TPAN
TPAN empowers people living with HIV through peer-led programming, support services, information dissemination, and advocacy. We also provide services to the broader community to increase HIV knowledge and sensitivity, and to reduce the risk of infection.

About Face Theatre
About Face Theatre creates exceptional, innovative, and adventurous plays to advance the national dialogue on gender and sexual identity, and to challenge and entertain audiences in Chicago, across the country, and around the world.

AIDS Foundation of Chicago
The mission of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago is to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and improve the lives of people affected by the epidemic. Founded in 1985 by community activists and physicians, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is a catalyst for local, national and international action on HIV/AIDS. We collaborate with government and community partners to pursue comprehensive strategies against HIV/AIDS; fund and coordinate prevention, care and advocacy projects; and champion effective, compassionate HIV/AIDS policy and human rights to bring an end to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

BEHIV
With support from volunteers and community leaders, Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV) was founded in 1989 in response to the growing numbers of people living with HIV in Chicago, Evanston and the surrounding communities.  From the very beginning, BEHIV, the only comprehensive HIV/AIDS service provider for the North Shore and one of only a few such agencies in the City of Chicago, has helped people living with HIV/AIDS cope with medical and emotional crises, as well as provided support to their partners, spouses, family members and friends.

BEHIV Annually:

• Educates more than 12,000 young people about how to protect themselves from the virus, because HIV increasingly affects our youth
• Houses more than 190 men, women and children impacted by HIV, who might otherwise be homeless
• Delivers case management, mental health, art therapy and massage therapy services to more than 300 adults who need a lifeline to supportive services
• Provides 1,000 free HIV and sexually transmitted infection tests to our most vulnerable populations

BEHIV remains a leader in Chicago and the suburbs in fighting the spread of HIV by conducting HIV testing and counseling, educating youth, reaching out to persons at risk for HIV and providing comprehensive services for people infected and affected by the virus.

Housing Opportunities for Women
Housing Opportunities for Women’s (HOW) mission is to empower women, children and families to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty. Since its founding in 1983, HOW has helped thousands of women and children, including women and families impacted by HIV/AIDS, to achieve healthy self-sufficiency and housing stability. Programs include health and wellness services, comprehensive case management, career advancement and homeless prevention programs. HOW also partners with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago to implement targeted interventions such as the Hospital to Housing Partnership and the Pediatric AIDS Chicago Prevention Initiative. Proceeds from Ride for AIDS Chicago will strengthen and expand HOW’s provision of support and education services for HOW clients impacted by HIV/AIDS. For more information, please visit www.how-inc.org

South Side Help Center
In keeping with our mission, “Providing people with positive and healthy alternatives,” we continue to be guided by the values of health and education of family, protection and support of children, community building, and resource development. Providing services to our local, regional and national constituency is dependent upon interaction between and among children/youth, adults, community based organizations, the faith-based community, schools, city, state and federal government, law enforcement and the private sector.

Youth Outlook
Youth Outlook is the only agency in the DuPage, Kane, and DeKalb counties of Illinois dedicated solely to serving LGBTQ youth. In order to accomplish our mission, we provide wellness education on a variety of topics including HIV/AIDS, leadership development, and social networking needs. Youth Outlook (formerly Questioning Youth Center (QYC))has been committed to providing a safe, supportive, and respectful environment for adolescents, whether they identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning.  With the continued decreases in education funding and a lack of resources for all youth, Youth Outlook is committed to educating the at risk youth of the LGBTQ communities in the western suburbs about HIV/AIDS.