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Goal	To promote HIV/AIDS awareness and to provide respite care and other services to persons living with HIV and AIDS.
Objective #1	To promote HIV/AIDS awareness through training and other service activities.
*Action Steps*	Encourage all AmeriCorps programs to provide training in HIV/AIDS to AmeriCorps members and encourage them to become involved in HIV/AIDS service activities.
Description	Examples of AmeriCorps programs focusing on AIDS: The National AIDS Fund and the Birmingham AIDS Outreach Program.
Resources	FY95	FY96	FY97
	*	*	*
	* Part of overall operating budget.
Populations Served	Persons living with HIV and AIDS and AmeriCorps Members. Constituency Involved: AmeriCorps Members and the public at large.
Objective #2	To match volunteers from the National Senior Service Corps with persons living with HIV and AIDS for respite care and other services.
*Action Steps*	Through the Foster Grandparent program, provide foster and respite care, as well as counseling and living assistance for children with HIV/AIDS. Through the Senior Companion Program, provide some persons living with HIV and AIDS with volunteers for respite care and living assistance. Continue to provide some persons living with HIV and AIDS with health and nutrition services and respite care from the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Description	An example of a program provided by senior volunteers includes a program in Indianapolis where seniors visit people living with AIDS who are confined to a hospice.
Resources	FY95	FY96	FY97
	*	*	*
	* Part of overall operating budget.
Populations Served	Persons living with HIV and AIDS.
Constituency Involvement	National Senior Service Corps and people living with HIV and AIDS.


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