HIV/AIDS agency Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) has received a $331,000 grant from the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services to enhance its existing mental-health and substance-abuse programs.
In March 2008, TPAN launched the POWER program (Positive Outcomes for Wellness, Education, and Recovery), designed to serve African-American men who have sex with men (MSM) ; are HIV positive or at-risk; and struggling with addiction issues. TPAN will extend POWER programming to all HIV-impacted populations with substance-abuse problems.
In addition, under the program, TPAN will implement a cutting-edge intervention specifically for individuals whose treatment and recovery efforts are complicated by histories of childhood sexual abuse.