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Milestones

1985: The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is founded by four local visionaries: Dr. Ron Sable, Dr. Renslow Sherer, Judy Carter, and William Young

1986: AFC creates the Service Providers Council to bring together community agencies in the fight against AIDS

1987: Marshall Field's hosts Show of Concern and raises more than $500,000 for AFC's grantmaking program

1988: AFC launches its private grantmaking program and awards $200,000 to local community organizations

1989: AFC establishes the Northeastern Illinois HIV/AIDS Case Management Cooperative, a network of community agencies providing case management services to people with HIV/AIDS. AFC's Service Providers Council grows from 15 to 75 agencies

1990: Art Against AIDS/Chicago raises $500,000 for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago

1991: AFC receives Ryan White CARE Act funds for case management and other critical support services

1992: AFC leads a successful campaign to prevent the state from closing a critical Medicaid program for hundreds of persons living with AIDS

1993: AFC leads an eight-month effort to double the State of Illinois AIDS budget from $3.5 million to $7 million

1994: AFC extends its case management and related services to beyond the city and suburban Cook County to McHenry, DuPage, Lake, Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, Grundy and Will Counties

1995: AFC publishes the city's first-ever AIDS housing strategic plan, resulting in increased housing units for people living with HIV and improved coordination and collaboration among local providers

1996: AFC awards more than $1 million to 55 agencies - the single largest grantmaking cycle in our history

1997: AFC saves the Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program from collapse by convincing Governor Edgar and the Illinois General Assembly to increase state funding by $8 million

1998: AFC leads a successful fight against mandatory name reporting of people with HIV

1999: AFC funds new case management initiative that links HIV-positive individuals returning to the community from correctional settings with integrated health care and support services

2000: AFC passes landmark HIV prevention legislation in the Illinois House of Representatives that will allow adults to purchase sterile syringes at pharmacies without a prescription

2001: AFC launches new prevention program for people living with HIV, and expands evaluation and research programs linking local universities and community-based organizations

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