HHS Awards $3.9 Million to Improve HIV/AIDS Care Delivery to African Americans, Underserved Individuals
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced the award of $3.9 million in planning grants to 79 public and private organizations to bolster HIV/AIDS care to African Americans and individuals in rural and underserved areas.
"These grants will help address two key challenges of this epidemic -- the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on the African American community and an increasing need for access to care for individuals in rural and underserved communities," said Secretary Shalala.
The 79 grants are funded under the Title III Planning Grant Program of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act administered by HHS= Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Sixty grants totaling $3 million are being awarded as part of HHS' year-old partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus to battle HIV/AIDS in communities of color. The remaining $942,575 will be awarded to 19 organizations under the CARE Act=s Rural and Underserved Initiative, which directs HIV/AIDS care to rural and underserved communities. The maximum amount of each award is $50,000.
The planning grants are designed to help communities with inadequate HIV care resources improve their ability to deliver primary care to individuals with HIV. These grants are used specifically to help organizations that primarily serve African Americans affected by HIV/AIDS strengthen their planning and administrative activities. Title III also funds a grant program to support out-patient HIV early intervention services for medically underserved individuals.
Funding priority is given to new programs that help improve the distribution of CARE Act programs across all states and territories, especially in rural or underserved communities where HIV disease is increasing and in areas that receive limited or no CARE Act funding.
"These funds will make a dramatic difference in the lives of African Americans and individuals who live in remote and underserved areas by helping to provide high-quality HIV/AIDS treatment and care," said HRSA Administrator Claude Earl Fox, M.D., M.P.H.
Since passage of the CARE Act in 1990, the Clinton administration has awarded nearly $6.4 billion to provide primary care and support services to medically underserved individuals and families affected by HIV disease. In fiscal year 1999, $94.3 million was appropriated to Title III planning and early intervention services grant programs.
A list of the planning grants follows.
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Ryan White CARE Act
FY 1999 Title III Planning Grants
CBC African American Initiative
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AIDS Services Center (Anniston, Ala.)
Montgomery AIDS Outreach (Montgomery, Ala.)
Tuskeegee Health Education Center (Tuskeegee, Ala.)
East Arkansas Health Center (West Memphis, Ark.)
Concerned Citizens Community (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Contra Costa Health Dept. (Martinez, Calif.)
AIDS Project of East Bay (Oakland, Calif.)
Ark of Refuge (San Francisco, Calif.)
Community Health Services (Hartford, Conn.)
Washington Free Clinic (District of Columbia)
Community Rehabilitation Center (Jacksonville, Fla.)
NW Quad Health Center (Jacksonville, Fla.)
AIDS Resource Council (Ft. Myers, Fla.)
Source of Light and Hope (Ft. Myers, Fla.)
Helen B. Bentley (Miami, Fla.)
Orange County Health Dept. (Orlando, Fla.)
Big Bend Cares (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Shisha, Inc. (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Roseland Christian Health Ministries (Chicago, Ill.)
The Clinic in Altgeld (Chicago, Ill.)
Indiana Minority Health Coalition (Indianapolis, Ind.)
EXCELth (New Orleans, La.)
Calvary Baptist Church (Shreveport, La.)
Premier Care and Learning Center (Shreveport, La.)
Total Health Care (Baltimore, Md.)
Wyman Park Medical Services (Baltimore, Md.)
Springfield Southwest Community Health Center (Springfield, Mass.)
Wayne State University (Detroit, Mich.)
Coastal Family Health Center (Biloxi, Miss.)
Southeast Mississippi Medical Center (Hattiesburg, Miss.)
Delta Health Center (Mount Bayou, Miss.)
North Mississippi Medical Center (Tupelo, Miss.)
Plainfield Health Center (Plainfield, N.J.)
Brookdale University Hospital (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Brooklyn AIDS Task Force (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Interfaith Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Geneva Scruggs Community Health Center (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Group Ministries, Inc. (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Catholic Medical Centers (Jamaica, N.Y.)
Southeast Queens Clergy (Jamaica, N.Y.)
Greenwich House, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
North General Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Baden Street Settlement (Rochester, N.Y.)
Rochester Primary Care Network (Rochester, N.Y.)
Metropolitan Counseling Service (Murfressboro, N.C.)
Community Based Learning (Smithfield, N.C.)
Metropolitan Low Income Housing (Washington, N.C.)
Cure AIDS of Wilmington (Wilmington, N.C.)
Langston University (Langston, Okla.)
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Family Health Centers (Orangeburg, S.C.)
Memphis Health Center (Memphis, Tenn.)
Whitehaven Mental Health Center (Memphis, Tenn.)
La Sima Foundation (Dallas, Texas)
Houston Area Community Services (Houston, Texas)
Harris County Hospital District (Houston, Texas)
Interfaith Coalition of St. Croix (Virgin Islands)
Interfaith Coalition of St. Thomas (Virgin Islands)
U.S. Virgin Island Dept. of Health (Virgin Islands)
Department of Health (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands)
Rural and Underserved Initiative
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AIDS Action Coalition (Huntsville, Ala.)
Alaska Native Health Board (Anchorage, Alaska)
Inter-Tribal Health Care Center (Tucson, Ariz.)
El Projecto del Barrio (Arleta, Calif.)
Charter Oak Terrace (Hartford, Conn.)
Dekalb County (Decatur, Ga.)
District Four Health Services (LaGrange, Ga.)
Taylor Regional Hospital (Hawkinsville, Ga.)
Waikiki Health Center (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Jordan Health Center (Plymouth, Mass.)
Rural AIDS Action Network (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition (New York, N.Y.)
Akron City Health Dept. (Akron, Ohio)
Care Alliance (Cleveland, Ohio)
Clarion University of Pennsylvania (Clarion, Pa.)
Coastal Bend AIDS Foundation (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Houston Regional HIV/AIDS Resource (Houston, Texas)
AIDS Resources of Rural Texas (Weatherford, Texas)
AIDS Response Effort (Winchester, Va.)
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