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 PHANG PROGRAM |
| Half of the new AIDS infections in the U.S. affect people under the age of 25. Friends House has partnered with area NYC high schools to offer presentations by our residents on HIV/AIDS prevention. |
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| PREVENTING HIV/AIDS |
| When Joe got sober after many years of an active drug addiction, he says that he knew he could not go back to live in the Bronx. He is sure that he would have returned to a life of drugs and crime. Instead, he found a place at Friends House in 1999. |
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Friends House Dedicates Margaret Williams Library
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Hitomi Ikeda Hired as Social Worker
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Melissa Song named New Clinical Director
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| Since 1998 the New York City homeless shelter population has increased by 72 percent |
| More than 135,000 NYC residents have been diagnosed with AIDS |
| New York City has the highest AIDS rate in the nation |
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