Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 20:42:12 +0500 From: ghmcleaf{CONTRACTOR/ASPEN/ghmcleaf}%NAC-GATEWAY.ASPEN@ace.aspensys.com Subject: New Organizations 11/06/95 CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse Educational Materials Database NEW ORGANIZATIONS November 6, 1995 The Clearinghouse's Resources and Services Database contains organizational information about more than 18,000 organizations in the United States and around the world. Information includes organization name, address, phone numbers, a description of offered services, and the populations served. NAC ONLINE users can search these databases by selecting "Clearinghouse Databases" from the NAC ONLINE main menu. When asked to enter a database name, specify "RDIR" (which stands for resources directory) to search all organizations. To access the NAC ONLINE BBS, set your communications software to dial (800) 851-7245, and set the options for 8 data bits, N parity, 1 stopbit, full duplex, and complete a new user questionnaire. Only non-profit organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and health departments are given full access to NAC ONLINE and the NAC databases. Over the weekend, 45 newly catalogued organizations were loaded to the RDIR Resources and Services Database. This brings the total number of organizations on the Database to 18,724. Selected records follow. AN S 31678 CN First Congregational United Church of Christ AD 31-33 E. Fulton St. Gloversville, NY 12078 PR (518) 725-4304 DE The First Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) offers counseling services to persons living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs), bisexuals, lesbians, men who have sex with men, parents, and friends. Counseling includes crisis intervention, therapy, safer sex, spiritual, substance abuse, and support groups. The Church also offers a buddy program, financial assistance, and referrals to medical, financial, and mental health programs. AN S 31686 CN United Methodist Church National Youth Ministry Organization AD 1001 19th Ave. So., Ste. 260 Nashville, TN 37212 PR (615) 340-7184 PO (615) 340-7516 - Computer modem PX (615) 340-7516 DE The National Youth Ministry Organization (NYMO) of the United Methodist Church is a nationwide network of youth and adult workers with youth at every level of the church. NYMO is made up of three basic parts: the NYMO Convocation and Legislative Assembly, held every two years; the NYMO steering committee; and the National Youth Service Fund. Training events are led by the staff of NYMO for jurisdictions, conferences, and other topics related to youth leadership, youth spiritual growth, and youth in crisis. NYMO staff also lead retreats and speak at special events. The Youth Service Fund is the mission fund for youth, of which seventy percent goes to annual conferences. Fund Projects have included skills-building and camping. The Projects combine education and recreation to heighten awareness of such issues as HIV infection, alcohol and drugs. Through activism and outreach, the youth work to change the community at all levels, from family to government. AN S 31717 CN United Church of Christ Pilgrim Congregational Church AD 509 10th Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102 PR (206) 324-3900 DE Pilgrim Congregational Church, as an open and affirming congregation, serves as place providing spiritual and emotional support for HIV-positive individuals. A Sunday evening service of chants and music is available for those uncomfortable with a traditional church service. The church is located in the gay and lesbian community and serves that community as a natural part of their mission. AN S 31797 CN Ahalaya Project AD 5350 Southwestern, Ste. 500 Oklahoma City, OK 73109 PR (405) 631-9988 PX (405) 631-9989 DE The Ahalaya Project, a recipient of both a SPNS refinement grant and a replication grant through the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC), provides a model for any project targeting cultural minorities. Designed for the local Native American community, Ahalaya (an old Choctaw word meaning "to care for deeply") was established to help meet the daily living, medical, personal, emotional, and psychosocial needs of Native Americans with HIV. The approach is as of an extended family member. The original SPNS grant provides funds for the Ahalaya Case Management model, with six components that all clients may access: Traditional Healing, Referral Services, Emergency Client Assistance, Case Management, Secondary Prevention Services, and Social and Psychological Support. The model approaches this by serving as a client advocate with service providers, by training non-Native organizations to work more efficiently with Native clients and their families, and by providing emergency assistance. Ahalaya has been granted a second, two-year SPNS grant to replicate the Ahalaya Case Management Model in New York, NY; Anchorage, AK; Phoenix, AZ; Milwaukee, MN: Kansas City, KS; Chinle, AZ; Honolulu, HI; Seattle, WA; Pembroke, NC; and Pauma Valley, CA. Because the fundamentals of Ahalaya are structured for Native American cultures in general, projects can take the model and fit it to their particular use. Specifics of Ahalaya must be tailored to the needs of the specific Native American community: differences occur in tribal cultural values, what western values have been adopted, language, ceremony, spirituality, logistics, and rural or urban settings.