and identify and disseminate lessons learned from these programs. In April 1999, USAID awarded The Synergy Project to the former TvT Associates, Inc. (now TvT Global Health and Development Strategies, a division of Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.) and TvT's subcontractor, the University of Washington.

The Center for Palliative Care Education
The Center for Palliative Care Education is an educational resource center and training program. Our mission is to improve palliative care for people with HIV/AIDS by increasing the knowledge, skills, and comfort level of clinicians to provide this care.

Teachers Without Borders
Closing the educational divide through teacher training and community teaching & learning centers

Visionary Health Concepts
VHConcepts is a HIV/Hepatitis+ owned and operated health education company specializing in providing free HIV & Hepatitis treatment programs.

The Well Project
The Well Project’s mission is to improve the lives of women living with HIV and AIDS. We will do so by developing and nurturing the community we’ve created for all people supporting women living with HIV disease – from the HIV+ woman and her caregivers to the physicians treating women living with HIV. We encourage our users to share information about themselves, their loved ones, and their experience living with and treating this disease. With this knowledge, we will help inform research for new treatments, push for better standards of care, and most importantly, connect people in search of a trusted, supportive and protected environment.

Women, Children, and HIV
Welcome to Women, Children, and HIV. This site contains a library of practically applicable materials on mother and child HIV infection including preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT), infant feeding, clinical care of women and children living with HIV infection, and the support of orphans. The goal of this site is to contribute to an improvement in the scale and quality of international HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs for women and children by increasing access to authoritative HIV/AIDS information.

AIDS News On-the-Net
Link to the latest News and information on AIDS and HIV, with literature searches, books and more. See. also, ÆGIS News Archive

AIDS Virtual Library
Involved in the medical and social aspects of AIDS issues the Library has info on clinical trials conferences commercial sites organizations and more.

Alternative Medicine The Alternative Medicine Homepage is a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies.

Argus Clearinghouse The Argus Clearinghouse provides a central access point for value-added topical guides which identify, describe, and evaluate Internet-based information resources.

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
The mission of the ACU is to improve the health of underserved populations by enhancing the development and support of health care clinicians serving these populations.

Condomania
Condomania focuses on assisting customers of every age, sex, culture and sexual orientation in the purchase of condoms and safer-sex products.

Doctor's Guide to the Internet: HIV/AIDS
Doctor's Guide to the Internet, provides AIDS/HIV news and related articles updated daily. Many links here.

Drug Interactions
Drug interaction information from the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, San Francisco, California.

GayPoz
GayPoz is an internet discussion list for GAY MEN WHO ARE HIV POSITIVE to share emotional support, medical information, and their everyday life experiences while living with HIV / AIDS.

Global Reproductive Health Forum
The Global Reproductive Health Forum @ Harvard (GRHF) is an Internet networking project that aims to encourage the proliferation of critical, democratic discussions about reproductive health and gender on the net.

Harry Benjamin Int'l Gender Dysphoria Association
The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Inc. (HBIGDA) is a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders.

Health Initiatives for Youth
Health Initiatives For Youth is a unique partnership of youth and adults working together to increase access to, and the quality of, health care for young people.

HIVnALIVE
"Set by Positively HIV (a volunteer organization) this site is dedicated to serving those with HIV and AIDS. Chat bookstore, cyberquilt, bookstore, stats, personal rants, library, news, links & much more."

HIVdent (Oral Health Care Services)
HIVDENT is a not-for-profit coalition of concerned health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral health care services for adults, adolescents, and children living with HIV disease. HIVDENT disseminates state-of-the-art treatment information and shares expertise in advocacy, development, training, integration, and evaluation of oral health services for the HIV-infected population.

HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service
The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) provides information about federally approved treatment guidelines for HIV and AIDS.

HIV/AIDS Medication Guide
The HIV/AIDS Medication Guide provides up-to-date information on HIV medications (drug-drug interactions, guidelines for treatment as per CDC, education pamphlets for patients, nutritional information, etc.) and tools to improve adherence to therapy

Immunet
Immunet is an informative non-profit AIDS service organization on the WWW offering free HIV/AIDS medical education. Also AIDS/HIV continuing medical education courses online for healthcare professionals - for credit

ImmunoScience
Focusing on AIDS/HIV education this site has statistics information for HIV positive people of all ages news with other sites and resources.

Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
All information on The Johns Hopkins AIDS Service World Wide Web site is reviewed by the editors for relevance, accuracy and timeliness. A really useful site.

JAMA HIV/AIDS Information Center
An informative source of journals and articles from an up-to-date archive, the latest news on AIDS and HIV, patient information, and a host of other useful services.

Love Danny
Danny Gale hosts Love, Danny on GAYBC Radio. Join him every Monday through Friday for a positive perspective on living life to the fullest with HIV and AIDS

Marty Howard's AIDS Page
A very comprehensive list of links, continuously updated. You can subscribe to many HIV/AIDS related mailing lists through this page.

