In addition to the wide variety of direct services, MAP provides a series of support groups.  These change from time to time, so we include this listing to encourage you to contact them even if you don't see the service you see and need listed here.  As of the date of this update, the following groups were going on with the following contact numbers:

La Jornada Positiva -- Spanish speaking ongoing group -- 704/602-2421 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
S.O.U.L. Ties -- for anyone over age 18 who is HIV+/AIDS -- 704/602-2419 Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

Transportation and meals are sometimes available.  All groups emphasize sharing and healing.  For details about MAP in general, call 704/333-1435 Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  (Click for overview of AIDS resources

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)
Positive Connections Heterosexual Men's Group (not the other Positive Connections)  (1481)

POZ Charlotte (1621)

The friendly people at MAP provide a wide range of services (case management, support, prevention, education, psychotherapy, and financial assistance) for people infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS.  For details, call them at 704/333-1435 Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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.