Resource Center of Dallas

The Dallas AIDS Resource Center was founded in 1985, and has grown into one of the largest AIDS Service Organizations in the region. The Center provides Client Services, Clinical Trials, HIV Education, an HIV/AIDS Library, Insurance Assistance Program, Wellness/Early Intervention, Food Pantry, Hot Lunch Program, and a variety of services designed to empower and support persons living with HIV.

The purpose of the AIDS Resource Center is to provide individuals with the vital services they need, to reduce the spread of HIV infection by providing education on risk-reduction, to reduce fear and discrimination directed toward those with HIV and AIDS, and to ensure support by collaborating with other service agencies, in order to maintain the best possible quality of life for people affected by and living with AIDS or HIV.

The AIDS Resource Center Nutrition Center (Food Pantry) assists Center Clients in meeting basic nutritional needs and supporting a dietary goal of approximately 3,500 calories per day.

The Nelson-Tebedo Health Resource Center has been serving the community for over 10 years, and provides HIV testing with counseling, STD testing and treatment, a full service dental clinic for clients, Hepatitis vaccinations, health monitoring, medical case management for persons diagnosed with HIV, treatment education, muscle to fat body composition analysis, and clinical trials.

The Resource Center of Dallas has grown to become the nation’s third-largest GLBT Community Center, after New York and Los Angeles.

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