AIDS Interfaith Network Programs

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Descriptions and Profiles: AIN Client Services	Transportation Services	A Current Picture: AIN Clients	How to Become an AIN Client

Descriptions and Profiles of AIN Client Services

HIV Education - individualized education and group sessions. We collaborate testing groups, and target under-served populations, ethnic minorities, at-risk, and hard-to-reach populations.

Prevention Case Management - intensive, client-centered, individual HIV prevention intervention with both HIV negative and HIV positive individuals that assists them to adopt and maintain risk-reduction behaviors that reduce or prevent transmission of HIV.

Outreach - culturally competent activities that help identify individuals who need access to HIV services or HIV positive individuals who need to return to care. We work in all types of other settings where persons who at-risk of HIV infection or where persons who are HIV positive may be found. The program also makes referrals that help link individuals to services and helps reduce cultural barriers.

Through Manos Unidas and the African American Health Coalition we offer two distinct outreach initiatives that specifically target their respective communities, while we also pursue vulnerable and at-risk populations throughout the Dallas area.

Interpretation/Translation Programs - Spanish language interpretation and translation for monolingual clients and other HIV/AIDS service organizations.

Case Management - Enrolls clients into services and provides assistance with needs and care coordination. The program also provides follow-up and maintains appropriate client records.

The Daire Center - provides informal center-based adult day and respite care in a safe and supportive group environment to help relieve caregivers, provide socialization, offer structured support, and provide monitoring of clients.

Congregate Meals - prepared meals are served daily in the congregate setting of the Daire Center to enhance nutrition, help clients maintain heir health status, and to encourage compliance with medication regimens.

Transportation Services - consists of three programs: Care-A-Van provides door-to-door or curb-to-curb van service. Taxi Services provides taxis when other forms of transportation are not appropriate. Bus Pass Program provides monthly DART bus passes for clients to use for medical and psychosocial appointments. For more about this service, see below: Transportation Services.

Volunteer Services - provides companion services through Care Teams, Buddy Project, volunteers in households, and volunteers who support youth. Also offered are spiritual support and pastoral care through Pastoral Services Network; and other volunteer opportunities that support agency needs.

Through a network of religious and lay ministers, Pastoral Services give spiritual care/pastoral counseling to clients, their families, friends, and caregivers.

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Transportation Services consists of 3 program components:

Care-A-Van provides door-to-door or curb-to-curb van service
DART Bus Pass Program provides bus passes to clients wherever DART service is available
Taxi Support provides taxi service if other means of transportation are not available

Program priorities are to provide transportation to medical, dental, vision, social services, and counseling appointments; substance abuse services; children's services; and to food pantries.

The nationally recognized Volunteer Programs of AIN recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers through 3 program components: Care Team Volunteers are individuals and groups primarily from faith communities who provide services that range from in-home assistance to social and emotional support. Buddy Project Volunteers are individuals who are matched one-on-one with clients for long-term psychosocial and practical support. Center Based Volunteers are individuals who assist all HIV programs of AIN by supplementing direct client care and/or giving program support or through Event Volunteerism.

The centralized physical location of the agency helps us reach out more effectively to all parts of the geographic service area. We are also located on the DART bus system with convenient bus stops close by each site, and are not far from DART rail service.

Since we are also a transportation provider, client access to our programs or the services of other agencies is further simplified through use of our transportation program. Our physical proximity to Parkland's Amelia Court Clinic, which serves a majority of our clients, and to other HIV service organizations, enhances our ability to serve clients and to collaborate with other service providers.

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A Current Picture of Our Clients

In the current day, we serve almost 1,700 clients.

Over 74% are minorities: over 57% are African American and almost 19% are Hispanic
Over 24% are women and 10% are children
Over 88% of our clients have incomes under $10,000 per year, over 92% fall below the poverty level for their circumstances, and over 35% are homeless or living in transitional housing
Over 88% are unemployed, over 56% are medically unable to work, and over 54% have an AIDS diagnosis

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How to Become a Client of AIN

If you are HIV positive and are in need of services:

Call AIN at (214) 941-7696
AIN will help you access an intake and case management provider
Be prepared to provide the following information:
- A letter of diagnosis
- Photo identification (any of these, for example: photo ID, TX drivers license, etc.)
- Proof of income for the current year (any of these, for example: check stub, award letter from SSDI, copy of paycheck, etc.)
- Proof of residency (any of these, for example: copy of lease agreement, utility bill with name and address, correct drivers license, bank deposit slip, etc.)

Our services are offered at no charge to the client. You can come to our AIN office or we can come to your home, depending on the circumstances.

AIN also serves the family member, partner, or caregiver of someone living with HIV/AIDS.

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