--ITTLESON FOUNDATION-- AIDS Grants

2007

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 2007

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and Family $30,000

Washington, DC

To transform the National Consumer Leadership Corps Training Program into one that can be replicated by local AIDS organizations around the nation. Currently the program trains 45-55 women and youth in Washington, DC who then return to their communities around the country to provide HIV prevention, education and treatment information through local workshops and other outreach to women and youth. This grant will adapt the model so local organizations can use it to provide such training to women and youth in their communities. This will exponentially grow the number of trained individuals reaching out to these high-risk and underserved populations. In year one, the Alliance will adapt its model including developing a replication guide and modifying the curriculum. The replication will be piloted in DC. Learning from that experience, the Alliance will partner with two locations, one rural and the other urban.

(Second payment of an $85,000 grant)

Common Impact $25,000

New York, NY

To begin the national replication of Common Impact’s highly leveraged model of capacity building for AIDS, Mental Health, and other non-profit organizations. In particular, Common Impact addresses the information technology (IT), marketing, and human resources needs of such organizations by first helping them identify these needs and then recruiting a custom selected team of corporate volunteers to help them, usually over the course of six months, implement the plan to meet them. Highly successful in Boston, Common Impact will grow nationally to meet the need for services across the country.

(Second payment of an $80,000 grant)

Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project $10,000

New York, NY

For support of CHAMP's (Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project) Prevention Justice Partnership to amplify the voices of a new generation of underserved and at-risk populations in the debates and decisions on HIV/AIDS prevention policies that affect their lives. The Prevention Justice Partnership will pilot a model of strategic training, mentoring, and program development to build a national network of new leaders addressing HIV prevention. Each year 6-8 groups will become partners and a cadre of up to 10 people from each local group will receive customized small-group training. The organizations will receive intensive technical assistance and capacity building, helping them to develop and implement a strategic plan to take on a prevention issue. The cadre of trained local leaders will be linked to national networks to help engage them and their organizations in addressing national preservation policy issues. Through this grant, 120-160 emerging leaders--primarily people living with HIV and young leaders from the heavily impacted communities reflecting the new demographics of AIDS--from 12-16 groups, will help re-energize prevention efforts nationally.

(Final payment of an $85,000 grant)

Partners in Health $50,000

Boston, MA

To replicate their successful community-based HIV self-management support program: Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment Project (PACT) in two communities in the United States and position it for wider domestic replication.

(First payment of an $90,000 grant)

SIECUS $45,000

New York, NY

Funding for “Past, Present, Prevention: Real Messages to Stop HIV Infection,” an effort to develop new HIV-prevention messages to respond to the changing realities of the AIDS epidemic in the United States and to devise an action plan for their implementation and new ways for their delivery.

2006

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 2006

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and Family $50,000

Washington, DC

(First payment of an $85,000 grant)

Common Ground $10,000

Cambridge, MA

To develop a model program that will train and employ people with HIV/AIDS in the renovation of underutilized prominent downtown properties into housing for special needs populations such as the mentally ill, people with HIV/AIDS and the homeless. Common Ground will develop and showcase their model through a signature renovation project in Manhattan--the ballroom of the Prince George Supportive Housing Program. They will document the process, develop materials to recruit and educate those seeking to imitate their model, disseminate the model through Common Ground's existing replication program and other venues, and provide training materials and technical support to those utilizing their training. Through Common Ground's existing network, they have the ability to reach similar organizations in communities across America.

(Final payment of a $85,000 grant)

Common Impact $40,000

Cambridge, MA

To begin the national replication of Common Impact's highly leveraged model of capacity building for AIDS, Mental Health, and other non-profit organizations. In particular, Common Impact addresses the information technology (IT), marketing, and human resources needs of such organizations by first helping them identify these needs and then recruiting a custom selected team of corporate volunteers to help them, usually over the course of six months, implement the plan to meet them. Highly successful in Boston, Common Impact will grow nationally to meet the need for services across the country.

