Whitman-Walker Clinic ensures that the Latino community has access to HIV/AIDS programs and services. In addition, staff provides bridges between the growing Latino community, the Clinic and other service providers throughout the greater metropolitan Washington area.

Bilingual staff members are available in the Clinic's Medical Center, HIV Counseling and Testing, Legal Services, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Services, and the Clinic's Regional Center in Northern Virginia.

Spanish-speaking staff and volunteers provide community street outreach offering referrals for services and support in the areas of HIV and STD education, risk reduction, counseling and testing and HIV/AIDS prevention activities in the Latino GLBT communities and the Latino community as a whole.

Clinic staff participates in the planning and implementation of existing programs and activities of the Clinic to ensure the provision of culturally competent bilingual services and client advocacy to better serve the Latino community.

Education and prevention services are provided through the dissemination of educational materials during street outreach in bars, health fairs and other events and gathering places within the Latino community

The AIDS Information Line in Spanish can be reached at 202-328-0697.

Whitman-Walker Clinic of Northern Virginia provides Case Management, Medical Services, and HIV/AIDS prevention and education programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate for our Latino clients and a professionally facilitated educational support group in Spanish. All other services are available with pre-scheduled interpreters. For information and/or assistance in Spanish please call 703-237-4900.