Facing Change: A Community Response to the New Realities of HIV/AIDS / Le mouvement c'est la VIHe!: Une reponse communautaire aux nouvelles realites du VIH-sida

Report in English and French that describes the experience of MIELS-Quebec (a community AIDS organization) in closing its housing and palliative care program and implementing new programs in the area of independent community living. These changes occurred as a strategic response to shifts in the epidemic in the 1990s, such as a more diverse clientele and clientele living longer lives. This document discusses the process of change in AIDS service organizations, and how MIELS managed to integrate and transform its services in a way that responded well to changing community needs.