Project HERRS
Health Education and Risk Reduction Services for women
Project HERRS teaches women how to take charge of their lives and sexual safety, and how to to decrease their risk and their partner's risk of getting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Project HERRS is offered in the Central, Northern, and Mohawk Valley regions of New York State.
"Project HERRS helped me to realize my personal rights, and most importantly, how to be treated with respect." Amanda
PROGRAM SERVICES:
Community Street-based outreach: face-to-face risk reduction sessions, distribution of HIV/AIDS, STI, and hepatitis written materials and supplies, skills-building demonstrations, and referrals.
Individual Risk Reduction Counseling: Comprehensive one-on-one risk HIV/STD reduction counseling sessions to reduce risk for the acquisition and/or transmission of HIV/STDs.
Educational Groups (Utica and Syracuse): A six-session intervention addressing influences that place women at risk for HIV/STDs.
Educational Groups (Watertown): A single-session, video-based HIV/STD prevention session to encourage condom use and negotiation skills.
Uni-Gold HIV testing and urine chlamydia and gonorrhea screening available at ACR offices and designated community-based locations and at street-outreach sites in Syracuse, Utica, and Watertown.
Call AIDS Community resources at 1.800.475.2430 to talk to a Women's Advocate, or email us at woman@AIDSCommunityResources.com.