MIL POZ
This site is intended to provide a forum for anyone with questions or comments about HIV and the military. Active duty, former members, and family members of military personnel are especially encouraged to participate with questions and comments about this subject.

Momentum AIDS Project
The Momentum project provides support for AIDS victims. These services include nutritional support and counseling. Information about volunteering and other ways to become involved with the project are available.

Mother's Voices
Until there is a cure, education is our first line of defense against the AIDS pandemic, and who better to teach the worlds' children about this preventable disease than its mothers?

National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project
Contains up to the minute in depth HIV / AIDS treatment information. With forums HIV drug info, newsletter, and more.

National Food Safety Database
This is a multi-state/agency effort toward a sustainable system of national food safety databases. The primary funding agency is the United States Department of Agriculture under special project no. 97-EFSQ-1-0091.

Physicians' Research Network (PRN)
PRN's mission is to provide ongoing peer support to physicians providing comprehensive care to HIV patients who, like the patients they serve, face many issues of clinical uncertainty.

Pregnancy and HIV: What Women and Doctors Need to Know
An excellent collection of resources from the Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

PrideNet
A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Resource Guide.

REACH
REACH is the Kansas City HIV/AIDS site for everyone, with time-saving directories to links to national web sites plus Kansas City resources.

Ryan White Title II HIV Care Network
The Ryan White Title II HIV Care Network Mid-Hudson Region is a consortium consisting of providers and consumers of HIV related services in Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties.

Roxane Pain Institute
Online pain management information resource for physicians and other health care providers, as well as patients. Contains slide show, library, product info, and more.

Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health HIV/AIDS Program
The HIV/AIDS Program (formerly the AIDS Prevention Project) was established in 1983 within the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health. Over the past decade we have worked with the community to develop a model network of HIV/AIDS services.

Sexual Orientation: Science, Education, and Policy
This site features work by Dr. Gregory Herek — a noted authority on antigay prejudice (or homophobia), hate crimes, and AIDS stigma — and his Northern California Community Research Group at the University of California, Davis. It provides factual information about sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS to promote the use of scientific knowledge for education and enlightened public policy.

The "Bad Bug Book" - Food & Drug Administration
This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Some technical terms have been linked to the National Library of Medicine's Entrez glossary. Recent articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports have been added to selected chapters to update the handbook with information on later outbreaks or incidents of foodborne disease.

The Body: A Multimedia Info Resource
This multimedia resource site has basic information on AIDS online forums and support treatment and research overviews and govt. updates.

The Safer Sex Page
Safersex.org was started by John Troyer. John amassed this site's materials while he was pursuing his education at the University of California at San Francisco.

The United Methodist Church: HIV/AIDS Ministries
HIV/AIDS poses one of the most significant health risks of our time. Many United Methodists have been in the forefront of ministry with persons living with HIV and AIDS, including the Health and Welfare Ministries, which has been activitly involved in the HIV/AIDS pandemic since the mid-1980s.

Treatment Action Group
Founded in January, 1992, the Treatment Action Group, or TAG, is dedicated solely to advocating for larger and more efficient research efforts, both public and private, towards finding a cure for AIDS.

Web of Care
Web of Care provides information, support, and products for improving quality of life for at home caregivers and the people they love.

Organizations by States:

Alabama

AIDS Action Coalition of North Alabama
AIDS Action Coalition (AAC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-political agency providing health care, education, psycho-social services, and emergency financial assistance to all who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS in twelve counties* in North Alabama.

AIDS Alabama
AIDS Alabama devotes its energy and resources statewide to helping people with HIV/AIDS live healthy, independent lives and works to prevent the spread of HIV.

Birmingham AIDS Outreach
Birmingham AIDS Outreach (BAO) strives to enhance the quality of life for people and families with HIV and AIDS and to prevent further spread of the disease through age appropriate prevention education programs.

AIDS Outreach of East Alabama Medical Center
AIDS Outreach of East Alabama Medical Center is a non-profit AIDS service organization based in Auburn, AL. AIDS Outreach exists to serve the needs of the community members in Lee, Macon, Russell, Chambers and Tallapoosa Counties.

Mobile AIDS Support Services
The mission of Mobile AIDS Support Services is to provide support, assistance, and education to people affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and to provide HIV prevention education to the communities of southwest Alabama in an effort to reduce the rate of new HIV infections.

Alaska

Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association
Four A's works together with the community to provide support for people living with HIV/AIDS and their familes. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for clients infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS in Alaska.

Arizona

Children with AIDS Project
The aim of the Children With AIDS Project of America (CWA) is to transform the silence that surrounds HIV infected, affected children and AIDS orphans into an audible sound. This sound must be amplified until the needs are met for all children in the nation and globally affected by the AIDS epidemic.

Northland Cares
The mission of Northland Cares is to improve the quality of life of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in Northern Arizona. Northland Cares has sites in the cities of Flagstaff and Prescott.

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS
The Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS is dedicated to providing current and accurate information as it relates to the disease. This Resource Center brings together key data gathered from collaborative studies, clinical investigations, programmatic reporting and thought leadership initiatives. Contact us for more information about the data provided here.

California

AIDS Healthcare Foundation
At the heart of AIDS Healthcare Foundation is a simple philosophy. Access to health care is a human right and should not be determined by a person's income. AIDS Healthcare Foundation offers its services regardless of a person's ability to pay.

AIDS ReSearch Alliance
ARA's mission is to find and accelerate the development of effective treatments for HIV and its complications, by conducting cutting edge research and clinical trials in order to improve the longevity and quality of life for all people with immune deficiency.

AIDS Project Los Angeles
AIDS Project Los Angeles is dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by HIV disease; reducing the incidence of HIV infection through risk-reduction education; and advocating for fair and effective public policy.

Being Alive Los Angeles
Being Alive is an organization of and for people with HIV/AIDS. We understand the pain and the fear, how easy it is to hide, how difficult it can be to come to terms with this disease and reach out.

Family Link: San Francisco
The Family Link provides affordable accommodation in a safe and supportive environment. The goal is to provide a "home away from home" where guests, staff and volunteers together create an atmosphere of friendship and trust.

HIVandHepatitis.com
The staff of HIVandHepatitis.com is a group of individuals closely linked to the communities of people living with HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C virus infection. Our common objective is to create a quality online publication that provides practical, reliable information about treatment and experimental vaccine options for these chronic conditions.

HIVinSite
Comprehensive and reliable information on HIV/AIDS treatment, policy, research, epidemiology, and prevention from the University of California, San Francisco.

Long Beach AIDS Foundation
The Long Beach AIDS Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt charitable organization formed in 2005 upon separation from One in Long Beach at the end of 2004. The foundation has been operating the annual AIDS Walk Long Beach now in its 22nd year as a program in addition to other HIV/AIDS educational and prevention; client assistance and outreach programs that affect the lives of our Long Beach and South Bay citizens.

Long Beach AIDS Life Emergency Fund (ALEF)
ALEF is a new collaborative program in partnership with The AIDS Food Store of Long Beach to provide a stop-gap measure for those in dire need of basic life assistance. ALEF is a simple and compassionate program designed to provide for emergency assistance for those with AIDS who meet the county guidelines for assistance but have to choose between paying for medication, basic needs, food and the basic comforts of living.

Marin AIDS Project
Our mission is to help the people of Marin County obtain the best quality HIV/AIDS services, information, education and support possible.

OC Shanti
Shanti Orange County , is a non-profit social service agency, established in 1987 to provide Comfort, Courage and Companionship to persons, living in Orange County , affected with HIV and AIDS. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for Orange County residents by providing a wide array of life-enhancing Wellness Programs .

One Love
ONE Love's website is an educational resource designed to provide information on HIV and other health disparities disproportionately impacting the African American community. ONE Love's website will provide information on technical assistance and capacity building and training, a statewide African American HIV/AIDS Service Directory, policy and advocacy tools and information, to include legislative updates, HIV prevention and community HIV health promotion methods and best practices culturally relevant to African Americans. The ONE LOVE website also will serve as a repository for research and information dissemination, and includes links to local, statewide, and national resources.

Project Inform
Project Inform has been at the front lines in the fight against HIV and AIDs since 1985—when reliable information about the disease and its treatment was nearly impossible to obtain. Project Inform is a national, non-profit, community-based organization working to end the AIDS epidemic.

Project Open Hand
In 1985 Ruth Brinker, a retired grandmother, watched a dear friend die of AIDS. She realized that, for many people with AIDS, malnutrition was causing death as much as the illness itself. At that time, no social service agency would provide meals to those too weak from AIDS and too impoverished to feed themselves. Using her experience as a manager with another food program, Ruth enlisted the help of friends, secured a basement kitchen at a local church and began to deliver daily meals to seven clients. Project Open Hand was born.

San Francisco AIDS Foundation
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation was founded in 1982 in San Francisco's Castro district as an emergency response to a quickly emerging health crisis. Its primary purpose was simply to assemble and disseminate critical information to gay men who were being diagnosed with a rare and frightening cancer.

The California Collaborations in HIV Prevention Research Dissemination Project
The California Collaborations in HIV Prevention Research Dissemination Project represents collaboration at its best – research and community experts working together to meet challenges and achieve critical prevention and research goals. The modules in the Dissemination Project focus on prevention research projects that represent partnerships among funders, scientists, and front-line community service providers.

UCSF AIDS Program
The mission of the UCSF AIDS Health Project is to provide culturally sensitive counseling and education to stop the spread of HIV infection, and to help people face the emotional, psychological and social challenges of living with HIV disease.

Women Alive
Now, it is easier to get in contact with other HIV positive women around the world!

