National HIV and Employment Resource Center
The National HIV and Employment Resource Center is a centralized online hub of information on key topics related to employment for people living with HIV or reasons for HIV prevention, service providers, advocates, policymakers, researchers, educators and others. The Resource Center is designed to expand access to employment, economic, educational, and individually developmental opportunities for people and communities impacted by HIV.
Going to work or school can require that you have a vision about a career. This section provides an overview of career counseling, re-education and re-training programs, and how to apply for school and financial aid.
Laws That Protect You
Whether you are returning to work or changing jobs, understanding your legal rights is important. This section contains information on laws that can protect people with disabilities against employment discrimination, and explores the issue of disclosing your HIV status at work.
Benefits and Work:
What Are My Options?
If you want to work, it is important to know how this will affect your benefits so that you don’t lose them unintentionally. This section offers an overview of how working can affect your disability benefits, both private disability and Social Security.
Money Management
Taking hold of your finances, eliminating debt, and re-establishing credit can relieve stress, but at the same time, can be challenging. This section contains information on how to create a budget, improve your credit rating, repay debts, repair defaulted student loans, and pay overdue taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.
Writing Your Plan
This section contains questions to focus your attention on the relevant issues that are most important to you and to transform them into goals and actions.