Stopping HIV 365: Save 365 high-risk Homeless Kids
SummaryWith your help, high-risk homeless youth will receive free HIV testing and a proven, street-smart intervention that dramatically lowers their risk and is often a first step in getting off the street. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Every 30 minutes, another young person in the US gets infected with HIV. For homeless youth, the rate of infection is 13 times higher. And in Los Angeles, thousands of runaway and homeless youth are living out on the streets. The safety net is gone; state HIV funding has collapsed. You can empower a team of trained workers and volunteers to reach these kids on their own turf. Our goal: to impact at least 365 high-risk youth with a life-changing intervention that can stop HIV.
Activities
We have proven outreach and intervention tools that change the way kids see their own risky behavior. Our team will work to engage homeless kids where they hang out or where they live… sleeping on the street, under an overpass, in alleys or parks.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $5,850
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $44,150
Total Funding Goal: $50,000
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This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Treatment has improved, but HIV still kills. Modern drugs can add 24 years for someone with the disease. That costs $618,900. But you can reach a high-risk youth with a meaningful intervention to prevent this lifetime of illness for just $137.
Project Message
"I know what it’s like to be alone on the street… kids are so vulnerable. Many of them ran away to escape abuse or other problems. The cost of not helping is simply too high. HIV is 100% preventable."
- Sharon Chamberlain, Executive Director
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Sharon Chamberlain
Executive Director
2012 Lincoln Blvd.
Santa Monica, California 90405
United States
310.314.5480
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Common Ground - The Westside HIV Community Center
2012 Lincoln Blvd.
Santa Monica,
CA
90405
United States
310.314.5480
http://www.commongroundwestside.org
Where this Project is Located
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United States
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Health.
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When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 30, 2009
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