Alabama

AIDS Alabama is the largest community-based HIV service organization in Alabama and provides comprehensive services for people infected and affected with HIV while working to prevent the spread of the disease. AIDS Alabama offers the following services: case management; linkage to other services, including medical care; transitional and permanent housing for those who qualify; rental assistance programs in the Birmingham area; transportation assistance; Alabama Rural AIDS Project, which links persons at risk for HIV who live in rural areas with available services; HIV testing and counseling; and prevention education programs. Alabama Rural AIDS Project Outreach Workers and HIV Prevention Educators work in prisons throughout the state to assist HIV+ prisoners with discharge planning and gaining access to needed services in the community. AIDS Alabama also operates a 24-hour, toll-free statewide HIV Help Line to provide support, information, and referrals to individuals with concerns or questions about HIV/AIDS. All services are free and highly confidential.

Since 1975, the Rape Response program of the Crisis Center has served survivors of sexual violence. At our free-standing SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) facility, we are able to collect forensic evidence and provide a compassionate link between the survivor and law enforcement. We also offer medical, court, and legal advocacy. All of our services are free.

Service area: Jefferson, Blount, St. Clair, Walker; the PREA hotline takes calls from all over the state of Alabama. Donaldson Correctional and St. Clair Correctional are located in our service area, but we serve any facility that reaches out for SANE services.

Work with: Anyone impacted by sexual assault, including survivors and secondary survivors.

Services for survivors during incarceration include: Crisis intervention via the 24-hour hotline, by mail or by email; SANE exams at our facility or local hospitals, advocacy during forensic exams; court accompaniment and legal accompaniment for sexual assault cases; and/or information and referrals.

Services for survivors after release include: All of the above, as well as individual and group counseling.

Service for loved ones include: All of the above

Fees: all services are free for survivors and secondary survivors. Correctional facilities are responsible for fees associated with SANE exams.

Additional information: Spanish speaking advocates available

The Family Guidance Center of Alabama (FGC) provides services throughout Alabama in the following cities: Birmingham, Montgomery, Troy, Hayneville, and Dothan. FGC works with survivors of sexual violence through individual or group counseling, depending on the needs that exist within each community. The staff is made up of licensed and trained counselors and social workers. Fees are based on a sliding scale, and often FGC is able to make referrals to other programs that are free of charge.

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline provides telephone and email peer-counseling, as well as information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States. Volunteer peer counselors share information about coming-out issues, relationship concerns, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer-sex practices, and more. The hotline also maintains the largest resource database of its kind in the United States, with over 15,000 listings. All services are free and confidential.

Rape Crisis Center, a program of the Family Counseling Center of Mobile, Inc., provides direct services to survivors of sexual assault and their families in Mobile, Washington, and Clarke Counties. Services include: 24-hour hotline; crisis intervention; hospital and court advocacy and accompaniment; counseling; and support groups. In addition, Rape Crisis Center is willing to provide on-site crisis intervention and other services for survivors in jail, if requested. All services are free and confidential.