COVID-19 Plan (3.13.2020) Columbia CARES is doing our best to protect those we serve and follow Tennessee Department of Health/CDC guidance. After consulting with the CARES board of directors the following COVID-19 Emergency Plan will be effective Monday, 3.16.2020.
All offsite HIV/HCV testing has been canceled for the remainder of March/2020.
The Columbia CARES support group for March has been canceled. If you are a participant in this group or a client who needs to talk with someone, we encourage you to contact your case manager. Case managers will be available either at their desk or mobile phones during regular business hours.
At this point in time, Columbia CARES is not instituting an agency mandate requiring staff to work remotely. However, we support any staff member who chooses to do so. Case managers will have access to email, check phone messages, and their work mobile device to continue services in the best way possible.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Columbia CARES. We are honored to have served our community over 25 years. We celebrate the many lives that have touched our hearts and those we are yet to serve. So many changes have taken place in the world of HIV/AIDS since 1992, but in some ways many things haven't. There are HIV+ people still afraid to tell their family and friends because of the stigma. There are people afraid they will lose their job and health insurance because of their HIV status. Our goal is for Columbia CARES to be a safe place to find resolution to the fears of HIV disease and to discover new celebrations of life.
If you live in one of the 12 South Central Counties of Middle Tennessee, we are here to serve you.
Our location is 1202 South James Campbell Boulevard, Suite 8B Columbia, TN 38401
