Mission Statement

The mission of the AIDS Task Force in Northeast Indiana is to help improve the quality of life for men, women, and children with HIV and AIDS, to educate the community in order to decrease the incidence of HIV and STD infection and to increase the public's understanding of and compassionate response to HIV and AIDS.

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Through care coordination, the task force provides a variety of programs that help to ensure that people living with HIV or AIDS are receiving the best quality of care.

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) - The task force has be offering this assistance program for several years, providing eligible clients with long term tenant based rental assistance, short term rental assistance, and utility assistance.

Food and Nutrition Program  - Implemented in 1996, the task force offers a food and nutrition program that provides low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS with food vouchers from the Community Harvest Food Bank on a monthly basis. The task force also provides a non-perishable food pantry to clients in need of food or hygiene items on an emergency basis.

Direct Emergency Financial Assistance (DEFA) - This program helps eligible clients pay for their initial doctor visits, lab fees, and medications until they are eligible for other assistance programs.

Client Emergency Assistance program - Established several years ago, the client emergency fund provides persons living with HIV/AIDS with financial assistance not covered under HOPWA, food and nutrition, and emergency medical assistance.

Residential Facility - The task force owns and operates a nineteen unit residential facility for persons living with HIV/AIDS in downtown Fort Wayne.  The residential facility provides one-bedroom apartments and efficiency units, all with full kitchens and private baths.  Additionally, the house offers a common living room, dining room, kitchen, weight room, and meeting room.  It is the only house of its kind in the state of Indiana.  

Support Groups - The task force provides support groups on a weekly or monthly basis for persons living with HIV/AIDS, friends and family members of HIV-positive persons, and Spanish speaking HIV-positive persons and their families. 

Direct Volunteer programs - Agency volunteers participate in a variety of direct volunteer services including the Buddy Program, transportation, house cleaning, respite care, and friendly visitor. 

 

Food Pantry

We are always in need of non-perishable goods for our food pantry: soup, canned fruits & vegetables, pasta, sauce, peanut butter, canned meats, rice, hot cereal, and toiletries. 

Please drop off groceries at the office any weekday between 8:30AM and 5PM.  Thank you!

Getting Here

The AIDS Task Force is located at 525 Oxford Street, Fort Wayne, IN.  Please click here for driving directions or for the Citilink bus schedule. 

If you need transportation assistance, please call our office (260-744-1144) to speak with our Volunteer Driver Coordinator.

Disclaimer

Since HIV is spread primarily through sexual practices or sharing needles, prevention messages on this site may address those topics. HIV prevention materials funded by CDC must be approved by local program review panels, however the materials may be considered graphic by some viewers.

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