What is the Delaware HIV Consortium?
The Delaware HIV Consortium is a statewide non-profit organization established to facilitate collaboration among its members and to ensure that quality, non-duplicative HIV treatment and prevention services are available throughout Delaware. Our membership includes HIV/AIDS service providers, civic leaders, public health professionals, representatives of private business, and persons living with HIV disease.
The Consortium operates several statewide working committees, including the Integrated Statewide Planning Council and Policy Subcommittee. The Consortium works to better the lives of Delawareans with HIV through service coordination, community participation, trainings for AIDS Service Organizations, workshops and consumer involvement to meet the changing needs of the HIV community and to ensure a quality, culturally-appropriate continuum of care.
Over the years the Consortium has added innovative programming to the array of HIV/AIDS services in Delaware. The "Red Ribbon Advocates" Program is designed to empower people living with HIV/AIDS and gives them the tools to become more active in the community process. The Consortium continues the only state-wide tenant-based rental assistance program for those living with HIV/AIDS. This program is in its 14th year of providing housing assistance. In addition, the housing program supports two site-based housing programs for individuals with HIV and mental illness.
The Consortium:
 
  • Believes that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is a crisis that requires community planning and action
  • Promotes participation from all communities
  • Shares the responsibility in an epidemic that affects everyone
  • Works for increased awareness of the HIV epidemic and of HIV activities in Delaware
  • Seeks to include active participation of those living with HIV in the planning of statewide services
  • Creates, implements and helps support treatment-related services and housing assistance to those living with HIV in Delaware
  • Disseminates meaningful and accurate information to improve the quality of services to persons living with HIV/AIDS and to reduce the stigma of HIV/AIDS in our communities
  • Supports the implementation of housing opportunities for persons with HIV/AIDS so that they are able to live with stability and dignity in order to maximize health-related outcomes
  • Works to identify and secure diversified funding streams to address the unmet needs of those living with HIV disease in Delaware