Aids Network Inc

AIDS NETWORK PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND CARE SERVICES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

CASE MANAGEMENT SERVES PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS. CASE MANAGEMENT FACILITATES ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE AND PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, BENEFITS COUNSELING, FOOD PANTRY, DAILY SUPPORT, AND MORE. VARIOUS SUPPORT GROUPS SERVE RELAPSE PREVENTION AND AT RISK GROUPS, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANS, LATINOS, MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN, AND WOMEN. PEOPLE ALSO RECEIVE REPRESENTATION THROUGH OUR LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM, WITH MAJORITY OF THEM LIVING BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. MOST LEGAL ADVOCACY PERTAINS TO ISSUES OF POVERTY, INCLUDING HOUSING, DEBT, AND PUBLIC BENEFITS, AS WELL AS ESTATE PLANNING, EMPLOYMENT, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND OTHER CIVIL ISSUES.

AIDS NETWORK'S PREVENTION INITIATIVES FOCUS ON REDUCING THE BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV AND HEPATITIS C TRANSMISSION THROUGH EDUCATION AND PROVIDING THE FACTS ABOUT HOW HIV/HCV IS TRANSMITTED WITH PUBLIC AND INDIVIDUAL OUTREACH AND EDUCATION; DISTRIBUTION OF SAFER SEX SUPPLIES; HIV/HEPATITIS C COUNSELING, TESTING, AND REFERRAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION COUNSELING AND REFERRAL; ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ADDICTION REFERRAL; PREVENTION FOCUS SUPPORT GROUPS; AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE. THESE PREVENTION INITIATIVES AIM TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF HIV AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. AIDS NETWORK PROVIDED PREVENTION SERVICES TO ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES. EDUCATION AND MOTIVATING PEOPLE TO MAKE GOOD AND CONSCIOUS CHOICES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS REMAINS OUR CHALLENGE.

ORAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN HOUSE AT A STATE-OF-THE-ART SAFETY NET DENTAL CLINIC. THE CLINIC PROVIDES A DENTAL HOME AND COMPREHENSIVE (PRIMARY, PREVENTIVE, AND RESTORATIVE) ORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR HIV/AIDS PATIENTS (INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED) BASED ON AN INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STANDARDS OF ORAL CARE. OUR ORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE SYSTEMATICALLY INTEGRATED WITH OUR CASE MANAGEMENT/CARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.