2006 HIV/AIDS Community Grants

AGUILAS - $7,500
For the El Ambiente HIV prevention and risk reduction program for gay/bisexual Latinos

AIDS Community Research Consortium (ACRC) - $20,000
For culturally appropriate programs for people impacted by HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C

AIDS Emergency Fund (AEF) - $15,000
For direct and emergency financial assistance for low-income San Franciscans disabled by HIV/ AIDS

AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) - $10,000
For low-cost legal services and programs for people living with HIV/AIDS

AIDS Project East Bay (APEB) - $8,000
For prevention and care-related services to vulnerable and marginalized people with HIV/AIDS in Alameda County

Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center - $5,000
For care and prevention services for Asian and Pacific Islanders living with, or at risk for, HIV/AIDS

Asian Americans for Community Involvement - $5,000
For programs to reduce HIV infection among API immigrants, particularly men who have sex with men

Bay Area Young (BAY) Positives - $12,000
For peer-based support and outreach services for young people living with HIV/AIDS

California Prevention Education Project (CAL-PEP) - $10,000
For a wide range of culturally and linguistically appropriate education, prevention, risk reduction, and support services for people at high risk for HIV/ AIDS

Catholic Charities CYO - $5,000
For supportive housing and residential care for people living with HIV

Community Awareness and Treatment Services (CATS) - $7,500
For care, prevention, and other HIV/AIDS services to homeless and low-income individuals

Community Health Empowerment - $5,000
For needle exchange, healthcare referrals, and HIV/AIDS education to injection drug users in Contra Costa County

Continuum - $10,000
For HIV healthcare, case management, and other services to homeless and low-income people who are at-risk and medically fragile

Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center - $10,000
For prevention, counseling, information, and referrals for people living with, or at risk of, HIV/AIDS in Santa Clara County

Dimensions: Health Services for Queer/Questioning Youth - $5,000
For a full spectrum of culturally competent HIV health and prevention services for LGBTQIQ youth

East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) - $5,000
For the HIV/AIDS Law Project, which offers legal services to HIV-affected clients, as part of EBCLC's work providing hands-on training to law students and legal services to the low-income community

EHC LifeBuilders - $7,500
For case management and supportive programs to help homeless people with HIV/AIDS gain the skills and resources they need for long-term stability

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) - $10,000
For the "Sounding the Alarm" project to increase the awareness about and funding to combat HIV/AIDS among African-American MSMs

HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County (HEPPAC) - $10,000
For needle exchange, food, and related programs to stop the spread of HIV and hepatitis B and C infection among injection drug users and their partners

Immune Enhancement Project - $7,500
For Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), which offers acupuncture, herbs, and massage to low/no-income people with HIV/AIDS, as part of the clinic's low-cost complementary healthcare services

La Clinica de La Raza - Fruitvale Health Project - $10,000
For culturally appropriate HIV prevention programs for MSMs, youth, and monolingual Spanish-speaking active drug users

Larkin Street Youth Services - $7,500
For healthcare and other supportive services for HIV-positive homeless and runaway youth to help them exit street life

Lyon-Martin Women's Health Services - $10,000
For case management and primary care services to homeless and very low-income HIV-positive women and transgender people, as part of Lyon-Martin's community healthcare services for women

Marin AIDS Project (MAP) - $20,000
For comprehensive services for people with HIV/AIDS in Marin County

Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution (N.E.E.D.) - $5,000
For syringe exchange, safer-use supplies, and harm reduction education for injection drug users in the East Bay

New Connections- $10,000
For psychosocial case management and behavioral healthcare services for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS throughout Contra Costa County

New Leaf: Services For Our Community - $7,500
For the HIV/AIDS - Crystal Meth Education Project, which aims to reduce the HIV infection rate of gay/bisexual men who use stimulants, as part of New Leaf's counseling and support services

Pangaea - $35,000
For programs to broaden access to treatment for HIV/AIDS in developing countries

Positive Resource Center (PRC) - $10,000
For employment services and benefits counseling for people living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS

Project Inform - $5,000
For work providing information and advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS

Project Open Hand - $7,500
To grocery and meal service programs for people with HIV/AIDS

Quan Yin Healing Arts Center - $5,000
For the Tenderloin Acupuncture Project, which provides care and treatment for homeless and marginally housed HIV-positive clients, as part of the center's traditional Chinese medicine clinic

Rainbow Community Center - $5,000
For HIV/AIDS programs for LGBTQ people, including mental health counseling, healthcare, emergency assistance, and a crystal meth forum

Rock for AIDS Awareness/Rock Your Awareness - $2,500
For the Rock On Campus Kickoff (ROCK) program of social and HIV education events for youth in Santa Clara high schools

San Francisco LGBT Community Center - $7,500
For the SNAP program, an HIV prevention program for gay/bisexual men who have moved to San Francisco within the past 18 months

San Francisco Suicide Prevention - AIDS/HIV Nightline - $7,500
For the AIDS/HIV Nightline, which provides support and crisis intervention services when all other HIV/AIDS services are closed

Shanti - $35,000
For Shanti's Client Information Systems Program for people with HIV/AIDS, as part of Shanti's work with individuals living with life-threatening illnesses

STOP AIDS Project - $10,000
For programs to prevent HIV transmission among gay, bisexual, and transgender men in San Francisco

Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center (TARC) - $15,000
For HIV/AIDS prevention, education, case management, and housing support

Tri-City Health Center - $5,000
For HIV/AIDS prevention, needle exchange, testing, and care, as part of Tri-City's health services to underserved and low/no-income populations in south, central, and east Alameda County

UCSF AIDS Health Project - $45,000
For a broad range of services that help people cope with the emotional, psychological, and social challenges of HIV/AIDS

Women's Community Clinic - $10,000
For the Outreach and HIV prevention programs, which provide harm reduction and support for women sex workers and homeless injection drug users, as part of WCC's free healthcare for women

Women Organized to Respond to Life Threatening Diseases (WORLD) - $10,000
For education, advocacy, and support programs for HIV-positive women and their loved ones