Due to sharply
dwindling financial support in recent years, the AIDS
Council of Greater Kansas City, Mo., this week announced
that it will close after being in operation for more
than 18 years, The Kansas City Star reports. "We served as a
clearinghouse, J. Dollie Rainey, program manager, told
the Star. "We were the only service
agency with AIDS in its name, so we were the first one
people called." At its busiest, the council
received about 2,000 phone calls per month seeking
information about local AIDS resources. Rainey, the only
remaining council staff member, says she may keep the
council's telephone line active and provide
information as a volunteer.