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Project STAY (Services to Assist Youth)

Project STAY (Services to Assist Youth) is a haven for young people at risk for, and/or living with, HIV/AIDS. Our program has been providing comprehensive services to high-risk and HIV-infected adolescents and young adults for the past 15 years. Project STAY is funded by the New York State Department of Health's AIDS Institute and is affiliated with Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health (Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Harlem Health Promotion Center and The Center for Community Health and Education), as well as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Ambulatory Care Network.

Young people, especially those at-risk for or living with HIV, need a place where they feel understood by their healthcare providers and are free to address medical and psychosocial problems without fear of being judged or condemned. They need a medical "home" staffed by a family of healthcare professionals with specialized training in adolescent care and a passion for delivering cultural- and age-appropriate services to young people.

Project STAY incorporates these principles into its mission, and because of it we are proud to be referred to as one of New York City's best clinical havens for young people. Based in Harlem, Project STAY welcomes youth from the Bronx to Staten Island, providing sensitive and supportive HIV counseling and testing to high-risk youth, as well as comprehensive medical, psychosocial, and case management services to young people living with HIV.

General primary care and family planning services are provided by the Family Planning Clinic and the Young Men's Clinic under the auspices of the the Center for Community Health and Education at 21 Audubon Avenue at the corner of 166th Street in Washington Heights. The clinic is open Monday through Friday.

Specific services for high-risk and HIV positive youth are available through Project STAY on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and all day on Friday. Special arrangements can be made to accommodate clients needing appointments at other times. Additionally, clients requiring case management and psychosocial services can be seen Monday through Thursday at our Harlem office located at 215 West 125th Street.

Project STAY weaves counseling, testing, and treatment services into the fabric of healthcare delivery in an ambulatory care setting that provides a wide variety of primary care and family planning services for both young men and women.

Project STAY embraces a client-centered approach that strives to identify each patient's assets as well as risks. Following a thorough assessment of each client, we develop strategies to reinforce areas of strength, while addressing health-compromising behaviors. Project STAY's interdisciplinary staff meet weekly to review client cases. Emphasis is placed on cooperation as a team to deliver individually tailored and holistic services.