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ODAAT is a program of Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
What We Do
We help people recover. ODAAT defiines recovery as a change in attitudes, thoughts and behaviors about addiction and its effect on the individual, their family and the community.
We provide housing to suffering individuals. Suffering is indefinable and unspeakable. It is pain that goes beyond experiences and something that must be endured in order to get beyond it.
We offer counseling, testing and referral services for HIV/AIDS. Screening includes rapid testing with results in as little as 20 minutes.
How We Do It
We offer direct services that meet people where they are, helping them recover from addiction and lead self sufficient lives.
We also provide support services that offer tools and resources empowering individuals to take control and transform their lives.
We conduct outreach and education services that heighten awareness and promote risk reduction to decrease the incidents of HIV/AIDS among all populations.
Our Mission
ODAAT is dedicated to serving low-income and homeless men and women and their families in the Philadelphia area who are afïlicted by addiction and HIV/AIDS. Our focus is on providing peer support and promoting healthy, positive lifestyles. We accomplish our mission through a holistic array of services, including addiction recovery counseling, linkage to health and social services, transitional housing, and community outreach.
Our History
Reverend Henry T. Wells founded ODAAT in 1983 when he invited a recovering couple, then other recovering homeless addicts, to move into his home. Since then, ODAAT has increased its scope and impact to include transitional housing facilities, comprehensive case management services, and services to address the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the addicted community. Today, ODAAT is a program of the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition, allowing ODAAT to stay true to its grassroots heritage with the administrative stability of a large professional organization.
Our Impact
Since our inception in 1983, we have grown into a program of international stature providing recovery, HIV/AIDS, and homeless shelter services to thousands of residential clients annually. Additionally, our Outreach Teams touch countless lives each year helping to ensure the City of Philadelphia remains a safe haven for suffering individuals. Along with our program partner, HOPE Worldwide, we support a global health outreach initiative and as a result our programs have been replicated worldwide with locations in England, India, Indonesia and Cambodia.
Each year, more than 40,000 people become newly infected with HIV in the United States.
That's 109 new infections per day or 1 new infection every 13 minutes.
HIV Fact:
In the United States, men account for 73% of new infections. Philadelphia reports African American women are the fastest growing population.
The CDC estimates that one-quarter of HIV-infected people are unaware of their HIV infection and that these cases account for 54-70% of all new infections.
HIV Fact:
In 2006 the rate of new HIV infections among non-Hispanic blacks was 7 times the rate among whites. Hispanics saw a rate 3 times that of the white population. Whites accounted for 35% of estimated new HIV infections. Asians/Pacific Islanders accounted for roughly 2% and American Indians/Alaska Natives accounted for roughly 1%.
HIV Facts:
The CDC estimates that African Americans are more severely and disproportionately affected by HIV than any other racial/ethnic group in the United States.
More infections occur among young people under 30 than any other age group. Persons 30-39 have the second highest infection rate.
HIV Facts:
High-risk heterosexual contact accounted for 31% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2006.
Philadelphia reported 55% in the same population.
Every 13 minutes another person becomes infected with the HIV virus in the United States.
HIV Facts:
Gay and bisexual men accounted for a significantly greater proportion of estimated new infections nation-wide in the United States in 2006 than any other risk group.
Philadelphia statistics however reported heterosexual's accounted for the largest population.
HIV Facts:
One in every two people living with HIV in the United States is Black. Philadelphia reports 67%of new infections are African Americans.
2006 CDC data indicates about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIVS or AIDS are black.
HIV Facts:
The CDC recommends that everyone in the US aged 13-64, regardless of perceived risk, get tested for HIV to help stop the spread of the disease.
It also recommends that sexually active gay and bisexual men be tested for HIV at LEAST once a year.
HIV Facts:
Injection drug use (IDU) accounted for 12% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2006.
Philadelphia reported a slightly higher statistic of 13%.