(First payment of a $80,000 grant)

Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project $35,000

New York, NY

(Second payment of an $85,000 grant)

2005

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 2005

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

Center for Adolescent Health and the Law $50,000

Chapel Hill, NC

To support "Access to HIV Services for Vulnerable Adolescents," an initiative to ensure that this population has access to essential age-appropriate prevention, diagnostic, and treatment services for HIV and AIDS. Through this project, the Center will identify the most critical legal and policy barriers and questions that currently impede delivery of these services and based upon in-depth legal and policy research and analysis, develop answers to these questions and identify strategies for overcoming the barriers. The Center will develop a manual and several short fact sheets on these barriers for service providers, researchers, and policymakers. This information will be extensively disseminated using the Center's existing networks of contacts in the HIV prevention, treatment, and research communities. The Center will also provide strategic advice to advocates at the state level in response to their requests for information on dealing with legal and policy barriers to HIV services. This grant lays the groundwork for efforts that will continue throughout the next four years thanks to pledged other funding.

Common Ground $15,000

New York, NY

(Second payment of an $85,000 grant)

Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project $40,000

New York, NY

(First payment of a $85,000 grant)

Family Justice $30,000

New York, NY

To create and disseminate a new coordinated model of service delivery for individuals under community justice (those in the criminal justice system but on parole, probation, etc.) and their families dealing with the problems of HIV/AIDS and mental health disorders, often further complicated by substance abuse. The project focuses on community health providers and seeks to create educational initiatives to advance new practices for providing integrated services emphasizing partnerships and strength-based family approaches. The model will be piloted with community health care providers and nationally disseminate through a educational "tool kit."

(Second payment of a $75,000 grant)

2004

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 2004

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

AIDS Housing of Washington $20,000

Seattle, WA

To support the Systems Integration Dissemination initiative to address the housing and service needs of individuals and families with HIV/AIDS who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and who have histories of mental illness, chemical addiction, and/or other chronic health problems and episodes of incarceration. AIDS Housing will disseminate its model program by first developing a training module and curriculum and then employing these materials in a series of four training institutes across the country. Training and curriculum will be made available nation-wide via the Internet and through the organization's work as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's primary technical assistance provider for AIDS housing.

(Final payment of an $40,000 grant)

Common Ground $60,000

New York

(First payment of a $85,000 grant)

Family Justice $45,000

New York, NY

To create a new coordinated model of service delivery for individuals under community justice (those in the criminal justice system but out on parole, probation, etc.) and their families dealing with the problems of HIV/AIDS and mental health disorders, often further complicated by substance abuse. The project focuses on community health providers and seeks to create educational initiatives to advance new practices for providing integrated services emphasizing partnerships and strength-based family approaches. The model will be piloted with community health care providers and nationally disseminated through an educational "tool kit."

(First payment of a $75,000 grant)

National Youth Leadership Council $15,000

St. Paul, MN

In support of Project Y-RISE: Replicating Innovative Strategies and Excellence in youth-led HIV/AIDS prevention. This proposal seeks to engage the national service learning network as a force for advancing HIV/AIDS prevention. The project will increase the use of service-learning as a strategy for meaningful sex education and youth-led HIV/AIDS prevention both in schools and in partnership with community-based organizations. A computer-based portal will bring together information and best practices, a white paper on best practices will be produced, a curriculum developed and piloted to "train trainers" to advance HIV/AIDS prevention through service-learning. A national network will be created and ongoing technical assistance provided.

(Final payment of an $55,000 grant)

2003

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 2003

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

AIDS Housing of Washington $20,000

Seattle, WA

(First payment of a $40,000 grant)

Health Care of Southeastern Massachusetts, Inc. $35,000

(SPHERE)
Brockton, MA

One time grant to SPHERE, the Statewide Partnership of HIV Education in Recovery Environments (a program of Health Care of Southeastern Massachusetts, Inc.) to develop and implement an Online Harm Reduction Training Program. The grant will underwrite the development of a 6-week training program that will focus on integrating HIV and harm reduction into drug and alcohol treatment. This program will target drug and alcohol treatment counselors increasing their knowledge and capacity to integrate harm reduction information, skills, and referrals into their individual counseling and group education work.

Matrix Research Institute $10,000

Philadelphia, PA

To collect, disseminate, and help replicate Best Practices in employment support and services for People Living with HIV/AIDS. A national HIV & Work Summit will be held to help gather existing Best Practices in the field. This, and other material, will be synthesized, edited, and made into a usable manual. A website will be developed. Best practices will then be replicated at 3-5 locations as demonstration projects. Technical assistance and training will be provided.

