Through compelling teaching tools and compassionate care, Rain helps communities throughout Missouri greatly reduce or lessen the destructive impact of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and other life threatening conditions such as Hepatitis C.

Rain strategically delivers prevention education and early detection screening to “at risk” audiences in multiple venues from schools, parks and shelters to churches, clinics and homes. Education efforts focus on self-esteem, responsible choices ,and the realities of coping and living with STDs.

Free STD, HIV and Hepatitis C testing is available both at the Rain office and through outreach events in the community. Pre- and post-test counseling, including prevention education, discussions of risk reduction methods, and referrals to needed services occur each at testing session. Community members who choose not to get tested can still access information and referrals.

Our goal is to educate and inform,and normalize messages of abstinence and the use of other risk reduction methods.

• Participation in the community planning process
• Use of epidemiological and other demographic data to develop prevention programs
• HIV pre- and post-test counseling provided in conjunction with HIV testing for persons potentially at risk for HIV
• HIV prevention capacity building activities such as employee/employer training programs
• Outcome monitoring
• Collaboration with school health programs
• Technical assistance to collaborating agency staff