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A Birmingham, Alabama, nonprofit
organization, Aletheia House, has been awarded $500,000 per year over five
years—for a total of $2.5 million—from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to implement a program to provide
substance abuse treatment and HIV prevention services in four rural Alabama
counties.
Aletheia House Director Chris Retan
notes that the nonprofit already maintains a presence in three of the counties
and will begin the Healthy Living program, which involves counseling, testing,
and peer support, in January.
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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