(Final payment of a $50,000 grant)

National Youth Leadership Council $40,000

Saint Paul, MN

(First payment of an $55,000 grant)

SIECUS $20,000

New York, NY

To support "On The Right Track", SEICUS's initiative to incorporate HIV prevention and sexuality education as critical components of youth development programs across the country. By creating training material and a training program for professionals who serve youth, and providing ongoing, in-depth technical assistance to youth development organizations, SIECUS will enable youth development organizations to be the missing delivery mechanism to provide youth across the country with the accurate information and skills they need to avoid HIV infection, STDs, or unwanted pregnancies.

(Final payment of an $80,000 grant)

2002

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 2002

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

Advocates for Youth $20,000

Washington, DC

To launch "Creating On-line Communities: Support, Resource and Information for HIV-positive Youth", an initiative to create a safe and effective web site to provide these youth with information on HIV testing and counseling, HIV drug treatment, self-care, and mental and emotional needs.

(Second payment of a $60,000 grant)

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals $20,000

Boston, MA

To develop Phinney's Friends, a largely volunteer driven support program for People with AIDS who have pets, as a national model. The program is dedicated to helping PWA maintain their health and enhance their overall quality of life by securing the important and beneficial relationship they share with their companion animals. The MSPCA proposes to construct a new model of volunteerism that will allow for an expanded program while maintaining quality. Once this model is developed and tested, it will be documented so it can be used as a blueprint to replicate the program in other areas of the country.

Matrix Research Institute $40,000

Philadelphia, PA

To collect, disseminate, and help replicate Best Practices in employment support and services for People Living with HIV/AIDS. A national HIV & Work Summit will gather existing Best Practices in the field. This, and other material, will be synthesized, edited, and made into a usable manual. A web site will be developed. Best practices will then be replicated at 3-5 locations as demonstration projects. Technical assistance and training will be provided.

(First payment of a $50,000 grant)

Scenarios USA $30,000

New York, NY

To support the testing, refinement, and development of a national replication strategy for Scenarios USA, an innovative AIDS prevention program for underserved at-risk youth.

(Final payment of an $80,000 grant)

SIECUS $60,000

New York, NY

To support, "On the Right Track", SIECUS's initiative to incorporate HIV prevention and sexuality education as critical components of youth development programs across the country. By creating training material and a training program for professionals who serve youth, and providing ongoing, in-depth technical assistance to youth development organizations SIECUS will enable youth development organizations to be the missing delivery mechanism to provide youth across the country with the accurate information and skills they need to avoid HIV infection, STDs, or unwanted pregnancies.

(First payment of an $80,000 grant)

2001

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 2001

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

Advocates for Youth $40,000

Washington, DC

(First payment of a $60,000 grant)

Center for Child Health $35,000

Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center

New York, NY

(Final payment of a $75,000 grant)

Scenarios USA $50,000

New York, NY

To support the testing, refinement, and development of a national replication strategy for Scenarios USA, an innovative AIDS prevention program for underserved at-risk youth using film as a medium to engage youth, schools, and the entire community.

(First payment of an $80,000 grant)

Village Care of New York $20,000

New York, NY

To fully develop and disseminate a model AIDS-specific Mental Health Program. Unlike "mainstream" mental health programs, this program will be HIV/AIDS specific, focusing on wellness and utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach combining both traditional and non-traditional methods. The Program will address the same range of mental health problems experienced by the greater community in addition to issues of adherence, risk behaviors, coping with side-effects of drug therapies, substance abuse and disclosure. Individual, couple, family, and/or group counseling will be supplemented by acupuncture, relaxation, nutritional counseling, stress reduction and pain management.

(Final payment of an $80,000 grant)

2000

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 2000

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

AIDS Project Los Angeles $25,000

Los Angeles, CA

A one-time grant of $25,000 to design, publish, and distribute Latino Positivo, a new national Spanish language publication detailing treatment information, health news, and other educational topics addressing the needs of Latinos/as living with HIV/AIDS whose primary or preferred language is Spanish.

Children's Hospital Foundation $25,000

Philadelphia, PA

To improve the lives of HIV infected children by increasing adherence to medication regimens. This project will identify barriers to children taking their HIV medications and devise interventions to overcome these barriers. Interventions will include working with pain and feeding experts, nutritionists and psychologists. Social interventions will focus on educating the children's caregivers including one-on-one instruction, the use of support groups, and the creation and distribution of a caregiver handbook. The study will identify what interventions work best in what situations. Information learned will be shared through professional associations of physicians, nurses and social workers, journal articles, meetings with other hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies. Information on the findings will also be available on the Hospital's website and the National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center home page.

