Program areas at SFAF
Sexual health services:gay and bisexual men, transgender people, lgtbtq+ individuals, and other communities impacted by hiv can receive judgement-free hiv testing, sti screening and treatment, and other sexual health services. The Foundation also provides pre-exposure prophylaxis (prep), and have helped thousands gain access to this effective prevention tool and enroll in public programs to help pay for medications. Recently, the Foundation has been providing diagnosis and treatment of mpox (formerly monkeypox), and prescribing doxy pep for prevention of stis.
Linkage & retention services and social support services:ensuring people living with hiv have access to health care services, housing and public benefits is a critical component of the Foundation's work. The Foundation's health navigation program links people living with hiv to crucial medical and social services, and the Foundation's housing and benefits program provides housing assistance and financial benefits counseling to San franciscans living with hiv.the Foundation's distinct social support programs engage long-term hiv survivors and those newly diagnosed, as well as transgender and gender non-binary people, black and african american men who have sex with men, the latinx community, and black and african american women living with hiv. Through these programs, participants attend workshops, social events and support groups where they learn about risk reduction and treatment adherence.
Substance & behavioral health services:education, counseling and harm reduction services connect the dots between hiv, substance use and mental health. Clients benefit from overdose prevention training and supplies, hiv testing, and hepatitis c testing, treatment, and education. Through the stonewall project, clients access outpatient substance use treatment services and walk-in group and individual counseling. Syringe access services offers safer injection equipment, safer substance use supplies, overdose prevention resources and medication, drug checking services, low-threshold substance use support, proper disposal services, linkage to drug treatment, and hiv/hcv prevention education at our harm reduction center and at several satellite sites around San Francisco.
Working in coalitions with other hiv and health organizations, the Foundation's policy team advocates for the hiv community and comprehensive harm reduction treatment strategies in San Francisco, sacramento, and Washington, dc. The Foundation's public education resources including the e-mail newsletter status, our prep facts pages, and the websites sfaf.org and tweaker.org provide readers with the latest information about prep, hiv testing, treatment and care.the Foundation's services are offered in locations around San Francisco, including strut, our health and wellness center in the castro; the harm reduction center in the soma/tenderloin neighborhood; the Foundation's headquarters at 1035 market street; and several satellite and pop-up sites around the city.