Colorado

AIDS Coalition for Education
The AIDS Coalition for Education (ACE) was formed during the summer of 1986. It is comprised of over thirty public and private organizations and individuals who have interests in, or activities specifically related to HIV/AIDS education, information, and prevention at either local or statewide levels. ACE is the oldest such coalition of its kind in the nation. Its mission statement is "to combat, statewide, the two epidemics associated with HIV/AIDS: the epidemic of fear and the epidemic of HIV/AIDS as an infectious disease."

Colorado AIDS Project
The mission of the Colorado AIDS Project (CAP) is to improve lives affected by HIV and AIDS and to prevent HIV infection. Since its inception in 1983, Colorado AIDS Project (CAP) has served more than 3,000 women, men and children diagnosed with AIDS or Symptomatic HIV disease through its Client Services programs.

Northern Colorado AIDS Project
The Northern Colorado AIDS Project (NCAP) endeavors to empower persons affected by HIV and AIDS, to expand their options, and to promote their fundamental rights. To this end, NCAP educates and builds awareness of HIV/AIDS in our community. Services include anonymous & confidential HIV testing, HIV education, as well as outreach programs.

Southern Colorado AIDS Project
The mission of the Southern California AIDS Project (S-CAP) is to provide caring, empowering, and culturally sensitive services, support and hope to those infected and affected with HIV/AIDS in southern Colorado; deliver effective, research-based prevention programs that target high risk populations within our service area; and educate our communities regarding HIV transmission and other issues pertinent to the elimination of this epidemic.

Connecticut

AIDS Project Hartford
AIDS Project Hartford, from a foundation of respect and compassion, provides education and support services for all people affected by HIV/AIDS in the Greater Hartford region, empowering them to maintain dignity and improve their quality of life.

The Guardian Health Association, Inc.
This site includes the Statewide HIV Community Calendar, The Connececticut HIV/AIDS Online Resource Guide, CT Clinical Trials, and other useful pages for people living with HIV/AIDS in Connecticut.

Delaware

Delaware HIV Consortium
The mission of the Delaware HIV Consortium is to facilitate and promote statewide coordination and collaboration of organizations, groups, and individuals who are developing, implementing, and advocating services and policies aimed at the prevention of HIV and the care of people and communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Delaware.

District of Columbia

Title II Community AIDS National Network (TII • CANN)
At the local, state, and national level, and in collaboration with groups and individuals who share our mission, TIICANN is committed to: • Providing technical assistance to create and strengthen the continuum of care; • Assisting in the education of our constituency regarding legislative and regulatory policy development, procedures and outcomes; • Developing a communications network for service providers, consumers, and communities involved in or interested in becoming involved with creative solutions to problems created by the American HIV/AIDS epidemic; and • Sponsoring national, regional and local educational Forums and Technical Assistance Training Sessions.

Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, D.C.
Whitman-Walker Clinic is a non-profit, volunteer-based, lesbian and gay community health organization serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Our volunteers and staff are dedicated to providing or facilitating the delivery of high quality, comprehensive, integrated and accessible health care services.

Florida

Care Resource
Care Resource is South Florida's oldest and largest HIV/AIDS service organization serving both Miami-Dade & Broward Counties. Approach includes working with our affected communities in creating and/or implementing prevention strategies, community outreach and education initiatives, testing, medical care, research protocols, as well as individual and family counseling and support services.

Florida Health Fraud Task Force
The Florida Health Fraud Task Force works to educate the public about fraudulent activities associated with HIV/AIDS. Members of the task force include representatives from community, state, and county agencies; AIDS service organizations; and private business.

Florida HIV/AIDS Hotline
The Florida HIV/AIDS Hotline began in May 1985 through an agreement with the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (now called The Florida Department of Health) and Telephone Counseling and Referra Service of Tallahassee.

The League Against AIDS
The League Against AIDS, Inc. is a non-profit AIDS service corporation, dedicated to providing a continuum of educational, supportive and case management services. All of our services are provided at no direct cost to the client.

South Beach AIDS Project
SoBAP's mission is to work with the community to identify and address its local needs for HIV/AIDS prevention, education and care. The organization's guiding principles are community involvement and empowerment, non-bureaucratic organizational structure, cooperation with other organizations to maximize available resources and to avoid duplication of services, and encourage collaboration with our efforts.

Georgia

Absolute Wellness
The Wellness Center offers services designed to improve an individuals wellness. All services are provided free of charge to those infected with HIV/AIDS and their affected caregivers. Services are divided into three areas: The Mind, the Body and the Spirit. All service providers are licensed or certified in their respective field.

AIDS Atlanta
AID Atlanta is a site that provides information which promotes AIDS and HIV awareness and education. Information is also given about HIV testing and research and volunteer opportunities.

