News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 25, 2004 |
Contact: HRSA Press Office (301) 443-3376 |
HHS Awards $23 Million to Help Communities Provide Early HIV/AIDS Care
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced 45 grants totaling
$23 million to help communities provide outpatient and primary care
services for low-income and medically underserved Americans who are
living with HIV/AIDS or are at risk for contracting the virus.
“President Bush and I are committed to fighting HIV/AIDS at
home and abroad,” Secretary Thompson said. “These
grants help grass-roots organizations reach out to those who have
HIV/AIDS and get them into early and continuous care so that they
may live longer, more productive lives.”
Today’s awards include one new grant for $426,624 to Centra
Health Inc., in Lynchburg, Va. The remaining 44 awards are
competitive continuation grants for existing service areas. The
grants help ensure that early HIV care is targeted to those
communities that need it most, particularly in rural and remote
areas and inner cities. In addition to counseling, testing
and referral, and medical evaluation and clinical care, the grants
also support oral health care, adherence counseling, nutritional
counseling, outpatient mental health, outpatient substance abuse,
and appropriate referral for specialty and subspecialty care.
“These grants give hope to thousands of low-income Americans
with HIV/AIDS,” said Elizabeth M. Duke, administrator of
HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA). “The patients treated by these grantees are
among our nation’s most vulnerable people. Many live on
incomes at or below the federal poverty level, while others simply
have no other source of care.”
The grants are awarded under the Title III Early Intervention
Services program of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources
Emergency (CARE) Act, which is managed by the HRSA’s HIV/AIDS
Bureau. Recipients include community-based clinics and
medical centers, hospitals, public health departments and
universities in 22 states and the District of Columbia.
Since fiscal year 2001, the Bush administration has spent more than
$7.7 billion in CARE Act funding to help some 530,000 people access
vital HIV/AIDS care and services each year. President Bush has
requested nearly $2.1 billion in fiscal year 2005 for the CARE Act,
an increase of more than $270 million over fiscal year 2001 funds.
The grants are listed below.
FY 2004 Ryan White Title III Early Intervention
Services Grants
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Organization
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City
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State
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Award
|
Central Alabama Comprehensive Health, Inc.
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Tuskegee
|
Ala.
|
$75,000
|
Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
|
Anchorage
|
Alaska
|
388,942
|
Jefferson Comprehensive Care System
|
Pine Bluff
|
Ark.
|
555,222
|
El Proyecto del Barrio
|
Arleta
|
Calif.
|
214,560
|
Clinica Sierra Vista
|
Bakersfield
|
Calif.
|
353,851
|
Venice Family Clinic
|
Venice
|
Calif.
|
371,360
|
Bridgeport Community Health Center
|
Bridgeport
|
Conn.
|
566,868
|
Southwest Community Health Center
|
Bridgeport
|
Conn.
|
534,598
|
Charter Oak Terrace Rice Heights Health Center
|
Hartford
|
Conn.
|
395,000
|
Hill Health Corporation
|
New Haven
|
Conn.
|
516,656
|
North Broward Hospital District
|
Fort Lauderdale
|
Fla.
|
809,572
|
AIDS Resource Council of Southwest Fla., Inc.
|
Fort Myers
|
Fla.
|
300,000
|
Collier Health Services
|
Immokalee
|
Fla.
|
369,975
|
Economic Opportunity Family Health Center, Inc.
|
Miami Springs
|
Fla.
|
795,825
|
Florida Community Health Centers
|
West Palm Beach
|
Fla.
|
446,632
|
Family Practice Residency Of Idaho, Inc.
|
Boise
|
Idaho
|
761,220
|
Community Health Care, Inc.
|
Davenport
|
Iowa
|
343,290
|
Primary Health Care, Inc.
|
Des Moines
|
Iowa
|
379,620
|
University of Iowa
|
Iowa City
|
Iowa
|
588,080
|
Heartland Cares, Inc.
|
Paducah
|
Ky.
|
686,600
|
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
|
Boston
|
Mass.
|
356,244
|
Harbor Health Services
|
Dorchester
|
Mass.
|
378,006
|
Greater New Bedford Community Health Center
|
New Bedford
|
Mass.
|
727,141
|
Outer Cape Health Services, Inc.
|
Orleans
|
Mass.
|
191,524
|
Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc.
|
Worcester
|
Mass.
|
585,103
|
Detroit Community Health Connection
|
Detroit
|
Mich.
|
683,641
|
Yellowstone City & County Health Department
|
Billings
|
Mont.
|
369,021
|
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
|
New Brunswick
|
N.J.
|
594,857
|
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center
|
Albany
|
N.Y.
|
435,362
|
Bronx Community Health Network
|
Bronx
|
N.Y.
|
788,182
|
Hudson River Health Care
|
Peekskill
|
N.Y.
|
524,408
|
Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc
|
Durham
|
N.C.
|
498,314
|
Greater Philadelphia Health Action, Inc.
|
Philadelphia
|
Pa.
|
716,167
|
York Health Corporation
|
York
|
Pa.
|
542,996
|
Gurabo Community Health Center, Inc.
|
Gurabo
|
P.R.
|
566,959
|
Centro de Salud de Lares, Inc.
|
Lares
|
P.R.
|
835,275
|
Migrant Health Center, Western Region, Inc.
|
Mayaguez
|
P.R.
|
912,615
|
Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services
|
Ridgeland
|
S.C.
|
488,255
|
El Centro del Barrio, Inc.
|
San Antonio
|
Texas
|
639,139
|
St. Thomas East End Medical Corporation
|
St. Thomas
|
V.I.
|
250,000
|
Fletcher Allen Health Care
|
Burlington
|
Vt.
|
514,896
|
University of Virginia
|
Charlottesville
|
Va.
|
106,656
|
Centra Health, Inc.
|
Lynchburg
|
Va.
|
426,624
|
University of Wisconsin–Madison
|
Madison
|
Wis.
|
639,974
|
Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.
|
Milwaukee
|
Wis.
|
608,535
|
TOTAL
|
$22,832,765
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Last Revised: June 25, 2004
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