HHS Awards $8.6 Million for HIV/AIDS Dental Care, Training, Technical Assistance
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced 12 grants and 14 cooperative agreements totaling $8.6 million to fund oral health care, training and technical assistance for medically underserved populations affected by HIV/AIDS.
Twelve grants totaling $3,316,669 are being awarded through the Community-Based Dental Partnership Program of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. The program supports oral health care for underserved rural and urban HIV-positive populations and training for dental providers.
Fourteen cooperative agreements will provide training and technical assistance to CARE Act grantees and support peer education and training. These include eight cooperative agreements totaling $2.4 million to AIDS service organizations to develop technical assistance for CARE Act grantees, and two agreements totaling $910,000 that target technical assistance to women, infants, children, youth and families under Title IV of the CARE Act.
The remaining four cooperative agreements, totaling almost $2 million and funded under the Minority AIDS Initiative Fund, will support three Peer Education Training Sites and one Resource and Evaluation Center. These entities provide technical assistance and training to HIV/AIDS peer educators and the organizations that employ them. The objective is to increase the number of HIV/AIDS peer treatment educators within CARE Act-funded programs.
“These grants and cooperative agreements reflect the broad continuum of care that is so essential in caring for and treating those living with HIV/AIDS, and the importance of providing technical assistance to achieve optimal care,” said Secretary Leavitt.
Since FY 2001, the Bush administration has spent more than $9.85 billion in CARE Act funding to help more than 571,000 individuals access life-sustaining care and services each year. President Bush has requested nearly $2.1 billion for the CARE Act in FY 2006, an increase of more than $275 million over the FY 2001 appropriation. CARE Act programs are administered by HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration and its HIV/AIDS Bureau.
Lists of awards are attached.
Ryan White CARE Act Fiscal Year 2005
Community-Based Dental Partnership Awards
|
Organization
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City
|
State
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Award
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Loma Linda University
|
Loma Linda
|
Calif.
|
$300,000
|
University of Colorado Health Science Center
|
Denver
|
Colo.
|
252,426
|
Nova Southeastern University
|
Ft. Lauderdale
|
Fla.
|
184,747
|
University of Illinois at Chicago
|
Chicago
|
Ill.
|
286,060
|
University of Louisville
|
Louisville
|
Ky.
|
359,572
|
Louisiana State University HCS School of Dentistry
|
New Orleans
|
La.
|
403,042
|
Trustees of Boston University
|
Boston
|
Mass.
|
300,000
|
University of Mississippi Medical Center
|
Jackson
|
Miss.
|
200,629
|
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
|
Newark
|
N.J.
|
311,268
|
Lutheran Medical Center
|
Brooklyn
|
N.Y.
|
194,603
|
The Trustees of Columbia University
|
New York
|
N.Y.
|
273,535
|
Oregon Health & Sciences University
|
Portland
|
Ore.
|
250,787
|
Sub-total:
|
$3,316,669
|
Ryan White CARE Act Fiscal Year 2005
National Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Award
|
Academy for Educational Development
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
$304,450
|
Academy for Educational Development
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
300,000
|
AIDS Action Foundation
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
300,000
|
CAEAR Coalition Foundation, Inc.
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
300,000
|
National Assn. of State & Territorial AIDS Directors
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
300,000
|
National Minority AIDS Council
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
300,000
|
Cicatelli Associates
|
New York
|
N.Y.
|
300,000
|
JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
|
New York
|
N.Y.
|
300,000
|
Sub-total:
|
$2,404,450
|
Ryan White CARE Act Fiscal Year 2005
Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements
Targeting Title IV Grantees
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Award
|
AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families
|
Washington
|
D.C.
|
$700,000
|
HIV/AIDS National Resource Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
|
Newark
|
N.J.
|
210,000
|
Sub-total:
|
$910,000
|
Fiscal Year 2005 Peer Education Training Sites
& Resource Evaluation Center Cooperative Agreements
|
Organization
|
City
|
State
|
Award
|
Center for Health Training (PETS)
|
Oakland
|
Calif.
|
$514,199
|
American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter (PETS)
|
St. Louis
|
Mo.
|
450,800
|
Health Watch Information & Promotion Services, Inc. (REC)
|
New York
|
N.Y.
|
499,863
|
Trustees of Columbia University (PETS)
|
New York
|
N.Y.
|
483,660
|
Sub-total:
|
$1,948,522
|
TOTAL:
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$8,579,641
|
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