AIDS Council Receives Grant from AIDS Institute

ALBANY, NY (10/18/2007)(readMedia)-- The AIDS Council of Northeastern New York received $150,000 from the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute to provide prevention services to communities of color in Albany, Schenectady, and Rensselaer Counties. This grant supports the Given the Chance program and will provide funding for group HIV prevention activities in Albany, Schenectady, and Rensselaer county jails, substance abuse treatment facilities and HIV prevention sessions with HIV positive persons and their partners. It will also support HIV testing and counseling, STD screening, and testing for Hepatitis C.

In operation for over 23 years, the AIDS Council is the preeminent provider of AIDS services in a fifteen county region in Upstate New York with offices in Albany, Glens Falls, Hudson, Plattsburgh, Schenectady and Troy. For more information about the AIDS Council please visit www.aidscouncil.org.

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