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A service of the New York Academy

of Medicine Library, providing information
to HIV and AIDS-related, community-based
organizations in the New York Area
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Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC)
www.adarc.org
455 First Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 327-7260
Fax: (212) 327-7299
ADARC provides access to cutting-edge research and clinical studies to individuals newly or recently infected with HIV (less than six months). People can volunteer to join ADARC's Community Advisory Board and/or clinical trials.

African Services Committee, Inc.
www.africanservices.org
Main Office
429 West 127 Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 222-3882
Fax: (212) 222-7067

Satellite Office
28 East 35th St.
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-683-5019
Fax: 212-779-2862
info@africanservices.org
The African Services Committee provides legal, supportive, social, and health outreach to a diverse population of HIV+ and at-risk African, Middle Eastern and Eastern European immigrants and refugees.

AIDS Center of Queens County
www.acqc.homestead.com
97-45 Queens Blvd, 12th Floor
Rego Park, N.Y. 11374
Phone: (718) 896-2500
Fax: (718) 275-2094
ACQC@aol.com
ACQC provides comprehensive services for individuals infected AND affected with HIV/AIDS including the following: Case Management, Mental Health, Support Groups, Legal Assistance, Peer Education & Outreach Programs, Food and Clothing Pantry, Housing Assistance and Independent Living Skills Programs, Permanency Planning, Scattered Site Housing, and Harm Reduction programs.

AIDS Service Center
www.ascnyc.org
41 East 11th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY  10003
Phone: (212) 645-0875
Fax: (212) 645-0705
Through pioneering peer education programs, and a comprehensive range of innovative services, AIDS Service Center NYC (ASC) helps New York City's most vulnerable individuals and families maintain the best possible quality of life and health in the face of HIV/AIDS.  Founded in 1990, ASC fulfills its mission of  "helping many, one by one" by building community, connection and stability for the thousands of New Yorkers we serve each year.

Body Positive
www.bodypos.org
19 Fulton Street, #308-B
New York, NY 10038
Information/Helpline: (800) 566-6599
Phone: (212) 566-7333
Fax: (212) 566-4539
Body Positive provides peer-led education and support groups, magazines and other publications, and public education forums and conferences.

Bronx AIDS Services, Inc.
www.basnyc.org
540 East Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: (718) 295-5605
Fax: (718) 733-3429
info@basnyc.org
Bronx AIDS Services provides extensive outreach, education, and prevention services with programs especially directed toward people at high risk of HIV transmission. The organization also provides case management for Bronx residents living with AIDS and at high risk of HIV infection, nutrition education and counseling services, and a broad range of legal advocacy services. Support groups and domestic violence services are also available.

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
www.callen-lorde.org
356 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 271-7208
Fax: (212) 271-8111
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center is a primary care clinic dedicated to the needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered HIV/AIDS community. Callen-Lorde also maintains a Health Education Resource Center that is open to the general public.

CHEST (Center for HIV Educational Studies & Training)
www.hometown.aol.com/chestnyc
250 West 26th Street, #300
New York, NY  10001
Phone: (212) 206-7919
Fax: (212) 206-7994
CHEST is currently affiliated with Hunter College and New York University (NYU) and has a collaborative relationship with researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM). CHEST conducts research on social and psychological factors that contribute to HIV transmission. Studies at CHEST also seek to identify and promote strategies that prevent the spread of HIV and that improve the lives of people living with HIV.  Click here for internship information.

Community Research Initiative on AIDS
www.criany.org
230 West 38th Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 924-3934
Fax: (212) 924-3936
The Community Research Initiative on AIDS is an independent, non-profit community-based AIDS research center which studies new treatments for HIV-related diseases. CRIA also provides treatment education services including monthly community forums, group workshops, a treatment newsletter, and individual treatment education services.

Conscious Contact of New York
www.ccofny.org
New York Times Square Station
P.O. Box 857
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 664-1966
Fax: (212) 664-8674
Quarterly listing of HIV/AIDS events around town. All events are free or have access to scholarships for people living with HIV/AIDS. Also maintain a weekly updated web page of events.

Direct Access Alternative Information Resources (DAAIR)
www.daair.org

119 West 23rd Street, Suite 404
New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 255-9280
Fax: (212) 255-9355
info@daair.org
DAAIR is a members-only, not-for-profit buyers club for nutrients and other natural therapies for persons with HIV and other chronic illnesses such as CFIDS, Hepatitis, MS/ALS and diabetes. DAAIR also develops and distributes information about its products, as well as a free Treatment Information Pack (TIP) for HIV and other chronic illnesses as available.

