About SPEBA

 

SPEBA of Kansas City
Supporting People Effected By AIDS/HIV

Mission/Goals of SPEBA of Kansas City, for Today’s Community

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Breaking the mold of today’s current AIDS/HIV case-management, assistance, and care.

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Offering support and educational tools to the community by being a more personalized organization.

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Not only focusing on the client, but those that are directly involved in the daily lives of those that are infected by the AIDS/HIV virus.

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Joining the community together in UNITY to fight this disease that, as of yet, has no cure.

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Educating the community to bring a higher understanding of this disease and to incite a greater desire to fight this disease through teamwork throughout the community.

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Offering greater amounts of assistance and care to those that are infected as well as effected.

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Putting understanding in the community's heart showing they are needed to help make a difference and to ease the suffering in those infected and effected.

Areas of SPEBA of Kansas City’s Main Focus

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Community members infected as well as effected by the AIDS/HIV virus and their immediate family, partners, spouses, children and other persons involved in their daily life and care.

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Providing community-supported services to the AIDS/HIV community that will better their lives.

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Educating the community about risky behavior (unprotected sexual encounters, drug use, etc.), and providing tools to be safe (education, condoms, dental dams, etc.)

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Assisting people who have given up hope of having a bright future by providing positive uplifting support.

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Demonstrating personalized care for those infected and effected by AIDS/HIV by treating them as real people and not just numbers or statistics.

Assistance and Services Offered by SPEBA of Kansas City

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Personalized case-management for those that are infected with focus on the individual and helping all effected people understand how the disease truly effects the clients life.

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Counseling, (individual, family, couples, and group therapy)

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Food pantry

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Clothing closet

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Free HIV testing

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Community outreach and educational programs

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Housing assistance

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Utility assistance

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Medication assistance programs

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Medical, dental, and psychological services and referrals

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Alternative medicine and vitamin supplement assistance

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Personal daily life assistance

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Home meal services

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GED tutoring

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AA/NA meetings (Drug and alcohol support systems)

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Transportation to and from appointments

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Other services on an as-needed basis

SPEBA of Kansas City’s Outlook on the Future

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Creating results and building a stronger, more tightly-knit, community.

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Causing other agencies to re-evaluate and modify their care and assistance programs by demonstrating a more effective strategy.

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Demonstrating to the nation how a community can come together and fight a unified battle by providing the necessary tools, education, and awareness bringing the war against AIDS/HIV to a whole new level.

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Increasing the standard care level.

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Getting more communities, cities, and countries involved in their community members' daily lives eliminating weak points.

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Creating awareness so prejudicial attacks on those infected stops.

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Placing understanding in the community that people suffering from AIDS/HIV are human and are in need of compassion and understanding as much as any other human.

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Ultimately and finally putting a halt to the AIDS/HIV virus!

 

SPEBA of Kansas City was founded March 22, 2007

 

 

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