Partnerships between community groups and health behavioral scientists are crucial both to the development of relevant, effective research programs and to capacity building in those communities. The HIV Center has fostered and advanced these partnerships since its beginnings and has built up a strong and diverse network of community partners, especially within ethnic and racial minority communities in the Greater New York City area. HIV Center investigators are also partners in multisite trials, cooperative agreements, networks, national committees, and international initiatives, and active participants in a wide range of national and international conferences.

 

The HIV Center promotes information exchange with both community and academic partners. Grand Rounds have been held every week during the academic year since the establishment of the Center in 1987, drawing representatives of community-based organizations and colleagues ranging from basic scientists to clinicians to care givers. The HIV Center Website, has enabled us both to reach out to scientific and service communities and the public and to share information among HIV Center collaborators.

 

In spring 2007, a new HIV Center E-newsletter replaced the former hard-copy newsletter, bringing information about developments and activities at the HIV Center via the Web. Click here to subscribe to the HIV Center E-Newsletter.

 

HIV Center New York City and State Community Collaborators

 

The HIV Center maintains affiliations and promotes collaborations with and among a wide range of community-based organizations in New York City and State. These agencies provide HIV prevention, testing, care, and treatment to many of the most vulnerable populations, including adolescents, MSM, injecting drug users, the homeless, and people with mental illnesses. Our collaborators work in all five boroughs as well as in upstate suburban, rural, and urban areas. We place a particular emphasis on organizations representing women, people of color, and LGBT populations that are heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS. Our collaborations include providing expert consultations on programming, evaluation, and research; joint development of research proposals and effective interventions; conducting research interviews and focus groups; and producing publications. Our investigators have facilitated community forums and workshops, convened meetings about research-government collaboration, and provided expert guidance and advice to numerous organizations throughout the Greater New York area.

 

AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC)
ACQC provides direct services to residents of Queens living with HIV/AIDS and educates the community about the virus. ACQC is largest borough-wide, community-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving people living with HIV/AIDS and their loved ones. They maintain nine offices throughout the borough easily accessible by public transportation in Rego Park, Jamaica, Far Rockaway and Long Island City. Each month, their core of staff and volunteers provide comprehensive services to more than 4,800 program participants, and to over 17,000 clients when including family members.

 

AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA)
ACRIA offers group workshops and individual counseling on a variety of AIDS- and HIV-related topics, arming people living with the virus with the information and skills they need to participate actively and knowledgeably in their own healthcare. Their internationally acclaimed HIV Health Literacy Program (HHLP) also offers staff training to a whole range of AIDS and other community-based organizations throughout New York City and State, and in communities across the country. Their technical assistance and capacity building equip these groups to integrate HIV healthcare and treatment education information into the services they provide their own HIV-positive and at-risk clients.

 

 

AIDS Community Services of Western New York
AIDS Community Services of Western New York, Inc. is a not-for-profit community based organization that provides medical, supportive, and prevention services in a comprehensive model that encourages individuals to take responsibility for their health and quality of life. They are committed to developing partnerships with other providers to develop and maintain healthy communities.

 

 

AIDS Council of Northeast New York
The AIDS Council of Northeastern New York is a not-for-profit human service agency whose mission is to reduce the risk, fear, and incidence of HIV infection, encourage the independence of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, and promote understanding of their needs. The AIDS Council of Northeastern New York advances awareness of HIV/AIDS as a public health risk, promoting a shared community response leading to a world without AIDS.

 

 

AIDS Rochester
AIDS Rochester, Inc. (ARI) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to lead a compassionate community effort within the eight county Finger Lakes region providing a continuum of programs and services including education, prevention, advocacy and support services for people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

 

 

AIDS Service Center of Lower Manhattan
AIDS Service Center NYC (ASC) is a multiservice community organization that carries out its mission of “helping many, one by one” by building community, connection and stability for New Yorkers living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS. ASC’s comprehensive programs include state-of-the-art peer education and training, harm reduction, specialized women’s services, HIV counseling and testing, mental health services, medical and holistic care, case management, support groups, and many other innovative programs that help New York City’s most vulnerable individuals and families to survive and thrive in the face of HIV/AIDS.

 

 

Alianza Dominicana
Alianza Dominicana is the most comprehensive Dominican community development agency in the US and the leading authority on Dominican-Americans, the second-largest Latino community in New York State. With 15 different sites in Northern Manhattan and the West Bronx, Alianza annually serves more than 60,000 individuals citywide. Its mission is to strengthen communities and affirm the value of family and community life by forging strategic partnerships, developing and implementing model programs to provide support and protection to those in need and create opportunities for social and economic development.

