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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: | HRSA Press Office | | Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003 | (301) 443-3376 |
HHS AWARDS $21.5 MILLION TO DEVELOP HIV PREVENTION METHODS, PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced 58 grants totaling more than $21.5 million to develop, implement and evaluate HIV prevention approaches and provide treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS. "We have learned much about HIV/AIDS since the 1980s, but we still have a long way to go to prevent the spread of HIV and to ensure people in need get appropriate care," Secretary Thompson said. "Armed with the knowledge learned through these grants, we will be able to share best practices and improve care in communities across the country." Today's grants announcement includes: - 27 grants totaling $10.9 million under the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act's Title III Early Intervention Services program to support outpatient HIV early intervention and primary care services for low-income, medically underserved people in existing primary care systems.
- Six grants totaling $2.15 million to support five Caribbean Peer Support Model demonstration sites and one Caribbean Evaluation and Support Center that will develop, implement and evaluate peer support interventions designed to help people from the Caribbean living in the U.S. who are HIV-positive. The grants will help patients understand the nature of their HIV infection and HIV treatment options, and obtain HIV medical and ancillary services when needed.
- 15 grants totaling $4.5 million to select, implement and evaluate behavioral interventions in primary care settings that are designed to reduce the risk of HIV-positive individuals transmitting HIV to others.
- 10 competitive continuation grants totaling $4 million to implement the outreach models designed to bring HIV-positive individuals into comprehensive, continuous care. The models were developed and evaluated during phase 1 of the Outreach for HIV-Positive Persons program.
The behavioral intervention, outreach and Caribbean grants are funded under the CARE Act's Special Projects of National Significance Program, which supports the development of innovative HIV/AIDS service delivery models that have the potential for replication in other areas, locally and nationally. The SPNS program is considered the research and development arm of the Ryan White CARE Act. "Many communities continue to struggle to meet the health care needs of their residents living with HIV/AIDS," said Elizabeth M. Duke, administrator of HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration. "Today's Title III grants will help extend HIV counseling and testing, medical evaluation and outpatient clinical care to more of those who need these services." HRSA manages the grants through its HIV/AIDS Bureau. Since fiscal year 1991, Congress has appropriated $13.6 billion in CARE Act funding. Last year, Ryan White programs helped about 530,000 individuals access life-sustaining care and services. More information about Ryan White programs is available at http://hab.hrsa.gov/. A list of grant recipients is below. FY 2003 SPNS Caribbean Peer Support Models | Organization | City | State | Award | University of Miami
School of Medicine | Miami | Fla. | $350,000 | Montefiore Medical
Center | Bronx | N.Y. | 350,000 | Brookdale University
Hospital Medical
Center | Brooklyn | N.Y. | 350,000 | Lutheran Medical
Center | Brooklyn | N.Y. | 350,000 | Community Health Care
Network | Manhattan | N.Y. | 350,000 |
FY 2003 SPNS Caribbean Evaluation and Support Center Academy for Washington D.C.
Educational
Development | $400,000 | | Total | $2,150,000 |
FY 2003 SPNS Prevention with HIV-Infected Persons Seen in Primary Care Settings | Organization City State | Award | University of Alabama Brimingham Ala.
at Birmingham | $300,000 | El Rio Santa Cruz Tucson Ariz.
Neighborhood Health
Center | 300,000 | Department of Health Los Angeles Calif.
Services, County of
LA | 300,000 | Regents of the Sacramento Calif.
University of
California | 300,000 | Regents of the San Diego Calif.
University of
California | 300,000 | | Whitman-Walker Clinic Washington D.C. | 300,000 | University of Miami Miami Fla.
School of Medicine | 300,000 | Dekalb County Board Decatur Ga.
of Health | 300,000 | Johns Hopkins Baltimore Md.
University | 300,000 | Fenway Community Boston Mass.
Health Center | 300,000 | University of North Chapel Hill N.C.
Carolina | 300,000 | | Mount Sinai Hospital Chicago Ill. | 300,000 | St. Luke's Roosevelt New York N.Y.
Institute for Health
Sciences | 300,000 | | Drexel University Philadelphia Pa. | 300,000 | University of Seattle Wash.
Washington | 300,000 | | Total | $4,500,000 |
FY 2003 SPNS Outreach for HIV-Positive Persons, Phase 2 | Organization | City | State | Award | University of
California - LA | Los Angeles | Calif. | $400,000 | | Whitman-Walker Clinic | Washington | D.C. | 400,000 | | University of Miami | Miami | Fla. | 400,000 | Fenway Community
Health Center | Boston | Mass. | 400,000 | | Wayne State University | Detroit | Mich. | 400,000 | | Well Being Institute | Detroit | Mich. | 400,000 | Montefiore Medical
Center | Bronx | N.Y. | 400,000 | Multnomah County
Health Department | Portland | Ore. | 400,000 | Miriam
Hospital/Project
Bridge | Providence | R.I. | 400,000 | University of
Washington | Seattle | Wash. | 400,000 | | Total | | | $4,000,000 |
FY 2003 Title III Early Intervention Services (EIS) Program | Organization | City | State | Award | U. of Southern Calif.,
School of Medicine | Los Angeles | Calif. | $450,000 | Community Hosp. of the
Monterey Peninsula | Monterey | Calif. | 296,264 | Plumas County Public
Health Agency | Quincy | Calif. | 354,590 | Natividad Medical
Center | Salinas | Calif. | 450,000 | Tenderloin AIDS
Resource Center Inc. | San Francisco | Calif. | 450,000 | Ventura County Health
Care Agency | Ventura | Calif. | 337,225 | People's Clinic Family
Health Center | Boulder | Colo. | 450,000 | Community Health and
Wellness Center of
Greater Torrington,
Inc. | Torrington | Conn. | 375,000 | Waterbury Hospital
Health Center | Waterbury | Conn. | 450,000 | | The Carl Vogel Center | Washington | D.C. | 150,000 | Duval County Health
Department | Jacksonville | Fla. | 450,000 | St. Lucie County Health
Department | Port Saint Lucie | Fla. | 450,000 | North Georgia Health
District 1-2 | Dalton | Ga. | 450,000 | Open Door Clinic of
Greater Elgin | Elgin | Ill. | 375,000 | Maine General Health
Associates | Gardiner | Maine | 375,000 | The Cooper Health
System | Camden | N.J. | 450,000 | Wake County Department
of Health | Raleigh | N.C. | 450,000 | Wake Forest University
Health Sciences | Winston Salem | N.C. | 450,000 | | Ursuline Center | Canfield | Ohio | 300,000 | | Kensington Hospital | Philadelphia | Pa. | 450,000 | Scranton Temple
Residency Program | Scranton | Pa. | 450,000 | | Meharry Medical College | Nashville | Tenn. | 450,000 | Metropolitan
Interdenominational
Church | Nashville | Tenn. | 334,941 | | AIDS Arms, Inc. | Dallas | Texas | 450,000 | Special Health
Resources for Texas,
Inc. | Longview | Texas | 450,000 | West Virginia
University | Morgantown | W.Va. | 450,000 | Community Health Ctr.
of Central Wyoming | Casper | Wyo. | 375,000 | | Total | | | $10,923,020 |
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