New program to help those with HIV/AIDS

The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona is funding a new effort to help people with HIV/AIDS live longer, healthier lives.
Juanita Molina of the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network said the foundation's grant of $10,000 for 2007-08 will fill what she called an emerging need for more social support for long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS. Molina is TIHAN's coordinator of care partner support.
The grant for the Link Specialist Program will fund the recruitment and training of volunteers who will help TIHAN clients find community resources to help them thrive, Molina said.
These volunteers will also help transients with HIV/AIDS whose care may not be supervised by local social service or health care agencies. (source : www.tucsoncitizen.com)