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Saint Bridget’s AIDS Support Network Receives $30,000 N.J. AIDS Partnership Grant

NEWARK, N.J. – Saint Bridget’s AIDS Support Network, a program of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark, has received a $30,000 grant from the New Jersey AIDS Partnership to support HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention efforts, to improve clients’ access to case management and health care, and to enhance collaboration between Catholic Charities and its partners, Broadway House and Cathedral Healthcare System.

“We thank the New Jersey AIDS Partnership for recognizing our efforts to help clients with HIV/AIDS,” said Allan Daul, executive director of Catholic Charities. “This grant will be important in enabling Saint Bridget’s AIDS Support Network to continue its vital mission.”

Saint Bridget’s AIDS Support Network, based at Saint Bridget’s Residence in Newark, provides essential services for people living with HIV/AIDS. The Network’s services include case management, transitional housing, adult day care, meals and food referrals, referrals for the diagnosis and treatment of AIDS-related illnesses, transportation, counseling, and referrals to other community-based service providers. The Network also emphasizes health education, providing clients with information about the prevention of HIV transmission, about adherence to medical regimens, and about the availability of medical and psycho/social support services.

Saint Bridget’s Residence is a 30-bed transitional living program providing supervised and secure residential services for homeless men, 18 years old or older, who have been diagnosed with AIDS. Program staff work to maximize each client’s ability to function in the community autonomously and with dignity by delivering supportive services and helping clients identify goals, seek solutions, strengthen coping abilities, and develop new skills.

Begun in 1988, the New Jersey AIDS Partnership is the collaborative effort of corporate and private funders, public health officials, service providers, people living with HIV/AIDS, and community leaders. The Partnership seeks to identify unmet needs in the HIV/AIDS community, funds programs to address those needs, and promotes accurate public information.

Catholic Charities – formerly Catholic Community Services – is one of the state’s oldest and largest community-service agencies. Serving Essex, Hudson, Union, and Bergen counties, the agency shelters the homeless; counsels families in crisis; provides day care and socialization activities for older adults; builds families through adoption; teaches job skills; educates students with special needs; helps people living with HIV/AIDS; and assists immigrants, refugees, and victims of human trafficking. Catholic Charities is affiliated with Catholic Health and Human Services Corporation and supports the mission of the Archdiocese of Newark. More information is available online at www.ccsnewark.org.

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Catholic Charities is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).