For 35 years, AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) has led the fight to create health equity and justice for people living with and disproportionately impacted by HIV and AIDS. Learn more about our work.
A system of case managers help people in need navigate systems that connect them to HIV medications, housing, food, transportation and other necessities. More >>
AFC partners with community organizations across the Chicago metropolitan area to provide shelter for vulnerable people living with HIV and other chronic illnesses. More >>
AFC's Advocacy team amplifies the voice of the HIV/AIDS community — in Springfield, at community trainings and in conferences and conversations around the world. More >>
Join our Mobile Action Network! Text AFC to 40649 to receive text advocacy alerts.
Stopping HIV transmission through testing and education — and connecting newly diagnosed HIV-positive people to VIP care — is the goal of AFC's prevention team. More >>
In 2021 ...
Provided individualized support to 6,252* clients through case management. *Combined data with AFC and its Center for Housing and Health clients.
Provided permanent housing for 1,119 people, including 237 children in families.
Distributed $767,410 in rent, utility payments and other areas of support and also provided 3,831 food vouchers to 946 clients.
More than 746 people visited the online GTZ-IL Data Dashboard since its launch.
70 interviews and stories published to AFC News/Blog to advance health and racial equity.
Learn more by reading our 2021 Annual Report, A Better Normal.
