The Be The Cure program is modeled after evidence-based interventions approved and demonstrated to be effective by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Program components include:

Free HIV Testing
The Project offers free rapid HIV testing to high-risk groups at our office in the East Village as well as at community events.  For more information about HIV testing, click here.

Hepatitis Testing/Vaccination
As of January 1, 2010, The Project will no longer offer free and confidential Hepatitis C testing or Hepatitis A/B vaccination due to funding constraints. If you are interested in these services The Project will be happy to schedule a test or vaccination for you at Polk County Health Department. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.

Minority and Targeted Outreach
Culturally competent staff are trained to conduct outreach in community-based settings ranging from African American owned barber shops to homeless shelters. Click here to learn more about our minority outreach programs.

Peer-Based Interventions
Peer advocates are trained to encourage and offer tips to help their friends overcome real-life prevention challenges. Role model stories are also published based on accounts of local community members who have addressed difficult situations to avoid HIV. Packaged as pocket-sized pamphlets, new role model stroies are published and distributed each month.

Group and Individual Level Interventions
Risk reduction planning sessions are offered to groups and individuals to assist participants in identifying specific "risk triggers."