San Antonio Fighting Back Inc

Programs: Recovery partnership program provides culturally sensitive peer supported services to individuals referred through the adult, felony, family and juvenile drug courts (between the ages of 18-21) and their families or significant others as well as returning veterans, national guard members and their families referred by the veterans court and crosspoint therapeutic community. The recovery partnership was formed to extend and enhance the treatment continuum by providing recovery support services to support people in recovery and to help prevent relapse and achieve long- term recovery. During this fiscal year, 16 outreach events were held and approximately 750 persons were served.

the organization provided hiv education, testing, and consulting at st philip's college and huston-tillotson university as well as in the san antonio area with the beat aids program. During this fiscal year, 24 events were held at st philip's college and approximately 1,100 people were provided with services. During this fiscal year, 24 events were held at huston-tillotson university and approximately 1,500 people were provided with services. During this fiscal year, beat aids held 36 events in which approximately 2,000 people were provided with services.

project hope's (healthy outcomes for prevention and education) purpose is to reduce substance abuse and hiv risk behaviors among 18-24 year-olds in our community by increasing awareness of the magnitude and impact of substance abuse and use, providing prevention, intervention targeted to young adults, and by increasing availability and access to hiv/vh testing. Our target population is 18-24 year-olds, black and hispanic young adults living in the eastside & westside of san antonio's economically disadvantaged empowerment zone. Project hope provided hiv education and substance abuse education to participants in the community to include college, trade, high school and faith based organizations and businesses. Project hope held 24 outreach events and provided services to 1,200 individuals during this year.

other programs include eastpoint promise prevention coalition's (drug free communities) program as well as other community outreach programs. The drug free communities program purpose is to prevent and reduce youth substance use. In total, there were 12 drug free communities events with approximately 500 people reached during this fiscal year.