Resources
The AMAAD Institute
10221 S. Compton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90002
(323) 569-1610
Headquartered in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, The AMAAD Institute (Arming Minorities Against Addiction & Disease Institute) provides support services, community support and resources centered around specialized, strength-based management and services with a focus among LGBTQ people of color. The organization facilitates personalized individual access to programs and services that foster safe and supportive healthy environments for people to live, learn, and develop to their fullest potential.
APAIT (Access to Prevention Advocacy Intervention & Treatment)
3055 Wilshire Blvd., #300
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 375-3830
Additional locations in Lincoln Heights and Orange County
APAIT’s programs and services include: HIV Testing, Partner and Family Notification, Patient Navigation, Behavioral Health Services, and Housing Case Management. Established in 1987 as a service organization for Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) who were dying alone from AIDS-related stigma and shame, APAIT now reaches out to the diverse communities of LA and Orange counties who identify as LGBTQIA-2S, immigrants and refugees, at-risk for HIV/STIs, housing insecure, and with behavioral health lived experience.
Being Alive
7080 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 874-4322
Being Alive Harm Reduction Center
7976 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Being Alive provides educational peer support, peer counseling. wellness center, acupuncture, and mental health counseling for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Being Alive also operates a harm reduction program in multiple locations, with a focus on people who inject drugs, but also individuals who use insulin, hormones, steroids, or other injectable treatments. Harm reduction sites are a safe place to exchange and dispose of needles.
Bienestar
6 locations in LA County, including East Los Angeles
(866) 590-6411
Bienestar is a community-based health care and social services organization with expertise in identifying and addressing emerging health issues faced by the Latino and LGBTQ populations (with a focus on Trans health and Men’s health). Bienestar provides full-service medical care, HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, sexual health, mental health services, substance use counseling and medication assisted treatment. Bienestar works with Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), a short-term assistance program that provides emergency help with rent, mortgage, utilities, and rental assistance. The organization also provides ongoing food assistance for low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
Black AIDS Institute (BAI)
4249/4251 Crenshaw Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90008
(213) 224-7488
Based in Los Angeles, the Black AIDS Institute’s “A Clinic For Us” offers respectful and culturally appropriate health services to LA’s Black, Latinx, and other under-served communities. BAI’s clinic provides access to HIV services such as counseling, testing, and linkage services, HIV biomedical prevention (including PrEP), and care services.
BAI also provides at-home test kits, which can be requested to be provided by mail. In partnership with St John’s Well Child and Family Center, BAI offers the Check Up! Program to explore the role that social networks may play in the diffusion of HIV and HIV education throughout our community.
City of West Hollywood's HIV ZERO Initiative
www.weho.org/HIV-AIDS Resources
Please click here to read the City of West Hollywood’s HIV ZERO Initiative, which was published in 2019 and describes “the City’s continued commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS until we get to zero.” The initiative stated these goals:
1. Expand access to healthcare for people living with HIV and people currently at an elevated risk for infection,
2. Reduce new HIV infections,
3. Reduce HIV-related health inequalities, and
4. Slow disease progress from initial infection to HIV Stage 3 (AIDS).
CHIRP/LA
150 W. 24th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 741.1951
CHIRP-LA is a HOPWA-funded housing information and referral program dedicated to preventing homelessness and improving the quality of life of People Living with HIV/AIDS in LA County. In this website you will have access to a comprehensive range of affordable housing options, as well as an extensive list of supportive services designed to assist you in finding and maintaining housing.
CHIRP/LA (Comprehensive Housing Information & Referrals for People Living with HIV/AIDS) also hosts resource fairs and monthly network meetings for service providers to share information.
Collective of AIDS Memorial Sites
STORIES: The AIDS Monument is a member of the Collective of AIDS Memorial Sites (CAMS). Other members include:
- AIDS Memorial Pathway (Seattle)
- National AIDS Memorial Grove (San Francisco)
- New York City AIDS Memorial
- The Wall Las Memorias Project (Los Angeles)
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
16130 Ventura Blvd., #250
Los Angeles, CA 91436
(818) 338-6361
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to end global pediatric HIV/AIDS by funding prevention and treatment programs, research, and advocacy. The organization is engaged in public policy and advocacy efforts in the United States, and in research and program implementation in several countries, including Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation
www.elizabethtayloraidsfoundation.org
9701 Wilshire Blvd., #600
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation was established in 1991 to raise money to support the direct care of the world’s most vulnerable people living with HIV. As recently as 2019, ETAF’s international outreach was focused in southern Malawi. ETAF’s funding priorities in the U.S. are (1) Youth Education, Prevention & Support; (2) Direct Treatment & Care of Women; and (3) Family Care through Life Enhancing Experiences & Emotional Support. ETAF also works to modernize criminal laws and penalties against people living with HIV.
Elton John AIDS Foundation
www.EltonJohnAIDSFoundation.org
584 Broadway, #906
New York, NY 10012
(212) 219.0670
The Elton John AIDS Foundation funds frontline partners to prevent infections, fight stigma and provide treatment with love, compassion and dignity for the most vulnerable groups affected by HIV around the world. As a leader in the global AIDS community, the Foundation is committed in 2020-2025 to funding programs in Africa reaching people aged 10-24 years old. The Foundation has an extensive grant program supporting efforts that have an immediate and lasting effort in the fight against HIV.
Foothill AIDS Project
2555 E. Colorado Blvd., #202
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 710-4487
678 S. Indian Hill Blvd.
Claremont, CA 91711
(800) 448-0858
Foothill AIDS Project offers a full spectrum of programs and services that empower clients in three counties (Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside) to manage their own long-term health goals. Integrated treatment and care coordination, paired with stable housing planning and outreach, provide many tools for people living with HIV to live longer, healthier, and more stable lives.
