CHRONIC DISEASE SERVICES (INCLUDING AIDS PROGRAMS): CASE MANAGEMENT, HARM REDUCTION, NUTRITION EDUCATION, GROUP COUNSELING, AND MONEY MANAGEMENT SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 693 PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS OR OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES. A TOTAL OF 764 HIV/AIDS EDUCATION GROUP WORKSHOPS AND 739 INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS WERE CONDUCTED. THE SEXUAL HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM FOR TEENS TRAINED 15 ADOLESCENTS TO BE HEALTH ADVOCATES WHO MADE PUBLIC APPEARANCES THROUGHOUT THE BRONX AND WHO PARTICIPATED IN LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN ALBANY. OVER 100 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZED A WORLD AIDS DAY CELEBRATION AT THE MCLAUGHLIN CENTER, WHILE OVER 200 PERSONS ATTENDED THE ANNUAL HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE HOSTED BY BRONXWORKS AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS PLACED A TOTAL OF 425 ADULTS INTO JOBS, WHILE 725 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE PLACED IN JOBS OR INTERNSHIPS. PARTICIPANTS IN THE JOBS-PLUS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM REDUCED THEIR DEBT BY $237,500, WITH 717 PARTICIPATING IN A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP AND 202 ESTABLISHING BANK ACCOUNTS. THE FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM HELPED IMPROVE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR 227 FAMILIES WITH 795 PERSONS, WHILE THE STRONG FATHERS, STRONG FAMILIES PROGRAM RECONNECTED 177 NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS WITH 386 CHILDREN.

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