the womens collective programs

Family Centered Case Management \| Outreach Specialist Program \| HIV Testing and Counseling \| Prevention Case Management l Sister Circle Treatment EducationProgram \| Support Groups and Coffee House \| The Tiffany Fund \| Empowerment Groups \| Theraputic Support Groups \| Sisters in the Struggle \| Technical Assistance \| Local, National and International Policy Advocacy
Family-Centered Case Management Our woman-focused, family-centered case management services are free to women living with HIV/AIDS. Family-centered case management at The Women's Collective provides intensive services to help women, their children and family members get the medical, dental care and psychosocial services including (respite care, childcare, housing, food and transportation services). Women who receive family-centered case management services are also linked with other women living with HIV/AIDS through our Outreach Specialist program, to share their experiences and gain support. Outreach Specialist Program The Outreach Specialists, who are women living with HIV/AIDS, help recently diagnosed women with HIV/AIDS or those not currently receiving services to get health care and support through sharing information, treatment issues and resources.		Case management team.
Sisters Helping Sisters to Survive Prevention Outreach We distribute female and male condoms, dental dams and primary and secondary prevention materials through our Sisters Helping Sisters to Survive program that serves women living with and at risk of HIV/AIDS. Peer Educators who are living with HIV/AIDS or are at risk conduct outreach in the community, make presentations and share information, resources and referrals with a primary focus on Black women in the District of Columbia. Prevention Case Management Case management in prevention is designed to support women living at risk of HIV/AIDS through assisting them to address immediate and long-term needs as well as those behaviors that put women at risk. Also provided is the hope and encouragement that women need to make and support change in their lives.		HIV Testing and Counseling Currently we provide on-site testing and counseling five days a week by appointment. We seek to encourage women to know their status and to support them regardless of their results through our family-centered case management, prevention case management and other support services that will empower them to stay healthy. The Women's Collective is able to provide safe, supportive counseling to women on their status in part because we make an effort to brong PWA's onto our staff: we know that some of the best support comes from experience.

Outreach Specialist Aleta Gross (L) and Prevention Project Coordinator Latroyal Smith (R) discuss education techniques using prevention devices.	Sister Circle Treatment Education Program Provides women with activities to develop skills to better understand AIDS treatment issues and apply these skills in their own decision-making process. The program includes the development of culturally appropriate treatment information; enhance partnerships with physicians to help women develop long range medical regimens plans and peer supportive activities to support long term adherence strategies. One-on-One and Family Counseling Conducted on site with trained professionals who assist individuals and families in working towards the resolution of barriers that hold them back. Support Groups and Coffeehouse We sponsor three support, skills building and psycho-educational groups and in the last year convened over thirty support groups attended by over 220 women. Each month our support groups for women, lesbians, and African women meet.

The Tiffany Fund An emergency assistance fund has served 100 women living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The Tiffany Fund provides short-term, immediate relief for women and their families to assist with food, special considerations, for example burial assistance, various purchases including clothing, incidentals (i.e., eyeglasses, birth certificates), housing assistance and other emergency needs. Empowerment Groups Held for women involved in our prevention case management program who need extra therapeutic support to keep themselves healthy, able to implement safer sex practices as well as to assist them in creating healthy behaviors so they remain HIV free. Therapeutic Support Groups We are currently restructuring our theraputic support groups. Contact us at info@womenscollective.org for more current information.		PWA's on staff at the Women's Collective include Margot Isaac (L, Rear), Danielle Perry (Center) Marik Moen (R, Rear), Patricia Nalls (R, Front) and Aleta Gross (L, Front)

Sisters in the Struggle Our organizational newsletter is disseminated to women living with HIV, organizations, and providers locally, nationally and internationally. Over the last year the Womens Collective has disseminated over 10,000 copies of the newsletter.	Local, National and International Policy Advocacy Conducted to address disparities in policy for women, children and families. Technical Assistance Assist local, national and international agencies to develop programs that are sensitive to women and families infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Family Centered Case Management \| Outreach Specialist Program \| HIV Testing and Counseling \| Prevention Case Management l Sister Circle Treatment EducationProgram \| Support Groups and Coffee House \| The Tiffany Fund \| Empowerment Groups \| Theraputic Support Groups \| Sisters in the Struggle \| Technical Assistance \| Local, National and International Policy Advocacy