S.F. AIDS groups to join forces Shanti to absorb embattled Tenderloin agency
by Lisa M. Krieger, Examiner Medical Writer

The Tenderloin-based organization AIDS Indigent Direct Services, a counseling and support program that was beset by management and financial problems, will be absorbed by the Shanti Project.

The decision this week by a city planning council represents a move toward consolidation of taxpayer-supported AIDS groups in San Francisco as federal funding becomes less certain.

After an Examiner investigation, city officials found in 1993 that A.I.D.S. had used thousands of dollars in clients' funds to cover payroll expenses. The City put the organization on probation until it could correct problems.

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