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Funded through the Alliance for Human Services and Miami Dade County
-Development of healthy peer support networks
-Increase in knowledge of HIV transmission
-Increase in risk reduction behaviors
-Increase in knowledge of sero-positive status
Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) ages 13 to 24 years old who reside or frequent South Beach. Additionally the project serves sex partners of the target population.
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Program Details 
The Boys to Boys Prevention Education and Outreach Program targets YMSM’s in places where they congregate, including street corners, gay bars, parks and selected areas throughout the community, to provide immediate individual counseling or small group presentations, as well as peer education and specially designed workshops held at our Miami Beach location. Youth services include: directed, community-based outreach activities, On-site HIV Counseling & Testing, Referrals to comprehensive youth prevention case management and linkages with care. Boys 2 Boys promotes education to youth about their bodies, their sexuality, physical and emotional health. Boys 2 Boys Services exists as a supportive environment to help GBQT youth and young adults deal with sexuality and personal growth issues. Our purpose is to enable clients to become more comfortable with themselves, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identification.
Boys 2 Boys promotes healthy, integrated lives and combats homophobia by providing support, education and referral services. The support groups for GBTQ youth concentrate on the following topic but not limited to: Exploring feelings about being or potentially being GLBT, What it means to be gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning youth. This program combines outreach services, HIV testing and counseling services and psycho-social educational support groups.
For more information please contact The Village at (305) 573-3784.
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