• Resources for People Living with HIV/AIDS
• Partner Organizations
• Additional Information
Resources for People Living with HIV/AIDS
Who Does What?
A list of local Seattle/King County HIV/AIDS resources and national hotlines/resources
www.metrokc.gov/health/apu/resources/list.htm
A Positive Life
A Positive Life provides information and resources for people living with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers.
http://www.APositiveLife.com/index.html
Bailey Boushay
Services include residential care and day health programs for people living with HIV/AIDS.
www.virginiamason.org/dbbailey-boushay/default.htm
Rosehedge
A 24-hour housing and health care program for people living with HIV/AIDS in Seattle/King County.
www.rosehedge.org/
Early Intervention Program (EIP)
The EIP program helps those without coverage to pay for routine doctor visits and labs.
The program also helps with prescription medication coverage, medical care coverage (including annual deductibles), insurance premium payment assistance and spend down assistance.
EarlyInterventionProgram.htm
Washington State Health Insurance Pool
Insurance coverage that people living with HIV can quality for.
www.wship.org/Default.asp
Department of Social and Health Services
State program that provides general cash assistance and insurance coverage for the disabled. Eligibility criteria apply.
www.dshs.wa.gov/
Social Security Administration
Federal program that provides monthly benefits to disabled individuals.
www.ssa.gov/
King County Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Providers
www.metrokc.gov/dchs/mhd/vendors.htm
Seattle Counseling Services
Counseling service for GLBT individuals.
www.seattlecounseling.org/
Legal Services
Websites with information regarding power of attorney/living wills/medical directives.
www.uslegalforms.com/powerofattorney/washingtonpoa.htm
www.wsma.org/patients/adv_dir_q&a.htm
www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/legalrights.htm
Columbia Legal Services
Legal assistance for low-income and special needs people.
www.columbialegal.org/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.dhhs.gov/
Washington State Department of Health (DOH)
www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/hiv.htm
Public Health – Seattle & King County – HIV/AIDS Program
www.metrokc.gov/health/apu
Mayor’s Office of Aging & Disability Services
www.seattle.gov/humanservices/aging/default.htm
Disabled Bus Passes
transit.metrokc.gov/tops/accessible/reduced_fare_permit.html
People’s Memorial
www.peoples-memorial.org/
Crisis Clinic
www.crisisclinic.org/
AIDS Action
National AIDS policy organization
www.aidsaction.org/
AIDS Action Committee
Boston-based AIDS service organization
www.aac.org/
AIDS Project Los Angeles
www.apla.org/
BABES Network - YWCA
A sisterhood of womern facing HIV together
www.babesnetwork.org
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
New York City-based AIDS service organization
www.gmhc.org/
National Association of People With AIDS
www.napwa.org/
National Minority AIDS Council
www.nmac.org/
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
www.sfaf.org/
Whitman Walker Clinic
Washington, DC-based AIDS service organization
www.wwc.org/
The Body
An online educational HIV/AIDS resource.
www.thebody.com/
Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov/
Kaiser Family Foundation
www.kff.org/
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov/