Southern Tier Aids Program

Client services - provides care coordination, care system navigation, referral to resources, client advisory advocacy, housing services, nutritional support, treatment education/advocacy to individuals living with hiv, and other chronic illnesses and their families. These services improve the health and quality of life of individuals with hiv and other chronic illnesses while preventing costly emergency room visits and inpatient hospital admissions. 2,039 people served.

Volunteer services - volunteers assist and extend the reach of the agency in a variety of critical areas, including; community harm reduction, prevention education, client services, fundraising, office & administrative support, and governance. We are particularly proud of the fact that many of our services are peer delivered and that many clients of the agency volunteer their time with stap. Approximately 21 volunteers. Restrictions related to the covid-19 disruption inhibited our ability to engage directly with volunteers in the manner that we typically would prefer to do. In spite of these limitations, we continued to engage with volunteers and the larger community in furtherance of our mission.

Prevention and education services - provides hiv and hepatitis c prevention interventions using researched and proven best practices tailored to specific populations, i.e. Men who have sex with men, women of color, injection drug users, active substance abusers, and incarcerated individuals. The syringe exchange programs provide harm reduction training/education and facilitate entry into substance use treatment for people who wish to cease or decrease their drug use. The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth center has as its focus raising community awareness about the developmental needs of lgbt youth and providing health education and social support specific to lgbt youth. 4,291 participants.