San Francisco Aids Foundation

Linkage & retention services and social support services:ensuring people living with hiv have access to health care services, including housing and public benefits is a critical component of the foundation's work. The health navigation program links people living with hiv and clients taking prep to crucial social services and insurance benefits, and the foundation's housing and benefits program provides housing assistance and financial benefits counseling to san franciscans living with hiv. (cont. On sch. O) the foundation's community engagement and social support programs engage long-term hiv survivors and those newly diagnosed, as well as trans and gender nonbinary people, black and african american men who have sex with men, the latinx community, and black and african american women living with hiv. Through these programs, participants attend workshops, social events and support groups where they learn about risk reduction and treatment adherence.

Sexual health services:people living with hiv, gay, bisexual and queer men, trans and gender nonbinary people, people who inject drugs, and other communities at risk for hiv can receive judgment free hiv testing, sti screening and treatment, hepatitis c services, vaccinations, anal health care, doxy postexposure prophylaxis (pep) for sti prevention, and gender affirming care. The foundation provides pep and pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep), and has helped thousands gain access to these effective prevention tools and enroll in public programs to help pay for medications. The foundation also provides monkeypox (mpox) testing, treatment, and vaccination.

Policy & public education:working in coalitions with other hiv/ aids and harm reduction organizations, the foundation's policy and advocacy team advocates for the hiv community and other priority communities at the local, state, and federal levels. The foundation's public education resources including blogs, emailed newsletters, websites, and community advertising provide audiences with the latest information about harm reduction, hiv prevention, treatment and care.the foundation's services are offered in locations around san francisco, including strut, our health & wellness center in the castro; the 6th street center in the soma/tenderloin neighborhood; the main office at 940 howard street and several satellite and popup sites around the city.