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In 1989, a coalition of faith communities in the Greater Danbury area responded to the critical needs of individuals and families affected by the HIV/AIDS virus by forming Interfaith AIDS Ministry of Greater Danbury (IAM).Interfaith AIDS Ministry of Greater Danbury, Inc. (IAM) offers critical support services to families faced with the nutritional, physical and spiritual challenges of living with HIV/AIDS while providing vital education programs that respond to the greater community.

Our offices are open from 9:00 – 4:30 Monday through Thursday. after hours accessibility is available for care receivers and the community involved in program opportunities. We serve the Greater Danbury area that includes Bethel, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Newton, Redding, Sherman and New Milford.

 

IAM’s Direct Care Services Department provides essential services for people infected with/affected by HIV/AIDS. These services include food delivery, emotional support, and financial assistance to meet daily basic needs not covered by other agencies and coordination and service linkage with other service providers in the region. IAM operates the Living Pantry, the only food/personal care item pantry in the region that seeks to meet the specific nutrition needs of people living with HIV/AIDS and the only pantry that provides fresh foods and a nutritionist offering assessments, education and counseling to pantry recipients. The Living Pantry provides bi-weekly food pick-up (with extended service hours) and delivery services.

 

IAM’s Education Department provides prevention training and resources targeted to youth in the Greater Danbury area. (IAM) Staff facilitates Red Cross certified trainings in area school classrooms (elementary through post graduate) and our award winning program

Youth Reacting to AIDS (YRTA). YRTA is a peer education youth group, co-sponsored by the Western CT. Chapter of the American Red Cross. YRTA provides culturally competent peer AIDS education and coordinates community services and social events for people living with HIV/AIDS. In 1994, YRTA sponsored Connecticut’s first youth-oriented, youth originated AIDS conference that celebrated its 11 th anniversary last year with close to 200 attending.

 
IAMpowerment and Projeto VIHDA (Project Life) are innovative programs funded by the CT. Department of Public Health which seek to prevent HIV/AIDS in the Brazilian and Greater Danbury community through increased awareness, knowledge and empowerment to reduce risk. Danbury is home to the largest concentration of Brazilian immigrants and persons of Brazilian descent in all communities within the northeastern United States.

 

 

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