Agency Details:
A Community Resource Network
The MISSION:
“ACORN’s mission is to support and empower those whose lives are affected by HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C to live fully and with dignity and to stop the spread of these diseases through education, information, and understanding.”
The GOAL:
To interrupt and decrease the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C and to provide care and services to individuals infected and affected by those diseases.
Description:
ACORN is a comprehensive and professional AIDS service organization that has supported hundreds of HIV positive people and their affected family members. We provide care management of HIV positive individuals and families (case management, support groups, assistance with transportation to medical appointments, and emergency financial help for housing, food, clothing and medical needs, etc), HIV and HEP C testing and education at local treatment facilities, social service agencies, shelters, Dartmouth College and local schools.
ACORN services are free of charge and available to anyone living in Grafton, Sullivan, Coos and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire and Windsor and Orange Counties of Vermont.
History:
When HIV/AIDS first appeared in the Upper Valley, neither our medical community nor our social service agencies were prepared to meet the needs of those affected by the killer virus. Additionally, misinformation, rampant fear and prejudice created a climate that was so hostile few people felt safe enough to talk about their illness. Fortunately, a diverse and compassionate group of volunteers came together in 1988 to find ways to help those affected and infected with HIV or living with AIDS; together they established ACORN.
Contact person: Victoria Brooks, Executive Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (603) 448-8885
Address:
Web Site: http://www.acornvtnh.org
| Last updated on December 4, 2008 |
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