Programs
The Programs We Provide
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Children’s & Adolescents Disease Awareness Outreach Program (CADAOP) – A program that conducts infectious disease
prevention and education campaigns, fundraising and awareness-raising events; develops social and home-based care and
treatment initiatives; provides counseling.

  • Children’s & Adolescent's HIV/AIDS Awareness & Prevention Project (CAHAAPP) - A project under CDAOP that
    conducts HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and education campaigns, and fundraising events to support children and
    Adolescent's with HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS research.

Tragic Accident and Abuse Program - A program that provides assistance to support under-served, low-incomed, orphaned, or
homeless children and adolescents who have become disabled due to a tragic accident or unforeseen catastrophic occurrence.
This program also supports children & adolescents who have been abused.

Healthy Living Program – A program designed to teach children and adolescents how to make healthy choices and develop skills
for future wellness.

Children’s Obesity Program – A fitness and nutrition program of exercise and diet designed specifically for children and
adolescents to combat obesity.

  •       The RUN FOR FUN Program -  According to the American Obesity Association,
          obesity in children and adolescents is a very serious issue in which many health and social consequences continue into
           adulthood. The HUSH Foundation® is helping the fight against obesity. The RUN FOR FUN Program is a
           physical fitness program that provides tools that will help children and adolescents develop the knowledge,
           attitudes, and skills they need to adopt and maintain a physically active lifestyle.

Summer Camp - Each summer, we provide children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS the opportunity to attend Camp Heartland, free
of charge. While at camp, children  experience a joyous summer filled with fun activities with like children from 40 different states
within the United States.


Research

HIV/AIDS Research - We support an HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial program that enrolls 50 HIV-infected children and adolescents per year
in phase I, phase II and phase III trials. Subjects are recruited from existing patient populations and through community outreach
efforts by culturally sensitive individuals. Obstetrical and perinatal research is conducted at hospitals allied and/or associated with
pediatric hospitals. Pregnant women, children, and adolescents of minority groups, predominately African-Americans and Latinos,
comprise close to 90 percent of the patient population and hemophiliac children and adolescents are included in clinical studies.
The AIDS Clinical Trials Unit facilitates basic as well as clinical research and provides ancillary services for HIV-infected children,
adolescents and their families in addition to fulfilling its primary mission as a clinical trials unit.


Upcoming Programs

    Feed The Homeless Babes Program
    Feed The Homeless Babes Program will provide a support system for homeless children.  This program will include providing
    food, clothing, and referrals for health and housing needs. We have already implemented this program on a small scale.

    Elderly Assistance Program – A support system for the children, adolescents and elderly providing referrals for health care,
    counseling, home care, meals, food, clothing, transportation, and activities. Each summer, we provide children and
    adolescents with HIV/AIDS the opportunity to attend Camp Heartland, free of charge. While at camp, children and
    adolescents  experience a joyous summer filled with fun activities with like children and adolescents from 40 different states
    within the United States.

Future Plans

The HUSH Foundation has future plans to open an HIV/AIDS Center, which will be a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program
dedicated to fighting the AIDS epidemic among young people on every front: from education to clinical care to patient outreach to
extensive basic and clinical research efforts.

Our center will offer the most advanced treatment therapies currently available. By collaborating with hospitals and city institutions,
we will be able to provide care for many children and adolescents. Center clinicians will work closely with Hospital specialists in
gastroenterology, nutrition, behavioral and neuropsychology, radiology and clinical pharmacology to coordinate comprehensive
care for patients.

The Center will also be an educational resource, working to increase understanding of HIV/AIDS in the community. Because AIDS is
still a uniformly fatal disease, a major focus of the Center’s efforts will be focused on implementing effective prevention strategies
among at-risk populations. The Center will address prevention needs among pregnant women hoping of the first to employ pregnant
teens to educate them about HIV and other adolescent health risks.

The Center's staff will also be committed to educating other health care professionals and community leaders, so that they can
apply the most advanced learning in their own work and help eliminate societal barriers to AIDS prevention and treatment.

The HIV/AIDS Center will be the leading center for our basic and clinical AIDS research. Basic research efforts will be concentrated
on understanding the disease mechanisms involved in HIV/AIDS, a process which ultimately holds the promise of a cure. The effect
of HIV infection on the immune system will be a major research focus. Center staff will also hold key roles in several national clinical
research programs, including the AIDS Clinical Trials Group and the Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network.

The HUSH Foundation's HIV/AIDS Center’s clinical research will be focused on developing appropriate drug therapies for infants,
children and adolescents. Clinical research will also investigate the psycho-social effects of living with HIV infection and the disease’
s impact on the health care delivery system.