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Mission Statement

Desert AIDS project meets the evolving medical and social service needs of people living with HIV/AIDS by providing direct service and advocacy, while working to prevent new infections through education and outreach.

Desert AIDS Project has earned a national reputation as one of the most comprehensive AIDS service providers. We are one of only a handful of AIDS agencies operating an on-site medical clinic, a full range of client support services, and a comprehensive HIV education and prevention program, including anonymous HIV testing. Desert AIDS Project provides the opportunity for improved community health and responsible well-being through our framework of services, advocacy, and education.

D.A.P. began in 1984 as an all volunteer response to the largest crisis facing our community at the time - AIDS. Twenty-five years later, D.A.P. remains a direct community response to the social and medical challenges of HIV/AIDS on a local level. Over the past two decades meeting the needs of those infected and affected by HIV has translated into a staff of 65 full-time professionals, 5 physicians and mental health specialists, and over 400 volunteers. D.A.P. now serves over 2,200 individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS from the middle of Riverside County through the greater desert region, to the rural towns near the California/Nevada border in the east - a distance of nearly 200 miles.