HIV/STD Testing

Panhandle Community Services and Western Community Health Resources provide free, anonymous HIV tests for at-risk individuals :  This includes people who have had sex under the influence of alcohol or drugs; men who have sex with men; those with tattoos or piercings; IV drug users; and those who've had a transfusion before 1985.  

This is an oral test and tests are performed by individuals who have been trained with correct procedure and to help counsel you before and after you get your results.  No records containing your name are kept.

 
PEZ - Anonymous Testing Center
The Prevention and Education Zone testing center offers completely anonymous testing and counseling in an unmarked location near downtown.   We have peer counselors who are straight, gay, male, female and some who also speak Spanish!   We even have counselors for people from Wyoming!

So - give us a call and let us know your needs and preferences are and we'll do our best to accommodate you!

Contact Jill Young (308) 635-3807 or Janet Soule (308) 632-2540 to set up an appointment.
 


Janet preparing a test

Clinic-based Anonymous HIV/Hepatitis Testing

If you would like to be tested in a clinical setting, you can find the person you need to contact in the table below.  Hepatitis C testing and counseling or hepatitis B vaccination are available by calling Janet, below.

Nearest Community

Contact
Scottsbluff / Gering, Sidney, Bayard, Bridgeport, Kimball Janet Soule or Reproductive Health Services
(308) 632-2540
Chadron, Alliance, Crawford Kristi Nelson (308) 432-8979
Other communities Nebraska Health and Human Services - HIV Testing

Confidential STD Testing

STD testing and counseling, and some treatment, are available through the Family Planning Clinic.  You may call one of the volunteers listed below to set up an appointment and walk-ins are taken between scheduled appointments.  Services are confidential and performed on a sliding fee.

Panhandle Community Services
Health Center
975 Crescent Drive
Gering, NE 69341

Phone:  308-632-2540.
Clinic Hours:  
Mon, Wed, 
Thur, Fri		 8am - 5pm
Tue 12:30pm to 6:15pm
Colleen (RN) and (Manager)
Tami (LPN)
Pam (MA)
Lupe (MA) and (Spanish speaking staff).  

Colorado and Wyoming residents

If you live on Colorado or Wyoming, here are the appropriate contacts for your area:

Community Contact
Torrington Jeane Stratton Goshen County- Public Health Nurse (307) 532-4069
Wyoming, other Wyoming Rural AIDS Prevention Project

Wyoming HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis Program or 1 (800) 438-1282

 
Ft. Collins Northern Colorado AIDS Project (NCAP) (970) 484-4469
Sterling, Logan Northeast Colorado Health Department (970) 522-3741
Colorado, other Colorado AIDS Project