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Services available to the community and individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
Montgomery AIDS Outreach, Inc. (MAO), with its medical component Copeland Care Clinic, is a nonprofit organization serving individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Currently the agency is providing services to over 1000 patients who live in Montgomery and 26 surrounding counties in Southeast Alabama. Available services are:
- Copeland Care Clinic provides complete primary health care that includes physician visits, laboratory tests, x-ray, etc.
- MAO-Dothan, a second permanent clinic site, provides primary HIV specific health care four days per week.
- Five rural medical clinic sites include: Auburn, Clayton, Greenville, Selma, and Troy.
- Social services provide case management, assistance in housing, securing medications, financial and support counseling and community referrals.
- Nutritional assessments and counseling assist patients in developing healthy eating habits.
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- Prevention education and outreach is available to make the community aware of exposure risk factors. Prevention education programs are held in public housing communities, community centers, public and private schools and local churches/synagogues. AIDS in the workplace programs are provided to businesses and city/county/state agencies.
- A Licensed Clinical Social Worker provides mental health counseling on a sliding fee scale.
- The organization collaborates with three area substance abuse treatment centers to provide prevention education and HIV testing to this high-risk population.
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