The last 3 years I've been really lucky to have a great contact in the fundraising department at SFAF. I'm a little jealous of him because he does the kind of job I used to do, and I miss it.
*waves* Hi Cal!
Established in 1982, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community-based AIDS service organizations in the United States. The mission of the agency is to end the pandemic and the human suffering caused by HIV.
Services for Clients
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation provides a variety of vital services and programs designed to improve the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS and to reduce the number of new infections that occur each year.
• The Client Services Department provides a wide range of services to hundreds of people living with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco annually. Highly skilled client advocates provide information referrals to essential community support services and medical care, and advocacy to help clients negotiate the complex set of issues related to HIV.
• Financial benefits counselors help individuals understand and link into the private and public benefits systems, including the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, General Assistance, Food Stamps, Medi-Cal, Medicare, Social Security and private disability plans.
• The Foundation's housing subsidy program provides rental assistance to more than 350 individuals. Through the work of our client advocates and the clients themselves, more than 95% of these individuals remain stably housed.
• Black Brothers Esteem (BBE) promotes the sexual health and well-being of African-American gay and same-gender loving men through a weekly drop-in group, workshops, leadership-building retreats, and other community-building activities. BBE addresses not only issues of HIV, but also the challenges of poverty, substance use, homophobia and racism.
• The HIV Prevention Project, the AIDS Foundation’s needle exchange program, provides more than 2.3 million syringes annually, helping thousands of exchangers and their partners avoid HIV infection and Hepatitis C. Staff and volunteers, nurses, and drug treatment counselors provide free, anonymous exchange and other vital services at various San Francisco locations.
• The Speed Project works with gay and bisexual men who use crystal methamphetamine to assist them in understanding the connections between substance use and their sexual health and well-being. This is done through education, peer support, and alternative social activities.
• El Grupo is one of the longest running bilingual support groups for Latinos living with HIV in the nation. Open to all HIV-positive Latino/as and their families, it provides a safe forum to share information on managing HIV and reducing isolation and stigma.
• The Stonewall Project is a harm reduction counseling and treatment program for men who have sex with men (queer, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning or no label) who have questions about speed, want information and want help dealing with speed.
• Magnet, developed by community leaders and activists, provides sexually transmitted infection services, including HIV testing and screening to the Castro, the neighborhood which continues to have the greatest concentration of new HIV infections in San Francisco. Magnet also creates a space in the Castro for gay men’s social events.