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Since opening our doors in 1991, The Children's Place Association has provided crucial care to children impacted by HIV/AIDS in Chicago…and more recently the developing world.

Fiscal Year 2009 Chicago Program Highlights

• More than 330 individuals received services from The Children's Place Association representing 27 neighborhoods from across Chicagoland.
• 93% of individuals that receive services are minorities.
• Children and families took part in 1,275 hours of individual or group therapy.
• 47 children received 16,064 days of care in the Foster Care program.
• 16 children found loving permanent homes through our Adoption program.
• 1,920 days of care and 24-nursing were provided at the Residential Center.
• 81 children received 9,807 days of full-day early childhood education were provided at the Early Learning Center with an average attendance rate of 71%.
• 71 HIV+ individuals and their family members received assistance with emergency food, rental and utility assistance when needed as well as affordable housing and education support through our case management program.
• 850 face to face visits were conducted with clients in our case management program.
• 15 children attended a specialized summer camp where they have the opportunity to just be a child.

HIV/AIDS in Chicago

• In Illinois, more than 35,000 cases of HIV/AIDS have been reported, giving the state the sixth highest AIDS case rate in the U.S. There are currently 21,367 people living with HIV or AIDS in Chicago.
• On average, more than 2,000 HIV/AIDS cases are diagnosed every year in Chicago. Approximately 450 people die each year.

Fiscal Year 2009 International Program Highlights

• In Haiti 549 individuals, 321 of which are children, received services from Children's Place International in four different communities. 
• 178 children were enrolled in school, most for the first time in their lives.
• 100% of our families in Haiti received a visit from a Children's Place International worker at least once a week. 
• 25 families receive support for housing whether through apartment or home rentals, temporary shelters or permanent residences.
• 6 HIV+ mothers are provided with baby formula and clean water so that they don't risk transmission of HIV through breast feeding.
• 81 families receive basic food staples on a monthly basis including rice and beans.

HIV/AIDS Around the World

• The HIV/AIDS epidemic has already claimed more than 25 million lives worldwide. There are an estimated 33 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, 2 million of them children under the age of 15.
• 2.7 million people worldwide were newly infected with HIV in 2007; 370,000 under the age of 15.
• Since the first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981, at least 1.7 million people in the U.S. have been infected with HIV, including more than 565,000 who have already died.
• Annual HIV incidence in the U.S. is down from it peak of 130,000 in the 1980’s. New estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that more than 56,000 people were newly infected with HIV in 2006, higher than previous estimates.
• While advances in public health initiatives have dramatically reduced perinatal HIV transmission, women account for a growing proportion of new AIDS diagnoses, rising from 8% in 1985 to 27% in 2006.
• Women of color are particularly affected, making up 65% of new AIDS cases among women in 2006. Latinas represent 16% and white women 17%.

Read More

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention Fact Sheet
• The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation
• Chicago Department of Public Health
• UNAIDS and World Health Organization