The numbers, however, continue to climb. Austin, with its overwhelmingly youthful population, has one of the nation's higher per-capita rates of diagnosed AIDS cases. In response to the epidemic, we have grown from an all-volunteer organization to a professional agency of almost fifty staff complemented by hundreds of volunteers and serving almost 800 clients. We diligently seek to meet the shifting needs of our existing clients, while searching for appropriate ways to serve populations newly emerging in the epidemic. AIDS Services of Austin is governed by a twenty-member Board of Directors, with new members chosen by the existing Board annually, giving attention both to candidates' functional strengths and to community diversity.
Members serve two-year terms.
AIDS Services of Austin receives funds from a variety of sources, public and private. The balance is provided through the generosity of thousands of supporters, large and small, and those who contribute through their attendance at our fund-raising events, including AIDS Walk Austin, the oldest such walk in Texas. AIDS Services of Austin has accepted the challenges of the past and has entered its second decade with vigor.