HHS Awards Nearly $10 Million to Plan, Expand Community-Based HIV/AIDS Care

8/30/2002

From: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Press Office, 301-443-3376; http://www.hhs.gov/news

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced 99 grants totaling nearly $10 million to help rural, underserved and minority communities plan for, increase care and services, and provide dental care for people living with HIV or at risk of infection.

"Many communities across America continue to experience extreme difficulties in providing high-quality health care services to their residents living with HIV/AIDS," Thompson said. "These grants will help those communities fill that need and ensure that more Americans are able to obtain care."

The awards are made under the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which is administered by HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration through its HIV/AIDS Bureau. The awards announced today include:

-- 58 one-year planning grants totaling $2,873,663, which help communities plan activities that will lead to a comprehensive continuum of outpatient HIV primary care services; -- 29 capacity building grants totaling $3,965,343 to help organizations develop, enhance or expand high quality HIV/AIDS primary care services; and -- 12 community-based dental partnership grants totaling $2,956,588, which help train and educate students and residents enrolled in dental education programs who provide care for people with HIV under the direction of dentists in the community.

Typical Title III services include HIV counseling and testing, medical evaluation and outpatient clinical care. CARE Act programs help an estimated 530,000 poor and uninsured individuals with HIV/AIDS obtain primary health care, support services and life-sustaining medications each year. The new community-based dental partnership program is funded under Part F of the CARE Act.

Since the CARE Act was first funded in fiscal year 1991, nearly $10 billion has been awarded in grants to provide needed health care and associated services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Lists of the fiscal year 2002 Title III and community-based dental grant awards are below.

--- Fiscal Year 2002 Title III Planning Grants

Organization; City; State; Award -- Montgomery AIDS Outreach; Montgomery; Ala.; $50,000 -- Tri-City Health Center; Fremont; Calif.; 50,000 -- Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula; Monterey; Calif.; 50,000 -- Plumas County Public Health Agency; Quincy; Calif.; 50,000 -- Natividad Medical Center; Salinas; Calif.; 50,000 -- Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center; San Francisco; Calif.; 50,000 -- San Mateo County Department of Hospitals & Clinics; San Mateo; Calif.; 50,000 -- Ventura County Health Care Agency; Ventura; Calif.; 50,000 -- Boulder County AIDS Project; Boulder; Colo.; 50,000 -- Carl Vogel Center; Washington; D.C.; 50,000 -- University of Florida; Gainesville; Fla.; 47,857 -- Sembrando Flores, Inc.; Homestead; Fla.; 50,000 -- Duval County Health Department, Florida Dept. of Health; Jacksonville; Fla.; 42,519 -- Community AIDS Resource, Inc.; Miami; Fla.; 49,996 -- Community Health of South Dade; Miami; Fla.; 50,000 -- Federated States of Micronesia; Palikir, Pohnpei; ; 50,000 -- Medical College of Georgia; Augusta; Ga.; 50,000 -- Olive Branch Community Collaborative; Dalton; Ga.; 50,000 -- Big Island AIDS Project; Hilo; Hawaii; 50,000 -- The Alliance for Community Empowerment; Chicago; Ill.; 50,000 -- River Hills Community Health Center; Ottumwa; Iowa; 50,000 -- Acadiana CARES; Lafayette; La.; 50,000 -- United Community Ministries Eastern Shore; Crisfield; Md.; 50,000 -- Hackley Community Care Center; Muskegon Heights; Mich.; 50,000 -- Mayo Clinic; Rochester; Minn.; 50,000 -- Southern AIDS Commission; Greenville; Miss.; 50,000 -- Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc.; Meridian; Miss.; 50,000 -- Community Impact, Inc.; Yazoo City; Miss.; 50,000 -- Regional AIDS Interfaith Network of Central Missouri; Columbia; Mo.; 50,000 -- Charles Drew Health Center, Inc.; Omaha; Neb.; 50,000 -- The Research Foundation of SUNY; Albany; N.Y.; 50,000 -- Helping Hands, Unlimited, Inc.; Brooklyn; N.Y.; 50,000 -- Harlem United Community AIDS Center; New York; N.Y.; 50,000 -- William F. Ryan Community Health Center; New York; N.Y.; 50,000 -- Syracuse Community Health Center; Syracuse; N.Y.; 50,000 -- Southern Regional Area Health Education Center; Fayetteville; N.C.; 50,000 -- Alliance of AIDS Services- Carolina; Raleigh; N.C.; 50,000 -- Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Winston-Salem; N.C.; 50,000 -- Morton Comprehensive Health Services; Tulsa; Okla.; 50,000 -- Peacehealth Medical Group; Eugene; Ore.; 50,000 -- Marion County Health Department; Salem; Ore.; 50,000 -- Saint Lukes Hospital; Bethelhem; Pa.; 50,000 -- Kensington Hospital; Philadelphia; Pa.; 50,000 -- Sickle Cell Society, Inc.; Pittsburgh; Pa.; 50,000 -- Guthrie Clinic; Sayre; Pa.; 33,391 -- Scranton Temple Residency Program; Scranton; Pa.; 49,900 -- Positively Living; Knoxville; Tenn.; 50,000 -- Metropolitan Interdenominational Church; Nashville; Tenn.; 50,000 -- AIDS Services of North Texas, Inc.; Denton; Texas; 50,000 -- International AIDS Empowerment; El Paso; Texas; 50,000 -- Valley AIDS Council; Harlingen; Texas; 50,000 -- Special Health Resources of East Texas, Inc.; Longview; Texas; 50,000 -- Valley AIDS Network; Harrisonburg; Va.; 50,000 -- Centra Health; Lynchburg; Va.; 50,000 -- International Comm. Health Serv.; Seattle; Wash.; 50,000 -- Antonio Avenue Community Clinic; Beckley; W.Va.; 50,000 -- West Virginia University Research Corporation; Morgantown; W.Va.; 50,000 -- Community Health Center of Central Wyoming; Casper; Wyo.; 50,000 -- TOTAL: $2,873,663

