REACH is having an Open House next week; you are all invited to stop by and learn more about us. Due to stigma people that are HIV+ don't share their status. Before joining REACH I had never met anyone that was HIV+, or so I thought. 1 in 300 Americans, is living with HIV. Odds are we know people that are HIV+ they just don't tell us.
All the teens we are currently working with or have worked with in the last 30 years have had big behaviors. The trauma that comes with being HIV+ is pretty big. Currently the opioids epidemic is causing an alarming increase is transmission. In WA we hadn't had any babies born positive in a long time but since this summer we have had 4. I would love to have other organizations working with youth be more informed about the situation.