Georgia AIDS Therapy Information Network
The Georgia AIDS Therapy Information Network (GATIN) was formed in 1990. The Members of this group are representatives of local AIDS organizations and government agencies. Our goal is to educate the community about the dangers of AIDS fraud and to increase the ability of individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

Home But Not Alone (HBNA) Housing Program
Home But Not Alone (HBNA) is a unique shared housing program for people who are living with HIV/AIDS.

Hawaii

Hawai'i AIDS Education and Training Center
The mission of the Hawai'i AIDS Education and Training Center and AIDS Education Project is to provide health and human service workers with the knowledge and skills necessary to care for people living with HIV disease. By listening to the expressed needs of HIV infected clients and their case managers, mental health workers, dental, nursing, and medical care providers, a variety of educational programs are offered throughout the year. These trainings include: one-hour didactic presentations on specific topics such as HIV treatment updates; full-day seminars for HIV case managers; and intensive HIV nursing skill-building programs.

Maui AIDS Foundation
The mission of the Maui AIDS Foundation is to stop the spread of HIV infection and AIDS by raising public awareness and understanding; Maximize the quality of life for those affected by HIV/AIDS through client services, Advocate for improved HIV/AIDS services.

Idaho

South Central Idaho AIDS Coalition
The South Central Idaho AIDS Coalition (SCIAC) is a community-based volunteer organization in collaboration with other community organizations who are dedicated to the prevention of the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and the advocacy, care and physical, emotional and spiritual support of all persons living with HIV and AIDS in South Central Idaho. (Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka & Twin Falls counties). We meet each month to plan activities, share information and discuss the success of past activities.

Illinois

AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Since 1985, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has led the fight against HIV/AIDS in metropolitan Chicago. AFC grants funding for local HIV/AIDS care and prevention programs, advocates for sound AIDS policy and increased public support for AIDS services, and through our Service Providers Council, develops and implements strategies for coordinating AIDS care and prevention services.

AIDSINFOSOURCE.COM
AIDSINFOSOURCE is dedicated to all those affected by HIV. Under the direction of Dr. Daniel Berger, AIDSINFOSOURCE provides the latest and upcoming news in scientific research in the area of HIV and AIDS. We will continue to be a source of information for the community and care givers.

Canticle Ministries
It was in 1992 that the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters, at their quadrennial Province gathering, dedicated part of their impressive ministry work to meeting the needs of the times for people with AIDS. Since then, there have been many dramatic changes in the course and treatment of the disease as well as the impact of stigma, stereotypes, and economics. Canticle Ministries will work with individuals and the community to facilitate the changes necessary so that people with HIV can live life with dignity, autonomy, and respect, while minimizing the impact of HIV on the greater community and lighting the way to a world without AIDS!

Indiana

AIDS Ministries/AIDS Assist of Northern Indiana
The goals of AIDS Ministries/AIDS Assist of Northern Indiana are fivefold... To provide access to community support; To provide assistance to those in need; To educate the public regarding the challenges facing the community regarding HIV/AIDS infection and prevention; To raise public awareness and advocate for the dignity and rights of those infected with HIV/AIDS; To stimulate and collaborate with religious and other communities of care to build networks for education and support.

Indiana AIDS Fund
The Indiana AIDS Fund is a private, philanthropic fund-raising and grant-making organization dedicated to supporting HIV/AIDS prevention and services programs in Indiana. Our goal is to build long-term alliances between Indiana's philanthropic community and HIV/AIDS education and service providers by engaging community leaders in the fight against AIDS.

Iowa

The Rapids AIDS Project
The Rapids AIDS Project (RAP) has been part of the American Red Cross Grant Wood Area Chapter since 1986. RAP serves as an integral part of the Red Cross mission to help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies by educating the community on HIV and AIDS.

Maryland

TeachTheFacts.org
Teach The Facts promotes tolerance and fact-based sex education in Montgomery County Public Schools. This web site provides documents, resources, links, and contacts to help you stay informed, and to help you to make your voice heard.

Massachusetts

AIDS Action
AIDS Action is New England's oldest and largest provider of AIDS services, education and advocacy. Organized in 1983 by a small group of volunteers, the community-based organization now includes a professional staff of 100 supported by several thousand volunteers. AIDS Action currently provides support services to more than 1500 men, women and children living with AIDS and HIV.

Harvard AIDS Institute
In 1988, the Harvard AIDS Institute was created to expedite and expand the already substantial amount of AIDS research conducted at Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals. Now at the forefront of the fight against AIDS, the Institute is dedicated to conducting research to end the worldwide AIDS epidemic.

Physicians for Human Rights
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) promotes health by protecting human rights. We believe that human rights are essential preconditions for the health and well-being of all people. Using medical and scientific methods, we investigate and expose violations of human rights worldwide and we work to stop them.

Michigan

Michigan's PWA Task Force
The Mission of this task force is to express the regional and statewide needs of the PLWH/A community. To facilitate a system which gives recommendations to decision making bodies. To provide advocacy and encourage continued support to meet the evolving needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Midwest AIDS Prevention Project
The Midwest AIDS Prevention Project (MAPP) is one of Michigan's largest and oldest non-profit, community-based organizations whose mission is the prevention of HIV transmission through AIDS education and safer sex information.

