Partners In Caring (PIC) is a grant-funded component of the Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Pastoral Services Department and the DUMC Division of Infectious Diseases.

It was initiated to bring an end to the personal and spiritual isolation experienced by people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), their families, and their friends, particularly in rural North Carolina.

Since 1997, PIC has provided personal pastoral care in the homes of those affected, helping individuals establish or reestablish caring and supportive relationships with local churches.

Partners In Caring (PIC) is part of the Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Pastoral Services Department and the DUMC Division of Infectious Diseases.

The program was conceived as a way to bring an end to the personal and spiritual isolation experienced by people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), their families, and their friends, particularly in rural North Carolina. Since 1997, PIC has provided personal pastoral care in the homes of those affected, helping individuals establish or reestablish caring and supportive relationships with local churches.

PIC programming is continually expanding to offer prevention education, programming and various services to PLWHA, churches, clinics, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and AIDS service organizations.