About Face Theatre - to support a series of arts-based programs designed to increase the safety, empowerment, and leadership capacity of the GLBTQA community.

Access Community Health Network - to support the AIDS Pastoral Care Network's community-based prevention education/pastoral care program, Faith Responds to AIDS, which serves African-American and Latino populations on Chicago's west and south sides.

Advocate Metro Outreach Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program - to implement and evaluate a culturally-competent HIV/AIDS continuum of care and prevention services for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Agape Missions, Inc. - to provide general operating support for this multi-service AIDS service provider.

AIDSCare - to support the operation of this residential program serving people living with HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Legal Council of Chicago - to provide legal services for people living with HIV.

Alexian Brothers - The Harbor - to support the sobriety program serving clients living with HIV in this residential facility in Waukegan.

Asian Human Services, Inc. - to support the African Refugee AIDS Project, which will provide HIV prevention education to recent African immigrants.

Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center - to provide HIV prevention education and anonymous STD testing for MSMs, youth, and young adults in southern Cook County.

Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV) - to support capacity building initiatives in development, human resources, and technology.

Bridging the Tys to Jordan - to provide general operating support of Jordan's Place, a residential facility serving people living with and at-risk for HIV.

Carepoint Adult, Child, and Family Association ($7,000) - to support HIV-positive men and women who are incarcerated or on probation.

Catholic Charities of Lake County - to support the operation of the food pantry for HIV-positive clients.

Center on Halsted - to provide general operating support for the Youth Program and Psychotherapy Services targeting the GLBTQ community.

Centro Comunitario Juan Diego - to provide general operating support for the HIV/AIDS prevention program.

Centro Romero - to support the HIV/AIDS awareness program for adolescent Latinas and expand it to include adult Latinas on the northeast side of Chicago.

Centro San Bonifacio - to provide general operating support for a health promoter to facilitate an HIV/AIDS prevention education program.

Chicago House & Social Service Agency - to support the activities of the Increase Independence and Income Initiative (I-4), an employment services system for unemployed adults living with HIV/AIDS.

Chicago Recovery Alliance - to purchase sterile syringes for a needle exchange program targeting adults in suburban Cook County.

Children's Place Association - to support the Lifelong Families Program for families impacted by HIV/AIDS.

Christian Community Health Center - to support the prevention activities associated with the South Side Women's Collaborative, which provides coordinated prevention and care services targeting African-American women.

Churches United in the Fight Against AIDS - to support leadership development, fundraising, and HIV prevention education programs.

Community Supportive Living Systems - to provide general operating support for this south-side supportive housing agency serving African Americans living with HIV.

Cottage Grove Health Center - to support HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and risk-reduction programs targeting young African-American men and women in Ford Heights.

Erie Family Health Center - to support existing HIV outreach and prevention programs on the west side.

Families' and Children's AIDS Network (FCAN) - to support the Family Options program that provides direct legal and social work services to HIV-impacted families.

Franciscan Outreach Association - to support HIV prevention activities and to fund an HIV prevention coordinator.

Greater Westside Development Corporation - to increase the level of HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness services on the west side of Chicago.

Haymarket Center($7,000) - to hire a nutritionist who will provide individual and group counseling for HIV-positive clients.

Holy Cross Church Immaculate Heart of Mary - to continue the HIV/AIDS Outreach Prevention Education program, which offers social services and prevention outreach in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Horizon Hospice - to provide home health services for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Howard Area Community Center - to support the HIV-prevention project serving communities of color in Rogers Park.

Howard Brown Health Center - to help underwrite laboratory tests for uninsured clients living with HIV in the HIV Primary Care Program.

Interfaith House - to support the HIV/AIDS Education and Services Project, which aims to reduce the risk of HIV infection among Chicago's homeless population and support residents who are living with HIV/AIDS.

Jo-Ray House - to provide general operating support to assist HIV-positive residents.

Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc. - to support the AIDS Project that provides advocacy services on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago - to support legal services provided to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Let's Talk Let's Test Foundation - to provide general operating support for prevention education programs targeting African Americans.

Liberty Baptist Church - to support their HIV/AIDS ministry program "Visions Liberty," which provides HIV prevention education to communities on the south side of Chicago.

Men & Women in Prison Ministries - to support HIV/AIDS prevention outreach activities to ex-offenders, their families, and communities.

Open Door Clinic - to continue the delivery of primary medical care for people living with HIV in Elgin and Aurora.

Proactive Community Services - to support an HIV/AIDS prevention and education youth program in the southern suburbs.

Project VIDA - to support the HIV prevention and risk-reduction project targeting young African-American and Latino men.

Questioning Youth Center - to support HIV prevention programs, drop-in center, and a youth leader coordinator serving GLBTQ youth in DeKalb.

Regional CARE Association - to provide general operating support for this Joliet-based primary care organization.

Research & Education Foundation of Michael Reese - to support the Medication Adherence Project of the HIV Care Program, which provides adherence education and counseling services.

Roger Baldwin Foundation/ACLU - to support statewide litigation, education, and public policy work aimed at ending discrimination and mistreatment of those affected by HIV and AIDS.

Salud Latina/Latino Health - to support capacity building and organizational infrastructure for integration of HIV/AIDS services among faith-based organizations targeting Latinos.