University of Michigan HIV/AIDS Treatment Program
Serves as a way to introduce the University of Michigan HIV/AIDS program and to serve as a one-stop resource for those living with HIV & AIDS and those who deliver their care.

Minnesota

MayoClinic.com: AIDS and Infectious Disease Resources MayoClinic.com offers information on infectious diseases and common infections, including AIDS, hepatitis, and influenza.

Missouri

Missouri RAIN (Regional AIDS Interfaith Network)
RAIN of Central Missouri was founded in 1992 by a small group of socially concerned members of the Missouri United Methodist Church in Columbia, Missouri. Within weeks of the initial concept being discussed, an advisory group of 20 community and religious leaders was formed. Word spread throughout the community that an interfaith effort was underway and by December 1992 there were four care teams and a total of 45 volunteers ready to be matched to clients to provide non-medical, compassionate care.

Montana

Montana Gay Men's Task Force
The Gay Men's Task Force is made up of gay men from across the state of Montana. We meet four times a year in person and several times a year via conference calls. The Task Force organizes retreats for gay men, HIV+ men, and young gay men as well as Native Americans. We also advise and make recommendations to the Governor's AIDS Council, and publish VISIONS, a newsletter for the Native American community. We supply free condoms and information on STDs, HIV, and Hep C.

Nebraska

Nebraska AIDS Project
Nebraska AIDS Project is a non-profit ASO, serving the entire state of Nebraska, parts of SW Iowa and Eastern Wyoming. As a statewide organization serving men, women and children affected by HIV and AIDS in Nebraska and Southwest Iowa, Nebraska AIDS Project acts to eliminate the spread of HIV and provides comprehensive services to all people affected by HIV and AIDS.

Nevada

Golden Rainbow
Golden Rainbow's Vision is a uniquely caring and responsive non-profit organization, that exists to ensure that the fundamental needs of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS are met.

Nevada AIDS Drugs Assistance Program (ADAP)
ADAP provides medications to low-income individuals with HIV disease, who have limited or no coverage from private insurance or Nevada.

Nevada State HIV/STD/TB Plan
The Nevada Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan is dedicated to all members of the Nevada Community Planning Group, to those who are living with HIV, to those who have died from complications of AIDS, and to those who work tirelessly to prevent further HIV infections.

Northern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program, Education and Services
NORTHERN NEVADA H.O.P.E.S. is a non-profit, specialty clinic which provides outpatient medical care, education, and services for HIV positive individuals in northern Nevada and eastern California. H.O.P.E.S. is the lead agency for HIV/AIDS treatment and resources for all counties in Nevada except Clark and Nye and is also the main treatment resource for several counties in eastern California.

New Jersey

Buddies of New Jersey, Inc.
Since 1985, New Jersey Buddies has established itself as the foremost resource center serving Bergen and Passaic Counties. Thousands have called our helpline, utilized our food bank, made use of our transportation service, and received assurance either individually or by participating in one of our support groups. Case management, HIV/AIDS education, substance abuse counseling, and translation services are all a part of the support network.

Dogwood Center
The Dogwood Center is an independent, nonprofit research organization concerned with social justice issues related to drugs and AIDS.

South Jersey AIDS Alliance
The South Jersey AIDS Alliance was founded by a group of concerned citizens in Atlantic City in 1985. Over 15 years later it stands as Southeastern New Jersey’s oldest and largest AIDS service organization offering AIDS and HIV support, info and services.

New Mexico

Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services
Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive care to persons impacted by HIV/AIDS and to improving the health and awareness of the community through HIV/AIDS prevention. Camino de Vida is part of the New Mexico Department of Health's regional HIV Health Management Alliance, serving Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, and Sierra counties.

New Mexico AIDS InfoNet
The New Mexico AIDS InfoNet is a project of the HIV Coordinating Council of New Mexico. The InfoNet is intended to make information on HIV/AIDS services and treatments easily accessible in both English and Spanish for residents of New Mexico.

Planet Poz
New Mexico's Real Advocacy InfoNet! Planet Poz is a Non-Profit Organization for the education, research, and rehabilitation of all HIV/AIDS infected and affected people in the world.

New York

North Carolina

Carolina RAIN (Regional AIDS Interfaith Network)
Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) is to engage the faith community in responding to the challenges faced by persons living with HIV/AIDS and in addressing the need for effective prevention education.

Metrolina AIDS Project
Metrolina AIDS Project improves the lives of individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS and strives to prevent further spread of this disease through services, education, and client advocacy. Founded in 1985, MAP is the Charlotte region's leading provider of comprehensive case management, support services, prevention education and direct financial assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Secret Angels Project
Located in Charlotte, NC, the Secret Angels Project provides immediately responsive domestic assistance through crisis, Christmas gifts, back-to-school supplies, and soon we’ll provide direct support services.