Get Prep LA
www.getprepla.com
1-844-Yea-PrEP
Los Angeles County’s website for all things PrEP and PEP! “Get Prep LA” provides thorough information about PrEP and PEP, as well as a page with educational information targeted specifically to women. The website also provides “PrEP Centers of Excellence,” a listing of clinics in LA County that provide PrEP medication.
Life Group LA
(888) 208-8081
Life Group LA is a coalition of people dedicated to the education, empowerment and emotional support of persons both infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, so that they may make informed choices and decisions regarding their healthcare and personal well being. Founded in 2005, Life Group LA provides information and emotional support through the POZ Life Weekend Seminar, a place where HIV+ men, women, youths and family members can come be themselves and feel support.
Los Angeles Black AIDS Monument
2146 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA. 90018
Housed at the AHF Wellness Center on West Adams, the Los Angeles Black AIDS Monument seeks to tell the story of HIV/AIDS in the Black community in the voice and language of Black people. Titled “Pouring Into Each Other,” the monument serves as a constant reminder that All Black Lives Matter.
Los Angeles County Commission on HIV
510 S. Vermont Avenue, 14th Fl.
Los Angeles, CA 90020
(213) 738-2816
The LA County Commission on HIV serves as the local council for the planning, allocation, coordination and delivery of HIV/AIDS services. Appointed by the LA County Board of Supervisors, the COH represents a broad and diverse group of providers, consumers, and stakeholders, including HIV+ individuals who are consumers of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The COH is responsible for setting care/treatment priorities in LA County.
Please PrEP Me project
PleasePrEPMe launched in 2015 as the first searchable and location-responsive PrEP and PEP provider directory in English and Spanish for the state of California. From supporting the development of a national directory, to creating sex-positive HIV-prevention resources, PleasePrEPMe worked to expand access to PrEP and PEP.
Reach LA
1400 E. Olympic Blvd. #240
Los Angeles, CA 90021
(213) 622 1650
Created in 1992 in response to the lack of HIV/AIDS prevention education for youth of color, Reach LA provides HIV prevention education, HIV testing, linkage to care and support services for HIV positive & high-risk negative youth and young adults. Reach LA also hosts socializing groups for LGBTQ people and their allies: Men’s Monday Night Mix Up, Gaymer Night, and Drag Race Viewing Night.
Resources for Teens
Launched in 2001 as an online hub for teen-friendly sexual and reproductive health information and resources, TeenSource.org features accurate and reliable information about HIV, healthy relationships, and teen rights to accessing sensitive services in California. The site also features youth-generated blogs and videos, a listing of clinics, and a form to request free condoms by mail.
STD Test Finder
Wondering where you can get an STD test in Los Angeles and how the process works? Testing is critical as STDs continue to increase in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, according to a report published by the LA County Department of Public Health. There are 126 testing centers in the city of Los Angeles, including many free or low-cost accessible options.
The Wall Las Memorias
The Wall Las Memorias is a community health and wellness organization dedicated to serving Latino, LGBTQ and other under served populations through advocacy, education and building the next generation of leadership. TWLM educates community members on the importance of HIV and AIDS, substance abuse prevention, mental health stigma reduction for LGBTQI2-S transitional-aged youth, transgender women health and wellness, non-binary health and wellness, and community building in the marginalized communities.
The Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument in Lincoln Park (located at 3600 N. Mission Road, Los Angeles 90031) continues to bring solace and healing to a community who lost their loved ones to AIDS. Community members are invited to submit names of loved ones lost to AIDS or HIV complications. New names will be engraved onto the name panels on the monument.
TransLatin@ Coalition
3055 Wilshire Blvd., #350
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(833) TG SAFE-1
(833) 847-2331
Founded in 2009 by transgender, gender-nonconforming and intersex (TGI) immigrant women in Los Angeles, the TransLatin@ Coalition has a PrEP/PEP program with comprehensive case management among its many services. The TransLatin@ Coalition also provides training for community members who want to disseminate information within their social networks about the benefits of PrEP/PEP.
At its facilities located near La Fayette Park in DTLA, the TransLatin@ Coalition offers comprehensive case management through its T.R.U.E Program and a re-entry program for TGI individuals released from jails, prisons and immigration detentions centers. The drop-in center provides daily food distribution, clothing, English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, and a computer lab.
Through Positive Eyes
UCLA Art & Global Health Center
120 Westwood Plaza
Glorya Kaufman Hall, #188
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Through Positive Eyes is a collaborative photo-storytelling project by 200 people living with HIV and AIDS in cities around the world. Originated as part of the UCLA Art & Global Health Center’s MAKE ART/STOP AIDS initiative, this project paints a vivid picture of the AIDS epidemic and testifies to the resilient spirit of those facing the challenges of HIV.
Unique Woman’s Coalition (UWC)
3055 Wilshire Blvd.
3rd Floor (APAIT office)
Los Ahgeles, CA 90010
(650) 336-8471
The Unique Woman’s Coalition is dedicated to being a collective voice for the Black Trans community. UWC has programs designed to foster the next generation of black trans leadership from within the community through mentorship, scholarship, and community care engagement work. UWC also has a Legal Documents clinic, which offers assistance in completing forms for identification, social security cards, and the recording of health care wishes.
WeHo Life (formerly Prep Here)
Los Angeles LGBT Center
1125 N. McCadden Place
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 860-7315
Through this HIV information and prevention program, the LA LGBT Center distributes free condom packets (including use instructions) and develops and distributes informational materials for a variety of populations. The Center’s approach to HIV testing and treatment is fast, friendly and comprehensive.