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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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HHS Awards $550 Million for HIV/AIDS Care, Services

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has announced $550 million in grants to fund primary care and support services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS in 56 cities and major urban areas.

The grants are awarded to 22 eligible metropolitan areas (EMAs) with the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS, and to 34 transitional grant areas (TGAs) experiencing increases in HIV/AIDS cases and emerging care needs.

The awards are provided under Part A of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which is administered by HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration.

To be eligible as EMAs, metropolitan areas must have a cumulative total of more than 2,000 AIDS cases over the most recent five-year period and a population of 50,000 or more persons.

Cities are considered TGAs if they have at least 1,000, but not more than 1,999, cumulative AIDS cases during the most recent five years, and a population of 50,000 or more persons.

“Historically, Part A grants target care and services to major urban areas with the highest concentration of HIV/AIDS cases,” said HRSA Administrator Elizabeth Duke. “But these funds also enable us to direct essential services such as counseling and testing to emerging areas to help reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS.”

The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program helps more than 530,000 individuals every year obtain the care and services they need to live longer, healthier lives.

A list of grant awards is attached.

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
FY 2008 Part A Grant Awards

EMAs Formula Supplemental Total
Atlanta, GA $12,223,780 $4,545,448 $16,769,228
Baltimore, MD 13,744,674 4,638,004 18,382,678
Boston, MA 9,242,683 3,941,557 13,184,240
Chicago, IL 17,301,275 7,441,199 24,742,474
Dallas, TX 9,528,533 3,193,601 12,722,134
Detroit, MI 5,648,743 1,740,345 7,389,088
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 9,444,098 4,606,203 14,050,301
Houston, TX 12,780,890 5,647,525 18,428,415
Los Angeles, CA 23,182,654 10,241,932 33,424,586
Miami, FL 16,014,327 6,427,201 22,441,528
New Orleans, LA 4,944,055 2,179,492 7,123,547
New York, NY 74,867,223 27,562,982 102,430,205
Newark, NJ 9,089,812 3,665,111 12,754,923
Orlando, FL 5,503,524 1,858,800 7,362,324
Philadelphia, PA 14,920,594 5,981,001 20,901,595
Phoenix, AZ 5,188,717 2,124,235 7,312,952
San Diego, CA 7,107,693 3,285,804 10,393,497
San Francisco, CA 14,672,553 4,105,604 18,778,157
San Juan, PR 9,415,282 2,653,442 12,068,724
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 6,330,047 2,657,601 8,987,648
Washington, DC 18,759,719 7,027,957 25,787,676
West Palm Beach, FL 5,769,416 2,017,579 7,786,995
SUBTOTAL $305,680,292 $117,542,623 $423,222,915
TGAs Formula Supplemental Total
Austin, TX $2,397,874 $1,140,316 $3,538,190
Baton Rouge, LA 2,248,682 724,999 2,973,681
Bergen-Passaic, NJ 2,469,614 1,011,874 3,481,488
Caguas, PR 718,029 216,982 935,011
Charlotte-Gastonia, NC-SC 2,952,743 1,333,776 4,286,519
Cleveland, OH 2,578,175 1,014,140 3,592,315
Denver, CO 4,857,964 2,155,747 7,013,711
Dutchess County, NY 756,120 287,144 1,043,264
Ft. Worth, TX 2,343,911 1,030,444 3,374,355
Hartford, CT 2,105,203 813,727 2,918,930
Indianapolis, IN 2,297,565 1,095,049 3,392,614
Jacksonville, FL 3,044,799 1,386,392 4,431,191
Jersey City, NJ 2,838,469 1,328,024 4,166,493
Kansas City, MO 2,606,743 1,204,976 3,811,719
Las Vegas, NV 3,433,334 872,368 4,305,702
Memphis, TN 3,608,554 1,677,816 5,286,370
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ 1,591,599 703,471 2,295,070
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 3,073,368 1,316,149 4,389,517
Nashville, TN 2,528,655 1,003,423 3,532,078
Nassau-Suffolk, NY 3,254,303 1,212,286 4,466,589
New Haven, CT 3,528,564 1,326,973 4,855,537
Norfolk, VA 3,427,620 1,542,094 4,969,714
Oakland, CA 3,792,137 1,676,005 5,468,142
Orange County, CA 3,386,154 1,639,547 5,025,701
Ponce, PR 1,217,031 537,327 1,754,358
Portland, OR 2,226,011 996,599 3,222,610
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 4,468,353 2,215,876 6,684,229
Sacramento, CA 1,535,758 685,328 2,221,086
San Antonio, TX 2,539,448 1,146,703 3,686,151
San Jose, CA 1,656,285 774,962 2,431,247
Santa Rosa, CA 731,404 290,695 1,022,099
Seattle, WA 4,194,949 1,869,595 6,064,544
St. Louis, MO 3,677,121 1,708,641 5,385,762
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 502,176 154,102 656,278
SUBTOTAL $88,588,715 $38,093,550 $126,682,265
TOTAL (EMAs and TGAs)     $549,905,180

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