 

 

African Services Committee
African Services Committee is a non-profit multiservice agency based in Harlem dedicated to improving the health and self-sufficiency of the African community in New York City and beyond, including immigrants, refugees and asylees from across the African Diaspora. They provide health, housing, legal, educational, and social services to 10,000 people each year. Staff representing more than 20 countries and speaking over 25 languages provide culturally and linguistically relevant support to this diverse and growing community. Expanding HIV prevention and access to AIDS treatment and care is central to their mission, including challenging stigma and discrimination at all levels and supporting individuals, families and communities most impacted by AIDS.

 

 

Anthony L. Jordon Health Center
Anthony L. Jordan Health Center is a not-for-profit comprehensive primary care center in Rochester NY, widely recognized for being one of the first true community health centers in the country. In addition to providing high-quality healthcare, our mission mandates wellness promotion and neighborhood outreach. Located in the northeast section of the City of Rochester where health disparities are the greatest, Jordan collaborates with key providers, local schools and other neighborhood-based assets to facilitate increased access to care.

 

 

Arbor Hill Community Center
The Arbor Hill Community Center of Albany, part of the Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region, provides services to the community that will support and promote healthy families, adults and children. The agency is dedicated to improving the neighborhood as a setting for family life, contributing to health and well-being, and promoting education and employment as a means of self-development.

 

Asian Pacific Islanders Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA)
APICHA is dedicated to improve the health of the API community and to increasing access to comprehensive primary care, preventive health services, mental health and supportive services. We are committed to excellence and to providing culturally competent services that enhance the quality of life. APICHA advocates for and provides a welcoming environment for underserved and vulnerable people, especially Asians and Pacific Islanders, the LGBT Community and individuals living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

 

 

The Brooklyn AIDS Task Force (BATF)
BATF is the oldest and largest nonprofit HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment service organization in Brooklyn, providing comprehensive HIV/AIDS- related services to underserved racial /ethnic minority communities in the borough. Over the past 20 years, BATF has engaged over 110,000 individuals and families. With over sixty well qualified staff who have a wide range of experience, the BATF staff mirror the ethnic and minority communities we serve, particularly people of African-American and Caribbean- American descent.

 

 

Bronx AIDS Services
Bronx AIDS Services Is a community-based organization that helps more than 8,000 Bronx residents each year with services and programs that touch people who are living with HIV/AIDS, MSM, youth, women and people who think they might have been exposed to HIV, and those who are at high risk of exposure to the virus.

 

 

Bronx Community Pride Center
The only LGBT organization in the Bronx, the Pride Center offers a safe haven for youth who face ostracism, a forum for community organizing, a social network for LGBT individuals of all ages and critical, direct services such as case management, social service referrals, health care information and educational programming.

 

Bronx Youth as Partners Coalition
The BYAP coalition, made up of 63 Bronx youth serving and youth supporting organizations, functions largely as a resource and advisory board to the ALOT teens. It provides practical support and experience in problem solving and decision making skills as the A.L.O.T. teens continue to research the various health disparities that affect Black
and Latino Bronx adolescents, learn about factors that may contribute to these disparities, and learn from the coalition representatives the history and involvement of each organization and their attempts to address the disparities. A.L.O.T. members have benefited from

 

 

Callen-Lorde Community Health
Callen-Lorde offers comprehensive, state-of-the-art healthcare services, including a coordinated program of primary medical care, dental, and mental health, all delivered by providers with expertise in the needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities and those living with HIV/AIDS.

 

 

Church Ave Merchants Block Association (CAMBA)
CAMBA is a non-profit agency that provides services that connect people with opportunities to enhance their quality of life. CAMBA offers integrated services and programs in: Economic Development, Education & Youth Development, Family Support Services, HIV/AIDS Services, Housing Services & Development, Legal Services.
CAMBA serves more than 35,000 individuals and families, including 8,000 youth, each year, primarily in Brooklyn.

 

 

Center Lane
Center Lane, a program of Westchester Jewish Community Services, is a community center for gay, lesbian and bisexual adolescents. Center Lane offers educational and creative workshops, support-term individual and family counseling, social events and community education. Located in White Plains, Center Lane opened in 1995.

