SF Residents Living with HIV: PRC Can Help!
If you or someone you know is a San Francisco Resident living with HIV who is having difficulty accessing healthcare in the city, please know that help is available. PRC’s team of local, trained professionals are standing by to assist with your healthcare enrollment, coverage, and access issues.
PRC’s Equal Access to Healthcare Program (EAHP) team assist with accessing Medi-Cal, Medicare, Covered CA, private insurance, and other programs. Free, full-scope legal services are available to eligible individuals. Open Enrollment for Covered California lasts until January 31, 2024. Visit PRCSF.org, email EAHP@PRCSF.org or call (415) 972-0870 for more information about PRC’s healthcare advocacy.
PRC offers a critical lifeline to those living with HIV/AIDS, substance use disorder, and mental health issues. They provide the support and services needed for clients to transition from crisis and homelessness to stability and independence. PRC programs create a seamless continuum of care that helps approximately 5,000 individuals each year.
The service available at PRC transform lives and communities struggling with addition, HIV/AIDS, mental health challenges, under or unemployment, and homelessness. They offer legal advocacy for SSI/SSDI disability benefits, healthcare access, workforce development, residential services, and even emergency financial assistance.
Visit PRCSF.org or call (415) 777-0333 for more information.
More About PRC
PRC (formerly Positive Resource Center) has been transforming the Bay Area for decades, helping those affected by HIV/AIDS, substance use, or mental health issues realize their best selves by providing the support and services they need to reclaim their lives. Services include emergency financial assistance for short-term security, legal representation for access to basic disability income and healthcare benefits, residential treatment, supportive housing, and employment training for longer-term social rehabilitation.
Having merged with the AIDS Emergency Fund and Baker Places, Inc. in 2016, PRC’s newly interconnected services help over 5,000 clients per year on their path toward long term stability and success.
A longtime pillar of the community, PRC has grown, changed, and will continue to grow and change with our community. We will add new services and find new partners tow work alongside us to meet existing and emerging needs. And through it all, we will remain committed to the same core ideals we began with:
- PRC is welcoming and accepting of ALL people.
- PRC will stand up, speak out, and provide both urgent and long-term support for those who too often are marginalized or ignored.
- PRC will never, ever, stop working to empower our clients by helping the whole person – moving beyond merely addressing their health and tackling the larger social issues that affect them.
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