ACRC's History
1988
A group of leading Stanford University physicians and researchers founded ACRC as a community-based agency providing access to
to new HIV/AIDS drugs available only through clinical trials.
1995
With the success of new drug treatments, ACRC began to provide HIV/AIDS direct services by doing street level outreach, triage,
patient advocacy, drug treatment education, and HIV prevention.
1998
ACRC expanded its focus to service the massive unmet need for patient education. ACRC created a world-class curriculum for patients, the
HIV Living Now™ program in English. Living Now™ is a model health-maintenance, peer-education and
prevention intervention program to help people living with HIV/AIDS to identify their needs
and find their voice to become better advocates for their health.
1999
After discovering that over 80% of ACRC’s HIV positive clients were C0-infected with Hepatitis C (HCV),
ACRC expanded its mission to address HCV health education and social services by developing the HCV Living Now™ program.
2000
ACRC developed the Living Now™ program in Spanish to provide health education to ACRC’s HIV+ monolingual Spanish-speaking patients.
2001
ACRC took over the HIV Food Program from Catholic Charities. Today we provide over 500 bags of groceries a week to those living with
HIV/AIDS as well as $25,000 in Safeway vouchers each year. We currently have the only HIV food bank in San Mateo County.
TODAY
ACRC continues to be dedicated to its clients providing services and referrals as needed despite budget cuts.
ACRC is continually working on new avenues of raising money to make sure that we will be here
for both current and future clients in the years to come.
A group of leading Stanford University physicians and researchers founded ACRC as a community-based agency providing access to
to new HIV/AIDS drugs available only through clinical trials.
1995
With the success of new drug treatments, ACRC began to provide HIV/AIDS direct services by doing street level outreach, triage,
patient advocacy, drug treatment education, and HIV prevention.
1998
ACRC expanded its focus to service the massive unmet need for patient education. ACRC created a world-class curriculum for patients, the
HIV Living Now™ program in English. Living Now™ is a model health-maintenance, peer-education and
prevention intervention program to help people living with HIV/AIDS to identify their needs
and find their voice to become better advocates for their health.
1999
After discovering that over 80% of ACRC’s HIV positive clients were C0-infected with Hepatitis C (HCV),
ACRC expanded its mission to address HCV health education and social services by developing the HCV Living Now™ program.
2000
ACRC developed the Living Now™ program in Spanish to provide health education to ACRC’s HIV+ monolingual Spanish-speaking patients.
2001
ACRC took over the HIV Food Program from Catholic Charities. Today we provide over 500 bags of groceries a week to those living with
HIV/AIDS as well as $25,000 in Safeway vouchers each year. We currently have the only HIV food bank in San Mateo County.
TODAY
ACRC continues to be dedicated to its clients providing services and referrals as needed despite budget cuts.
ACRC is continually working on new avenues of raising money to make sure that we will be here
for both current and future clients in the years to come.
