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Family Health Centers of San Diego provides outreach to homeless, runaway, and at-risk youths in central San Diego. Fourteen years ago, FHCSD launched its Teen Outreach Mobile Clinic, which offers individuals ages 12-24 HIV/STI screening and primary, acute, and preventive care services. One of the mobile clinic’s main objectives is linking these youths to a permanent medical home.
Mobile clinic testing counselors and physicians from the University of California-San Diego Medical Center typically serve 15-35 youths at each stop. An increase in demand has led FHCSD to expand the program: The vehicle now rotates among three different locations in the city, three nights a week for four hours each session.
FHCSD is one of 13 recent beneficiaries of AIDS Walk & Run San Diego. The city’s largest single-day HIV/AIDS fundraiser enables the distribution of more than $500,000 in grants to local service organizations. This year’s AIDS Walk & Run will be held Sept. 25 in Balboa Park.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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