 

 

Child Center of New York
The Child Center of NY reaches out across diverse ethnic populations to create a supportive, caring place for children and families at risk. Their more than 80 programs empower children to make good decisions… establish places of safety…help parents build skills to become better providers and nurturers and make connections to the community through Family Intervention, Child and Youth Development, Counseling for Children and Families and Home Visiting. All of their programs—from daycare to crisis intervention—promote emotional wellness and secure attachments to parents and other adult caregivers.

 

 

Community Health Action of Staten Island
This community-based organization educates Staten Islanders about HIV and AIDS and advocates for HIV-positive people, including vulnerable MSM They work to prevent the spread of HIV, and to identify and serve the needs of Staten Islanders living with HIV/AIDS, their families and all others affected by this disease.

 

 

East Harlem Council
The East Harlem Council’s Department of Family and Children Services (F&CS) aims to provide strength-based family support to the immigrant and underserved populations in the East Harlem and Harlem Communities. Their primary goal is keeping children safe in their homes with their biological parents, preventing the placement or re-entry of these children into the foster care system. They offer general preventive assistance at the El Faro/Beacon Youth and Family Service Center and the East Harlem Family Service Center.

 

 

Exponents, Inc.
Exponents is dedicated to improving the quality of life of individuals affected by drug addiction, incarceration and HIV/AIDS. Programs are designed to support successful life transitions through engagement in services which ignite hope and promote awareness. Activities gradually move individuals along a progressive path of life stabilization while fostering a sense of community and individual responsibility.

 

 

The Family Center
The Family Center has been providing essential services to New York City families since 1994. They have effectively served thousands with our multidisciplinary legal and social services- which continually evolve with the changing needs of the community. They serve families in NYC’s most marginalized communities who are experiencing parental illness or family crisis. Services are available for any eligible person in NYC, but most of the client families are headed by single mothers living below the poverty line.

 

 

Family Services Network of New York (FSNNY)
FSNNY is a non-for-profit community-based organization that provides comprehensive health and human services throughout the five boroughs. Their mission is to provide and coordinate needed health and human services to individuals and families in New York's inner-city communities, involve service consumers in planning and implementing these services, advocate on their behalf for services that promote health and economic self-sufficiency, as well as, establish strategic partnerships with other providers to meet the needs of all clients.

 

Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)
GMHC is a not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based organization committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS. GMHC provides a range of prevention and care services to men, women and families that are living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS in New York City. They also advocate for scientific, evidence-based public health solutions. They serve the New York Metropolitan area and work with people living with HIV/AIDS, MSM and both heterosexual men and women.

 

Gay Men of African Descent
GMAD works to improve quality of life within the New York City black gay community by effectively fight the triple threat of AIDS, homophobia and racism through education, advocacy, health and wellness and social support. GMAD provides targeted services in the form of drop-in groups, age and need appropriate activities and counseling. The organization offers a drop-in center for seniors, young MSM, health and wellness counseling, prevention education, street outreach and HIV testing.

 

 

Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center
The GHVFHC offers a wide array of services in a comprehensive primary care system including: Pediatrics, Adult Medicine, Endocrinology, Allergy Immunology, Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN), Podiatry, Dental Care Services, WIC, HIV/AIDS, Behavioral Health Services, Social Work Services, Homeless Services, Outreach, Enabling Services, and Nutrition Services.
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Green Chimneys Children's Services of NYC
Green Chimneys is dedicated to creating safe spaces for LGBTQ youth who are homeless or in foster care through supportive residences, educational and career development initiatives, and life skills training. Through these services, youth are empowered and equipped with vital skills and resources to help them enter adulthood as healthy, responsible members of their communities.

 

 

Greenwich House
The mission of Greenwich House is to help individuals and families lead more fulfilling lives by offering social and health services, cultural and education programs and opportunities for civic involvement to New Yorkers of all ages and backgrounds. Each year, it provides nearly 12,000 New Yorkers with social, medical and cultural programs, all aimed at providing personal growth and enrichment. Since its founding, Greenwich House has served nearly one million New Yorkers.

 

 

Harlem United Community AIDS Center
Harlem United is a community-based organization providing a unique continuum of care. They integrate socially and economically disenfranchised people into a healthy and healing community. Harlem United also offer our clients access to a full range of medical, social, and supportive services. The majority of our clients are people living with HIV/AIDS whose diagnoses are often complicated by addiction, mental illness, and homelessness. Many have also faced significant barriers to care due to poverty, race, HIV status, and sexual or gender identity. Through their comprehensive model of care, clients learn to become their own advocates and acquire a new sense of well-being and independence.

