Maui AIDS Foundation speakers describe testing, harm‑reduction and correctional facility work; request continued county support
Multiple Maui AIDS Foundation staff and clients described free HIV/Hep C/STI testing, syringe exchange, Narcan distribution, insurance navigation and correctional‑facility education/testing. Speakers asked the council to continue funding the nonprofit's county line items that support these public‑health services.
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Linda Popolo, executive director of the Maui AIDS Foundation (MAF), and several MAF staff and volunteers told the committee county funding enables free HIV, hepatitis C and STI testing, harm‑reduction services, a free clinic for uninsured patients, syringe exchange, Narcan distribution and a food pantry.
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