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Local Resources
Action for a Better Community: carries out programs touch upon the health, education, safety, employment, and housing of our region's families, individuals, teens, and toddlers.

AIDS Community Health Center: works to provide early and aggressive, comprehensive, community-based health care in an effort to achieve the highest possible quality of life for persons living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Rochester: leads a compassionate community effort within the eight county Finger Lakes region providing a continuum of programs and services including education, prevention, advocacy and support services for people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Anthony L. Jordan Health Center: offers a variety of services; specifically for HIV/AIDS the Center offers HIV testing in a caring and confidential environment and emotional support provided by professional counselors who are on-site to help patients understand the test and the results.

Arnot Ogden Medical Center: a community hospital with selected, highly specialized services, operates as part of a high-quality healthcare delivery system that serves Chemung County, New York and the Twin Tier region of New York and Pennsylvania.

Catholic Charities Community Service: Works in the greater Rochester, NY area and the surrounding communities, to offer support and service to persons with developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury, and HIV/AIDS disease without regard to religion or ability to pay.

Finger Lakes Addiction Counseling and Referral Agency: is a substance abuse treatment provider with over 30 years of experience serving the residents of the 5-County Finger Lakes Region with outpatient, residential, crisis center, vocational and youth services.

Huther-Doyle: provides outpatient treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, prevention education services and HIV outreach and case management.

Metro Countil for Teen Potential: is a membership coalition that promotes a comprehensive community-wide approach to foster youth assets and youth health.

MOCHA Project: provides HIV/AIDS education/outreach, and community development for men of color who are identified as gay, bi-sexual or men who have sex with men (MSM) or young men who have sex with men (YMSM).

Monroe Plan for Medical Care: is a health care management organization that improves health outcomes and reduces disparities for low income and working poor individuals and their families.

PathStone: is a not-for-profit community development and human service organization providing services to low-income families and economically depressed communities throughout New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Vermont, and Puerto Rico.

Perinatal Network of Monroe County: offers services to health and human service providers as well as to pregnant and parenting women and their families.

Step by Step: works to assist women who are, have been or are at risk of being incarcerated to claim their gifts and strengths as the foundation on which to rebuild their lives.

Threshold Center: is the only comprehensive service provider for youth and young adults in the Rochester area. Threshold offers several programs and services, closely integrated to serve the multiple needs of at-risk youth including family planning, a high school equivalency program, vocational programs, computer training, substance abuse prevention counseling, individual and group counseling, health education and community outreach.

University of Rochester Medical Center AIDS Center: is dedicated to providing high quality, comprehensive, multidisciplinary care to persons living with HIV and their families.

Westside Health Center: works to provide health services to the northwest and southwest quadrants of Rochester.

Patient Resources
AIDS Education Global Information System: compiles newswire reports from around the world on HIV/AIDS related issues.

AIDSinfo: is a site run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide information on HIV/AIDS related treatment, medication, clinical trials, and vaccine research.

AIDSMeds: is dedicated to providing people living with HIV the necessary information they need to make empowered treatment decisions. By offering complete, but not complicated, up-to-date info, AIDSmeds.com seeks to help those that are both new and old to this challenge, and to remain a powerful resource for years to come.

The Body: provides information about prevention, treatment, and living with HIV/AIDS, as well as an African-American HIV/AIDS Resource Center and forums.

ClinicalTrials.gov: is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.

Family Health International: addresses the holistic needs of people living with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious and chronic diseases around the world, as well as conducting research on family planning and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and other infectious diseases that aims to improve public health worldwide.

Health Resources and Services Administration's HIV/AIDS Programs: provides information about Ryan White Programs, grants, and the Global HIV/AIDS Program.

HIVandHepatitis.com: provides news articles, as well as information about conferences and trials related to HIV and Hepatitis.

Journal Watch: provides information on the changing landscape of HIV care with perspectives on the latest research, antiretroviral alerts, and succinct case discussions from our expert clinicians

National Association of People With AIDS: works to make a difference in the lives of our constituents by providing information and resources; telling our collective stories in HIV from the past, present, and future; and being the trusted independent voice of people living with HIV.

Project Inform: represents HIV-positive people in the development of treatments and a cure, supports individuals to make informed choices about their HIV health, advocates for quality health care to respond to HIV and related conditions, and promotes medical strategies that prevent new infections.

AIDS and Faith Communities
Balm in Gilead: mission is to improve the health status of people of the African Diaspora by building the capacity of faith communities to address life-threatening diseases, especially HIV/AIDS.

Council of Religious AIDS Networks: is an affiliate of US Religious groups with the common mission to be an open and respectful forum that empowers and mobilises communities in response to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Faith In Action: brings together people of many faiths to help their neighbors in need. Faith in Action volunteers shop, cook, drive or just check in on the millions of Americans with long-term health needs.

National Catholic AIDS Network: assists the Church in recognizing the pain and the unique challenges inherent in the HIV/AIDS pandemic and in living out the Gospel mandate by offering compassionate support, education, referral and technical assistance.

National Episcopal AIDS Coalition: offers support for caregivers, give guidance on prevention, encourage the growth of a network for those who minister to those affected by HIV/AIDS, and advocate for a more compassionate AIDS policy.

