This program provides private community-based psychological and psychiatric treatment and counseling services to clients. This category includes individual and group counseling, and may also include substance abuse outpatient counseling. Assessment is included as a major component of the service. This program provides comprehensive support services in a centralized location in each of Delaware's three counties. Other services may include, but are not limited to, client education, support groups, peer counseling, and advocacy.
Emphasis is placed on cultural and physical accessibility.
This program offers assessment of individual need, provision of advice and assistance in obtaining medical, social, community, legal, financial, and other needed services. Advocacy does not involve coordination and follow-up on medical treatments. It also seeks to encourage persons living with HIV disease to participate fully in the treatment planning process. This program provides trained HIV-experienced counselors in each Delaware County to educate people living with HIV disease in the medical context in a way that encourages clients to take an active role in their treatment regimens and medical care. This line item also provides for a peer education coordinator who will recruit and train new peer educators.