Date: Thursday, Jan. 8, 1998
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: HRSA Press Office(301) 443-3376
Clinton Administration Awards More Than $39 Million For Outpatient HIV/AIDS Services
HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced more than $39 million in grants to 94 primary health care service organizations in 29 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to continue programs that provide outpatient health care and related services to low-income people with HIV or AIDS. "HIV/AIDS patients are best served with comprehensive services tailored to their unique needs," said Secretary Shalala. "Funded organizations can use these grants to continue the range of preventive and primary care and special services most helpful to people with HIV and AIDS." More than $30 million went to 67 community-based clinics and hospitals in areas of the country experiencing heavy caseloads or high rates of infection. The grants will help these organizations continue to provide comprehensive primary health care services to people living with HIV and those at risk of contracting HIV. The remaining 27 grants, totaling nearly $9 million, will be funded July 1, 1998. The grants will be used for diagnostic testing to determine HIV and immune system status; prevention of HIV-related opportunistic infections; periodic medical evaluation; clinical services to treat HIV symptoms; special services for those with HIV and tuberculosis or other conditions; and referrals to specialty services. "Since the HIV epidemic began, we have developed special approaches to prevent the spread of the disease, ensure access to care, and provide a coordinated approach to treatment for those with HIV and related health problems," said Claude Earl Fox, M.D., M.P.H., acting administrator of HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). "These grants enable health care providers to address the special circumstances seen in the HIV epidemic by incorporating HIV care into broader primary health care systems." The grants are funded under Title III of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which authorizes support of comprehensive primary health care services for people with or at risk of contracting HIV. Typical Title III services include HIV counseling and testing, medical evaluation, and outpatient clinical care. Including the continuations announced today, there are 162 Title III-supported organizations in 37 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Other titles of the CARE Act provide grants to increase access to care in metropolitan areas hardest hit by the epidemic, build HIV programs at the state level, help build programs to reach women and other special populations, and support programs to prevent transmission of HIV to newborns. HRSA implements Ryan White CARE Act funding through its HIV/AIDS Bureau, and spends more than $1.1 billion annually for these programs. See below state by state breakdown of the disbursement of the Ryan White CARE Act Title III Continuation Grants.
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[Text Version] [www.hhs.gov/news/press/1998pres/rwca.txt] | Ryan White CARE Act Title III Continuation Grants | |
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| Grants To Be Awarded January 1998 FY 1998 | Funding | Franklin Memorial Primary Health AIDS Services Center
(Mobile) | $276,520 | | Montgomery AIDS Outreach (Montgomery) | $438,861 | | AIDS Services Center (Anniston) | $313,500 | | El Rio-Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center (Tucson) | $600,000 | | Maricopa County (Phoenix) | $600,000 | | Tri-City Health Center (Fremont) | $550,000 | | San Bernardino County (San Bernardino) | $371,298 | | San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium | $585,000 | | Altamed Health Services Corp. (Commerce) | $519,626 | | North County Health Project (San Marcos) | $255,000 | | County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency (Santa Cruz) | $341,074 | | Northeast Valley Health Corp. (Panorama City) | $360,699 | | County of Santa Clara (San Jose) | $584,136 | | Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center | $600,000 | | County of Orange Health Care Agency (Santa Ana) | $600,000 | | Whitman-Walker Clinic | $392,441 | | Monroe County Health Department (Key West) | $398,073 | | University of Miami School of Medicine (Miami) | $521,836 | | Stanley C. Myers Community Health Center (Miami) | $237,745 | | Ware County Board of Health (Waycross) | $513,752 | | Chatham County Board of Health (Savannah) | $441,163 | | St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services (Atlanta) | $375,305 | | Medical College of Georgia (Augusta) | $445,696 | | Hemophilia of Georgia (Atlanta) | $233,369 | | Hektoen Institute for Medical Research (Chicago) | $553,197 | | City of Chicago Department of Health | $478,000 | | Cook County Board of Commissioners (Chicago) | $227,574 | | Crusaders Central Clinic (Rockford) | $331,225 | | Chicago Health Outreach (Chicago) | $624,250 |
Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County (Indianapolis) $483,807 | University of Kansas School of Medicine (Wichita) | $411,123 | Family Planning Council of Western Massachusetts
(Northampton) | $412,650 | | Wayne State University (Detroit) | $575,075 | | AIDS Project of the Ozarks (Springfield) | $373,777 | | Kansas City Free Health Clinic (Kansas City) | $800,000 | University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (Las
Vegas) | $552,371 | | Washoe County District Health Department (Reno) $305,990 | | | Barnert Hospital (Paterson) | $215,970 | | Cathedral Health Services (Newark) | $481,392 | | University of New Mexico Hospital (Albuquerque) | $477,553 | | William F. Ryan Community Health Center (New York City) | $449,685 | | Community Family Planning Council (New York City) | $460,614 | | Care for the Homeless (New York City) | $475,000 | | Elmhurst Hospital Center (Elmhurst) | $500,000 | | Research Foundation - State University of New York (Albany) | $558,964 | | Rochester Primary Care Network (Rochester) | $281,390 | | NYU Medical Center (New York City) | $536,768 | | St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center (New York City) | $550,000 | | St. Clare's Hospital & Health Center (New York City) | $471,133 | | Erie County Medical Center (Buffalo) | $522,562 | | Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx) | $540,311 | | NYC Health & Hospitals (New York City) | $470,450 | | Western North Carolina Community Health Services (Asheville) | $363,500 | | Cincinnati Health Network (Cincinnati) | $599,366 | | Oklahoma State University (Tulsa) | $382,288 | | Allegheny University (Philadelphia) | $277,764 | | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh) | $527,071 | | Lehigh Valley Hospital (Allentown) | $303,500 | | Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Philadelphia) | $600,000 | | Ryder Memorial Hospital (Humacao) | $458,076 | | Puerto Rico CONCRA (Rio Piedras) | $694,697 | | The Miriam Hospital (Providence) | $257,970 | | Harris County Hospital District (Houston) | $490,002 | | Tarrant County Health Department (Fort Worth) | $524,686 | | Dallas County Hospital District (Dallas) | $354,862 | | City of Austin | $491,155 | | University of Utah (Salt Lake City) | $375,000 |
Total $30,375,862 | Grants To Be Awarded July 1, 1998 | |
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| Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center (Anchorage) | $228,988 | | Jefferson Comprehensive Care System (Pine Bluff) | $351,677 | | Clinica Sierra Vista (Lamont) | $200,442 | | Southwest Community Health Center (Bridgeport) | $329,351 | | Hill Health Corp. (New Haven) | $389,796 | | Bridgeport Community Health Center (Bridgeport) | $292,329 | | Florida Community Health Centers (West Palm Beach) | $401,832 | | Primary Health Care (Des Moines) | $249,166 | | Outer Cape Health Services (Provincetown) | $157,524 | | Family Health and Social Service Center (East Boston) | $312,928 | | Harbor Health Services (Dorchester) | $235,970 | | Greater New Bedford Community Health Center (New Bedford) | $323,890 | | East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (East Boston) | $289,518 | | Detroit Community Health Connection (Detroit) | $407,141 | | Yellowstone City/County Health Department (Billings) | $245,490 | University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (New
Brunswick) | $335,431 | | Syracuse Community Health Center (Syracuse) | $128,684 | | Peekskill Area Health Center (Peekskill) | $300,000 | | Bronx Community Health Network (Bronx) | $495,061 | | Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Center (Albany) | $223,000 | | Lincoln Community Health Center (Durham) | $332,192 | | Greater Philadelphia Health Action (Philadelphia) | $534,727 | | York Health Corporation (York) | $236,722 | | Centro de Salud de Lares (Lares) | $545,000 | | Migrant Health Center Western Region (Mayaguez) | $589,625 | | Gurabo Community Health Center (Gurabo) | $250,750 | | El Centro del Barrio (San Antonio) | $424,071 |
Total $8,811,295
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