A program providing two separate support groups for young people from age 13-25 who are HIV + or who are living with AIDS; one group is for men, the other is for women.  EPY also provides limited bridge case management helping young people identify and find resources including in part transportation, housing, food, peer su8pport, etc. until age 25.  To  learn more about their evening support group meetings, you may call Jaysen, the program coordinator, at 704/372-7246 x 112 on Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Messages left will be kept confidential and returned as soon as possible the next business day.

MAP lost funding in 2009 and ceased its ability to serve on December 31, 2009.  Individuals and organizations in the community are working to pick up the many services that MAP provided.  We of course focus on support groups and will list them as they appear again under new leadership.  If you find a group we're missing, or if you have questions, or if you simply want to be notified of a support group meeting, please click here to leave a message message for a return contact at SupportWorks. Thank you.

African-American Men's Support Network (2002) (1584,782)
Family, Friends, and Partners Group at Metrolina AIDS Project (1997) 
HIV Support Groups (748 & 1537)
HIV/Addiction Support Group  (1358)
Mending Hearts I and Too  (1314)
Metrolina AIDS Project (a nonprofit organization in Charlotte) (16/1654,782)
Positive Connections Heterosexual Men's Group (not the other Positive Connections)  (1481)
POZ Charlotte (1621)

Since the demise of Metrolina AIDS Project, their services are being picked up as much as possible by other organizations.  We do not know of any particular HIV support group meeting as of now, but as we learn of them, we'll post them above. 

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

Click here to see a schedule and details about STD testing (including AIDS) from the Mecklenburg County Health Department.

MedLinePlus

This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information.  For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details.

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.