Founding the ARCW
The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) incorporated in August 1985 to provide a corporate structure that enabled AIDS services to expand in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin. The BESTD Clinic transferred MAP to ARCW in February 1986 where it became the operating HIV service entity of ARCW.
Over the next decade, ARCW expanded HIV services to include comprehensive support services for people living with HIV, extensive prevention services for the diversity of people at risk for HIV infection, and expansion of HIV services throughout the state to include ARCW facilities in Appleton, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Kenosha, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Wausau, and Superior.