FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Big Bend Cares Honored with Sustainability and Systems Impact Award for SURE Housing Program National recognition highlights team stability, data-driven leadership, and successful pursuit of new housing funding for people living with HIV TALLAHASSEE, FL – July 22, 2026 – Big Bend Cares (BBC) has been recognized with the Sustainability and Systems…
Overview Big Bend Cares seeks proposals from qualified consultants or consulting teams to conduct a feasibility study and strategic implementation analysis to inform the deployment of funding received through the Day 1 Families Fund. The Day 1 Families Fund supports innovative solutions to family homelessness, with an emphasis on providing housing together with supportive services…
Big Bend Cares to Expand Support for Tallahassee Families Experiencing Homelessness with $5 Million Grant from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos 32 organizations across the U.S. receive a total of $102.5 million from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund to connect families with housing and hope TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – (December 1, 2025): Big Bend Cares,…
From the Tallahassee Democrat: In 2025, HIV is no longer a death sentence, but that wasn’t the case when Big Bend Cares began this work 40 years ago in 1985. Thanks to medical advances and comprehensive care, people living with HIV can live long, healthy lives. Yet here in our community, HIV/AIDS remains a significant…
Overview Big Bend Cares (BBC), a nonprofit AIDS Service Organization serving the 8-county Big Bend Region, seeks proposals to assist the organization with developing a comprehensive, 3-year Strategic Plan in collaboration with the Board of Directors and Staff. Introduction of Big Bend Cares Our Mission To advance community wellness for all by providing comprehensive care…
From the Tallahassee Democrat: Big Bend Cares began at a time when fear and stigma latched on to a vicious disease that bore the misnomer as “the gay man’s disease.” The AIDS epidemic stole the lives of more than 100,000 U.S. residents in the 1980s and deaths soared to nearly half a million by the…