(Final payment of a $75,000 grant)

Community Research Initiative on AIDS $20,000

New York, NY

To implement a new HIV treatment education technical assistance (TA) service that will allow the Community Research Initiative on AIDS (CRIA) to teach staffs of AIDS service organizations how to provide life-saving HIV medical information to tens of thousands of people living with AIDS. The program will train over 400 staff members from AIDS service organizations on how to provide accurate information on a wide range of health care issues to their thousands of clients. Counselors, nurses, and social workers already at work in these agencies will deliver this information. There is an additional follow-up component keeping those who have been trained appraised of medical advances. The technical assistance program will start in NYC and then be replicated in at least four additional cities nationwide per year. CRIA will partner with a lead agency in each city to conduct the TA program. Through these combined efforts it is estimated up to 50,000 underserved people living with AIDS a year will be reached.

(Final payment of a $50,000 grant)

The Miriam Hospital Foundation $40,000

Providence, RI

A one-time grant of $40,000 as seed money for "Project Prevent", a pilot project demonstrating that HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases can be prevented and reduced among low income substance abusing men and women by providing a comprehensive array of personalized, multi-disciplinary services (including rapid testing) through publicly funded detoxification centers.

Preventive Intervention Research Center for Child Health $40,000

Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

To study the effects on children of shouldering caregiving responsibilities due to their single mother's HIV/AIDS illness and to design and disseminate model intervention programs to provide support to these young caregivers. The project consists of an applied research study of children of parents with HIV/AIDS. This study will supply critical data on the magnitude of the problem. It will identify which children are at risk for parentification so programmatic help can be targeted to them. Preventive interventions will be designed to assist families faced with a single parent's HIV/AIDS illness. Using what is learned through the applied research and assisted by an advisory group of parents and children, three program models of services will be developed as well as best methods of presenting the problem and program to families. In addition to dissemination over the web, the models will be shared through existing networks of groups and individuals dealing with families affected by HIV/AIDS.

(First payment of a $75,000 grant)

Village Care of New York $60,000

New York, NY

(First payment of an $80,000 grant)

1999

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 1999

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

AIDS Medicine & Miracles $10,000

Denver, CO

To implement a new HIV+ youth initiative that will make AIDS, Medicine & Miracles' successful retreat more targeted and accessible to HIV+ youth. These retreats, which explore medical and complementary therapies, as well as psycho- social and spiritual opportunities for people living with HIV/AIDS, will be expanded to include a special one-day seminar at the commencement of the retreats designed for youth participants. Workshops specific to HIV+ youth dealing with issues such as sex & dating and disclosure of HIV status will be added. The goal is to empower HIV+ youth to be more active in their healthcare decisions and to be more aware of the wide range of treatment options available to them. The grant will cover the development of this seminar and related youth-targeted activities at the retreats, their implementation for two years, and the subsidized participation of 120 HIV+ youth at the retreats over two years. After the grant period, they anticipate securing other funds to continue the initiative.

(Final payment of a $40,000 grant)

Children's Hospital Foundation $25,000

Philadelphia, PA

To improve the lives of HIV infected children by increasing adherence to medication regimens. This project will identify barriers to children taking their HIV medications and devise interventions to overcome these barriers. Interventions will include working with pain and feeding experts, nutritionists and psychologists. Social interventions will focus on educating the children's caregivers including one-on-one instruction, the use of support groups, and the creation and distribution of a caregiver handbook. The study will identify what interventions work best in what situations. Information learned will be shared through professional associations of physicians, nurses and social workers, journal articles, meetings with other hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies. Information on the findings will also be available on the hospital's website and the National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center home page.

(Second payment of a $75,000 grant)

Community Research Initiative on AIDS $30,000

New York, NY

To implement a new HIV treatment education technical assistance (TA) service that will allow the Community Research Initiative on AIDS (CRIA) to teach staffs of AIDS service organizations how to provide life saving HIV medical information to tens of thousands of people living with AIDS. The program will train over 400 staff members from AIDS service organizations on how to provide accurate information on a wide range of health care issues to their thousands of clients. Counselors, nurses, and social workers already at work in these agencies will deliver this information. There is an additional follow-up component keeping those who have been trained appraised of medical advances. The technical assistance program will start in NYC and then be replicated in at least four additional cities nationwide per year. CRIA will partner with a lead agency in each city to conduct the TA program. Through these combined efforts it is estimated up to 50,000 underserved people living with AIDS a year will be reached.

