Contra Costa County is home to more than 930,000 people and thousands of businesses, which are served by 19 cities, 201 special districts and the County of Contra Costa. Contra Costa has 2,677 reported AIDS cases.
Community Planning
LIG Consortium Co-Chair: Pamela Anderson-Moore (925) 313-6775
Mailing Address: use county health department address below
Early Intervention Program
Education & Prevention
AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)
AIDS Case Management & Medi-Cal Waiver Program
Tuberculosis Control Programs
Neighborhood Intervention geared to High Risk Testing (NIGHT).
Education & Prevention contact: Carla Goadcgoad@hsd.cccounty.us
(925) 313-6787
FAX: (925) 313-6798 Program Description:
The AIDS Program coordinates and provides education/prevention activities for persons at increased risk of HIV infection. Community HIV workers target MSM, injection drug users and their partners, women and those who are HIV positive by providing targeted prevention, linkage to counseling and testing, one to one risk reduction counseling, and partner counseling and referral services in the community, local detention facilities, recovery programs, and other appropriate venues. The AIDS Program also coordinates the collaboration of sub-contracting agencies who provide a variety of HIV prevention services one to one risk reduction, comprehensive risk counseling and services (CRCS), support groups and educational presentations to the following behavioral risk groups: men who have sex with men, injection drug users and their partners, women, and HIV positive individuals.
EIP, Case Management & Medi-Cal Waiver contact:
Carmen Beyer cbeyer@hsd.cccounty.us (925) 313-6783
Bay Point Family Health Center
215 Pacifica Avenue
Bay Point, CA 94565 Connie James, Program Manager (925)427-8297
Fax (925) 458-3264 Program Description:
Provides HIV education in Spanish through the use of community Promotoras. Women and their partners are linked with HIV Counseling and Testing and ongoing risk reduction services.
Desarrollo Familiar / Familias Unidas
205 39th Street
Richmond,
CA 94805 Roberto Montes (510)412-5939 FAX: (510) 412-0567 rmontes@familias-unidas.org Program Description:
Provides bilingual HIV educational presentations, targeted prevention, support groups, and risk reduction counseling to men who have sex with men (MSM). Provides linkage to HIV antibody testing provided by the Contra Costa Health Services AIDS Program. Services are primarily targeted to Latinos in West and Central Contra Costa. Neighborhood House of North Richmond
820 23rd Street
Richmond, CA 94801 Junie Tate, Coordinator junie.tate@nhnr.org
(510) 229-5009
FAX: (510) 235-3112 Program Description:
Provides HIV/AIDS education and neighborhood targeted prevention and risk reduction to substance users in West Contra Costa. Piloting the social network recruitment strategy for MSMs in West County.
Pittsburg Pre-School Community Council
1760 Chester Drive
Pittsburg,
CA 94565-3920 Sandy Johnson (925)382-2059 sandraljohnson@sbcglobal.net
FAX: (925) 439-3916 Program Description:
Provides targeted HIV prevention with the behavioral risk groups of substance users and MSM. Links clients to HIV counseling and testing and ongoing risk reduction. Services are primarily focused in East Contra Costa.
Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County
3024 Willow Pass Road, #200
Concord, CA 94519
Ben David Barr, President of the Board of Directors (925)692-0090 rcc@rainbowcc.org
Fax: 925-692-0091
Provides linkage to HIV Counseling and Testing for MSMs through the social network recruitment strategy.
HIV Counseling & Testing
CC Health Services AIDS Program NIGHT 597 Center Ave. Ste 200
Martinez, CA 9453-4669
Mobile HIV counseling & testing in street and community settings using rapid testing technology.
For more information: (925) 313-6771
NIGHT Street Outreach and Mobile Testing
Call for times and locations
Partner Counseling Referral Services (PCRS)
Services are integrated with HIV Counseling and Testing and Ryan White Medical Case Management services. Contra Costa AIDS Program for service questions.
Data Source
Information provided by Carla Goad for the California AIDS Clearinghouse for changes, updates, additions, or deletions, please contact Carla Goad(925) 313-6787. cgoad@hsd.cccounty.us
