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Our
beneficiaries are the agencies that receive the
revenue generated by our event, and use it to assist
those living with HIV and AIDS in our community. They
are on the front lines of the battle against AIDS,
and we support them in their efforts. All
agencies were evaluated for their business and
accounting practices before being accepted as beneficiaries
of this event.
Click
here for the
Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance Standards
for Charity Accountability.
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Center
for AIDS Research Education and Services [CARES]
CARES exists to provide people from all communities, who are living with
HIV and AIDS, state of the art, comprehensive healthcare and social services
in a self-empowering environment. CARES is the Sacramento area's leading
provider of HIV/AIDS services and the second largest provider of those
services in al of Northern California, including the San Francisco Bay
Area.
CARES is a unique organization. It is a model of service
that is setting a new standard in care. There are very
few places across the country
where people living with HIV/AIDS can access such a broad variety of
programs and services. The agency’s staff and physicians work as a team,
addressing the many challenges that face their clients. Their work saves
lives, and just as importantly, they improve their clients’ quality of
life. CARES continues to be one of the region’s most collaborative healthcare
agencies, engaging with other providers to better serve the community.
One of the agency’s most exciting achievements of 2003 was fully establishing
the Community Care Network for People of Color as a viable effort to
reach out to those segments of the population most at risk.
In 2003, CARES had a caseload of approximately 1600 clients, providing
over 10,400 medical service visits and over 12,000 social service and
education contacts. CARES saw, on average, one new client per day.
CARES
Marty Keale, Executive Director
1500 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
916.443.3299
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Breaking
Barriers Community Services Center
Breaking Barriers Community Services Center recruits and trains community
volunteers to serve people with catastrophic illnesses such as breast
cancer and HIV/AIDS, and educates our community about these conditions.
Our clients come from all walks of life, from the homeless living on
the streets to people who are housed but in need.
We coordinate four primary areas of services and education:
- direct services to provide
transportation, household help, food delivery,
and vital services to clients.
- homeless outreach and
case finding to locate and connect people with
services, including
medical treatment and housing referrals.
- community
development to raise awareness, identify resources,
recruit more volunteers,
and raise community support.
- education and
prevention to provide interactive education,
workshops, and HIV testing for
people at risk.
We’ve been serving clients
in the greater Sacramento area since 1995,
and established ourselves
as an independent agency in January 2001.
Breaking Barriers Community Services Center
John Rambo, Executive Director
2020 V Street, Sacramento, CA 95818
916.447.2437
http://www.breakingbarriers-sacramento.org
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AIDS Housing Alliance / Open Arms Project
Open
Arms is a joint project of AIDS Housing Alliance
[AHA] and Volunteers of America [VOA] with CARES
and Breaking Barriers Community Services Center
as in-kind partners. The project consists
of a twelve-bed shelter for homeless persons
living with HIV/AIDS. The shelter is a
remodeled triplex owned and operated by VOA and
located in Sacramento. VOA employs a case
manager and staff to supervise the shelter 24
hours a day and 7 days a week.
The
target population is newly identified homeless
individuals, both men and women, diagnosed with
HIV/AIDS. Many of these individuals have
dual or triple diagnoses which include drug and
mental health issues and includes those fearful
of being identified as HIV+ and who therefore
avoid or refuse services and shelters available
to the general population.
Breaking
Barriers Community Services Center finds and
refers clients to Open Arms where they can stay
for an initial period up to 30 days [extendable
to a maximum of 60 days]. Clients work
with a case manager to address issues that act
as barriers to more stable housing - whether
that is mental health, drug and/or alcohol use,
acquiring Social Security benefits and so on.
During their stay they are connected with, and
encouraged to use, ambulatory care and other
services at CARES and they meet with a Case Manager/Housing
Specialist from AHA who helps find housing and
follows clients for one year on graduation.
Open
Arms is a much needed project. HIV is increasingly
a disease of the poor, and our facility rarely
has vacancies. It has been operating for
two years and has helped many into more stable
housing and therefore more stable health.
AIDS Housing Alliance
Peter Feeley, Executive Director
PO Box 161908
Sacramento, CA 95816
916.979.0896
http://www.aidshousingalliance.org/
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