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Mobile
Outreach and Education
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HIPS provides safer
sex materials, counseling, and support to street-based workers on
weekends from 10pm to 5 am.
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24
Hour Hotline
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We provide
counseling and referrals for sex workers and their families.
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Peer
Education and
Outreach
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We train former or
current sex workers to educate their peers on safety and HIV. Our
Peer Educators extend HIPS programs into areas traditional health
programs can’t reach.
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Client
Advocacy
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HIPS provides basic
services, such as helping to obtain an ID card or finding emergency
shelter.
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Professional
Education
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HIPS trains medical
and social service providers to appropriately address the needs of sex
workers and address barriers sex workers face in accessing services.
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Syringe
Exchange
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Beginning July 2008,
with support from the DC Department of Health, HIPS launched DC’s first
night-time mobile exchange. Syringe Exchange services are now available
on the HIPS outreach van on Friday and Saturday nights, 11pm to 5
am. Call the HIPS Hotline on Friday and Saturday nights to hook
up with the Van. HIPS also has two fixed site locations, near
Transgender Health Empowerment’s offices on Fridays 7-8pm and at DCats
7pm the 2nd Sunday of every month. Call Jeff, HIPS Outreach Manager,
for more information about syringe exchange.
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HIPS
mission is to assist female, male, and transgender individuals
engaging in sex work in Washington, DC in leading healthy lives. Using
a harm reduction model, HIPS’ programs strive to address the impact
that HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, discrimination,
poverty, violence and drug use have on the lives of individuals
engaging in sex work. |
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