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Communities Served
Communities Served: During the 16 years of program operation, we have created and implemented a variety of specialized editions of the L.I.F.E. Program® to provide culturally relevant programming for diverse communities impacted by HIV/AIDS and breast cancer:
- Gay/bi men and men who have sex with men (MSM)
- Heterosexual men, women, and couples
- Lesbian/bisexual women
- Intravenous drug users (IDU)
- African-Americans
- Latino/a populations, monolingual Spanish speakers and bilingual speakers
- People co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C (HCV)
- People with hemophilia;
- People in recovery from alcohol/drug dependency
- Triple diagnosed, marginally housed, or high-needs clients
- Visually impaired individuals (audio cassettes published by the Braille Institute)
- Women with breast cancer
Sites offering The L.I.F.E. Program®: A number of national sites of varying sizes and capacities successfully run the L.I.F.E. Program® including both urban and rural sites, CBOs/ASOs, hospitals, correctional facilities, and community centers. Below is a list of sites that have run L.I.F.E.:
- Shanti's L.I.F.E. Program, San Francisco: targeting gay/bi men, women, people with HIV/HCV co-infection; urban; English and Spanish
- Shanti Project LifeLines, San Francisco: targeting women with breast cancer; urban
- Black Coalition on AIDS, San Francisco: targeting individuals of color; focusing on treatment adherence; urban
- Sonoma County Health Department, Santa Rosa: urban and rural; English and Spanish
- Bay Area Consortium for Quality Healthcare CA, Oakland: urban
- Fairmont Hospital Adult Immunology Clinic, San Leandro: ; urban
- Orange County Health Care Agency HIV Clinic, Santa Ana: targeting migrant workers; rural; English and Spanish
- San Diego Lesbian and Gay Community Center: targeting LGBT community; urban
- El Dorado County Public Health Department: targeting hard to access rural clients (online)
- Sacramento CARES Clinic: urban and rural
- KC Free Health Clinic, Kansas City, MO: rural and urban
- Good Samaritan Project, Kansas City, MO: rural and urban
- Swope Health Services, Kansas City, MO: , rural and urban
- American Red Cross, Saint Louis: targeting individuals of color; urban
- Washington University Medical Center Project ARK, Saint Louis: targeting African-American women, heterosexual couples, young men of color who have sex with men (MOCSM), and young men who have sex with men (MSM); urban
- Saint Louis Effort For AIDS: targeting MOCSM, and MSM; urban and rural
- Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Fort Lauderdale: general population and targeting MSM; urban
- South Beach AIDS Project, Miami Beach: general population and targeting MSM; urban; English and Spanish
- Jackson Memorial Hospital, South Florida AIDS Network: general population and targeting triple-diagnosed, marginally housed/homeless, high-needs, and MSM; urban; English and Spanish
- Boston Living Center: urban
- Suffolk County House of Corrections, MA; offering Individual Health Counseling and currently beginning first cycle for incarcerated individuals
- Worcester County House of Corrections, MA: offering Individual Health Counseling and currently beginning first cycle for incarcerated individuals
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"When my husband died, I was left with two children to raise and no job skills. I couldn't sleep and I was afraid of what might happen to me. I didn't know anything about what it was like to be a person living with AIDS, what medical treatments were available, if I would even survive a year. Through my individual and group work, I have learned how to cope with my HIV status. I have been frank with my children about my health—their love sustains me. They even help me count out my pills every morning"
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