University of North Carolina AIDS Clinical Trials Unit
The University of North Carolina AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) is dedicated to conducting and developing research of HIV infection and its associated opportunistic infections and providing access to promising clinical protocols to persons living with HIV.

North Dakota

North Dakota HIV Information
This is the official North Dakota Department of Health HIV/AIDS/STD web site

Ohio

Rx For Ohio
RxForOhio.org is a clearinghouse for patient assistance programs offered to eligible Ohioans, including 140 sponsored by drug manufacturers, plus 185 government and other programs. More than 1,400 medications are listed on the site.

Oklahoma

AIDS Walk Oklahoma
The Purpose of AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City is to build awareness about HIV/AIDS and to raise funds to support the work of nonprofit organizations that provide HIV/AIDS direct care, service and education.

CHAIN: Oklahoma's Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Information Network
CHAIN was funded by the National Library of Medicine in September 2000, one of sixteen AIDS Community Outreach Contracts awarded in FY2000. Designed to serve as a single entry point for Oklahomans needing information about HIV/AIDS, CHAIN is a joint project of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Bird Library, the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, the Oklahoma State Department of Health, and the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN - Oklahoma).

Other Options
Other Options' mission is to create a better understanding of HIV and AIDS, provide training and guidance, support those infected, sustain awareness through Testing and Counseling, and provide comprehensive educational directories that link the affected community to services.

RAIN (Regional AIDS Intercommunity Network) Oklahoma
RAIN Oklahoma is a non-profit organization which provides non-medical practical support and services to people living with HIV/AIDS through teams of volunteers. RAIN also provides HIV/AIDS education in various public forums including schools, businesses and faith communities, and also offers employment services.

Oregon

AIDS Education Council of Eastern Oregon
AIDS Education Council of Eastern Oregon is a private nonprofit, community-based organization that was founded by a group of Union County volunteers who were concerned about HIV/AIDS prevention.

Pennsylvania

ActionAIDS
Founded in 1986, ActionAIDS is Pennsylvania's largest AIDS service organization currently serving over 3,500 individuals and 150 families living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. In addition, we educate over 15,000 youth and adults in diverse communities throughout the Philadelphia region. The number of friends served and educated is growing everyday and we continually open our arms wider to reach out to more people in need.

Catherine's Inspiration for Kids
Catherine’s Inspiration for Kids is a federally recognized, 501 (c)(3), nonprofit organization that is dedicated to fighting the outrageous child rape crisis in South Africa and other countries. Children as young as a few months old are being brutally raped by adult men, many of whom are related to these children . . . .

Critical Path AIDS Project Critical Path AIDS Project was founded by persons with AIDS (PWAs) to provide treatment, resource, and prevention information in wide-ranging levels of detail--for researchers, service providers, treatment activists, but, first and foremost, for other PWAs who often find themselves in urgent need of information quickly and painlessly.

Rhode Island

Infectious Disease in Corrections Report
IDCR News (formerly HEPP News), is a forum for correctional problem solving, targets correctional administrators and HIV/AIDS care providers including physicians, nurses, outreach workers, and case managers. Published monthly and distributed by fax, HEPP News provides up-to-the-moment information on HIV treatment, efficient approaches to administering HIV treatment in the correctional environment, national and international news related to HIV in prisons and jails, and changes in correctional care that impact HIV treatment. Continuing Medical Education credits are provided by the Brown University Office of Continuing Medical Education to physicians who accurately respond to the questions on the last page of the newsletter.

RIPAC - Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition
Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC) is Rhode Island's grassroots medical marijuana community. Patients, caregivers, doctors, health care providers, advocates, lawyers, organizations, and citizens are invited to join our coalition. RIPAC seeks to educate all Rhode Islanders about medical marijuana and its therapeutic benefits, as well as the RI Medical Marijuana Act, as implemented by the RI Department of Health's Medical Marijuana Program.

South Carolina

South Dakota

Berakhah House
Berakhah House is a home for women and men with AIDS. If a woman has a child who also has AIDS, both are welcome. Everyone may apply regardless of race, gender, religious affiliation, or sexual orientation.

Tennessee

Chattanooga Cares
Chattanooga CARES was organized in 1986 and received its non-profit status in 1988. Overseen by a board of directors, the agency employs 13 staff members and uses more than 200 trained volunteers to provide resources to anyone affected by AIDS. The agency maintains a strict policy of confidentiality and treats every client with dignity and respect, neither condemning nor condoning behaviors that place individuals at increased risk for HIV infection. We strive to be the leader in providing AIDS resources for people in our area affected by HIV and AIDS, while continuing our emphasis on prevention as the best tool for fighting HIV infection. We look forward to the day when a cure for AIDS is found, and we can close our doors.

