950 E Washington Street
Baton Rouge LA 70802
A w a r e n e s s
S e r v i c e
Metro Health is a program of the Baton Rouge Black Alcoholism Council designed to provide education to the
community about the consequences of substance abuse and risky sexual behavior.
Our Mission
The mission of BRBAC's Metro Health program is to develop and implement strategies that will reduce the spread
of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD's); to educate and provide risk reduction counseling
and testing to individuals in institutional and community settings; to encourage early HIV testing, to motivate
behavioral changes in persons with behaviors that put them at risk of getting infected with HIV/STDs;
to increase the awareness of preventive services; to render support and directions to persons infected with
HIV/STDs; to increase the awareness of preventive services; to render support and directions to persons infected
with HIV and other STDs; to offer alcohol and drug prevention and referral services (basic education, and connect
individuals with alcohol or drug problems to counseling and treatment services;) and offer educational services on
women's health issues.
