Minority Issues

Coordinator

From a home base at the Alachua County Health Department in Gainesville, the Area 3/13* Minority AIDS Coordinator, or MAC, serves as Community Liaison, Resource Officer, and Program Consultant from the Department of Health's Bureau of HIV/AIDS to the minority population of fifteen counties in North Central Florida.

Services

The MAC provides or coordinates services to community-based organizations and concerned individuals serving the needs of minorities infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. These include:

• Organizational Capacity Building Workshops
• Links to local, state, and federal Funding Opportunities
• Cultural Competency/Awareness Training
• HIV/AIDS Pre- and Post-test Counseling/Testing** (Opens new window)
• Community Health Educational Presentations
• Links to Support Groups
• Coordinates community planning programs/activities
• Linkage to Treatment and Care for HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis/STDs
• Other Health Care Services

WE ARE HERE TO SERVE

For information or assistance

"Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing."

Contact Teresa White, Program Assistant at 352-334-7972 or email 313HIV@doh.state.fl.us

(Note*- Area 3/13 is comprised of Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Marion, Putnam, Sumter, Suwannee, and Union Counties.)