After 30 fulfilling years of the nationally-recognized HIV/AIDS program, Lending Hands for Life, Erie Family Health Centers is the closest it’s ever been to moving Chicagoland toward a society without HIV. With the program’s behavioral health support in conjunction with medical care, Erie patients’ viral suppression rate is currently at 92.5 percent, making Lending Hands for Life a leading program in the state. Erie is a partner of Getting to Zero Illinois, a state-wide initiative to end the HIV epidemic in the state by 2030. Erie Family Health Centers encourages everybody to know their HIV status, utilizing awareness days like National HIV Testing Day (June 27) and inviting anybody interested in knowing their HIV status to take advantage of the health centers’ testing services. At Erie Humboldt Park and Erie Evanston/Skokie, Erie offers walk-ins for free rapid HIV testing to anybody with a photo ID, meaning one doesn’t need to be a patient, a Chicago resident or even a citizen to get tested. The walk-in testing is available Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Erie Humboldt Park (2750 W. North Avenue, Chicago) and on Fridays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Erie Evanston/Skokie (1285 Hartrey Avenue, Evanston).