These sites are for persons at risk for HIV infection, especially those who do not have private insurance. The AIDS Division trains the counselors and the tests are done at the state laboratory. You can also get HIV counseling and testing through your own doctor. If you wish, you can be tested for HIV using a commercially available home collection kit. You must purchase the kit and send the sample through the mail to a laboratory for testing.
Counseling also is available by telephone.
Home blood collection kits can be purchased at your local pharmacy. Stamford Health Dept. They need HIV counseling and testing. This is hard to do. The staff of the CARE program are HIV counselors specially trained to help you notify your partners.