HRSA - $21.5 Million Awarded for HIV/AIDS Care and Services

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

CONTACT: HRSA PRESS OFFICE
301-443-3376

HHS Awards $21.5 Million for HIV/AIDS Care and Services for Women, Infants, Children, Youth and their Families

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced 22 grants totaling $21.5 million to support primary care services, access to clinical trials, and research for women, infants, children, youth and their families affected by HIV/AIDS.

Today’s grants are funded under Title IV of the Ryan White CARE Act, which is administered by HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration. Title IV services include primary and specialty medical care, psychosocial services, logistical support and coordination, and outreach and case management.

“Title IV programs help identify HIV-positive pregnant women and safeguard their newborns against perinatal transmission,” said HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt. “The result has dramatically reduced transmission of the virus from HIV-positive mothers to infants.”

Every year, an estimated 531,000 individuals receive treatment and services through the CARE Act, which observes its 15th anniversary this year. The demographics of the epidemic have dramatically shifted over the years. Since 1985, the proportion of estimated AIDS cases diagnosed among women has more than tripled, from 8 percent in 1985 to 27 percent in 2004.

“The HIV infection rate among women continues to rise at an alarming rate,” noted HRSA Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke. “These grants give women and their families the care and support they need to live longer, healthier lives.”

President Bush’s FY 2007 budget request of $2.2 billion for CARE Act programs includes almost $71.8 million for Title IV programs.

For more information on CARE Act programs, visit http://hab.hrsa.gov/. The FY 2006 Title IV grants are listed below.

Ryan White CARE Act FY 2006 Title IV Awards

Organization	City	State	Amount
Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Northern California	Oakland	Calif.	$1,408,560
Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.	Wilmington	Del.	306,765
University of Miami	Coral Gables	Fla.	1,939,493
Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Inc.	Ft. Lauderdale	Fla.	2,130,750
Hektoen Institute for Medical Research	Chicago	Ill.	1,382,507
Children’s Hospital	New Orleans	La.	1,470,228
Dimock Community Health Services	Roxbury	Mass.	1,005,670
West Side Community Health Center, Inc.	St. Paul	Minn.	286,663
Southeast Mississippi RHI, Inc.	Hattiesburg	Miss.	524,700
University of Mississippi Medical Center	Jackson	Miss.	510,523
Kansas City Free Health Clinic	Kansas City	Mo.	438,615
New Jersey State Department of Health	Trenton	N.J.	2,260,049
Trustees of Columbia University	New York	N.Y.	2,344,396
Tri-County Community Health	Newton Grove	N.C.	282,150
Children’s Hospital	Columbus	Ohio	662,634
Medical University of Ohio at Toledo	Toledo	Ohio	433,719
Puerto Rico Department of Health	San Juan	P.R.	704,440
AIDS Care Ocean State, Inc.	Providence	R.I.	578,941
State of South Carolina	Columbia	S.C.	579,487
Houston Regional HIV/AIDS Resource Group Inc.	Houston	Texas	832,237
Inova Health Care Services	Springfield	Va.	504,168
Seattle-King County Public Health Department	Seattle	Wash.	892,923
Total			$21,479,619