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| Web Pages |
| Friends For Friends |
| Dedicated to reducing the risk of HIV infection among African-Americans through street outreach campaigns and free workshops. Features programs, volunteer opportunities, membership information and news. |
| Capitol Area Vaccine Effort |
| A volunteer panel of individuals from the general public and from the diverse communities affected by AIDS who assist and advise AIDS vaccine trials in the metropolitan area. Features documents, events, news, photos and a speakers bureau. |
| VA AIDS Information Center |
| Information about care provided to veterans, from the VA AIDS Service. Features a newsletter. |
| Metro TeenAIDS |
| Provides resources to help young people fight AIDS and support each other. Features programs, events and employment opportunities. |
| Washington DC AIDS Drug Assistance Program Contact and Eligibility |
| Contact information for DC ADAP director, financial and medical eligibility criterias for the Washington DC ADAP. |
| Health Options and Positive Energy Foundation, Inc |
| Information for the HIV-positive on local seminars, social gatherings, tax help, and medications. Features events and articles. |
| HIVCounts |
| The District of Columbia's confidential HIV/AIDS reporting initiative for providers of counseling, testing, reporting, and treatment. Features law overviews, reporting forms and FAQ. |
| Building Futures |
| Dedicated to providing affordable housing for families, children, and individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Includes description of programs, frequently asked questions, staff profiles, online donation form and newsletter [PDF]. |
| DC Comprehensive AIDS Resources and Education Consortium - DC CARE |
| Provides member agencies with services including clinical trials education and recruitment, direct financial assistance, supplying water filters and transportation support. Features programs, events and volunteer opportunities. |
| He's My Brother, Inc. |
| Fosters a supportive community for the gay, bisexual, transgendered and lesbian individuals of color in the Baltimore/DC area. Features services and a discussion group. |
| DC Department of Health HIV/AIDS Services |
| Offers information about services offered by the HIV/AIDS Administration, including ADAP. Features the District's two year plan, testing sites and conference information. |
| Whitman-Walker Clinic HIV/AIDS Services |
| Offers testing, counseling, medical care, education and prevention services. Features overview of services, news and profiles of the epidemic. |
| Incidence of AIDS in District Tops Study |
| Article discusses a report that says the incidence of AIDS among District residents is higher than in other large U.S. cities. By Jose Antonio Vargas in the Washington Post. |
| District To Offer Condoms For Free |
| Article discusses health officials decision to install plain white condom dispensers in select government offices and the free distribution of the contraceptives. By Avram Goldstein in the Washington Post. |
| Damien Ministries |
| Faith community gathered to identify with and support those abandoned or isolated in suffering with HIV/AIDS, particularly the poorest of the poor. Features programs and activities. |
| D.C. Cuts HIV Prevention for White Gay Men |
| Article discusses the reasons for reduced funding of prevention programs. By Lou Chibbaro, Jr. in the Washington Blade. |
| PETS-DC |
| Enables people living with HIV/AIDS to maintain and care for their pets. Features services and volunteer information. |
| Washington AIDS Partnership |
| Philanthropic collaborative affiliated with the National AIDS Fund (NAF) and Washington Grantmakers. Features grantee list, request for proposals and annual report. |
| Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc. |
| Organization committed to reducing infection in the African-American community by providing prevention and support services to gay and bisexual men, and transgender persons; some programs provide prevention services to heterosexual men and women. Features programs, events, employment opportunities and a newsletter. |
| United States Syringe Exchange / Needle Exchange Washington DC |
| The District's needle exchange program. Features contact information. |
| HAA Issues ID Cards to Ryan White Patients |
| Article discusses the District's HIV/AIDS Administration program for people receiving Ryan White Emergency CARE Act funds. By Laurel Faust in the Washington Blade. |
| The Womens Collective |
| Works to meet the self-defined needs of women and their families living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS, reducing barriers to care and strengthening their network of support and services. Features programs, resources, publications and events. |
| HOPWA Contacts - Washington, DC |
| Contact information for community planning and development HIV/AIDS housing programs. |
| Battling HIV/AIDS |
| Ronald King, Director of Prevention and Intervention Services, D.C. Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration discusses and explains the District's free condom policy in an online forum with the Washington Post. |
| Washington DC Aids Ride - 1997 |
| Funds raised benefited Food and Friends and the Whitman-Walker Clinic. Features photographs. |
| AIDS Walk Washington 2003 |
| Benefited the Whitman-Walker Clinic. Features event information, FAQ and photographs. |
| Washington DC AIDS Drug Assistance Program Formulary |
| AIDS drugs covered by the Washington DC ADAP, HIV treatments paid for by the Federal and State government. |
| Metropolitan Community Church - AIDS/HIV+ Christian Support Group |
| Monthly Christ-centered support group meeting. Features contact information. |
| Waking Up to AIDS |
| A partial chronology of AIDS awareness: 1981-1985. |
| DC TechNet |
| Focuses on organizational development, financial management and information technology for the community-based organizations enrolled in the project. Features alerts, discussions and resources. [English/Spanish] |
| Joseph's House |
| Offers a home, nursing services and community for formerly homeless men in the metropolitan area who are terminally ill and in the last weeks or months of illness. Features volunteer opportunities and events. |