(First payment of a $50,000 grant)

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative $40,000

New York, NY

For their Internet Communications Project to speed the development of AIDS Vaccines. They plan to develop their web site to target and better serve: 1) vaccine researchers and other scientists, 2) policymakers in government, academia and industry, 3) the media and lastly, 4) the general public. IAVI will survey readers of its publication (the only one devoted exclusively to AIDS vaccine research and development) to shape the content of the web site; will enhance the site's authoritative reporting, analysis and sharing of information; develop the site as a tool to stimulate and involve AIDS vaccine experts in sharing information and strategies; more rapidly disseminate critical scientific knowledge and news, and reach a broader audience. Features will include: bi-weekly e-mails alerting subscribers to new developments; a multi-language format since work is going on across the globe; provide universal access; and create a feedback loop and easy links to experts.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund $35,000

New York, NY

Seed money to develop and advocate the adoption of policy guidelines for HIV education and prevention efforts targeted to at-risk youth {with a particular focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth} in foster care systems across the country, as a critical component of a larger Foster Care Reform Initiative being launched by the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. To make foster care systems accountable for meeting the needs of this population, Lambda will develop coherent policy guidelines for care providers including standards stressing explicit, culturally-relevant prevention information linked with measures to end anti-LGBT violence and abuse in foster care settings. A multi-faceted approach, including seeking changes in accreditation requirements and other key standards, will be taken. The program will be piloted in several diverse locations and disseminated through Lambda's four regional offices and will utilize and benefit from both their extensive network of contacts and their national reputation.

National Rural Health Association $38,000

Washington DC

To research, produce and distribute a Rural HIV/AIDS Resource Directory to improve access to and the quality of services available in rural areas for people at risk for or currently living with HIV/AIDS. Aimed at health professionals and others working and serving rural HIV/AIDS clients, the directory will pull together in one place: (1) information for successful rural HIV/AIDS services, education and prevention programs; and (2) a comprehensive listing of state and national resources, both public and private, for treatment information, funding sources and national educational materials for those in rural areas. The Directory will: centralize rural-specific HIV/AIDS information, provide information on programs that can be replicated in rural areas; and provide information on other resources that may be helpful to rural healthcare providers, social service agencies, public health departments, schools, churches and others. The Directory will be available in print and online. It will be kept updated on line for at least one year.

National Youth Advocacy Center $20,000

Washington DC

To develop a Training of the Trainers (TOT) program addressing the unique HIV prevention needs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) youth. This project will identify the model programs and current experts addressing this high risk population, gather this experience into a training manual of creative and successful prevention strategies, and then provide training on these models and strategies on a regional basis creating a cadre of trained individuals, each of whom will then offer training and technical assistance within their own region. Using Internet technology, this growing network of trainers will be able to receive information and ongoing support. A buddy system between trainers will facilitate the continual sharing of new strategies and new networks of HIV expertise. By the end of the project period a network of at least 500 trained individuals will be in place across the country trained to provide and develop creative HIV prevention programs designed specifically to address the GLB population.

(Final payment of a $60,000 grant)

1998

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 1998

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

AIDS Medicine & Miracles $30,000

Boulder, CO

(First payment of a $40,000 grant)

AIDS Nutrition Services Alliance $20,000

Washington DC

To help launch the AIDS Nutrition Services Alliance (ANSA), a newly created organization serving as a link among AIDS nutrition providers across the country. The purpose of ANSA is to allow nutrition programs to pool resources, share wisdom, and have a unified voice to educate and advocate for the nutritional needs of people living with AIDS. Presently 80 organizations are members of ANSA; through ANSA they will be able to share information on nutrition using the web, publications and their annual conference; provide technical assistance to make it possible for the more experienced organizations to help less experienced ones develop and replicate successful programs; educate others including government on the nutritional needs of people with AIDS, and explore the possibility of saving limited resources through group purchasing opportunities.

The Children's Hospital Foundation $25,000

Philadelphia, PA

To improve the lives of HIV infected children by increasing adherence to medication regimens. This project will identify barriers to children taking their HIV medications and devise interventions to overcome these barriers. Interventions will include working with pain and feeding experts, nutritionists and psychologists. Social interventions will focus on educating the children's caregivers including one-on-one instruction, the use of support groups, and the creation and distribution of a caregiver handbook. The study will identify what interventions work best in what situations. Information on the findings will be available on the hospital's website and the National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center home page.

