| Beneficiaries Beneficiaries for the coming year are usually selected in October of the current year in order to begin soliciting underwriting/sponsorships in November of the current year. This is necessary as many companies' philanthropy budgets for the coming year are often planned and set by the end of the current year. REAF's Board of Director's is currently evaluating REAF's funding for 2008 to determine what events we will produce in 2008. While we anticipate producing the same annual events, declining corporate funding could impact our plans for 2008 events. Deadline for 2008 beneficiary applications is October 8, 2007 BENEFICIARY APPLICATIONS FOR 2008 ARE AVAILABLE FOR
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for both the annual summer gala "Help is on the Way XIV"
Applications can be downloaded
from this site or obtained by writing to: Help is on the Way for the Holidays IX- Beneficiaries for 2007
Positive Resource Center. (PRC) Since 1987, PRC has provided benefits counseling, advocacy and employment services to people affected by or at risk for HIV/AIDS. The Benefits Counseling Program maintains a 90 percent success rate in all Social Security and State Disability claims filed on behalf of clients. In 2004, Employment Services Program achieved 435 job placements including 134 long-term placements. Positive Resource Center serves 2,200 people annually. Help is on the Way XIII - Beneficiaries for 2007
AIDS Legal Referral
Panel. The AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) is the only
institution in the San Francisco Bay Area whose entire mission is
dedicated to providing free and low-cost legal assistance and education
on virtually any civil matter to persons living with HIV/AIDS. This
includes such widely disparate areas as housing, employment, insurance,
confidentiality matters, family law, credit, government benefits
or public accommodations, to name just a few. This is accomplished
through either direct representation of clients by one of ALRP’s
five attorneys or by careful placement of clients with one of ALRP’s
600 panel attorneys. ALRP has handled over 45,000 legal matters
for their clients over the last 23 years.
Maitri’s comprehensive program includes these main components: Access to multi-disciplinary care professionals including nurses, attendants, social workers, physicians, and psychiatrists; Single-occupancy room in a facility designed as a healing space, nurturing home, and functional dwelling; Spiritual and pastoral support; Emotional and practical support volunteers; Activities including art therapy, meditation, and body work; and Home-cooked meals by a stellar kitchen staff and individual dietary plans to meet specific needs STOP AIDS Project. Since 1985, STOP AIDS has been working to prevent HIV transmission among all gay, bisexual and transgender men in San Francisco through collaborative, multicultural and community-based organizing. Initiating a new approach to HIV transmission they focus on identifying those individuals most at risk through their involvement in one or more of six sexual networks: the African American community, public and commercial sex environments, dance clubs, gyms, the leather community and internet sex sites. They also provide services for HIV positive people through their prevention for positives program whereby they inform the newly infected and those close to them with options for retaining their own good health and committing to a lifestyle free of further infection. Vital Life Services. Vital Life Services (formerly The Center for AIDS Services) is a non-profit day center in Oakland providing vital services to those living with HIV/AIDS. VLS provides a nutritious hot breakfast and lunch daily, mental health counseling, case management services, transportation, massage therapy, chiropractic care, acupuncture and herbal therapies, and day center activities such as art class, bingo, and picnics. The Center serves a high percentage of homeless clients therefore they also provide hot showers, laundry service, and a client telephone. They are open Monday through Friday, 9:30am - 4:00pm. All of our services are free of charge. Beneficiaries for Help is on the Way for the Holidays IX will be selected later in the year. Help is on the Way XII - Beneficiaries for 2006 Primary Beneficiaries AIDS Legal Referral Panel. The AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) is the only institution in the San Francisco Bay Area whose entire mission is dedicated to providing free and low-cost legal assistance and education on virtually any civil matter to persons living with HIV/AIDS. This includes such widely disparate areas as housing, employment, insurance, confidentiality matters, family law, credit, government benefits or public accommodations, to name just a few. This is accomplished through either direct representation of clients by one of ALRP’s five attorneys or by careful placement of clients with one of ALRP’s 600 panel attorneys. ALRP has handled over 45,000 legal matters for their clients over the last 23 years. Larkin Street Youth Center. Larkin Street Youth Services provides HIV-positive homeless and runaway youth, aged 12 – 24, with the critical HIV medical care they need and delivers it in the context of other supportive services to ensure that youth can exit street life, stabilize, and fully benefit from their treatment plans. By providing a full complement of age-appropriate and youth-sensitive services out of a single location in the Tenderloin/Civic Center area, in a single centralized location, Larkin Street’s HIV services increase youth’s access to medical care, help combat the spread of HIV among vulnerable youth, and help youth develop the independent living skills they will need to exit street life permanently. Services include an HIV Specialty Clinic; the Assisted Care Program, a 12-bed licensed residential care facility for the chronically ill; an Aftercare Program, offering emergency housing and rental subsidies for HIV+ youth; comprehensive mental health, substance abuse services and counseling services; conventional and rapid HIV testing; and access to youth-specific HIV clinical trials.. Meals of Marin. MOM’s mission is to provide nourishment, comfort, hope and dignity for homebound people in Marin County with AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses through the preparation and home-delivery of freshly cooked, healthy and appetizing meals, geared to the individual clients’ nutritional needs. Most of their clients are homebound and all are either too ill or too poor to cook for themselves. Without MOM’s support, they simply would not be able to eat. With every delivery, they provide a hot dinner and a bagged lunch for the next day. They have never turned anyone away. Positive Resource Center. (PRC) Since 1987, PRC has provided benefits counseling, advocacy and employment services to people affected by or at risk for HIV/AIDS. The Benefits Counseling Program maintains a 90 percent success rate in all Social Security and State Disability claims filed on behalf of clients. In 2004, Employment Services Program achieved 435 job placements including 134 long-term placements. Positive Resource Center serves 2,200 people annually. STOP AIDS Project. Since 1985, STOP AIDS has been working to prevent HIV transmission among all gay, bisexual and transgender men in San Francisco through collaborative, multicultural and community-based organizing. Initiating a new approach to HIV transmission they focus on identifying those individuals most at risk through their involvement in one or more of six sexual networks: the African American community, public and commercial sex environments, dance clubs, gyms, the leather community and internet sex sites. They also provide services for HIV positive people through their prevention for positives program whereby they inform the newly infected and those close to them with options for retaining their own good health and committing to a lifestyle free of further infection. Level II Beneficiaries A&PI Wellness Center. Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center (A&PIWC) HIV Care Services provides free and confidential HIV treatment case management, mental health and substance abuse counseling, on-site primary medical and psychiatric care, client and treatment advocacy, and group and individual support to A&PIs living with HIV/AIDS. New Leaf: Services for Our Community. New Leaf provides professional mental health, substance abuse, and social support services to clients in San Francisco. Youth Aware Program at New Conservatory Theatre Center. The Youth Aware program uses theatre to teach school age children age-appropriate about AIDS and AIDS discrimination, giving them the knowledge and tools to make healthy choices. Project Inform. PI provides HIV treatment education to people with HIV through it’s National HIV/AIDS Treatment Infoline, various treatment publications, website and trainings and town meetings. Vital Life Services. (Formerly Center for AIDS Services, Oakland) VLS provides all of the essential direct services in one convenient location including congregate meals, day cneter facilities, mental health therapy, case managemtn assistance, transportation acupunture and massage. Help is on the Wayfor the Holidays VIII Gala- Beneficiaries for 2006 Pediatric HIV/AIDS Program of Children’s Hospital Oakland. Since 1986, the Pediatric HIV/AIDS program at Children’s Hospital Oakland has provided comprehensive, state-of-the-art care for children with known or suspected HIV infection. Treatment ranges from initial diagnosis through all stages of disease progression, including end-stage disease and terminal care. By participating in the AIDS clinical trials groups through N.I.H., the hospital’s patients are offered the chance to be treated with new HIV drug therapies, vaccines, and medications to help prevent life-threatening infections—treatments not otherwise available to them.
Lyon-Martin Women’s Health Services. Lyon-Martin
offers comprehensive case management services to 150 multi-diagnosed,
predominantly homeless/marginally-housed HIV+ women annually through
their coordination of care for the Women’s Integrated Delivery
System (WIDS). WIDS is an established collaboration between Lyon-Martin,
UCSF, The Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital
(Ward 86) and the Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center. In addition to
overseeing the coordination of care for the collaboration as a whole,
they provide direct medical care to a portion of the WIDS clients.
In conjunction with this program, Lyon-Martin offers one of only
two support groups in the city for HIV+ women.They provide weekly
support groups that focus on treatment adherence and education as
well as provide emergency food, housing vouchers, transportation
assistance, benefits counseling and peer advocacy. PAST BENEFICIARIES
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