The Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund is a collaborative funding partnership between United Way, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the National AIDS Fund, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, Jeffrey fashion cares and StyleAtlanta.

The mission of the AAPF is to further HIV/AIDS advocacy, provide prevention interventions and client services in metropolitan Atlanta through funding and leadership. Since 1993 the AAPF has awarded grants totaling more than $8.5 million to help lessen the impact of this epidemic in our community and to improve the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS.

While the partnership's grant-making priorities change depending on the current state of the epidemic, the AAPF is focusing its resources for 2006 in these areas:

	Prevention interventions - approximately 50 percent of funding
	Client Services for people already living with HIV/AIDS - approximately 40 percent of funding
	Advocacy efforts (both national and local) designed to positively impact those living with HIV/AIDS - approximately 10 percent of funding

Who is eligible to apply for AAPF grant funds?

Organizations applying for grants must have IRS certification under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code, or they must have a 501(c)(3) organization acting as their fiduciary agent, and must serve one or more of these North Georgia counties: Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding, or Walton.

Programs awarded grants in 2006-2007:

AID Atlanta, AIDGwinnett, AIDS Survival Project, AIDS Treatment Initiatives, Atlanta Harm Reduction Center, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, CAEAR Foundation, Center for Black Women's Wellness, Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta, Georgia Law Center for the Homeless, HERO for Children, Jerusalem House, Living Room, Our Common Welfare, Positive Impact, Positive Response, Project Open Hand/Atlanta, Southside Medical Center Legacy House, Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta, Wholistic Stress Control Institute, YouthPride

Contact: Jamey Rousey (jrousey@aidsfundatl.org) at 770.276.7290.