LINCC Initiative to provide charitable contribution to 16 organizations to support individuals with HIV/AIDS

Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP, today announced the 16 organizations that will receive a charitable contribution from its Linking In-Need Communities to Care (LINCC™) Initiative. The LINCC™ Initiative is part of the Janssen Therapeutics commitment to improving access to care in underserved communities for those whose lives are impacted by HIV/AIDS.

The recipients for the 2012-2013 cycle each received charitable contributions of up to $30,000 in support of programs to address personal, societal and structural barriers to care for individuals diagnosed and living with HIV/AIDS. Since the LINCC™ Initiative began in 2010, Janssen Therapeutics has contributed nearly $1.6 million to 44 community-based HIV/AIDS organizations in rural and urban areas of unmet need.

During the past three years, LINCC™ funding has focused on the country's most at-risk populations for HIV infection according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: women of color and African-American men who have sex with men. Activities supported through the LINCC™ Initiative cycle for 2012-2013 will also reach historically marginalized communities, such as incarcerated persons living with HIV/AIDS and the transgender community.

"The HIV epidemic is not going away and it often hits those in greatest need of care the hardest," said Carine Brouillon, President of Janssen Therapeutics. "We're proud that for the third year in row, the LINCC™ Initiative carries on our commitment to help improve access to care and health outcomes, while also addressing healthcare disparities among the HIV community."

This year's 16 recipients comprise a diverse range of organizations that serve HIV/AIDS communities across the United States including:

• ACTIONAIDS (Philadelphia, PA) www.actionaids.org
• AIDS Action Committee (AAC, Boston, MA) www.aac.org
• AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA, Los Angeles, CA) www.apla.org
• Big Bend Cares (Tallahassee, FL) www.bigbendcares.org
• Christie's Place (San Diego, CA) www.christiesplace.org
• CitiWide Harm Reduction (New York, NY) www.citiwidehr.org
• Community Education Group (CEG, Washington, DC) www.communityeducationgroup.org
• Empowerment Resource Center (ERC, Atlanta, GA) www.erc-inc.org
• HELP/PSI (New York, NY) www.projectsamaritan.org
• Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC, Chicago, IL) www.howardbrown.org
• Medical AIDS Outreach of Alabama, Inc. (MAO, Montgomery, AL) www.maoi.org
• The Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC, San Francisco, CA) www.paetc.org
• Shanti (San Francisco, CA) www.shanti.org
• Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV Research & Treatment (SMART, New York, NY) www.smartuniversity.org
• Southwest Louisiana AIDS Council (SLAC, Lake Charles, LA) www.slac.org
• Us Helping Us (Washington, DC) www.uhupil.org