Santa Cruz AIDS Project
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Santa Cruz AIDS Project is a non-profit organization
based in Santa Cruz
California
which offers free client services for those who are HIV
positive, as well as a variety of services for HIV prevention, including education, needle exchange and HIV testing.
SCAP also has created some programs around the harm reduction
model, seeking ways to reduce or make more safe harmful behaviors amongst populations that are at high risk for contracting HIV such as the homeless, people who share needles and sex workers.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
based in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California in the US. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz had a total population of 59,946...
California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
which offers free client services for those who are HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
positive, as well as a variety of services for HIV prevention, including education, needle exchange and HIV testing.
SCAP also has created some programs around the harm reduction
Harm reduction
Harm reduction refers to a range of public health policies designed to reduce the harmful consequences associated with recreational drug use and other high risk activities...
model, seeking ways to reduce or make more safe harmful behaviors amongst populations that are at high risk for contracting HIV such as the homeless, people who share needles and sex workers.