ARK
PROGRAMS
HIV
EDUCATION AND PREVENTION
One
Voice Gospel Artists Respond To AIDS
A national education campaign in collaboration with the Gospel Music
Workshop of America, Bobby Jones Gospel, BET, Edwin Hawkins Music
and Arts Seminar, Balm in Gilead, and Community Supportive Living
Systems.
Project
LEAD
Leadership, Education, Assistance and Development program to "teach
the teachers" and "heal the healers” an outreach to Black Church leaders
in the Western Region funded by the CDC.
S.O.E.P.I.
State of Emergency Preaching Institute. Outreach to and technical
assistance for African American Church leaders for AIDS Awareness
and education funded by the State of California AIDS Office and Bristol
Myers-Squibb.
HIV
HOUSING
Walker
House
24-hour facility targeting multi-diagnosed persons living with disabling
HIV/AIDS and substance abuse issues.
Restoration
House 24-Hour
dual diagnosis facility with coordinated substance abuse intervention
services for HIV-positive African American Transgender women.
Project
Independence
HOPWA funded rental subsidy program for people living with HIV disease.
HOUSING
and HUNGER
Homeless
and Hunger Prevention
City of Oakland funded hotel/motel voucher management and emergency
assistance program to reduce the occurrence of homelessness and hunger
for poor persons and families, including people living with HIV/AIDS
Word
of Mouth Food Project
Weekly grocery distribution in collaboration with the SF Food Bank.
Young
Adult Shelters Emergency
winter homeless shelters for 8 to 23 yer olds, including the Noe Valley
Metropolitan Community Curch shelter, targeting LGBTQQ young adults
MEDICAL
SERVICES
Case
Management Services
Ryan White, AIDS Walk and City of Oakland funded comprehensive psychosocial
case management linked with direct emergency assistance for programs.
The satellite program office is located in East Oakland at the Allen
Temple AIDS outreach Center and provides services by appointment only.
“Magic”
Johnson Jr. Medical Clinic
An AIDS drug dispensing clinic with suportive primary medical care
and substance abuse counseling services at Refuge Ministries' corporate
offices located in the SOMA.
Safe
Harbor Individual,
family and group psychosocial counseling available to all agency clients
and parishioners.
YOUTH
PROGRAMS
YouthMAP
Youth Multi-media Arts Program for Social Change, is an after-school
and summer technology and expressive arts program for low-income San
Francisco youth
The
Ark House
A transitional living program for homelss LGBTQQ young adults, ages
18 to 23. Ark House provides housing, medical and counseling services,
assistance with educational and employment golas in a safe and sober
environment.
Youth
Guidance Center
In collaboration with the Spiritual Life Program of San Francisco
Juvenile Hall, the center provides mentoring and counseling services
for incarcerated youth.
YouthSpace
Citywide collaboration of youth service providers under the sponsorship
of the Department of Children Youth and Families and Coleman Advocates
of Youth, which is the exclusive tenant of one of the Ark's facilities
as well as major collaborator with YouthMAP.
SUPPORT
AND OUTREACH
Hands
on Heart Ministry
A Tenderloin based support center in collaboration with Network Ministries,
including meals, job training, and pastoral care.
Circle
of Love
Practical support and recreational activities for people living with
disabilities at Providence House in Oakland.
Jail
Ministry
Ministry teams work collaboratively with the San Francisco County
Jail Religious Director to provide pastoral care and worship experiences
at the maximum-security jail, the medical pods and the women's jail.
Narcotics
AnonymousIndividual,
family and group psychosocial counseling available to all agency clients
and parishioners
Pathways
Ministries
Support groups, counseling and recreation for women at "Women’s Place",
an emergency shelter for women.
Transcending
Psychosocial
support groups, treatment and AIDS education prevention advocacy,
and recreation activities for the Transgender community.
Mentorship
Pilot program sponsored by the SF AIDS Office to create mentorship
relationships between gay, bisexual and transgender young African
American men with older men to provide healthy role models, personal
support, and sense of community as a vehicle for AIDS prevention.