School Street Movement - to provide support for its performance workshop series entitled "HIV/AIDS: Exploring Risky Behaviors."

South Side Help Center - to support the Prevention for Positive's Program, which targets HIV-positive African-American males and females.

TaskForce Prevention and Community Services - to support and expand HIV outreach and prevention services to African Americans on the south and west sides of Chicago.

Test Positive Aware Network - to support Positively Wired, a computer skills and Internet skills training program for HIV-positive individuals.

The Night Ministry - to support the Outreach and Health Ministry program staff, health outreach bus, and HIV prevention services.

The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center - to support a peer leadership program, which assists new patients in accessing care services.

University of Illinois at Chicago - Community Outreach Intervention Project - to provide syringe exchange and harm-reduction services on the west side of Chicago.

University of Illinois at Chicago - HIV/AIDS Project - to support HIV medical adherence and data management support.

Vida/SIDA Puerto Rican Cultural Center - to support HIV counseling and testing, prevention, and risk-reduction education projects.

Vital Bridges - to provide food and nutrition services to people living with HIV/AIDS on Chicago's south and west sides

Westside Health Center - to support an AIDS awareness and prevention education peer-advocate program targeting African-American youth.

Westside Holistic Family Services - to support a new HIV/AIDS education program, Project Assist, in the Austin, Garfield, Near West, and North Lawndale communities.

Young Women's Empowerment Project - to provide peer-led HIV prevention services to young women in the sex trade.

AIDS Run & Walk Chicago CommunityDirect Grants - AFC provides grants through CommunityDirect, a fundraising program that benefits AFC's Service Providers Council (SPC). SPC agencies that formed teams for the 2005 AIDS Run & Walk Chicago received 50% of the dollars they raised to directly benefit their programs and communities.

AmeriCorps Matching Grant - AFC places seven AmeriCorps members at agencies throughout Chicago to provide HIV prevention, care, and testing services. AFC is required to pay a matching grant of $3,500 per member to the National AIDS Fund for administrative costs related to this grant. Funded partners are Center on Halsted, Chicago House, Haymarket Center, AIDS Legal Council of Chicago, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago Recovery Alliance, and Infant Welfare Society. This initiative is funded in part by the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust.

Chicago Housing for Health Partnership - AFC continues to be the lead agency in coordinating housing for chronically-ill homeless individuals and to evaluate the cost-benefits of a comprehensive array of housing and social services. Components of this initiative were funded through private resources including the Michael Reese Health Trust, The Chicago Community Trust, The Siragusa Foundation, The Field Foundation of Illinois, The Prince Charitable Trusts, The Baxter International Foundation, and Grant Healthcare Foundation.

Dance for Life - AFC earmarks a portion of the proceeds raised through Dance for Life to support beneficiary agencies and an emergency fund for clients living with HIV. The funded agencies are Test Positive Aware Network, BEHIV, and South Side Help Center.

Faith in Prevention Initiative - AFC supports faith-based organizations in their efforts to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS on the health of African-American men and women in Chicago. Eleven funded churches and faith-based organizations each received a leadership grant of $5,000 to support a variety of HIV prevention and outreach activities. This initiative is funded by the Michael Reese Health Trust and Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust.

Food and Nutrition Advocacy Partnership - AFC is leading a coalition, funded by the Altria Group, Inc., to improve access to food and nutritional counseling. The partnership also studies the impact that improved access to food programs and services has on chronically-ill individuals, including seniors and those living with HIV. Funded partners include Catholic Charities Lake County Services, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Health & Disability Advocates, Illinois Hunger Coalition, People's Resource Center, and Vital Bridges.

Global AIDS Initiative Award - AFC raised private funding to support Chicago-based community organizations that provide HIV/AIDS prevention, advocacy, care, and treatment internationally. The three Chicago organizations funded are the Children's Place, Martin Temple AME Zion Church, and Women's Equity for Access to Care and Treatment for HIV (WE-ACTx), all of which have projects in Africa working with HIV-positive women, children, and orphans.

Katrina Relief Fund - AFC awarded a grant to the National AIDS Fund to support agencies in New Orleans that provided HIV/AIDS prevention/education, advocacy, and care to individuals living in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Perinatal HIV Case Management Project - AFC coordinates this project, which is funded by the Pediatric AIDS Chicago Prevention Initiative to help eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV by increasing pregnant HIV-positive women's participation in prenatal care.

South Side Women's Collaborative - AFC coordinates a collaborative project between Chicago Women's AIDS Project, Christian Community Health Center, and the South Side Help Center to increase access to HIV prevention and primary care services for African-American women on the south side of Chicago. The collaborative's research and evaluation component is provided by Chicago State University's HIV/AIDS Policy and Research Institute. The collaborative is funded in part by the National AIDS Fund and Johnson & Johnson.

Supportive Housing Initiatives - AFC was awarded funds through the Illinois Department of Public Health; Sara Lee Foundation; Chicago Tribune Charities-Holiday, a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation; and the Polk Bros. Foundation to support housing initiatives for individuals living with HIV. The funded partner agencies are BEHIV, Chicago House, Christian Community Health Center, Interfaith House, and South Side Help Center.