The PROGRAM HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Risk Counseling Services (CRCS) offers services to encourage women and adolescent clients of the agency to maintain and/or adopt behaviors which reduce the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, becoming re-infected, or transmitting the virus to others.

The agency has advocated services for women offenders for over 29 years and firmly believes that HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Risk Counseling Services are critical to our client’s   rehabilitation and habilitation.

Opportunity

The PROGRAM provides non-judgmental Comprehensive Risk Counseling Services for clients in need of HIV/AIDS risk-reduction counseling.  The Program Coordinator assists the client in developing a client centered prevention/action plan defining the risk-reduction behavioral objectives and strategies that address additional needs.  The Program Coordinator also provides multiple sessions of risk-reduction counseling to include STDs, STI’s, and testing and counseling services.

Services are available to agency clients, the general public, HIV seropositive persons, and individuals recently released from prison and/or drug/alcohol treatment sites.

Programming/Services

The services provided through the HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Risk Counseling Services include, (but are not limited to):

1. •Sexual risk reduction counseling
   

2. •Case Management
   

3. •Assessment
   

4. •Developing long and short term goals
   

5. •STD-STI evaluations
   

6. •Coordination of services, referrals, and support services
   

7. •Testing and counseling by pre- and post-tests
   

8. •Liaison with medical professionals and community based agencies for referrals and follow-up
   

9. •One-on-one sessions
   

Eligibility/Referral Process

Any individual involved with The PROGRAM is able to receive confidential services relative to HIV/AIDS testing and risk counseling services.

The general public is also eligible to access The PROGRAM’s HIV/AIDS testing and risk counseling services.

Referrals are also accepted from any community point of service for HIV/AIDS testing and risk counseling services.

Contact information

Located at:

1515 Derry Street

Harrisburg, PA  17104

(717) 238-9950

Fax: (717) 236-3585

Hours:

Administrative Office –
    Weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Other Times by Scheduled Appointments

For more information or to request services, contact Ms. Renee Hartford of Hartford Consultants at (717) 238-9950 or email CRCS@theprograminc.org