 

 

The Hetrick-Martin Institute
Hetrick-Martin Institute, founded in 1979, is a social services, education and advocacy organization dedicated to meeting the diverse needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual youth, with several programs: after-school drop-in center, individual and family counseling; Project First Step, a street outreach program; the Harvey Milk School; and a training and technical assistance program for professional and community people. Hetrick-Martin creates this environment for diverse community of vulnerable lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth between the ages of 12 and 24 who are at risk for HIV,STDs.

 

Hispanic AIDS Forum (HAF)
HAF's mission is to improve health outcomes for Latinos in New York City who are affected by HIV and other chronic illnesses. HAF fulfills this mission by integrating prevention and education into a set of multi-faceted wellness programs designed to:
improve access to care, services and other available resources for Latinos affected by chronic illnesses and provide individual, family and group supportive counseling to reduce risks, prevent the onset of disease, and manage disease progression. HAF also advocates for public health programs and policies that are responsive to the health needs of Latino communities in New York City.

 

 

Hudson Valley LGBT Center
The LGBT Center provides a safe, supportive environment, in rural upstate New York and also provides services, professional resources, and programs that unite the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community across lines of age, race, gender, and economics. Its purpose is to strengthen, support, and celebrate LGBTQ individuals, families, and groups in their efforts to achieve their fullest potential. The Center strives for positive social change through advocacy, community education, cultural awareness, and wellness programs that assist in the creation, development, and growth of LGBTQ affirming organizations, institutions, and culture within the community at large.

 

 

Iris House
Iris House provides comprehensive services and advocacy for women, families, and communities infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS, while simultaneously providing prevention and education services for our clients and at-risk communities. To fulfill this mission, Iris House offers practical, family-centered services that promote prevention and education while addressing the day-to-day realities of living with HIV/AIDS.

 

 

Latino Commission on AIDS
The Latino Commission on AIDS is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community. The Commission spearheads health advocacy for Latinos, promotes HIV education, develops model prevention programs for high-risk communities, and by builds capacity in community organizations. Through its extensive network of member organizations and community leaders, the Commission works to mobilize an effective Latino community response to the health crisis created by HIV/AIDS.

 

 

LGBT Community Center of New York
Established in 1983, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center has grown to become the largest LGBT multi-service organization on the East Coast and second largest LGBT community center in the world. Every week, 6,000 people visit the Center, and more than 300 groups meet there. They provide social service, public policy, educational and cultural/recreational programs, and also serve as an incubator for grassroots groups. The Youth Enrichment Services (YES) program provides LGBT young people with community support to foster healthy development, in a safe, affirming, sex-positive, alcohol- and drug-free environment.

 

 

Long Island Crisis Center
The mission of Long Island Crisis Center is to provide free, high quality, accessible and confidential services to Long Islanders in crisis. They provide non-judgmental services that help clients to break through isolation, stabilize their situations, and obtain the services they need. Supporting healthier living and greater personal empowerment guides our work at LICC. They also provide services for LGBT youth.

 

 

Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth
Long Island Gay Lesbian Youth (LIGALY) is an educational, advocacy and social services agency that serves Long Island's gay, lesbian, and other minority youth, through a variety of programs: a drop-in center; mental health counseling; youth groups; speakers' bureau; college services; and social and recreational activities.

 

NY Association of HIV over 50 (NYAHOF)
The New York Association on HIV Over Fifty (NYAHOF) addresses issues related to HIV/AIDS and older adults. Its purpose is to ensure that the concerns of persons over the age of fifty and their support networks are addressed, and to generate educational, programmatic, and policy initiatives in the field of aging. NYAHOF’s members are healthcare and social service providers, consumers, persons living with HIV/AIDS, and others concerned about the epidemic’s impact on people over the age of fifty.

 

Osborne Association
The Osborne Association offers opportunities for individuals who have been in conflict with the law to transform their lives through innovative, effective, and replicable programs that serve the community by reducing crime and its human and economic costs. They offer opportunities for reform and rehabilitation through public education, advocacy, and alternatives to incarceration that respect the dignity of people.

 

Partnership for the Homeless
The Community Partnership is an independent, non-profit corporation that coordinates the New York City continuum of care on behalf of the city. Through the work of their providers, the partnership offers prevention services, street outreach efforts, emergency shelter, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing for individuals and families.

