Big Country AIDS Support Group

aka Big Country AIDS Resources   |   Abilene, TX   |  https://www.bcartx.com

Mission

Dedicated to preventing the spread of HIV and helping those living with HIV in the Big Country. BCAR is a community based organization serving the residents of 19 counties in West Central Texas. Our mission is to help individuals reduce their risk factors for being infected with HIV and to support those individuals who have HIV/AIDS. All are welcome and this is a safe space. We are not here to judge your lifestyle or who you are. We are here to help you take steps to reduce your risk of HIV infection, or if you are living with HIV to help you achieve and maintain your good health. ​ BCAR strives to inform the community at large about the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to remind us that West Central Texans are not immune to HIV infection.

Ruling year info

2020

Chief Executive Officer

James Wagstaff

Main address

402 Butternut St

Abilene, TX 79602 USA

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EIN

75-2235135

NTEE code info

AIDS (G81)

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Big Country AIDS Support Group

BCAR is a community based organization serving the homeless and low-income residents of 19 counties in West Central Texas living with HIV. Our mission is to help individuals reduce their risk factors for being infected with HIV and to support those individuals who have HIV/AIDS. We serve the following 19 Counties: Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Kent, Knox, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, and Throckmorton with the majority of our clients located in Abilene, Texas.

Our programs include: emergency financial assistance, food bank, Health Insurance assistance, housing services, Local pharmaceutical assistance, medical case management, non-medical case management, medical transportation, oral health care, outpatient ambulatory health services, and mental health services.

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Big Country AIDS Resources helps homeless and low-income individuals living with HIV. Our goal is not only to assist our clients with services, but also to keep our clients virally suppressed and healthy.

Why is this important? A person living with HIV in order to live a long healthy life must take their medication, stay healthy and remain undetectable or virally suppressed.

If a person is undetectable they cannot transmit the disease. So in order to keep transmitting rates low and hopefully end the epidemic we must have a high rate.

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Big Country AIDS Support Group

Board of directors
as of 07/27/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Chesley Martin

Junior League of Abilene

Sam Hatton

Connie Mangin

Retired

Charles Oliphant

Peter Norton

Alex Russell

The Local

Amanda Watson

Church of the Heavenly Rest

Amanda Biles

ACU

Cornelial Alvarez

Jeff Scott

McMurry University

Mary Klein

Tracey Ohlhausen

Wendy Tamez

Will Meiron

Hendricks Health

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White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or other sexual orientations in the LGBTQIA+ community
Disability status
Person without a disability

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