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The HIV Resource Coordination HUB (the HUB) is Chicago’s one-stop shop for comprehensive healthcare, regardless of HIV status.  We know that navigating healthcare sucks – and the HIV Hub is helping to change that.  Now approaching its fourth anniversary, the HUB is a community partnership between AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) and the Center on Halsted to…

On April 10, 140 pledged advocates flooded inboxes of state elected officials with a unified message - “Nothing about us without us!” - in support of HIV prevention and treatment, housing as healthcare, and advancing health equity. Over 1,300 messages were sent to legislators across the state in support of AFC’s 2024 legislative priorities, and…

The Bring Chicago Home campaign was an historic opportunity to create a dedicated revenue stream to end homelessness in Chicago by increasing the one-time real estate transfer tax on properties sold for over $1 million. The ballot measure was defeated in the March 19, 2024 election, and the campaign issued the following statement to acknowledge…

CHICAGO, IL – AIDS Foundation Chicago applauds President Biden for calling out the attacks on women’s reproductive care, including the criminalization of clinicians who provide life-saving care to pregnant women and other individuals who can become pregnant, the attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, in particular transgender Americans, and the detrimental impact of price gouging in…

The fight against HIV/AIDS has been ongoing for decades, and in Illinois, we persist in our efforts to end the epidemic by 2030. On Wednesday, April 10, advocates, allies, and people living with HIV from every corner of Illinois will come together for the state's virtual HIV Advocacy Day. Deeply rooted in the theme “Nothing…

Facing a Fiscal Year 2025 state budget deficit nearing $900 million, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker delivered his annual State of the State and Budget address on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, before a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly. With a “bright future and opportunities ahead,” Governor Pritzker outlined his $52.7 billion Fiscal Year 2025…

On Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) and the Center for Housing and Health (CHH), along with advocates and grassroots leaders, would like to honor and remember our neighbors who have died houseless. We mourn their lives and the potential and creativity lost in our communities every time we lose a life to…

Doxy-PEP (Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) is a new way to prevent certain sexually transmitted infections including Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia. We’ve heard questions from our community about Doxy-PEP and thought it would be important to raise awareness and share expert information about it.    AFC’s Chief Officer of External Relations, Edward Wagner, recently discussed with India Willis,…

Every year, the U.S. Congress must pass appropriations bills to fund the federal government, including agencies that carry out vital services that our communities depend on, such as public education, food and drug safety, and access to health care services, among others. Not only has Congress failed to carry out this basic function on time…

The Chicago 400, with support from AIDS Foundation Chicago and the Center for Housing and Health, is working to end housing banishment laws in Illinois with a bill in the IL Senate, SB2158. Housing banishment results from unjust laws that trap people in a cycle of homelessness and incarceration. In Illinois, people who are listed…

I attended this year’s Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Hispanic Heritage Month Leadership Conference alongside my AFC Colleague, Dominique Chew. This was my first time attending this event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and I was SO excited to reconnect with old friends and colleagues. For those who aren’t familiar with CHCI’s Hispanic…