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AIDS PROGRAM REACHING OUT TO SOUTHERN TIER RESIDENTS

Chalanda Graham spends much of her workday helping others juggle a variety of tasks, from finding housings to accessing Social Security benefits to obtaining counseling for substance abuse.

Whatever their myriad of needs, Graham's clients all have one thing in common-- they are all HIV positive.

Graham is a case manager at the Elmira office of the Southern Tier AIDS Program, which provides free and confidential services for people living with AIDS or HIV.  Now in her 10th month month on the job, Graham works about 35 hours per week, managing a caseload of 50 people.  Her responsibilities also include helping people access public assistance, Medicaid and the AIDS Drug Assistance Program.

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