Prevention Services
HIV Prevention Programs
Safety Counts
"Safety Counts" is a four-month harm reduction program for active drug users. This program offers two group sessions, an individual counseling session, and opportunities for social events as clients develop their own goals for reducing their risk for HIV and Hepatitis C.
"Safety Counts" is a four-month harm reduction program for active drug users. This program offers two group sessions, an individual counseling session, and opportunities for social events as clients develop their own goals for reducing their risk for HIV and Hepatitis C.
Eligibility:
Clients must be active drug users (meaning they have used drugs in the past 90 days, not including alcohol or methadone)
Clients must be active drug users (meaning they have used drugs in the past 90 days, not including alcohol or methadone)
How to join or refer a client:
Contact Nelsie Sierra at 296-6400, Ext. 224 or nsierra@lcs-ct.org
Contact Nelsie Sierra at 296-6400, Ext. 224 or nsierra@lcs-ct.org
Session schedule:
Tuesdays at 9am. Sessions are held in Spanish.
Tuesdays at 9am. Sessions are held in Spanish.
VOICES/VOCES
"VOICES/VOCES" is a single session video-based HIV/STD prevention workshop designed to encourage condom use and improve condom negotiation skills. Sessions are held in small groups of peers that are gender-specific.
"VOICES/VOCES" is a single session video-based HIV/STD prevention workshop designed to encourage condom use and improve condom negotiation skills. Sessions are held in small groups of peers that are gender-specific.
Eligibility:
All heterosexual Latino and Latina males and females are encouraged to attend.
All heterosexual Latino and Latina males and females are encouraged to attend.
How to join:
Contact Idiana Velez at 296-6400 ext. 270 or ivelez@lcs-ct.org
Contact Idiana Velez at 296-6400 ext. 270 or ivelez@lcs-ct.org
Session schedule:
Contact Ms. Velez for more information.
Spiritual Self Schema Therapy
Spiritual Self-Schema (3-S) Therapy is a manual-guided intervention for increasing motivation for HIV prevention that integrates a cognitive model of self within a Buddhist framework suitable for people of all faiths. 3-S Therapy is based on the premise that motivation for HIV prevention can be increased by drawing upon clients’ spiritual beliefs and religious faith, and by strengthening a self-schema that is fundamentally incompatible with drug use and other HIV risk behavior.
Eligibility:
Hispanic injection drug users (IDU) who have completed an in-patient drug treatment program.
How to join:
Contact Melissa Torres at (860) 296-6400 or mtorres@lcs-ct.org
Session schedule:
Wednesdays at 10am. Sessions are held in Spanish.
Wednesdays at 10am. Sessions are held in Spanish.
Latino Faith Partnership for Prevention & Treatment
The Latino Faith Partnership for Prevention & Treatment offers a variety of services to substance using Latinos in four cities - Hartford, East Hartford, New Britain and Willimantic - with faith-based outreach teams, pastoral counseling, HIV/STD testing, case management, outpatient treatment and recovery support, and risk reduction interventions.
The faith-based partners for this initiative are:
New Hope in Community, Inc.
837 Main Street, East Hartford
837 Main Street, East Hartford
90 Main St, New Britain
Living Well Ministries, Inc
888 Main Street, Willimantic
888 Main Street, Willimantic
Christian Activities Council
current site: 184 Wethersfield Ave, Hartford
current site: 184 Wethersfield Ave, Hartford
For more information, please contact Michael Rivera at (860) 296-6400 x239 or mrivera@lcs-ct.org
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