Date: March 1, 1995
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bonnie Aikman (HRSA) (301) 443-3376
$174.7 Million Awarded to Help Cities
Meet AIDS Care Costs
HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced $174.7 million in supplementary 1995 Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency grants to help urban areas deal with the growing costs of care for uninsured or underinsured men, women and children with AIDS. With these awards to 42 metropolitan areas, Ryan White grants for the funding year total $349.4 million. Secretary Shalala said, "Eight more areas became eligible for grants this fiscal year -- which indicates the continuing growth of the AIDS epidemic and its costs. "In making these awards, we memorialize Ryan White, a brave Indiana teen-ager who put a human face to the tragedies and needs of people with AIDS." The 42 metropolitan areas, including the eight new ones, earlier this fiscal year received grants under a formula of Title I of the Ryan White Care Act. These formula grants are awarded non-competitively to metropolitan areas reporting 2,000 or more cumulative cases of AIDS or 25 cases per 10,000 persons by March 30 of the preceding year. Today's grants are awarded competitively based on evidence of the unmet needs of each area's residents living with HIV disease, many of whom have exhausted their insurance, or have no insurance, or have plans that do not cover their expenses. Philip R. Lee, M.D., HHS assistant secretary for health and director of the Public Health Service, said, "The Ryan White CARE Act represents the largest governmental dollar investment for the care of people with HIV infection and AIDS. These grants ease suffering and prolong the life of thousands of Americans." The Ryan White CARE Act is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, one of eight PHS agencies within HHS. HRSA Administrator Ciro V. Sumaya, M.D., said that Ryan White grants support increased cost-effective services for people living with HIV disease: "The grants expand the number and variety of ambulatory medical services, and help reduce inappropriate use of more costly inpatient and emergency room services." The first Ryan White CARE Act grants were made in FY 1991, when 16 cities were eligible for Title I grants. Since then, more than $1 billion in grants, including those made today, have been awarded under Title I. Note to editors: A list of all areas receiving today's Ryan White grants follows.
| | Formula | Supplemental | Total in | | Eligible Metropolitan Area | Award | Award | FY 1995 | | Anaheim-Orange Co., California | $1,490,021 | $1,685,267 | $3,175,288 | | Atlanta-Fulton County, Georgia | $4,007,435 | $5,083,896 | $9,091,331 | | Baltimore, Maryland | $2,691,832 | $2,023,318 | $4,715,150 | | Bergen-Passaic, New Jersey | $1,452,105 | $1,395,534 | $2,847,639 | | Boston, Massachusetts | $3,456,473 | $3,622,769 | $7,079,242 | | Chicago, Illinois | $4,924,568 | $7,175,297 | $12,099,865 | | Dallas, Texas | $3,385,351 | $4,791,034 | $8,176,385 | | Denver, Colorado | $1,668,174 | $1,423,867 | $3,092,041 | | Detroit, Michigan | $1,716,243 | $690,659 | $2,406,902 | | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | $3,635,539 | $1,456,455 | $5,091,994 | | Houston-Harris County, Texas | $5,803,257 | $4,430,724 | $10,233,981 | | Jersey City (Hudson Co.), NJ | $2,406,293 | $1,364,073 | $3,770,366 | | Kansas City, Missouri | $1,145,290 | $1,580,905 | $2,726,195 | | Los Angeles, California | $12,998,478 | $18,039,102 | $31,037,580 | | Miami, Florida | $8,079,775 | $11,115,572 | $19,195,347 | | Nassau-Suffolk Co., New York | $1,676,365 | $2,219,484 | $3,895,849 | | New Haven, Connecticut | $1,484,228 | $1,227,406 | $2,711,634 | | Newark, New Jersey | $5,559,872 | $6,231,533 | $11,791,405 | | New Orleans, Louisiana | $1,798,493 | $1,704,516 | $3,503,009 | | New York, New York | $48,636,026 | $44,951,158 | $93,587,184 | | Oakland, California | $2,321,637 | $1,826,662 | $4,148,299 | | Orlando, Florida | $1,286,590 | $1,908,245 | $3,194,835 | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | $4,124,036 | $5,712,060 | $9,836,096 | | Phoenix, Arizona | $1,096,350 | $1,351,434 | $2,447,784 | | Ponce, Puerto Rico | $1,020,387 | $887,684 | $1,908,071 | | Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | $1,485,035 | $1,171,296 | $2,656,331 | | Saint Louis, Missouri | $1,137,857 | $1,443,473 | $2,581,330 | | San Diego, California | $2,861,916 | $2,766,336 | $5,628,252 | | San Francisco, California | $19,126,679 | $12,843,235 | $31,969,914 | | San Juan, Puerto Rico | $4,662,110 | $5,607,306 | $10,269,416 | | Seattle, Washington | $1,920,227 | $2,128,257 | $4,048,484 | | Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida | $2,172,534 | $2,058,585 | $4,231,119 | | Washington, D.C. | $5,623,294 | $5,089,889 | $10,713,183 | | West Palm Beach, Florida | $1,961,600 | $1,809,041 | $3,770,641 | | *Austin, Texas | $1,085,663 | $1,038,611 | $2,124,274 | | *Caguas, Puerto Rico | $489,261 | $413,667 | $902,928 | | *Dutchess County, New York | $359,357 | $250,226 | $609,583 | | *Jacksonville, Florida | $1,214,884 | $1,203,984 | $2,418,868 | | *Portland , Oregon | $986,510 | $1,416,224 | $2,402,734 | | *Santa Rosa, California | $574,580 | $633,025 | $1,207,605 | | *San Antonio, Texas | $960,778 | $770,444 | $1,731,222 | *Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton,
New Jersey | $197,896 | $142,748 | $340,644 | | Total | $174,684,999 | $174,685,001 | $349,370,000 |
* = Newly Eligible, FY 1995
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