Support Groups: Our support groups are designed to provide a safe, supportive environment where clients can work through obstacles and express feelings with the assistance of peers and a group leader. Clients strive for a higher quality of life and a positive sense of independence and comfort within their communities. Special-interest support groups are designed to focus on issues specifically affecting the targeted group. Support groups may be on-going, time-limited or repeated as a series.

To join a group, please call the office which hosts the group at the number provided, or speak to your case manager.

Support groups currently being offered:

• Dutchess County
  Common Threads: open to all HIV-positive individuals
  Held at our Poughkeepsie office
  Group Leader: Janice Labriola
  Meets on Wednesday afternoons
  (845) 471-0707
• Orange County
  Living Health: open to all HIV-positive individuals
  Held at our Newburgh office
  Group Leader: Lee-Ann LittleJohn
  Meets on Wednesday afternoons
  (845) 562-5005)
• Putnam County
  Circle of Hope: open to all HIV-positive individuals
  Held at our Putnam Valley office
  Group Leader: Pat Jacobs
  Meets on Wednesdays, late afternoon
  (845) 526-1923
• Sullivan County
  Healthy Living: open to all HIV-positive individuals
  Held at our Monticello office
  Group Leader: Diana Cartegena
  Meets on Wednesday afternoons
  (845) 791-8871
• Ulster County
  Co-ed Support Group
  Location: TBD
  Group Leader: TBD
  Days: TBD
  (845) 339-3281
• Westchester County
  Women's Long-Term Survivors: open to all women living with HIV/AIDS long-term
  Held at our Hawthorne office
  Group Leader: Rita Nicholson-Weaver
  Meets on Monday evenings
  (914) 345-8888
  
  Co-Ed General Support Group: open to all HIV-positive individuals
  Held at our Hawthorne office
  Group Leader: Heather McGrath
  Meets on Tuesday evenings
  (914) 345-8888
  
  Positive Moms: open to all women with HIV/AIDS who have children
  Held at our Hawthorne office
  Group Leader: Julie Aquilato
  Meets on Monday afternoons at WJCS in Hartsdale
  (914) 345-8888
  
  New Beginnings: open to all HIV-positive individuals
  Held at our Hawthorne office
  Group Leader: Audrell Clarke
  Meets on Monday evenings
  (914) 345-8888