(First payment of a $75,000 grant)

Gallaudet University $5,000

Washington DC

To launch a national HIV/AIDS training program designed to prepare mental health professionals and front line workers in educating and serving the deaf community. In collaboration with the American Psychological Association Office on AIDS, Gallaudet will establish a critically needed "train-the-trainer" program in a concerted effort to improve public awareness and health care on AIDS for deaf people.

(Final payment of a $30,000 grant)

Harm Reduction Coalition $40,000

New York, NY

To disseminate harm reduction interventions (needle exchanges and user organizing projects among them) to prevent drug use-related HIV and AIDS in regions of the country where harm reduction techniques have not been well established. To increase public awareness, acceptance and support of harm reduction interventions in these regions, the Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC) will create a regional infrastructure to make these practices more widely available. Educating target audiences, training local leaders, community organizing, and ongoing technical assistance will be provided to support harm reduction strategies and policies.

Healing Works (AIDS) $20,000

New York, NY

To launch Healing Works, a wellness center devoted to providing education about, experience of, and access to complementary/ holistic care to People With AIDS (PWAs), and other underserved populations, at no cost to the patient or participating institution. Through outreach, practitioner access and the operation of the Healing Works Wellness Center, PWAs will have access to complementary care ranging from acupuncture, nutrition, psychotherapy and meditation to bereavement counseling and dance therapy. A network of professionals developed and coordinated by Healing Works will donate their services to clients and participating institutions.

(Final payment of a $50,000 grant)

Intercommunity Action, Inc. $40,000

Philadelphia, PA

To fund a demonstration project entitled "By Your Peers", a community-based, HIV peer education program targeting persons with severe mental illness. The grant would field test in three community mental health centers in Philadelphia a peer education program, testing it to determine if training by mental health peer educators helps increase HIV knowledge and skills and learning if the materials are "user friendly" for mental health staffs in such centers. A manual to be used by staff in community based settings to institute a peer education model will be produced.

National Youth Advocacy Center $40,000

Washington DC

(First payment of a $60,000 grant)

Phoenix House $25,000

New York, NY

To design, implement, and disseminate CHAMP, Challenging HIV/AIDS and Motivating Peers, a new HIV/AIDS peer education, prevention, and support program for drug-troubled youth in residential and day-treatment programs and other at-risk adolescent and substance abusing teens in other community-based youth programs. This structured and guided peer education and support program will be adapted from Phoenix House's current HIV/AIDS program which is primarily aimed at adults. This program will be developed and expanded to other youth treatment and social service providers in the New York area.

Treatment Action Group $20,000

New York, NY

To help disseminate current information on HIV/AIDS research and treatment issues through the creation of an interactive web site, "TAG on the WEB". TAG has established itself as the expert on HIV and AIDS treatment in this country. Its small, highly effective, self-trained, "consumer" staff have become recognized experts in the field of AIDS research and treatment. They provide cutting edge treatment information to policy makers, health care providers, case managers and their clients as well as providing the research and medical establishment a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the most pressing issues facing AIDS research. With the rapidly changing nature of this field, it is critical that their information dissemination move from the printed page to the web.

1997

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 1997

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

Gallaudet University $25,000

Washington DC

(First installment of a $30,000 grant)

Healing Works, Inc. $30,000

New York, NY

Seed money to create a wellness center to provide education about, experience of, and access to complementary/holistic care to People with AIDS and other underserved populations at no cost to the patient or to participating institutions.

(First installment of a $50,000 grant)

Love Heals $10,000

New York, NY

To develop and deliver an AIDS prevention curriculum for middle and high schools to accompany the educational AIDS documentary on Ali Gertz,"Ali Gertz in Her Own Words". The program will be brought to schools in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.

New York Peer AIDS Education Coalition $10,000

New York, NY

To support "From the Street, To the Street", a series of training manuals to disseminate their peer-driven HIV prevention and drug education model that recruits, trains and supports NYC's marginalized youth to provide health information, harm reduction materials, counseling, peer support and service referrals to homeless and street youth.

(Final payment of a $25,000 grant)

Rural AIDS Action Network $25,000

Minneapolis, MN

To disseminate their rural HIV/AIDS service network model, RAAN has successfully organized multi-county volunteer networks in rural Minnesota that help People Living with AIDS remain in--or return to--their own rural communities by linking them to AIDS-friendly service providers and volunteers. A how-to guide for rural HIV/AIDS community organizers will be developed and distributed nationally to help replicate the model.

