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General Info
AIDS Services of North Texas (ASNT) was incorporated almost twenty years ago and has developed through the years into a highly respected agency dedicated to making a difference in the local communities of North Texas.
Funding Sources
ASNT receives the majority of its funding for HIV medical and support services from Part A & Part B Formula & Supplimental awards of the federal Ryan White CARE Act program of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), administered locally by Dallas County Health & Human Services and the Ryan White Planning Council of North Texas.
Community development block grants from the cities of Denton, Plano, Lewisville and McKinney.
United Way Denton Co., Hunt Co., Collin Co. and Greater Lewisville Area.
Housing assistance is funded by HUD's Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), also administered locally by Dallas County HHS and the Housing and Urban Development permanent housing project for HIV homeless individuals.
Department of State Health Services (DSHS) funds a portion of HSNT AIDS healthcare services. Remaining funds are provided through private, foundation and corporate contributions.
For more on Health Services and AIDS Services funding and finances, please visit the Health Services funding portion of this website.
Our Mission and Vision
ASNT is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rural and outer urban communities of North Texas through prevention, care and advocacy.
Our team of volunteers and staff are committed to a holistic approach to services and the delivery of those services in a caring nonjudgmental way. ASNT is a responsive organization striving to meet the changing needs of our clients and community.
We envision a time when our efforts, along with the efforts of the global AIDS community, will bring about a solution to the AIDS pandemic, and create a safe environment for people living with HIV that is free from ignorance and discrimination.
History
The organization known today as ASNT was incorporated in 1988 in Denton, Texas as AIDS/Denton, Inc. by citizens whose lives had been touched by the disease in some way. In the beginning, the organization's primary goals were to provide support groups, volunteer assistance, education to the community, and comfort clients and their families in their struggle with AIDS.
Over the last decade, ASNT has grown from its grass roots beginnings into a professional primary care and social service agency with multiple sites and programs.