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Chicago Tribune (CT) - FRIDAY, December 13, 1996 Edition: DU PAGE SPORTS FINAL Section: METRO DU PAGE Page: 8 Word Count: 340
Terry Wilson, Tribune Staff Writer.
Officials from both organizations said the merger will benefit people who use the services while cutting administrative costs.
The merger, which will be formalized Sunday, will "increase services to clients in all areas of the city and decrease the costs to provide those services, which is very important these days," said Rob Humrickhouse, interim executive director for STOP AIDS.
Howard Brown, at 945 W. George St., provides medical care and mental health assistance to people with HIV/AIDS.
STOP AIDS staffers and volunteers go to places frequented by people considered to be at high-risk, such as nightclubs, parks and some street corners, Humrickhouse said. They pass out condoms and discuss how to protect oneself from HIV/AIDS, he said.
They assist people who want to have anonymous AIDS testing and provide "buddies" for people who are afraid to be tested, Humrickhouse said.
With the formal merger Sunday, STOP AIDS will become the STOP AIDS Project of the Howard Brown Health Center, a wholly owned subsidiary, said Dr. Frank Pieri, a psychiatrist who is president of the board of Howard Brown. Its staffers will go on the Howard Brown payroll Sunday.
STOP AIDS has offices at 909 W. Belmont Ave. in the Lakeview community, at 1718 E. 75th St. in South Shore., and at 1352 N. Western Ave. in West Town. All will remain open and in the coming weeks, representatives from Howard Brown will meet with workers and leaders in the surrounding communities to determine what kinds of health-care services to offer from the ouffices.
One-third of Howard Brown clients come from those communities, representatives said.
The move will, in some ways mark a homecoming for STOP AIDS, which got its start in borrowed office space at Howard Brown, Durkin said. It later moved into its own office space, Durkin said.
"Now it's like they're coming back home," she said.
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