Mission
ALLIES IN HOPE (AIH), FORMERLY KNOWN AS AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON, INC. (AFH), IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION FOUNDED IN 1982 AND WAS AMONG TEXAS' FIRST ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO HIV PREVENTION EDUCATION AND SERVICES. AIH PROVIDES STABILIZING AND PREVENTION SERVICES INCLUDING TESTING, SUPPORT SERVICES, EDUCATION, BENEFITS AND RESOURCES COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING, AND FOOD AND NUTRITION ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND LOW-INCOME, HIV+ MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. AIH'S MISSION IS TO END THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA. ALLIES IN HOPE ENVISIONS A COMMUNITY WHERE HIV IS STIGMA-FREE AND RARE, AND PEOPLE HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CARE. EFFECTIVE MAY 22, 2023, AFH CHANGED ITS DBA NAME TO ALLIES IN HOPE, WHICH AIMS TO OFFER EXPANDED SERVICES AND A NEW LOCATION THAT EMBODY THE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY AND PROVIDING EQUITABLE STIGMA-FREE ACCESS TO CARE.