Manchester Outright
A Social and Support Group for GLBTQ Youth
Lifeline Information
Financial Aid for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students
http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/gay.phtml
LOCAL Resources
Street Outreach Program: 1-800-640-6486 or
603-668-1920 x127
Manchester City Office of Youth Services: 603-624-6470
Manchester Mental Health: 603-668-4111
Child & Family Servives: 603-668-1920
Teen Options: 603-669-7321
Planned Parenthood: 603-669-7321
Our Place: 603-626-2376
New Horizons (over 18): 603-668-1877
Kids Cafe/Salvation Army: 603-627-7013
Gay info Line/PFLAG of NH : 800-750-2524
Women's Crisis Line: 603-668-2222
Alateen: 603-669-3504
Alcoholics Anonymous: 603-668-3326
Manchester Health Dept.: 603-624-6466
YMCA: 603-623-3558
YWCA Crisis Service(24 hr Hotline): 603-668-2299
Boys & Girls Club(24 hr Hotline): 603-668-2229
NATIONAL Resources
National Runaway Switchboard: 1-800-621-4000
1-800-621-0394 (TDD) Hearing Impaired
Suicide Prevention
The trevor helpline: (866) 4u-trevor
The Trevor Helpline is geared toward helping those in crisis, or those wanting information on how to help someone in crisis. Managed by our partners at San Francisco Suicide Prevention, the Trevor Helpline calls are handled by highly trained counselors and are free and confidential.
www.thetrevorproject.org/
The Gay And Lesbian National Hotline
Monday - Friday 4pm-midnight and
Saturday noon-5pm EST.
National toll-free number
1-888-THE-GLNH (1-888-843-4564)
AIDS INFORMATION
Should You Be Tested For HIV/AIDS?
If you can answer yes to any of the following actions you should be tested. It is possible in most areas to receive FREE and anonymous testing and counseling, please refer to information on this page as to where these services are available:
In the last 10 years have you:
Had sex with males, without using condoms
Had sex with females, without using condoms or latex barriers
Used injecting drugs, IV drugs
Had sex while using non-injecting drugs or alcohol
Exchanged sex for drugs or money
Had a STD, sexually transmitted disease, diagnosis
Had sex with multiple partners, without using condoms or latex barriers
Were sexually assaulted
Had a tattoo
Received a blood transfusion before 1985
Had sex with an IV drug user
Had sex with a person infected with HIV/AIDS
AIDS / HIV Community Resourses In NH
Access Project New Hampshire
NH Division of Public Health Services, STD/HIV Program. Tony Potter, ADAP Coordinator, 6 Hazen Dr., Concord, NH, www.aidsinfonyc.org/network/access/states/nh/nh.html.
ACORN (AIDS Community Resource Network)
On-site OraSure testing available. Rivermill Commercial Ctr., 85 Mechanic St., suite 240, Lebanon, NH 03766, (603) 448-8887, (800) 816-2220, Fax: (603) 448-8885, e-mail: acorn@valley.net, www.acornvtnh.org.
AIDS Response Seacoast of Portsmouth
1 Junkins Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801, (603) 433-5377, e-mail:info@aidsresponse.org, www.aidsresponse.org.
AIDS Services - Monadnock Region
PO Box 1473, 103 Roxbury St. #306, Keene, NH 03431, (800) 639-7903, e-mail: aidsmonadnock@monad.net, www.dartmouth.edu/~hivnet/nh.orgs.html.
American Baptists Concerned
NH & VT, e-mail: abc-vnh@rainbowbaptists.org, www.rainbowbaptists.org/chapters.html.
Gay Men Fight AIDS
PO Box 4342, Portsmouth NH 03801, e-mail: gmfaids@aol.com, www.thelifeguards.org.
Greater Manchester Area Project
(603) 623-0710, 77 Pearl St., Manchester, NH 03101, www.dartmouth.edu/~hivnet/nh.orgs.html.
NH/VT HIV Information Network
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr., Lebanon, NH, e-mail: hivnet@dartmouth.edu.
Open Hearts Support Groups
St. Joseph Parish Center, Salem, NH.
Positive Action HIV/AIDS Group
E-mail: positive@worldpath.net, www.dartmouth.edu/~hivnet/nh.orgs.html.
Seacost Hospice
(603) 778-7391.
