HIV/AIDS - Positive Link

Positive Link

812.353.9150 or 800.313.4645
333 East Miller Drive, Bloomington
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Providing most services at no cost, Positive Link is one of 12 Indiana care coordination sites for people who are living with HIV/AIDS. Based at Bloomington Hospital's Community Health Services, we serve seven counties in south central Indiana: Bartholomew, Brown, Greene, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe and Owen. If you are not a resident of these counties, we can help direct you to the HIV/AIDS service program in your area.

Our focus is HIV testing and extensive care coordination for those living with HIV/AIDS. In addition, we serve as a community resource regarding HIV/AIDS education and awareness.  We also offer Hepatitis B and C testing.

HIV Testing:

• Anonymous and/or confidential testing and counseling
• Venipuncture test yields in two weeks
• Rapid test yields in 20 minutes

• Walk in hours available at Postive Link (333 E. Miller Dr.):

  • Monday - 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Friday - 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
• Testing at the Monroe County Health Department Futures Clinic
  (812.349.7343)
  • Tuesday: 3:30 – 7 p.m.by appointment only

Care Coordination
Positive Link provides a single point of access for the medical, financial, psychosocial, nutritional/wellness and educational programs that address the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS and their loved ones. More specifically, we offer:

• Support for families, partners and friends
• Telephone reassurance
• Transportation assistance
• Rental housing assistance
• Food and nutritional assistance
• Legal advocacy and referrals
• Vocational rehabilitation referrals
• Medical referrals (including dental and ophthalmologic)
• Assistance with applications for medical insurance and income assistance programs
• Substance abuse prevention and support through self-referral; one-on-one therapeutic activities and group-level intervention available

Outreach Education and Testing

• Trained staff offer free presentations on an array of HIV-related topics
• Testing can be provided on site for some populations
• Available for day or evening presentations
• Use our Contact Form to request a speaker at your event

Comprehensive Risk Counseling
CRC is designed for HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals (and even those of unknown serostatus) who are at high risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV and STDs and struggle with issues such as substance use or abuse, physical and mental health and cultural factors that affect HIV risk. The ultimate goal of CRC is to assist clients in developing strategies that will reduce the risk of HIV transmission or acquisition. For more information please call 353.3261 or 353.3273.

Our Mission
Positive Link coordinates comprehensive health and human services for people living with HIV/AIDS and provides HIV prevention and early intervention services, which includes HIV counseling and testing, without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, age, ability, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class or religious affiliation.

Support for Positive Link
Positive Link is supported through grants from the Indiana State Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Department of Housing & Urban Development and private and corporate donations. Donations go directly to the client relief fund. You may support Positive Link through the Bloomington Hospital Foundation.

This site contains HIV prevention messages that may not be appropriate for all audiences.