Persad Center Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

Dec 2, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.3

Gross Receipts

$2,470,684

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Hiv/aids services persad provides both care services to hiv+ individuals and prevention services to individuals at high risk for infection. Persad has been providing hiv/aids services since the early 1980s. The agency provides a variety of care services including counseling for the newly diagnosed as well as long term survivors, mental heath interventions, and substance abuse treatment. Hiv/aids care services also include support groups, coping with grief and loss, and strategies to improve individual's ability to adhere to treatment and medication regimens. Individuals served in hiv/aids services demonstrate improved coping skills, report increased networks of support, and show improved self care management. Persad provided 103 hiv+ individuals with 1457 hours of care this year. Persad's hiv prevention services target several high risk populations including gay men, men who have sex with men (msm), young adult men of color, street youth, and hiv+ individuals. Persad provides different interventions to these groups that are specifically designed and proven effective for the population. The demonstrated effective interventions that persad uses include: mpowerment (for young men of color), street smart (for street youth), healthy relationships (for hiv+ individuals to prevent re- infection), and respect (for gay men and msm). Individuals who participate in hiv prevention services benefit from knowing their hiv status, increase their awareness and knowledge of hiv disease, and recognize and reduce the behaviors that put them at risk for infection. 2436 participants received 5226 hours of prevention interventions.

Activity 3

Prep lgbtq cultural competency program the cultural competency program provided training and consultation to 17 sites and 14 agencies that work with adolescents involved in child protective or juvenile justice services. These agencies were provided 204 hours of training/consultation with 957 participating staff members.

Filer

EIN

25-1234680