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.  As of this date, we do not know of any groups that meet right now.  If you wish have questions or wish to be notified of any group that forms,  please click here to contact us. 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.

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.