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Client Services
Wake, Durham, and Orange Client
Services provides emergency assistance to help meet basic
financial and practical needs of an estimated 800
people living with HIV and AIDS in the
Triangle. Services include emergency financial assistance
for housing,
utilities, bus tickets and other basic needs, a
food pantry to
augment what they can purchase,
arrangements
for case management, help in applying for entitlements such as Medicaid,
food
stamps, etc and referrals to many other services.
All services are free of charge; much time is spent on
individual consultations. Assistance is available every 5-6
months.
Prevention and Education
The Community Education Program
provides comprehensive, skills based, ongoing HIV/STD
education. It provides tailored programs
that will meet the needs of each individual
organization/agency,
after school mentoring group,
etc. Outreach and programs are provided in Spanish to the Latino/a community, with focus on culturally-appropriate
materials and presentations, by bilingual and
bi-cultural staff members. Community
Education provides creative activities that will encourage
and foster healthy lifestyle behaviors and offer information on choices from abstinence
to degree of risk. It provides accessibility to free
resources and written information,
such as brochures and prevention methods. Community Education
provides individual one on one education and pre and post-test counseling.
Request our
Prevention and Education Department
to come out for
a Health Fair or Training
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Housing
Hustead House and Orange
House are Family Care Home providing 24-hour personal care,
assistance with activities of daily
living, medication administration, laundry services,
transportation to
medical appointments, opportunity for
recreational activities and socialization with a cadre of
volunteers. Residents are encouraged to be as independent as
possible and invite family and friends to participate in their lives.
Faith Ministries
In partnership with supporting and partnering
faith communities,
the Faith Ministries Program supports
the Alliance mission in three ways: (1) by
developing, training, and coordinating
faith-based
Care Teams,
(2) by providing
spiritual care and counseling to
persons
living with HIV/AIDS, their families, Care Teams and
other care givers; and (3) by providing
faith-based
HIV/STD education
to faith communities throughout the
Triangle.
Volunteer Services
Volunteers provide services in three
counties, at five agency site locations and are an important
part of agency programs. In Wake County, Alliance volunteers work with the community
through the
client services, faith ministry,
community education, and family
care homes. These
volunteers provide services in a wide variety
of roles, from
shopping for the client services food pantry, cooking meals
at Hustead and Orange House, providing a friendly face to
individuals that get tested for HIV/AIDS, facilitate support
groups and provide practical care and emotional support for persons living
with HIV/AIDS through Faith Ministry Care Teams.
Administrative, Prevention,
and Volunteer Services Office
324 S Harrington St, Suite 101
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 834-2437
(919) 834-3404 fax
Wake County Services Office
23 Sunnybrook Road, Suite 191
Raleigh, NC 27610
(919) 212-9500
(919) 212-9456 fax
Durham County Services
Office
1810 E Main Street
Durham, NC 27703
(919) 596-9898
(919) 596-1782 fax
Orange County Services
Office
1810 E Main Street
Durham, NC 27703
(919) 932-3991
(919) 596-1782 fax |
