Southern Arizona Aids Foundation

Care services: the care services department ensures that people living with hiv/aids have access to the services they need to maintain optimal health and live as independently and safely as possible. Care services programs are grouped into three primary areas: case management, support services, and housing services.of all the people served last year, 90% were living 80% or lower of city median income, with 51% living below the poverty level. Due to the ongoing economic conditions and the stress of living with limited incomes, the demand remained high for basic support services including housing, food, transportation, emergency rent and utility assistance, as well as essential medical services including dental care and medical benefits management.once again, saaf provided services to the greatest number of people in its history, serving 1,565 people living with hiv/aids in Southern Arizona and their household members. Case management services: - case management provided needs assessments, the ...

The volunteer resources program offers volunteer support to all areas of saaf in addition to providing vital outreach to the community. Volunteers receive training, continuing education, and staff support to acquire the skills needed to take on these important roles throughout the agency. Volunteer resources provides monthly orientations to new volunteers. Volunteers made an impact by helping to support a healthier and stigma-free community through advocacy, outreach, and support.in 2019, 443 volunteers provided 6070.5 volunteer hours, which equates to approximately $154,373 according to the independentsector.org and the bureau of labor statistics.

Prevention/ education: saaf's prevention department creates healthier communities through innovative education, training, and outreach services to reduce the transmission of hiv, hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections by using safe and supportive approaches. Prevention services targeted populations at increased risk of hiv infection or transmission, hepatitis c infection, substance use, sexual assault, and suicide. Communities served included gay/bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (msm); men and women who inject drugs, have a history of injection drug use, are currently in drug treatment, and/or have a history of incarceration; youth, including young people of color and lgbtq youth; and people living with hiv/aids. Saaf provided effective behavioral interventions, public health strategies and health education and risk reduction activities that included outreach, individual-level interventions, group-level interventions, community-level interventions, health education/public information, and social media strategies. Hiv counseling and testing was provided by trained saaf staff. Testing was available at ...