Southern Tier Aids Program, Inc.

founded in 1984 by a small group of concerned citizens as “friends who care”, the southern tier aids program began with $50,000, three staff, donated office space and a desire to ease the suffering of our friends who were dying. twenty-six years later stap is an organization of 50+ professional staff and an operating budget of 3 million dollars annually. the passion and creativity that began this organization continues to inform us today as we provide supportive services to hiv+ persons and state of the art prevention education from 9 offices in 8 counties (broome, chenango, chemung, cortland, delaware, otsego, tioga and tompkins) of the southern tier of new york. we strive in conjunction with our volunteers and communities to create a world where hiv transmission is rare and those who are hiv+ lead healthy lives. we cultivate individual and community strengths as a means to improve the public health. our services focus on the health and well being of hiv+ persons, people living in pov