ADAP Watch

As of May 26, 2011 there are:

• 5,240 individuals enrolled in ADAP.
• 256 individuals on the waiting list.
  

As of May 19, 2011 there were:

• 5,191 individuals enrolled in ADAP.
• 242 individuals on the waiting list.

According to NASTAD’s most recent ADAP Watch, released on May 20, there are 13 states with waiting lists, totaling 8,310 people. That report shows NC as having 242 clients on the waiting list, which was our official count at COB on May 19, 2011. NASTAD’s most recent ADAP Watch can be found by following this link.

ADAP Watch

As of May 19, 2011 there are:

• 5,191 individuals enrolled in ADAP.
• 242 individuals on the waiting list.

As of May 12, 2011 there were:

• 5,132 individuals enrolled in ADAP.
• 237 individuals on the waiting list.

According to NASTAD’s most recent ADAP Watch, released on May 13, there are 13 states with waiting lists, totaling 8,100 people. Alabama started a waiting list last week and Utah has reinstituted their waiting list. That report shows NC as having 235 clients on the waiting list, which was our official count at COB on May 11, 2011. NASTAD’s most recent ADAP Watch can be found by following this link.

HIV Prevention Under Attack!

Funding for HIV/AIDS testing and education is under attack in the state legislature!

The North Carolina General Assembly’s proposed budget includes a provision that would bar Planned Parenthood from receiving any state funds or grants. Planned Parenthood is a key part of the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS. Nearly 30 percent of women tested for HIV are tested at family planning clinics like Planned Parenthood.

Help us fight back!

Tell you legislator to oppose any budget that reduces access to HIV/AIDS education and testing.

North Carolina AIDS Action Network (NCAAN) supports Planned Parenthood for the essential role it plays to provide HIV-related care to underserved populations in North Carolina.

Every year, 25,000 men and women across North Carolina turn to Planned Parenthood for vital medical and educational services. For six in ten of these patients, Planned Parenthood staff are the only medical professionals they will see in a given year. In 2010 alone they provided more than 18,000 tests for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. For many patients, contact with Planned Parenthood may be the best – or only – opportunity for potentially life-saving HIV-related services.

Tell your legislator you oppose any provision that will compromise access of low-income people to HIV/AIDS-related education and funding.

Together, we can fight back against this politically motivated attack on a trusted ally in the fight to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in North Carolina.

ADAP Watch

As of May 12, 2011 there are:

• 5,132 individuals enrolled in ADAP.
• 237 individuals on the waiting list.

As of May 5, 2011 there were:

• 5,077 individuals enrolled in ADAP.
• 224 individuals on the waiting list.
  

According to NASTAD’s most recent ADAP Watch, released on May 6, there are 11 states with waiting lists, totaling 7,873 people. That report shows NC as having 216 clients on the waiting list, which was our official count at COB on May 4, 2011. NASTAD’s most recent ADAP Watch can be found by following this link.

NCAAN NEEDS YOU at AIDS Walk + Ride

Calling all NCAAN Volunteers!

We're going to need a LOT of help at the AIDS Walk + Ride next Saturday, May 21st, in downtown Raleigh -- can you volunteer with us that day? We need people to staff our table & circulate in the crowd with petition postcards & volunteer sign-up sheets. Click here to sign up.

AIDS Walk + Ride organizers anticipate as many as TWO THOUSAND people will be at the event. The only way we can talk to them all in one day is to have LOTS of volunteers working together to make the most of this HUGE opportunity.

So please, make volunteering with NCAAN at the AIDS Walk + Ride your priority next weekend -- and bring along a friend or two as well! It promises to be a ton of fun, and you'll be making a BIG difference, too. Click here to sign up.

PS: Don't think you can help because you're participating in the Walk + Ride? We've come up with three ways you can pitch in, too -- please click the link & select the ones that work for you!

ADAP Watch

As of May 5, 2011 there are:

• 5,077 individuals enrolled in ADAP.
• 224 individuals on the waiting list.

As of April 28, 2011 there were:

• 4,992 individuals enrolled in ADAP.
• 206 individuals on the waiting list.
  

According to NASTAD’s most recent ADAP Watch, released on April 29, there are 11 states with waiting lists, totaling 7,762 people. That report shows NC as having 204 clients on the waiting list, which was our official count at COB on April 27, 2011. NASTAD’s most recent ADAP Watch can be found by following this link.

Calling all Charlotte & Triad Volunteers!

May is heating up with two HUGE opportunities for us to build a bigger, stronger statewide advocacy network. Can you help us make the most of our upcoming events?:

* On Saturday, May 7th, we'll be at the AIDS Walk in Charlotte, 8am to 11am, collecting postcards to Members of Congress urging them to secure more federal funding for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). We're looking for at least TWENTY people to volunteer with us in the Queen City. Sign up HERE.

* On Saturday, May 14th, we'll be in Greensboro at Triad Health Project's HUGE community party at the Terrace at Greensboro Coliseum. We can use at least 25 volunteer that evening, with shifts starting at 7:30pm & 9pm. Sign up HERE!

We've got more in store later this month, too -- so if you don't see an event near you, check back soon!