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1992.02.07 :  Formula Grants -- Ryan White AIDS Act

Contact: Patricia Campbell  (301) 443-3376
February 2, 1992

         Under provisions of Title I of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS
Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today
announced nearly $60 million in formula grants to 18 cities.  
         This is the second year that grants have been awarded to pay for health
care services in cities with the highest numbers of people diagnosed with AIDS.
         Sixteen of the 18 cities are receiving grants for the second year, while
the growth in reported AIDS cases in Baltimore, Md.,  and Oakland, Calif., made
these two cities eligible for grants for the first time.
         The Ryan White CARE Act of 1990 represents the largest dollar investment
made by the U.S. government to date specifically for services for people with the
HIV infection.  In making the awards, Dr. Sullivan praised the efforts cities
have already made in meeting the needs of HIV-infected people, saying "CARE funds
were designed to help cities do more--to get life-prolonging services to AIDS and
HIV patients as quickly as possible at the local level."
         The grants are called formula awards because cities are automatically
eligible for grants if they reported more than 2,000 AIDS cases to the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control by March 31, 
1991.  This year's grants ranged from
$20.7 million for New York City, which had the highest number of reported AIDS
cases, to $920,000 for Baltimore.  
         Grant funds will be used by the cities to deliver or enhance HIV-related
outpatient, ambulatory health and support services and inpatient case management
services for individuals with the HIV infection and their families.  Services may
include transportation of patients to care sites, home-delivered meals and meal
banks, hospice care and the wide range of clinical and medical care necessary to
treat the numerous opportunistic diseases affecting those living with HIV.
         Robert G. Harmon, M.D., M.P.H., administrator of the Health Resources
and Services Administration, the agency that manages the CARE program, also
announced that the 18 cities are eligible for an additional $60 million in
supplemental funds, which will be awarded in April 
1992.  Supplemental grants
will be based on the cities' demonstration of additional critical needs.
         The 18 cities and formula grant amounts awarded are:

Atlanta, Ga.                               $ 1,669,518
Baltimore, Md.                                 920,399
Boston, Mass.                                1,196,765
Chicago, Ill.                                1,834,118
Dallas, Texas                                1,337,551
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.                         1,505,529
Houston, Texas                               2,517,997
Jersey City, N.J.                            1,157,894
Los Angeles, Calif.                          5,437,999
Miami, Fla.                                  2,585,962
Newark, N.J.                                 2,589,320
New York, N.Y.                              20,721,087
Oakland, Calif.                              1,004,595
Philadelphia, Pa.                            1,568,896
San Diego, Calif.                            1,161,427
San Francisco, Calif.                        8,349,464
San Juan, Puerto Rico                        1,841,790
Washington, D.C.                             2,312,689
Total:                                     $59,713,000

     The Health Resources and Services Administration is a Public Health Service
agency within the Department of Health and Human Services.

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