Community Resources

Community Resources

Brevard County

Salvation Army
A variety of social services, disaster relief, emergency shelter.

Yellow Umbrella
Parenting and anger management classes, domestic abuse and child abuse prevention.

Central Brevard Sharing Center
Community kitchen, food pantry, financial assistance, prescription assistance.

United Way of Brevard County
Information about social service agencies funded by United Way, as well as disaster relief.

Brevard County 211
Crisis intervention, information, and referral service.

Daily Bread
Serves hot meals daily, showers and laundry.

The Women’s Center
Counseling, transitional housing, services for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Crosswinds Youth Services
A range of support and residential services for at-risk youth.

Housing Authority of Brevard County
Services for low-income homebuyers and renters.

Healthy Start Coalition of Brevard County
Prenatal care, child development, parenting.

Treasure Coast Counties

Indian River County Health Start Coalition
Prenatal care, child development, parenting.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast
HIV outpatient medical care

St. Lucie County Housing Authority
SHIP program– provides funding to assist first time homebuyers with down payment/closing cost assistance

St. Lucie County Emergency Services
Local disaster preparedness information.

Treasure Coast 211
Crisis intervention, information, and referral service.

United Ways

United Way of Brevard County
United Way of Indian River County
United Way of St. Lucie County
United Way of Martin County
United Way of Okeechobee County

Health Departments

Brevard County Health Department
Indian River County Health Department
St. Lucie County Health Department
Martin County Health Department
Okeechobee County Health Department

National Organizations

Planned Parenthood
Birth control, treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, annual exams, pap tests.

Salvation Army
A variety of social services, disaster relief, emergency shelter.

HIV Organizations – National Advocacy Organizations

National Minority AIDS Council
Community Based Organization database, useful links, conferences and trainings.

The AIDS Institute
Political action and advocacy

HIV Organizations – HIV/AIDS And Its Treatment

Project Inform
PI Perspective, a monthly treatment newsletter, and other treatment information
AIDS Infonet
Specializes in fact sheets on hundreds of topics, such as salvage therapy and body composition tests.
Positively Aware
Positively Aware, a monthly treatment publication, and an annual HIV drug guide online.
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
Publishes GMHC Treatment Issues, a monthly newsletter providing commentary on treatment andresearch issues.
The Body
A comprehensive on-line resource for HIV/AIDS information.
AIDSmeds.com
Check drug interactions, graph your labs, check new drugs in development and more.

AIDS Treatment Data Network
Treatment information, hepatitis information, bilingual (Spanish) pages.
AIDS.org
Headlines and basic FAQs about HIV/AIDS.
HIV InSite
Medical, prevention, and policy resources from the University of California, San Francisco
National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project (NATAP)
Research and Treatment newsletter on HIV and hepatitis

HIV Organizations For African Americans

Black AIDS Institute
News, publications on subjects such as youth, women, and parenting, public policy.
Balm in Gilead
A national organization that strives to involve the black church in HIV/AIDS work
National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
Policy, research, and advocacy. Publications for AIDS service organizations.

HIV Organizations For Hispanics

Latino Commission on AIDS
Dedicated to improving and expanding health promotion, research, treatment and other services to the Latino community

HIV Organizations For Youth

Advocates for Youth
Sexual health information for youth, and links to Advocates for Youth’s sites for gay and lesbian youth, young women of color, and Latino gay and lesbian youth.