Exponents/ARRIVE
www.exponents.org/programs
151 West 26th Street
New York, New York 10001
Phone: (212) 243-3434
Fax: (212) 243-3586
The mission of Exponents/ARRIVE to assist individuals and families through difficult transitions - from addiction to recovery, from incarceration to civilian life; from HIV negative to HIV positive, and from welfare to work. Eponents/ARRIVE peer-based programs create a sense of community among substance users to provide outreach, education and support. Exponents/ARRIVE advocates that former users play a role in the fight against AIDS and drug abuse.

Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
www.gmhc.org
The Tisch Building
119 West 24th Street
New York, NY, 10011
Phone: (212) 807-6655 or 1-800-AIDS-NYC
GMHC offers hands-on support services to more than 9,500 men, women and children with AIDS and their families in New York City annually, as well as education and advocacy for hundreds of thousands nationwide.

God's Love We Deliver (GLWD)
www.godslovewedeliver.org
166 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 294-8100
Fax: (212) 294-8101
GLWD delivers fresh, nourishing meals to homebound people with AIDS throughout New York City and nearby Hudson County, New Jersey. It also provides meals for clients' dependent children.

Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
AIDS Services

www.jbfcs.org
850 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 399-2685 x230
Fax: (212) 399-3525
The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, AIDS Services provides HIV/AIDS education workshops, peer education sessions, classroom programs, and other projects related to HIV/AIDS. The organization is also conducting research in all target populations regarding services needed, knowledge received, and efficacy of programs implemented.

Long Island Association for AIDS Care (LIAAC)
www.liaac.org/index2.html
755 Park Avenue (Broadway)
Huntington Station, NY 11746
Phone: (631) 385-2451
Fax: (631) 385-2496
LIAAC provides current information, screened referrals, educational programs and direct services to Long Island, NY residents who are concerned about HIV/AIDS.

M.E.N.T.O.R.S.
Middle East Natives Testing, Orientation and Referral Services
www.mentorsny.org
110 West 40th Street
Suite 1601
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 398-5992
Fax: (212) 398-5993
M.E.N.T.O.R.S. offers HIV/STD prevention outreach, comprehensive case management to HIV positive clients, community-level interventions, and development of peer leadership to Middle Eastern immigrants. HIV services focus on HIV prevention/risk reduction and access to HIV counseling, testing and treatment. The staff at M.E.N.T.O.R.S. are fluent in Arabic and French.

The Momentum AIDS Project
www.momentumaidsproject.org

155 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 691-8100
Fax: (212) 691-2960
momentum@momentumaidsproject.org
The mission of The Momentum AIDS Project is to sustain health and foster hope by providing communal meals, pantry bags, and supportive counseling services in a caring, non-judgmental environment to New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

New York City Hospice & Supportive Care AIDS Initiative
www.aidsnyc.org/hospice
Phone: (212) 420-2838
Fax: (212) 844-1802
The New York City Hospice & Supportive Care AIDS Initiative represents the hospic programs of New York City in addressing the needs of patients with advanced AIDS.

The River Fund New York, Inc.
www.riverfund-ny.org
89-11 Lefferts Blvd.
Richmond Hill, NY 11418
Phone: (718) 441-1125
Fax: (718) 441-1126
info@riverfund-ny.org
The River Fund Provides food services to the hungry, homeless, and HIV/AIDS populations throughout the New York City Area via their Movable Feast program, which prepares meals and delivers them to soup kitchens in need of food. They also provide a food program the delivers bagged lunches to Rufus King Park, Jamaica, as well as providing food to other organizations that are in need of food. Visitation and recreation programs for HIV/AIDS residents of area health care facilities supplying them with food, gifts and emotional support throughout the year and on each major holiday.

Staten Island AIDS Task Force
www.aidsinfonyc.org/siatf/index.html
42 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
Phone: (718) 981-3366
Fax: (718) 981-3629
HELPLINE: (718) HIV-CALL
(Education and Outreach Department is located at 25 Hyatt Street, Staten Island, NY 10301)
SIATF services are designed to assist people living with HIV and their families in obtaining and coordinating the various services available to them. Service includes referrals for medical care, social security, public assistance, health insurance, drug assistance, legal assistance, transportation and nutrition services. The Task Force also offers a variety of training programs, support groups, and volunteer opportunities.

Village Care of New York
www.vcny.org
154 Christopher Street
New York, NY 10014
Phone: (212) 337-5600
Fax: (212) 366-7197
Village Care of New York provides a Network of AIDS Services with day treatment programs, home health care and case management along with residential care at Rivington House.

YouthBASE, Inc.
www.youthbase.org
131 Livingston Street, Room 623
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 935-5606
Fax: (718) 935-5197
The mission of YouthBASE  is to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS among New York City's adolescents and young adults. YouthBASE works with young people, community-based organizations, and the New York City Department of Education to train and empower students, teachers, and parents through effective youth-focused HIV/AIDS prevention strategies.

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