--- FY 2002 Title III Capacity Building Grants

Organization; City; State; Award -- AIDS Outreach of Northern Arizona; Flagstaff; Ariz.; $150,000 -- Concilo Latino De Salud; Phoenix; Ariz.; 150,000 -- Native American Community Health Center; Phoenix; Ariz.; 146,092 -- High Desert Hospital; Lancaster; Calif.; 120,983 -- Sexual Minority Alliance of Alameda County; Oakland; Calif.; 150,000 -- East Valley Community Health Center, Inc.; West Covina; Calif.; 150,000 -- Griffin Hospital; Derby; Conn.; 149,998 -- Norwalk Community Health Center, Inc.; Norwalk; Conn.; 115,651 -- The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital; Torrington; Conn.; 136,832 -- Near North Health Services Corp; Chicago; Ill.; 150,000 -- South Shore Hospital; Chicago; Ill.; 100,000 -- AIDS Ministries/AIDS Assist of North Indiana, Inc.; South Bend; Ind.; 150,000 -- Matthew 25 AIDS Services, Inc.; Henderson; Ky.; 100,000 -- Capitol City Family Health Center; Baton Rouge; La.; 150,000 -- Outpatient Medical Center; Natchitoches; La.; 150,000 -- Healing Health Care, Inc.; New Orleans; La.; 150,000 -- Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center; Clarksdale; Miss.; 150,000 -- Regional AIDS Interfaith Network of Central Missouri; Columbia; Mo.; 150,000 -- Baptist Lutheran Medical Center; Kansas City; Mo.; 47,330 -- Helping Hands, Unlimited, Inc.; Brooklyn; N.Y.; 150,000 -- Project Renewal; New York; N.Y.; 149,730 -- SIBRO; Staten Island; N.Y.; 150,000 -- Ursuline Center; Canfield; Ohio; 83,093 -- Kensington Hospital; Philadelphia; Pa.; 150,000 -- Philadelphia Fight; Philadelphia; Pa.; 150,000 -- Bread of Life, Inc.; Houston; Texas; 149,500 -- Mother Assumpta Health For All, Inc.; Tyler; Texas; 150,000 -- Shenandoah Valley Medical Systems, Inc.; Martinsburg; W.Va.; 116,134 -- West Virginia University Research Corporation; Morgantown; W.Va.; 150,000 -- TOTAL: $3,965,343

--- FY 2002 Community-Based Dental Partnership Grants

Organization; City; State; Award -- Kino Community Hospital; Tucson; Ariz.; $194,603 -- Loma Linda University; Loma Linda; Calif.; 300,000 -- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Denver; Colo.; 236,253 -- Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois; Chicago; Ill.; 166,720 -- University of Louisville; Louisville; Ky.; 253,462 -- Louisiana State University; New Orleans; La.; 310,000 -- Tufts University; Boston; Mass.; 300,000 -- University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson; Miss.; 221,085 -- University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Newark; N.J.; 251,409 -- Albany Medical College; Albany; N.Y.; 173,000 -- Trustees of Columbia University; New York; N.Y.; 358,412 -- Oregon Health & Science University; Portland; Ore.; 191,644 -- TOTAL: $2,956,588