HIV Outreach

Mission: To reduce the risk of HIV through the promotion of safer sex and needle use and to stop or reduce substance use.

Services Offered: Our Outreach Program serves injection drug users (IDUs) and other substance users at risk for HIV infection who may or may not be seeking treatment. Participants are assessed for risk behaviors; provided with information about reducing risk; condom and bleach kit demonstrations; referrals to case management, health services, alcohol and drug treatment, and other social services; and education directed towards informing them about the relationship between drugs (especially injection drugs) and communicable diseases. Free HIV and TB screenings are offered to persons who are identified as being at risk for HIV infection and are uncertain of their HIV status.

OUTREACH WORKS