 

Planned Parenthood of New York
Planned Parenthood of New York promotes awareness about contraception as part of their commitment to prevention and proactive education. Likewise, community and educational initiatives empower teens and adults to make informed and healthy decisions. At the same time, PPNYC works to protect the right of every woman to decide for herself when and whether to become a parent. PPNYC continues to provide critical information, skills, and care to all individuals, regardless of age, income, or circumstance.

 

 

Queens Pride House
Queens Pride House is a non-profit organization based in the borough of Queens in New York City. QPH serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans communities in Queens by increasing access to LGBT-friendly health and social resources, heightening political awareness, building community, and advocating for more comprehensive services. QPH runs a health referral hotline and drop-in center which links participants to resources within their own communities, allows participants to access resources for themselves by offering free computer and internet services, and provides safe spaces for LGBT-identified people to gather.

 

 

Southern Tier AIDS Program
The Southern Tier AIDS Program provides supportive services to HIV+ persons and state of the art prevention education from 9 offices in an 8 county area. Services focus on the health and well being of HIV+ persons and incorporate a harm reduction perspective and recognize that behavior change is a gradual process. Southern Tier AIDS program provides effective and innovative HIV and Hepatitis C prevention education and outreach services to individuals and communities and comprehensive and caring services to people living with HIV/AIDS.

 

 

Community Health Action of Staten Island
Formerly the Staten Island AIDS Task Force, Community Health Action of Staten Island is a non-profit community-based organization that educates residents of Staten Island, NY about HIV and AIDS and advocates for HIV-positive people. Over the years, their services have expanded to serve other communities that were historically most impacted by AIDS. They have developed health educational and social programs for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities in the borough. They also operate a job counseling program for family members of our primary clients, a food bank for the general community, and a medically-supervised outpatient treatment program for persons dealing with active drug or alcohol use.

 

 

Steinway Child and Family Services
Steinway Child and Family Services provides mental health, social and residential services to people in Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan. The agency is committed to community-based care and to New York City’s diverse populations. Annually, 3,500 children, adults and families benefit from Steinway’s 17 programs.
SCFS initiatives target minority, underserved and immigrant people; children, adolescents, and families; people with or at risk for HIV/AIDS; and senior citizens.
Programs operate from 9 community-based locations and are offered at clinics, schools, residences and in clients’ homes.

 

 

Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corporation
SMNC is a private, not-for-profit organization that aims to improve blighted neighborhoods, preserve demographic diversity and foster self-sufficiency in targeted neighborhoods in the City of Syracuse. Over the last 30 plus years, SMNC has built and sold 130 new homes to owner-occupants. SMNC’s mission is to provide quality affordable housing services to low and moderate-income families located in the Southside neighborhoods. Through responsible property management, maintenance, and new construction, SMNC seeks to promote goodwill, a decent standard of living, and a model for communities to follow.

 

 

Village Care New York
Village Care is a community-based, not-for-profit organization serving persons living with HIV/AIDS, seniors and individuals in need of continuing care and rehabilitation services.
Their mission is to create a caring and supportive environment in which all whom we serve, along with their families and partners, are respected for their uniqueness and are encouraged to treat themselves and others with kindness and respect. Village Care offers a full complement of community and residential care programs for both older adults and persons living with HIV/AIDS.

 

 

VIP Community Services in the Bronx
VIP offers a continuum of services to individuals with histories of chemical dependency. Their client-centered approach empowers people to take charge of their lives and discover their personal paths to self-sufficiency. VIP provides mental health services, HIV prevention programs and physical health services, and counsel young MSM, families and adults to help them achieve their goals.

 

 

Westchester Jewish Community Services Center
Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) is a non-sectarian, not-for-profit, broad based human service agency dedicated to helping people of all ages cope with emotional, cognitive, environmental, physical, social and educational challenges. Through innovative programming, WJCS responds to the evolving needs of the Westchester community. Committed to the Jewish value of "healing the world", WJCS helps people achieve an optimal quality of life, regardless of religion, race, color, creed, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, and financial capability.

 

 

Women’s HIV Collaborative of New York
The Women’s HIV Collaborative of New York is rooted in the leadership and experiences of women living with HIV and AIDS. Recognizing that HIV/AIDS is an epidemic that seriously impacts women in New York and worldwide, they are committed to empowering and supporting women, to developing innovative solutions through research, policy, advocacy and economics to promote platforms that support social justice and human rights for all. The network is a diverse group of women and men working with vulnerable women in education, providing resources, skill building training to address violence in the family.