1996

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 1996

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

Camp Heartland, Inc. $40,000

Milwaukee, WI

A one-time grant to expand, strengthen, and support HIV/AIDS camping opportunities for children through a two prong effort: launching the "National Association of HIV/AIDS Camps" and establishing "Camp Heartland Shares", a program to replicate the Camp Heartland camping model for children impacted with HIV/AIDS.

Cancer Care, Inc. $15,000

New York, NY

For the AIDS Pain Relief project to bring to the AIDS community the knowledge, experience, and programs that have been successfully developed to improve pain management for cancer patients.

Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. $20,000

New York, NY

Seed money for Gay Men's Health Crisis' Community Partnership Initiative to support the development and viability of AIDS-related services in underserved communities in New York City through the provision of training, technical support and program development to community and neighborhood-based organizations.

God's Love We Deliver, Inc. $30,000

New York, NY

To support the Nutrition Education Publications Program and specifically the development, printing, and dissemination of Nutritional Healing: Eating Tips for Pregnant Women, Infants and Children with HIV Disease.

New York Community Trust (The) $10,000

(New York City AIDS Fund)

New York, NY

(Final payment of a $30,000 grant.)

New York Peer AIDS

Education Coalition, Inc. $15,000

New York, NY

To support "From the Street To the Street", a series of training manuals to disseminate their peer-driven HIV prevention and drug education model that recruits, trains and supports NYC's marginalized youth to provide health information, harm reduction materials, counseling, peer support and service referrals to homeless and street youth.

(First installment of a $25,000 grant.)

Spectrum Youth and Family Services $20,000

Burlington, VT

To document, evaluate, replicate and disseminate its Peer Outreach Worker program which hires and trains youth to do one-to-one street outreach to youth in "at risk" situations, specifically focusing on HIV/AIDS education and prevention in a small city and rural setting. Through a publication, workshops and ongoing technical help, this model will be made available to other communities across the country.

University of Pittsburgh $20,000

Graduate School of Public Health

Pittsburgh, PA

To create and support the pilot operation of an Internet home-page site providing accurate, up-to-the minute information on HIV prevention. Using a database of primary and secondary prevention resources, a "chat line", and a library of material, the site will allow users easy access with a high level of privacy. The prevention resource database will focus on Pennsylvania and be expanded.

1995

AIDS PROGRAM GRANTS

Grants Paid During 1995

Including Payments for Grants Approved in Prior Years

AIDS Action Foundation $25000

Washington DC

A one-time grant for a policy document to integrate mental health perspectives into national AIDS prevention policy and community-based prevention practices with special attention focused on three groups at very high risk of HIV infection: disempowered women, young gay men, and communities of color.

Balm in Gilead, Inc. $20,000

New York, NY

For the initial development and implementation of The Black Church National HIV/AIDS Resource/Clearinghouse Center which will: (1) develop culturally relevant HIV/AIDS educational information appropriate for religious and community settings; (2) provide technical a assistance to religious groups and community organizations in HIV/AIDS program planning, development and evaluation; (3) disseminate HIV/AIDS information and educational materials and referrals.

(Final payment of a $40,000 grant.)

Fund for the City of New York $25,000

The Orphan Project

New York, NY

For the preparation and distribution of the report "Orphanages Revisited: Congregate Care and Alternatives for Orphans and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic" analyzing in a historical context, if, under what conditions and with what services, "orphanages" or other congregate child care settings are appropriate options for children whose parents have died of HIV/AIDS and for other categories of children without caregiving parents.

Iris House $25,000

New York, NY

To analyze, evaluate and document for replication the creation and performance of Iris house, the nation's first community-based organization devoted solely to the needs of HIV/AIDS women and their families.

(Final payment of a $50,000 grant.)

New York Community Trust (The) $20,000

(New York City AIDS Fund)

New York, NY

To support the New York City AIDS Fund, the five year old coordinated effort to raise and pool philanthropic dollars, develop leadership and inform the philanthropic community in New York City about the AIDS epidemic. The funding priorities of the Fund in 1995 are prevention, advocacy, and organizational capacity building.

(Second payment of three-year $50,000 grant.)

Thirteen-WNET $20,000

New York, NY

One-time grant for the national public television documentary film: