Nov 23, 2021
ARG has been providing needed resources to the community for decades
WCIP President, Yvon Lauren, and the entire WCIP Board of Directors appreciate the continued services provided by ARG under the supervision of Executive Directory, Stacey Easley. We congratulate the entire ARG staff and volunteers for 35 years of ARG service to the entire community.
About ARG:
Starting in 1986, ARG has grown to provide a wide array of services for those in our community, offering free testing, counseling, risk/harm reduction presentations/education/ supplies, safer sex materials, housing assistance, a food pantry, and more. They have a highly trained staff equipped to counsel and aid those who have or are at risk for developing HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C. ARG works to educate the community on the stigmas associated with these conditions and what we all can do to change perspectives within our community.
ARG Graceful Giving Program:
Please remember to donate to the ARG Graceful Giving program. It is a once-a-year-request for donations to provide essential items like food baskets and household products. Please contact Stacey Easily at ARG (812-421-0059) or at director@argevansville.org to donate or to sponsor a family.
About Stacey:
Stacey Easley, MSW, LSW, has a career of helping people. She started by interning for the Albion Fellows Bacon Center and for the Southern Hills Counseling Center, then spent 2 years at Easter Seals Rehabilitation, and 3 years as a Residential Counselor at the Volunteers of America before moving to the AIDS Resource Group (ARG) in 2005. Stacey served as a Care Coordinator, Comprehensive Risk Counselor, and Prevention Program Manager before becoming the Interim Director in 2015 and Executive Director in 2018. Stacey received her BS in Criminology from Indiana State University in 2000 and her Master of Social Work from the University of Southern Indiana in 2009. In 2013, she was recognized with the Indiana Minority Coalition Outstanding HIV Services Award