“The young men here at GMAD are our future and we treat them as such. I’m confident, when they receive services at Project STAY, that our future is in good hands.”

-- Donald R. Powell
Health and Wellness Coordinator, GMAD

Program Partners


Project STAY actively collaborates with a diverse group of adolescent health programs youth-serving agencies, community based organizations and HIV/AIDS coalitions throughout NYC. Project STAY is also available to work with NYCDOE alternative and empowerment high schools, when applicable. If you would like to establish a formal linkage with Project STAY, please call 646-284-9739.

Partial list of partners:

  • The Adolescent Initiative Project (AIP)
  • Central Harlem and East Harlem HIV Care Networks
  • Children's Aid Society
  • The Door
  • Friends of Island Academy
  • Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD)
  • Northern Manhattan Women and Children’s HIV Project
  • People of Color in Crisis (POCC)
  • NYC Department of Education
  • NYC Department of Health
  • NYC Mission Society

Current Partners


Project STAY actively serves various youth populations including but not limited to juvenile justice/rehabilitation programs, LGBTQ programs and job placement/vocational service agencies. Please see our current partners below:

  • The Adolescent Initiative Project (AIP)
  • Central Harlem and East Harlem HIV Care Networks
  • Children's Aid Society
  • The Door
  • Friends of Island Academy
  • Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD)
  • Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO)
  • The Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI)
  • Neutral Zone
  • Northern Manhattan Women and Children's HIV Project
  • People of Color in Crisis (POCC)
  • NYC Department of Education
  • NYC Department of Health
  • NYC Mission Society (Minisink Townhouse)
  • STEPS to End Family Violence
  • The Summer Youth Employment Program Initiative
  • Year Up NY

Funding Partners


In addition to core funding from the New York State Department of Health's AIDS Institute, Project STAY has received general program support from Gilead Pharmaceuticals, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Abbott Pharmaceuticals, and Broadway Cares-Equity Fights AIDS.







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