| Goal |
To
promote HIV/AIDS awareness and to provide respite care and other services
to persons living with HIV and AIDS. |
| Objective
#1 |
To promote
HIV/AIDS awareness through training and other service activities.
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Action
Steps
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Encourage
all AmeriCorps programs to provide training in HIV/AIDS to AmeriCorps
members and encourage them to become involved in HIV/AIDS service activities.
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Description
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Examples
of AmeriCorps programs focusing on AIDS: The National AIDS Fund and the
Birmingham AIDS Outreach Program.
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Resources
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FY95
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FY96
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FY97
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*
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*
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*
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* Part
of overall operating budget.
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Populations
Served
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Persons
living with HIV and AIDS and AmeriCorps Members. Constituency Involved:
AmeriCorps Members and the public at large.
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| Objective
#2 |
To
match volunteers from the National Senior Service Corps with persons living
with HIV and AIDS for respite care and other services. |
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Action
Steps
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- Through
the Foster Grandparent program, provide foster and respite care, as
well as counseling and living assistance for children with HIV/AIDS.
- Through
the Senior Companion Program, provide some persons living with HIV and
AIDS with volunteers for respite care and living assistance.
- Continue
to provide some persons living with HIV and AIDS with health and nutrition
services and respite care from the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
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Description
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An
example of a program provided by senior volunteers includes a program in
Indianapolis where seniors visit people living with AIDS who are confined
to a hospice. |
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Resources
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FY95
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FY96
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FY97
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*
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*
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*
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| *
Part of overall operating budget. |
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Populations
Served
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Persons
living with HIV and AIDS. |
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Constituency
Involvement
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National
Senior Service Corps and people living with HIV and AIDS. |
