Client Case Management
Our case management team is the core to linking all client services with other community-based organizations. Case management is client centered and provides a comprehensive assessment approach of available resources and how to access the services as efficiently as possibe.
Our case management care team can assist you with referrals to appropriate community resources such as but not limited to: Medical and Dental Care, Clinical Trials, Home Health Services, Housing, Financial and Medical Benefits Agencies, Government Assistance Programs, Drug Assistance, Treatment Advocacy, Food Bank, Essential Services Transportation, Counseling, Harm Reduction and Return to Work Assistance.
Education, Prevention, & Outreach Services
We have prevention outreach workers that provide prevention education and outreach services to men, women, and youth who may be at risk for HIV/STD transmission. Through our outreach program and Speakers Bureau, we have educators, counselors and testers able to cover all areas of the Big Island to provide information about STD's and prevention, screening for HIV and Hepatitis C, referrals for other services,
safe sex kits, condoms, lube, and risk reduction counseling.
Be Safe - Get Tested
The Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation currently has 10 certified counselors and testers island-wide that offer free and anonymous HIV and Hepatitis C screenings on a walk-in and outreach basis, or by scheduled appointments. State Department of Health nurses are also available for free STD screening and vaccination services at locations island-wide.
HIV/AIDS does not discriminate......Get tested today
Below is a schedule of HIHAF's regular HIV/Hep C screening sites:
Hilo/Kea'au
Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation - Kea'au Office - (982-8800)
Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
16-204 Melekahiwa Place, Suite 1, Shipman Business Park - Kea'au, HI 96749
(2nd Street on left, in the Pepsi building on right)
Kona
Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation - Kailua-Kona Office (331-8177)
Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
75-240 Nani Kailua Drive, Suite 5, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(In the Pines Plaza center)
For additional dates and locations island-wide, please call 982-8800 (East side) or 331-8177 (West side).
Teen AIDS Prevention Program
Our Teen AIDS Prevention Program was established to reach youth and their families with accurate and appropriate information on HIV/AIDS and how to prevent it. We involve teenagers who design and implement this educational campaign with the goal of making prevention information and our services common knowledge within our island community.
If you are a teen and would like more information on joining this program, call us at 808-331-8177, or email us at hihaf@hihaf.org.
Take a look at the Asian-Pacific Islander Teen poster contest winners HERE
STD and HIV+ Speaker's Bureau
The Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation is proud to announce the addition of an STD and HIV+ Speaker's Bureau. This bureau consists of trained educators on HIV/STD/Viral Hepatitis prevention and Big Island community members who have agreed to share their own, personal stories of contracting and living with HIV and AIDS.
"Several studies show that some of the most effective education and interventions done around risk reduction for HIV and STD infection is when the educational component is either presented by someone HIV+ or followed up by a message from an HIV+ guest speaker. The impact of the more personal story is highly significant for most who have never related otherwise to the disease."
We have had great success already in addressing students both within the classroom and outside of school in addition to adult groups who may be at risk for contracting/spreading HIV/STD's/Viral Hepatitis.
This service is free to the community. For more information or to book a speaker for your group or classroom, please contact prevention@hihaf.org or call 982-8800.
Prevention for Positives Program
One service HIHAF offers to all people living with HIV and to their partners is the Prevention for Positives (P4P) program. The P4P program includes confidential, one-on-one, client centered counseling geared towards supporting people with HIV in making healthy decisions when it comes to taking risks for becoming infected with or transmitting STD’s. If you’re struggling with issues such as disclosure, safe sex practices, adherence to medications, etc., we can help. This counseling is held in an informal format either at our office or in any setting that feels safe and comfortable for you and the counselor.
This site contains HIV prevention messages that may not be appropriate for all audiences.