Organizations Filed Purposes:
OPEN AID ALLIANCE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON HELPING PEOPLE OVERCOME STIGMA AS THEY SEEK GREATER HEALTH. MULTIPLE PROGRAMS WORK SYNERGISTICALLY TO CARRY OUT OUR MISSION AND ACHIEVE RISK REDUCTION GOALS.
HOUSING PROGRAM: WE OPERATE A HOUSING PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH HIV IN WESTERN MONTANA. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES HOUSING ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF RENT AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS AND CASE MANAGEMENT TO STABILIZE AND SUPPORT MEDICAL AND HEALTH GOALS AND PREVENT NEW HIV INFECTIONS. 108 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IN 2019.
TESTING AND PREVENTION PROGRAM: IN 2019, OAA PERFORMED 316 HIV TESTS, 172 HEPATITIS C TESTS AND 137 CHLAMYDIA AND GONORRHEA TESTS. ALL TESTING IS OFFERED IN A LOW BARRIER SETTING AND IS FREE OR GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICE FOR MAXIMUM ACCESSIBILITY. IN ADDITION TO TESTING, THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES HIV AND STI EDUCATION IN LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. FACT BASED EDUCATION IS PRESENTED IN AN INTERACTIVE AND ENGAGING FORMAT. OUR SPEAKER'S BUREAU CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO HEAR PERSONAL STORIES FROM PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND IS INCLUDED IN ALL OF OUR PREVENTION PRESENTATIONS.
SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM, PEER SUPPORT AND "UNCOVERY" TREATMENT CENTER: THE OPEN AID ALLIANCE SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO PREVENT DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PREVENT OVERDOSE, AND IMPROVE OVERALL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES STERILE INJECTION EQUIPMENT, TRAINS PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO OVERDOSE AND ENCOURAGES AND PROPER DISPOSAL OF USED SYRINGES. THE SYRINGE SERVICE PROGRAM IS A CRITICAL LINKAGE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HOUSING AND MEDICAL CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO USE INJECTION DRUGS. THIS PROGRAM OPERATES FIXED LOCATIONS IN MISSOULA AND POLSON AND SUPPORTS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS ACROSS MONTANA. PEER SUPPORT IS A MUTUAL AID SUPPORT PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE CONNECT BASED ON SHARED LIVED EXPERIENCE. OUR PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HOMELESSNESS. INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SUPPORT IS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT GOALS FOR IMPROVED HEALTH. UNCOVERY IS A STATE APPROVED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT CENTER PROVIDING OUTPATIENT AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN A HARM REDUCTION FRAMEWORK TO MEET THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS OF VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Christa Weathers | EXECUTIVE DI | 50 | $48,938 |
| Colin Woodrow | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Jay Swanson | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Lisa Smith | VICE PRESIDE | 2 | $0 |
| James Schiewiek | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Kathryn Puczkowskyj | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Bryan Cochran Phd | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Kathi Olson | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Leisa Greene | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Ilona Csik | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Hayley Blackburn | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Donna Beall | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
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