• Iris House helped me achieve my goals:
    Iris House helped me achieve my goals:

    I’m drug free, I got my life back, and I got my children back.

  • Knowing I have a place to lay my head makes everything else easier.
    Knowing I have a place to lay my head makes everything else easier.
  • We get lots of family support and a sense of empowerment at Iris House.
    We get lots of family support and a sense of empowerment at Iris House.
  • Staying drug free is a challenge, but my case manager is always there for me.
    Staying drug free is a challenge, but my case manager is always there for me.

    Staying drug free is a challenge, but my case manager is always there for me.

  • Join the family as a client, as a donor, or as a member of the team!
    Join the family as a client, as a donor, or as a member of the team!
  • I hope my granddaughter never has to worry about HIV.
    I hope my granddaughter never has to worry about HIV.

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Father's Day Luncheon Thursday, June 13

Join Iris House as we celebrate Father's Day! 

Where: West Side Office

Date: Thursday, June 13th, 2013

Time: 12:30pm-2:00pm

Breakfast Club Thursday, June 13

Join our Breakfast Club

Where: West Side Office

Every Monday

Time: 9:00am-10:00am

 

 

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Welcome to Iris House

Established in 1993 by the Women and AIDS Working Group, Iris House provides comprehensive services and advocacy for women, families, and communities infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS, while simultaneously providing prevention and education services for our clients and at-risk communities.

To fulfill this mission, Iris House offers practical, family-centered services that promote prevention and education while addressing the day-to-day realities of living with HIV/AIDS.

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Programs & Services

Iris House’s Harm Reduction program incorporates a spectrum of strategies from safer use, to managed use to abstinence to meet drug users “where they’re...
    Our programs have expanded to Central New Jersey!In 2011, we began offering programs for young men and women in Plainfield and Irvington...
Since it was founded to specifically address women’s issues, Iris House has had a long history of addressing the needs of lesbians and bisexual women as...
        Opening an Office in the Bronx to better serve our clients where they live.   A core belief at Iris...
  Food and Nutrition Programs: a Gateway to Healthy Living! Iris House teaches people how to improve their health and the quality of their...
    Between 2007 and 2012, Iris House distributed more than 5.5 million free condoms through a network of more than 200 businesses and...

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Posted on March 1 2013
Last week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announced a new $1 million funding opportunity that supports rapid hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening and referral to care in non profit opioid treatment programs (OTPs)—programs that offer medication-assisted treatment for...

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    Posted on May 10 2013

        The Conundrum of “Gay-Pride”: An Exploration of the Position of Minority Lesbian Women at the Intersection of Empowerment and Social-Services  Standing at the front-line of the seemingly impenetrable wall of society’s deep-rooted racist, sexist, and homophobic infrastructure, lesbian women of color have suffered in the empty silence of both externally-imposed as well as [...]

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