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A Hospital-Based Program Utilizing Methadone Patients and Others to Provide Support to Inner City AIDS Patients

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 3, no. 1 (Winter 1988): 67-70
Lea Tenneriello et al.

Project BRAVE stands for Bronx AIDS Volunteer Enterprise, a volunteer project housed at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, designed to assist persons with AIDS (PWAs). Project BRAVE was born in February 1986 and began with four methadone patients who were trained to act as "buddies" for AIDS patients. Today, the project has grown to include more than 10 active volunteers, with a larger network of "on-call" helpers and important community connections with local church groups and colleges. The program consists of several components, namely, recruitment, screening, training and supervision, and referral and assignment.
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