National Muslim AIDS Initiative: works to raise awareness within Muslim communities, to increase the sensitivity of key non-Muslim agencies such as hospitals and service providers, as well as non- Muslim caregivers (including relatives and friends who frequently care for Muslims with HIV/ AIDS), to a Islamic customs, concerns and institutions, and to assist Muslim agencies in AIDS impacted areas to secure appropriate government and private HIV/AIDS funding.

Presbyterian Health Education and Welfare Association: provides HIV/AIDS worship resources, and stories from congregations engaged in HIV/AIDS ministries.

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism: provides the position of the Reform Jewish movement's on HIV/AIDS, the religious basis of why fighting HIV/AIDS is important to the Reform Jewish movement, and background on the history of HIV/AIDS as well as important legislation and court cases.

United Church of Christ HIV/AIDS Ministry: has information about the United Church of Christ HIV and AIDS Network, the Global AIDS Ministry Fund, as well as curriculum and advocacy resources.

United Methodist Committee on Relief: provides information on programs run by the United Methodist Committee on Relief including the Global AIDS Fund, AIDS Orphan Trust, a fund for HIV/AIDS ministries, and a fund to support community care for orphaned children in Africa.

Continuing Education
The History of AIDS: documents the history of AIDS with timelines, photos, and links to resources on the Internet in order to raise public awareness through understanding.

Latino Commission on AIDS: is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community.

National Minority AIDS Council: advanced its mission to develop leadership in communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS through a variety of public policy education programs; national conferences; treatment and research programs and trainings; electronic and printed resource materials; and a website. NMAC represents a coalition of 3,000 F/CBOs and AIDS service organizations (ASOs) delivering HIV/AIDS services in communities of color nationwide.

People Living with HIV/AIDS Leadership Training Institute: is designed to educate and motivate our fellow PWHA to become more effective advocates, for ourselves and for our communities.

Grant Opportunities
Health Resources and Services Administration Grant Opportunities: provides program details and application information for open grants.

Legal Resources
Public Interest Law Of Rochester: is a not-for-profit law firm providing high-quality, free civil legal services. PILOR is committed to enhancing the economic conditions and protecting the civil rights of the low-income community of Greater Rochester through individual representation and systemic advocacy.

Volunteer Legal Services Project: is a program that provides free legal help to low-income residents of Monroe County, NY facing non-criminal legal problems. VLSP's services are provided by private attorneys who donate their time and talent to ensure that low-income people have access to the justice system when faced with serious legal problems.

Medicaid Part D Information
Medicaid Part D Fact Sheet [Gay Men's Health Crisis]: provides information on enrollment, payment, and Part D drug benefits, as well as links to presentations made by the Gay Men's Health Crisis about Part D.

Part D Resource Page [Empire Justice Center]: provides information on all aspects of Medicaid Part D from basic facts, benefits, costs, coverage, as well as appeals and greivances.

Prevention
National Prevention Information Network: documents the most recent activities, news, or publications about HIV/AIDS prevention.

Public Policy
AIDS Action: works towards the development and implementation of public health policies including access to treatment and care, effective prevention interventions, continued U.S. global leadership to stop the spread of HIV infection and provide HIV treatment, effective standards for client data collection, reporting and retention, and the development of a comprehensive national AIDS strategy.

Gay Men's Health Crisis: is a not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based organization committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS whose mission is to reduce the spread of HIV disease, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence, and keep the prevention, treatment and cure of HIV an urgent national and local priority.

Housing Works: is committed to ending the twin crises of AIDS and homelessness, and believe that all people have the right to a rich and empowering life. They work to provide high quality services for homeless men, women, and children living with HIV and AIDS in New York City and beyond.

National Association of People With AIDS: was founded over two decades ago as a network of people living with AIDS and HIV (PLWHA) working to better the quality of life for all. Today, NAPWA remains a strong voice in policy, capacity building, leadership development, and social networking.

New York AIDS Coalition: has a leadership role in managing and representing tens of thousands of people living with HIV and AIDS. Their mission is to secure, strengthen, and enhance New York�s community-based fight against AIDS and to promote the fair and compassionate treatment of New Yorker�s living with HIV disease.

UN AIDS: provides detailed information on the policies and practices of the ten organizations that make up UNAIDS, data on the response of UN member nations to HIV/AIDS, and a "knowledge center" which contains information on data, data collection, and educational resources.

U.S. Federal Funding for HIV/AIDS 2009 Budget Request: This fact sheet provides an overview of federal funding for HIV/AIDS in the President�s Fiscal Year 2009 budget request, and comparisons over time, with key funding highlights for domestic and global HIV/AIDS programs. It also includes additional information on federal funding for global TB, malaria, and other global health efforts.

Statistics
AIDS/HIV in New York State: provides state reports on cases, infection, morbidity and mortality, and expenditures in New York state.

CDC Statistics and Surveillance: provides information about HIV and AIDS trends,estimates of HIV prevalence, and information about understading HIV/AIDS data.

State Health Facts [Kaiser Family Foundation]: provides HIV/AIDS related statistics including cases, new cases, annual case rate, infections, deaths, and funding. Also provides a link to global HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria statistics.

Vaccine Trials
HIV Vaccine Trials Network: is an international collaboration of scientists and educators searching for an effective and safe HIV vaccine. The HVTN's mission is to facilitate the process of testing preventive vaccines against HIV/AIDS. Our organization conducts all phases of clinical trials, from evaluating experimental vaccines for safety and the ability to stimulate immune responses, to testing vaccine efficacy.

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative: works to ensure the development of safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccines for us throughout the world.

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