Next Step (transitional scatter-site housing)
Next Step (transitional scatter-site housing) is a transitional housing program for HIV-positive, low-income, homeless persons. The primary goal of Next Step housing is to empower the consumer with the skill sets necessary to find and maintain permanent housing. Next Step housing is a program, and participants must agree to the program guidelines. Supportive services include case management and transportation to medical and social service appointments.
Agape House
Agape House is an 18-unit apartment complex consisting of one-bedroom units. Supportive services are available, including case management and transportation to medical and social service appointments. Single individuals occupy these units.
Agape II
Agape II is a 12-unit apartment complex consisting of seven one-bedroom, three two-bedroom, and two three-bedroom units. This facility is ideal for families as five of the units have multiple bedrooms. Supportive services are available for these residents.
The Rectory Substance Abuse Treatment Program (transitional housing)
The Rectory Substance Abuse Treatment Program (transitional housing) offers eleven beds to HIV positive, homeless persons seeking substance abuse treatment. The Rectory program is open to persons not living in AIDS Alabama housing and offers a comprehensive curriculum five days a week. There were 72 participants for FY 2002 with an 80% success rate for graduates who have remained drug and alcohol free for six months.
Family Places (permanent housing)
Family Places (permanent subsidized housing for homeless families) is a Supportive Housing Program targeting homeless families. Five houses were purchased and rehabilitated to house these families, who must have some form of income and possess household management skills. Supportive services are provided, which include case management and transportation to medical and social service appointments.
JASPER House
JASPER House is a 14- unit residential care facility designed for multiply diagnosed individuals. The facility is licensed by the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation as a residential facility and as a Rehabilitation Day Program. The program serves low-income men and women living with HIV/AIDS who also have mental health and/or substance abuse diagnoses.
Rural Studio Project: AIDS Alabama
Rural Studio Project: AIDS Alabama, Auburn University School of Architecture's Rural Studio Project, Auburn University's Social Work Department, and East Alabama AIDS Outreach of East Alabama Medical Center (EAAO) have partnered to design and build a community residence to provide affordable housing for low-income persons with HIV-disease in Hale County.
Alabama Rural AIDS Project (ARAP)
Alabama Rural AIDS Project (ARAP), a federally funded program which began in 1999, was designed to reach rural persons at risk for HIV infection and to link these persons to available services. The thirty-five rural counties were chosen through an analysis of surrogate markers, such as high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), teenage pregnancy, and poverty rates. Those counties with low rates of HIV infection and high rates of other STDs, teen pregnancy, and poverty were targeted by this program.Seven Community Outreach Workers (COWs) are assigned five counties each in which they network with existing service providers, establish connections in rural communities, gain rapport with homeless populations, assist in getting people tested for HIV, and link persons with HIV to available services. We maintain ten affordable, permanent independent single family dwellings across the State.
AIDS Alabama has been successful in obtaining funds and contracting with the state's AIDS Services Organizations (ASOs). To date, more than 1,100 unique households statewide have benefited from AIDS Alabama's services through these contracts. AIDS Alabama works to find new funding sources for Alabama's ASOs.