Texas

AIDS Outreach Center
AIDS Outreach Center (AOC) is the primary organization in Tarrant and surrounding counties, Texas, serving men, women and children with HIV or AIDS and their families, educating the public about the HIV epidemic, and advocating for sound HIV public policy.

AIDS Services of North Texas
AIDS Services of North Texas is a nonprofit organization dedicated to decreasing the impact of HIV and AIDS on rural and outer urban communities of North Texas through prevention, care, and advocacy.

The Center for AIDS: Houston
The Center for AIDS operates a treatment information center which is Houston's largest repository of AIDS treatment information. Friendly, knowledgeable staff are on hand to help people find the information they need.

Texas AIDS Health Fraud Information Network
The mission of the Texas AIDS Health Fraud Information Network is to educate the consumer on HIV/AIDS treatment fraud issues and concerns, especially as it relates to potentially dangerous or fraudulent therapies. TAHFIN also refers individuals who believe they have been defrauded to the appropriate regulatory agency.

Utah

Utah AIDS Foundation
In 1985, the Utah Department of Health reported a total of 17 persons living with AIDS in Utah. The state and most citizens were unprepared to address the HIV/AIDS issue. The need for public information and for assistance for persons living with HIV/AIDS forced a community-based response, which ultimately became the Utah AIDS Foundation (UAF). At the Utah AIDS Foundation we offer assistance and expertise to anyone struggling with the complex issues that surround HIV, because we believe that no one should have to confront this disease alone.

Vermont

Vermont Cares
Vermont CARES' mission is to improve the quality of life, create compassionate communities, and prevent the spread of HIV by working with people affected by HIV/AIDS as catalysts for social and individual change.

Virginia

AIDS Services Charlottesville
Comprehensive AIDS/HIV client services and HIV education throughout Central Virginia. Support for families and friends of PWAs.

Fredericksburg Area HIV/AIDS Support Services
The mission of Fredericksburg Area HIV/AIDS Support Services, Inc. (FAHASS) is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to help empower persons infected with and/or affected by HIV/AIDS, living in Planning Districts Nine, Sixteen and the City of Fredericksburg, by acting as their advocate and providing emotional, educational and emergency financial assistance.

Washington

Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
Blue Mountain Heart to Heart is a private non-profit organization providing positive, non-judgmental support and assistance to persons living with HIV/AIDS, their partners, families, and friends in Walla Walla and Columbia Counties of Washington State.

Dunshee House
Dunshee House (formerly known as Seattle AIDS Support Group) builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy, and fulfilling lives by facilitating support, discussion, and skills-building groups; mentoring; and coordinating retreats and special events. SASG maintains its cherished tradition as the Seattle AIDS Support Group by continuing to meet the emotional needs of those affected by HIV/AIDS.

Evergreen AIDS Foundation
Established in 1987, Evergreen AIDS Foundation (EAF) began as a grassroots community effort to meet the needs of people in Bellingham living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). Over the last 15 years EAF has evolved to become the largest community based AIDS service organization north of Seattle and south of Vancouver BC.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance
Lifelong AIDS Alliance was formed in January 2001 through the merger of Chicken Soup Brigade and Northwest AIDS Foundation. This union creates a new agency ready to face a new era in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We provide housing and home chores, food and nutrition services, insurance continuation, transportation, case management, and emergency financial assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS; our community services include prevention education and national public policy advocacy.

Pierce County AIDS Foundation
The mission of the Pierce County AIDS Foundation is to affirm the dignity of all persons, promote the prevention of HIV infection through education and service, assist persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families, and oppose discrimination based on sexism, racism and homophobia associated with this disease. The Pierce County AIDS Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1987 to respond to the needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS in Pierce County. A Board of Directors oversees the work of Foundation staff and volunteers.

The Babes Network
The BABES Network was started by a diverse group of HIV positive women who cam e together to share information, experiences, and support. BABES is founded on the concept that HIV+ women are uniquely qualified to understand and encourage one another.

The Center for Palliative Care Education
The Center for Palliative Care Education is an educational resource center and training program. Our mission is to improve palliative care for people with HIV/AIDS by increasing the knowledge, skills, and comfort level of clinicians to provide this care.

West Virginia

AIDS Network of the Tri-state Area
The AIDS Network is a 501 (c)[3] not for profit community based organization formed to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through education and awarness and to provide support service to those living with HIV.

Wisconsin

AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) provides aggressive HIV prevention; training and education; access to comprehensive services for people affected by HIV disease; clinical research on HIV treatment and HIV advocacy through nine statewide offices.

Wyoming

Wyoming Positives for Positives
In May 2003, Wyoming: Positives For Positives will celebrate ten years of service as a community based, HIV/AIDS service organization. The agency provides much needed, HIV direct care and information services to many segments of rural America, and increasingly, developing countries globally.

Wyoming Rural AIDS Prevention Projects
The Wyoming Rural AIDS Prevention Projects (WRAPP) is a five year research project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. WRAPP is focused on improving the lives of rural men.