HRSA Awards $5.8 Million for Dental Care, Other Services for People Living With HIV/AIDS

	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration HRSA NEWS ROOM http://newsroom.hrsa.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, September 11, 2008

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HRSA Awards $5.8 Million for Dental Care, Other Services
for People Living With HIV/AIDS

HRSA Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke today announced 41 grants totaling almost $5.8 million to fund oral health care, medical treatment and support services for medically underserved populations affected by HIV/AIDS.

Twelve grants totaling $3.8 million are being awarded through the Community-Based Dental Partnership Program of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The dental partnership program supports oral health care for underserved HIV-positive populations and training for dental providers. Treatment supported by the grants includes the full range of oral health services: diagnostic and preventive care, oral health education, oral medicine and surgery.

“Impaired oral health is often the earliest clinical sign of HIV infection,” Administrator Duke said. “By helping dentists identify HIV-positive patients, the grants also aid public health officials in tracking the spread of HIV in a community.”

Thirteen other grants worth about $900,000, distributed under Part C of the Ryan White Program, will fund early intervention services that support medical, nutritional, psychosocial and other treatments for HIV-positive individuals. The grants also may be used to hire case managers to help patients access care and remain in treatment.

An additional 16 grants worth almost $1.1 million support HIV/AIDS care for women, infants, children and youth under Part D of the Ryan White Program. Grantees may use the funds to provide family-oriented medical care, education and support services to the targeted groups.

The list of grant recipients follows:

FY 2008 Community Based Dental Partnership Program

Organization	City	State	Amount
Loma Linda University	Loma Linda	Calif.	$320,000.00
University of Colorado Health Science Center	Aurora	Colo.	$310,210.00
Nova Southeastern University, Inc	Ft. Lauderdale	Fla.	$234,747.00
University of Illinois at Peoria	Chicago	Ill.	$286,060.00
University of Louisville Research Foundation	Louisville	Ky.	$359,568.00
LSUHSC School Of Dentistry	New Orleans	La.	$373,192.00
Trustees of Boston University	Boston	Mass.	$300,000.00
University of Mississippi Medical Center	Jackson	Miss.	$284,032.00
Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey	Newark	N.J.	$389,948.00
Lutheran Medical Center	Brooklyn	N.Y.	$244,604.00
Trustees of Columbia University	New York	N.Y.	$386,971.00
Oregon Health and Sciences University	Portland	Ore.	$300,787.00
Total:			$3,790,119.00

FY 2008 Part C Capacity Development and Planning Grants

Organization	City	State	Amount
North Country Healthcare	Flagstaff	Ariz.	$65,886.00
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center	Oakland	Calif.	$48,091.00
Regents of the University of California, San Francisco	San Francisco	Calif.	$60,000.00
Venice Family Clinic	Venice	Calif.	$23,540.00
Health Delivery, Inc.	Saginaw	Mich.	$52,300.00
Rural Aids Action Network	Little Falls	Minn.	$75,813.00
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey	Newark	N.J.	$100,000.00
Hudson River Health Care	Peekskill	N.Y.	$100,000.00
Harlem United Community AIDS Center	New York	N.Y.	$50,000.00
Mount Sinai School of Medicine	New York	N.Y.	$100,000.00
Low Country Health Care System, Inc.	Fairfax	S.C.	$100,000.00
Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso, Inc.	El Paso	Texas	$100,000.00
Dallas County Hospital District	Dallas	Texas	$13,819.00
Total:			$889,449.00

Part D Grants for HIV Services for Women, Infants, Children and Youth

Organization	City	State	Amount
Jefferson Comprehensive Care System	Pine Bluff	Ark.	$45,604.00
Maricopa Integrated Health Systems	Phoenix	Ariz.	$75,000.00
Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.	Wilmington	Del.	$44,487.00
Children's Diagnostic and Treatment Center Inc.	Ft. Lauderdale	Fla.	$72,000.00
University of Miami	Miami	Fla.	$53,000.00
Hektoen Institute for Medical Research	Chicago	Ill.	$75,000.00
West Side Community Health Center, Inc.	St. Paul	Minn.	$75,000.00
Washington University	St. Louis	Mo.	$73,367.00
Trustees of Dartmouth College	Hanover	N.H.	$74,907.00
The Research Foundation of SUNY	Stony Brook	N.Y.	$71,000.00
Public Health Solutions	New York	N.Y.	$52,376.00
Tri-County Community Health	Newton Grove	N.C.	$75,000.00
The Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr.	Dallas	Texas	$74,960.00
The Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr.	Dallas	Texas	$66,000.00
Inova Health Care Services	Springfield	Va.	$67,676.00
Medical College of Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Wis.	$74,855.00
Total:			$1,070,232.00

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