AIDS United Initiatives
The Southern HIV Impact (SHIF) Fund aims to address the needs of individuals and communities in the Southern Region affected by HIV. Through tailored technical assistance and awarding one-year grants, SHIF aims to enhance and coordinate HIV prevention, care and support services, advocacy, and movement-building of organizations in the region across intersecting movements.
The Southern HIV Impact Fund is supported by a collaboration of funders, including Gilead Sciences, ViiV Healthcare, and a generous anonymous donor. To learn more about this portfolio, contact the team at SouthernFund@aidsunited.org.
Melanated Movement, a program of AIDS United, aims address HIV amongst black women through strategic grantmaking and communications.
Melanated Movement Fund is a capacity-building and strategic grantmaking program that supports Black Women-led and serving organizations implementing activities designed to advance the needs of Black cisgender and transgender women through engagement in HIV Prevention and care, offer supportive services addressing social determinants of health, and promote self-efficacy concerning their health and well-being across the country.
Melanated Movement Engaged is a campaign that centers on connecting Black Women through communication campaigns virtually and in person, where they can participate in discussions around health wellness, advocacy, and body positivity.
Visit our program page to learn more about Melanated Movement.
The Transgender Leadership Initiative is a leadership development program supporting transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming leaders of color who are emerging leaders in their communities. TLI aims to facilitate and improve the professional development and community services/programs of trans leaders.
The Conexiones Positivas Fund was established in 2020 by a group of philanthropists in the HIV sector seeking to address the rising rates of HIV among Latine communities across the United States and Puerto Rico.
Uniquely positioned at the intersection of corporate, political, and grassroots power, CPF supports individuals, organizations, initiatives, and innovations addressing the health and wellness of Latine communities. Conexiones Positiveas Fund has two core initiatives:
Caminos Fund
Supporting emerging organizations and leaders of color working at the intersection of racial and health justice to incubate their visions for action and systemic change.
Desarrollo Fund
Supporting frontline organizations and movement leaders to design innovative strategies that accelerate change and promote the health and well-being of Latine communities.
The Conexiones Positivas Fund is generously supported by ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action Grant Program, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign, and Merck Pharmaceuticals.
Conexiones Positivas Fund: To learn more about this initiative, contact the team at cppc@aidsunited.org
AIDS United’s We Are United Communications Campaign, is Conexiones Positivas Fund’s unique campaign to empowering communities disproportionately impacted by HIV through communication and community partnerships.
We Are United builds partnerships and supply resources to support a range of organizations and community influencers seeking to apply an integrated approach to increase awareness about HIV/AIDS, reduce HIV/AIDS stigma, promote the importance of HIV/AIDS testing and prevention options, and encourage people living with HIV/AIDS to begin and stay in treatment through creative digital and social media engagement and/or in-person activities.
We Are United is supported through Partnering and Communicating Together (PACT), a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Division of HIV Prevention, and AIDS United to support the dissemination of the CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together (Together) campaign through digital and social media platforms and disseminate Together campaign materials, messaging, and other CDC resources that support HIV/AIDS prevention at in-person and virtual events.
We Are United: To learn more about this initiative, contact the team at weareunited@aidsunited.org.
The RRR Fund provide grants to assist organizations serving people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico that are experiencing challenges meeting their community’s needs due to the impacts of Hurricane Fiona. To learn more about this fund, visit here
AIDS United offers comprehensive capacity-building services to enhance the effectiveness of organizations addressing the HIV epidemic. These services include personalized technical assistance, coaching, workshops, and other support mechanisms designed to meet the unique needs of each organization. Their approach involves continuous consultation to identify, plan, implement, and evaluate technical assistance, ensuring adaptability and open communication throughout the engagement.
Eligibility for these services extends to various organizations across the United States and its affiliated territories, including community coalitions, government agencies, harm reduction service providers, educational institutions, community-based organizations, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and healthcare practitioners.
Organizations are encouraged to contact the capacity-building team at cba@aidsunited.org to request technical assistance or learn more about the services offered. Based on organizational size, budget, required services, and travel needs, services are provided on a sliding scale.
AIDS United’s CULTIVATE (Catalyzing Unity, Leadership, and Team building through Individualized, Validating Approaches to Transformational Empowerment for people with HIV) program will increase the leadership capacity, representation, and engagement of people with HIV in health care planning and programs.
AIDS United is part of the evaluation and technical assistance provider for the Black Women First Initiative, in partnership with The University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health, and Impact Marketing + Communications. The initiative supports the design, implementation and evaluation of bundled evidence-informed interventions for Black women living with HIV.
Using Innovative Interventions Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes Among People With HIV, often shortened to 2iS, is a collaboration between The Fenway Institute and AIDS United. The project is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The initiative’s goal is to improve the HIV care continuum outcomes of linkage-to-care, reengagement, retention in care, and viral suppression among people living with HIV. 2iS funds up to 20 Ryan White HIV/AIDS programs and other HIV service organizations nationally. These intervention strategies seek to improve HIV health outcomes for:
- People with substance use disorder.
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth (13-24 years old).
- People who are or have been justice involved.
- People who use telehealth services.
AIDS United University, AU’s e-learning platform, is a tool for ongoing learning and training offering an array of courses to grow the community’s understanding of HIV and provide information needed to most effectively respond to the HIV epidemic. Nearly 1,400 learners have been engaged in AIDS United University’s e-learning courses to date, including health care providers, administrators, and community members. Through asynchronous courses, discussion, and interactive activities learners access on demand training material – when and where works best for them.
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In collaboration with The Center for HIV Law & Policy (CHLP) and the Williams Institute, this coalition supports a robust, community-led, sustainable movement to end criminalization of consensual sex, race, sexual orientation, and gender identity in the United States. This partnership seeks to collaboratively mobilize financial and technical resources to foster multidisciplinary, community-led coalitions focusing on decriminalization campaigns at the connection of race, sex and sexuality and eliminate laws that criminalize consensual sexual behavior and stigmatized health conditions. Our grantmaking and technical assistance supports community-based policy and regulatory solutions, political education, cultural expression, and movement building efforts that are driven by and provide material relief to the people persecuted under these laws in the United States.
The Racial Justice Index was launched in 2020 as part of the Public Policy Council’s longstanding commitment to dismantling white supremacy and systemic racism. It is an assessment and capacity-building initiative designed to help organizations in the HIV/AIDS sector address racial disparities.
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AIDSWatch is the longest-running and largest constituent-led HIV federal advocacy convening in the nation, hosted by AIDS United in partnership with the U.S. People Living with HIV Caucus and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law. AIDSWatch brings hundreds of HIV advocates, activists, policymakers, and more to Washington D.C. for 3 days of collaboration, learning, and advocacy. During the first two days of the event, attendees hear from leaders of the nation’s premier HIV and advocacy organizations and attend workshops led by their peers and fellow advocates. During the final day of the conference, known as Hill Day, all advocates head to the U.S. Capitol for convening with their representatives in Congress.
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AIDSWatch@Home is an initiative of AIDS United that aims to build the capacity for local advocates towards successful state legislative outcomes. Through the design and implementation of state lobby days, selected state advocacy organizations/and coalitions receive a one-year grant and capacity-building support to support the implementation of their AIDSWatch@Home advocacy event.
