Relief for Displaced HIV Positive Families
***RELIEF FOR DISPLACED HIV POZ FAMILIES***
Location: The Greater Lafayette, LA, Area, LA 70501
Number of housing spaces available: 15
Duration: Temporary to Permanent
Phone: 337-233-2437; 800-354-2437
Contacts:
Claude Martin (claude.martin@acadianacares.com),
Executive Director, extension 25
Timothy Stewart (uncatimothy@hotmail.com),
Community Outreach and Development, 832-878-2034
Alton Thornton (alton.thornton@acadianacares.com),
Director of Housing and Support Services, extension 39
Donna Onebane-Dailey (donna.dailey@acadianacares.com),
Director of Client Services, extension 13
Description: The mission of Acadiana C.A.R.E.S. (Concern for AIDS Relief, Education, and Support) is to provide education and services for the purposes of HIV prevention and the care of those living with HIV/AIDS. We seek, with other agencies across the state, to assist those living with HIV/AIDS and their families who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Please contact us if you are HIV positive and are seeking housing, medication, food, or other services and assistance. We are a member agency of the Louisiana AIDS Advocacy Network and of the Southern AIDS Coalition. We will do our best to ensure the comfort and safety of you and your family. Housing amenities are dependent upon property available at time of intake.
Donations may be shipped to Acadiana C.A.R.E.S., ATTN: Claude Martin, 203 West Third Street, Lafayette, LA, 70502.
General mail and financial donations to POB 3865, Lafayette, LA, 70502. We're listed on www.craigslist.com, www.hurricanehousing.org, www.rainbowrelief.org and other services, as well. Timothy may be contacted on www.gay.com as 'bigpapamp'. For more information on the Louisiana AIDS Advocacy Network, please go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LAAN/. Other LAAN member agencies listed by geographic region of Louisiana are: Alexandria, LA (Central): Central Louisiana AIDS Support Services (CLASS) 318-442-1010; Lake Charles, LA (Southwest): http://www.slac.org; Monroe, LA (Northeast and North central): http://www.go-care.com/; Shreveport-Bossier City, LA (Northwest): http://www.philadelphiacenter.org/.
Persons wishing to assist those elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region may go to http://southernaidscoalition.org/ for regional HIV/AIDS/STD advocacy information.
Take care, thank you, and, please, let us know how we may work together!
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The mission of Acadiana C.A.R.E.S. (Concern for AIDS Relief, Education, and Support) is to provide education and services for the purposes of HIV prevention and the care of those living with HIV/AIDS. In serving its mission, the primary goals and objectives of Acadiana C.A.R.E.S. are to:
- Increase awareness among those infected with HIV/AIDS of available services;
- Improve the quality of life for those living with HIV/AIDS;
- Develop and expand relationships with other agencies who are able to provide needed services to those infected with HIV/AIDS;
- Increase social awareness and behavioral change in the high-risk populations.
- Improve the quality of life for those living with HIV/AIDS;
In support of these goals, C.A.R.E.S. has progressively offered case management, prevention, and education services throughout Southwest Louisiana for the last seventeen years.
We also offer regularly scheduled
FREE HIV TESTING AND COUNSELING
(call for more information 233-2437)
Please take time to browse through our site and learn more about our organization, our professional staff, our Board of Directors, and the nature of HIV/AIDS.
If you have any questions or comments, please call us at 337-233-2437. Thank you for your support.