Southern New Hampshire HIV/AIDS Task Force
111 Lock St., Suite 101, Nashua, NH 03064, (603) 595-8464, e-mail: info@aidstaskforcenh.org, www.aidstaskforcenh.org.
Latino AIDS hotline (bilingual-Spanish)
1-800-637-3776
AIDS Hotline Maine: 1-800-851-2437
AIDS Hotline New Hampshire: 1-800-752-2437
AIDS Hotline New York: 1-800-541-2437
AIDS Hotline Vermont: 1-800-882-2437
AIDS Teen Hotline: 1-800-234-TEEN
AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS): 1-800-HIV-0440
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service (ACTIS): 1-800-TRIALS-A (1-800-874-2572)
AZT Information Hotline: 1-800-843-9388
C.D.C. (Center for Disease Control) National AIDS Hotline: 1-800-342-2437
Hemophilia and AIDS/HIV Network for the dissemination of Information (HANDI): 1-800-424-2643, English: ext. 3051, Spanish: 3054
Lesbian AIDS Project (LAPS): 212-337-3532
National AIDS Hotline: 1-800-342 AIDS
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: 1-800-221-7044
National Institute of Drug Abuse: 1-800-662-HELP
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center: 1-800-AIDS-NIH (1-800-243-7644)
National Library of Medicine AIDS Databases: AIDSline, AIDSdrugs, and AIDStrials, 1-800-638-8480
The National Pediatric HIV Resource Center: 1-800-362-0071
Native American AIDS Information Hotline: 1-800-283-2437
Project Inform: 1-800-822-7422
Women's AIDS Network: 415-821-7984
Women and HIV/AIDS - Women Alive: 1-800-544-4876
Women and HIV/AIDS - Sister Connect: 1-800-747-1108
AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS)
The Access Project: is an information clearinghouse. We collect and distribute information about medications available for HIV and AIDS through Medicaid, AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), and national pharmaceutical industry patient assistance/expanded access programs.
AIDS Hotline: 800-590-2437
AIDS Services - Monadnock Region: PO Box 1473, Keene, 03431, 800-639-7903
Aids_Widowers: Online support group, for people who have lost loved ones to HIV/AIDS. It's a place to share the memories, the good times, and the bad times. It's a place to share the pain and to help each other heal.
Center for Disease Control's National AIDS Clearinghouse: 1-800-458-5231
CDC National Prevention Information Network: The NPIN Web site is designed to share HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB resources and information . It is part of the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) which is responsible for public health surveillance, prevention research, and programs to prevent and control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). Center staff work in collaboration with governmental and nongovernmental partners at community, State, national, and international levels, applying well-integrated multidisciplinary programs of research, surveillance, technical assistance, and evaluation. Web: http://www.cdcnpin.org/
Community Health Center: 1415 Elm Street, Manchester, 603-626-9500
Gay & Bisexual Men's Support Group: Guys Like Us, c/o Brian Dougherty, AIDS Foundation, 1087 Elm Street, #501, PO Box 59, Manchester, 03105, e-mail: briannhaf@aol.com, 800-639-1122
Merrimac Valley AIDS Project: 603-226-0607
Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative: to answer the severe and on-going health crisis in racial and ethnic minority communities, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus announced a special package of initiatives aimed at reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS on racial and ethnic minorities. web: http://www.omhrc.gov/omh/aids/aidshome_new.htm
New Hampshire AIDS Foundation HIV+ Support Group: Laurel or Ron, 603-623-0710 or 800- 639-1122
New Hampshire & Vermont Project Aries: info and counseling service, 800-942-7437
New Hampshire HIV/AIDS Program: 800-852-3345 ext. 4576
New Hampshire/Vermont HIV Information Network: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, e-mail: hivnet@dartmouth.edu
Open Hearts: support group, St. Joseph Parish Center, Salem, 603-893-5878
Seacoast Hospice: 603-778-7391
Southern New Hampshire AIDS Task Force: 111 Lock Street, #101, Nashua, 603-595-8464, e-mail:
info@aidstaskforcenh.org, web: www.aidstaskforcenh.org
HIV Testing Sites
STD Clinics and HIV Counseling and Testing Sites are funded by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. All STD/HIV clinics offer a sliding fee scale. No one is denied service due to an inability to pay.
For more information about HIV Services call: The AIDS Hotline at 800-752-AIDS or 603-271-4502
Concord: Capital Family Health Center, 250 Pleasant Street, 603-225-5567
Walk-In Tuesday 5-6 pm
Manchester: Manchester Health Department, 1528 Elm St. 603-624-6466 x321or 322
Walk-In clinics, Monday and Wednesday 5-6:30 pm, other times by appointment
Nashua: Nashua Community Health Department, 18 Mulberry Street, 603-594-3355
Walk-In, Monday 1:30-3 pm, Thursday 9-10:30 am & 7-8:30 pm
Gateway Family Health Center, Teen to Teen Clinic, 268 Main Street, 603-883-1626
Teens only, Wednesday, 3-7 pm