Being the change we need to see
A Bit About Us
Working Towards a Better Tomorrow
Community Building Advocates (CBA) is a local advocacy group that provides a support system for clients to have a meaningful input into the development of policies and programs to address their needs and to bridge the gap in HIV services that empower People living with HIV to advocate for themselves through:
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Treatment and Adherence
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Access to Care
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Community HIV Prevention
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Intervention, Education and Advocacy
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Capacity Building & Social Networking
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Partnership with Providers
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Primary Function
Our primary function is to ensure that through our work, People with HIV (PWH) play a significant part in the decision-making processes that directly affect their everyday lives. These decisions include planning and implementation of programs and policies that lead to better access and health equity; to empower and support PWH, share experiences, while creating a usable approach for reducing stigma and discrimination.
Pillars of Action
Wellness
Navigation
Advocacy
Engagement
Ways We Help
Meaningful Work. Unforgettable Experiences.
Education
HIV Long-Term Survivors face a myriad of interconnected psychosocial, practical, and medical problems rooted in HIV-stigma, aging, ageism, and economic distress that impacts functional health-related quality of life issues. We now know that surviving too can also have trauma-related implications. The legacy of our past is influencing our lives now, and too many survivors are unaware of what is happening to them.
Advocacy
As HIV activists, we hear a lot about “key populations,” disparities” and “bridging the gaps.” The conversation usually revolves around gender, gender expression, race and poverty and the roles they play in people with HIV lives.
Support
Living in isolation makes finding a sense of meaning and purpose difficult. It contributes to our feelings of invisibility. Isolation accelerates depression to despair that sometimes can lead to self-harm. What do we want our future to be?
Palm Beach
Test Centers
HIV Medical Care
1. West Palm Beach Health Center
1-855 GET-APPT (438-2778)
Ryan White Referral Consultant: (561) 514-5440
2. Delray Beach Health Center Annex
1-855 GET-APPT (438-2778)
Ryan White Referral Consultant: (561) 274-1330
3. C.L. Brumback Health Center (Belle Glade)
1-855 GET-APPT (438-2778)
Ryan White Referral Consultant: (561) 992-1220
Dental Services
1. Northeast Health Center (Riviera Beach)
851 Avenue P, Riviera Beach, FL 33404 Clinic: (561) 803-7352
2. HIV/AIDS Program Office
1050 W. 15th Street, Riviera Beach, FL 33404
(561) 840-3139
Offers information only. No services are provided.
Confidential HIV Testing
7:30 a.m -3:30 p.m., Monday – Friday
No appointment needed. Walk-Ins Welcome
1. West Palm Beach Health Center
1150 45th St., West Palm Beach, FL 33407
1250 Southwinds Dr., Lantana, FL 33462
345 S. Congress Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33445
4. C. L. Brumback Health Center
38754 SR 80, Belle Glade, FL 33430
Text your ZIP code to 477493 for an HIV Test Site near you!
Information and Resources on HIV/AIDS
Florida AIDS Hotline
English 1-800-FLA-AIDS (352-2437)
Spanish 1-800-545-SIDA (7432)
Haitian Creole 1-800-243-7101
TDD/TTY 1-888-503-7118
CDC HIV/AIDS Hotline, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.,
Monday – Friday
1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)
TTY 1-888-232-6348
www.cdc.gov/hiv
Text your ZIP code to KNOW IT or 566948
Florida Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-500-1119
TTY 1-800-621-4202
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
English 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Spanish 1-888-628-9454
TDD/TTY 1-800-799-4TTY (4889)
2-1-1
A service of 211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast offers information, referral, crisis intervention, supportive counseling, and suicide intervention, via telephone 24 hours a day/365 days a year.