The Access Network Inc

“No review was or will be conducted.”

“Any potential conflict is addressed at the regularly scheduled board meeting.”

“Upon written request via us postal service or by appointment at corporate office.”

“Access' mission: "empowering communities to access a healthy lifestyle through education and supportive services," providing case management and prevention interventions to persons at-risk of, with, or affected by hiv/aids and other stds and homeless persons or those at risk of being homeless.”

“Is defined in two ways: first by clients remaining healthy and not developing opportunistic infections that categorize aids, and second by preventing the transmission of hiv to others. According to the december 2013 south carolina department of health and environmental control (scdhec) hiv-std surveillance report, beaufort county's hiv+ persons account for 53% (383 persons) of the total cases in the region; colleton county 19% (143), hampton county 15% (110) and jasper county 13 (93 persons) of the total cases in the religion. Of those, 51% (373 persons) have developed aids, and of those, 356 persons have died. With the continuing stigma and discrimination associated with hiv and aids and the feelings of depression, shame and isolation that accompany persons living with the disease, many do not even seek treatment until the onset of symptoms. An hiv positive person and his/her family are faced with the additional economic impact of dealing with a catastrophic illness. Although the advances in science and treatment have brought us close to the end of the aids epidemic, reducing viral load and the risk of transmission, the cost of treatment remains high and a heavy economic impact burden for both individuals and systems of delivery. This does not account for prescriptions to prevent and/or treat opportunistic infections which can befall an hiv-positive person any time. A priority of hiv case management is to ensure clients have access to medical care and treatment and increase positive health outcomes. Efforts are being made to enroll all uninsured clients in insurance programs so that care and treatment options are available. Access is a member of the sc hiv task force, created to mobilize a state- wide advocacy and education effort bringing attention to the south carolina legislature and media concerning the enormous economic impact hiv/aids has on the state resources.”

“Centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) are: hiv positive persons and african american men who have sex with men and african american heterosexual women between the ages of 25-44. It is estimated that for every known hiv infection there could be an additional unknown. The service region could have as many as 700+ persons living with hiv in the service region, hence the need for community based counseling and testing. Another targeted population are those persons who know they are hiv+ but are not now or have fallen out of care (not seen by a medical provider within the past 6 months). Access provides targeted community based counseling & testing, individual and group level interventions and health communication/public information interventions. To date access has served more than 650 hiv positive persons and tested more than 2,000 persons in the past five years. Of those, 275 are considered active clients receiving access to care & treatment and supportive services. "our people perish" is a faith-based initiative focusing on building capacity within faith-based organizations to incorporate reproductive health and wellness education, communication skills, stigma, condom negotiation and risk behaviors. "shear devotion" and "condom trails" are community initiatives targeting the business community and providing technical assistance to business owners (i.e., barber & beauty salons), to provide hiv/std prevention education at their businesses. The hampton county adolescent pregnancy prevention initiative (happi) plans, organizes, and delivers adolescent pregnancy prevention interventions to targeted at-risk populations in hampton county to impact the reduction of adolescent pregnancies.”

“Provide an opportunity for increased self-sufficiency and self-management.”

“This is total of accomplishments reported in 4a, 4b and 4c.”

“Interventions - group 25,502 0 0 household items 23,922 0 0 equipment rental/maint. 20,354 0 0 living support- utilities 19,723 336 0 temporary help 17,971 0 0 supplies 14,529 119 0 building maint. - housing 14,132 0 0 hlth ins. - client assist 9,239 0 0 public info./com. 5,203 0 0 dental 4,331 0 0 medical visits 4,284 0 0 client transportation 3,453 0 0 personal care 2,776 0 0 miscellaneous program 1,807 886 0 temporary shelter 1,959 0 0 membership dues/licenses 1,941 0 0 community relations 1,799 0 0 mental health counseling 1,506 0 0 street outreach 1,484 0 0 other food 1,176 0 0 aftercare 1,162 0 0 lab work 922 0 0 substance abuse 920 0 0 food bank 860 0 0 counseling 463 0 0 bank service charges 7 360 0 legal, permanancy plannin 57 0 0 misc living support 40 0 0 medical supplies 11 0 0”

“Audit is in process at the time of filing the tax return but not yet complete.”