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Date:  March 1, 1995
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Bonnie Aikman (HRSA) (301) 443-3376

$174.7 Million Awarded to Help Cities
Meet AIDS Care Costs

HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced $174.7 million in supplementary 1995 Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency grants to help urban areas deal with the growing costs of care for uninsured or underinsured men, women and children with AIDS.

With these awards to 42 metropolitan areas, Ryan White grants for the funding year total $349.4 million.

Secretary Shalala said, "Eight more areas became eligible for grants this fiscal year -- which indicates the continuing growth of the AIDS epidemic and its costs.

"In making these awards, we memorialize Ryan White, a brave Indiana teen-ager who put a human face to the tragedies and needs of people with AIDS."

The 42 metropolitan areas, including the eight new ones, earlier this fiscal year received grants under a formula of Title I of the Ryan White Care Act. These formula grants are awarded non-competitively to metropolitan areas reporting 2,000 or more cumulative cases of AIDS or 25 cases per 10,000 persons by March 30 of the preceding year.

Today's grants are awarded competitively based on evidence of the unmet needs of each area's residents living with HIV disease, many of whom have exhausted their insurance, or have no insurance, or have plans that do not cover their expenses.

Philip R. Lee, M.D., HHS assistant secretary for health and director of the Public Health Service, said, "The Ryan White CARE Act represents the largest governmental dollar investment for the care of people with HIV infection and AIDS. These grants ease suffering and prolong the life of thousands of Americans."

The Ryan White CARE Act is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, one of eight PHS agencies within HHS.

HRSA Administrator Ciro V. Sumaya, M.D., said that Ryan White grants support increased cost-effective services for people living with HIV disease: "The grants expand the number and variety of ambulatory medical services, and help reduce inappropriate use of more costly inpatient and emergency room services."

The first Ryan White CARE Act grants were made in FY 1991, when 16 cities were eligible for Title I grants. Since then, more than $1 billion in grants, including those made today, have been awarded under Title I.

Note to editors: A list of all areas receiving today's Ryan White grants follows. 

                                    Formula    Supplemental     Total in
Eligible Metropolitan Area           Award        Award          FY 1995

Anaheim-Orange Co., California     $1,490,021    $1,685,267      $3,175,288
Atlanta-Fulton County, Georgia     $4,007,435    $5,083,896      $9,091,331
Baltimore, Maryland                $2,691,832    $2,023,318      $4,715,150
Bergen-Passaic, New Jersey         $1,452,105    $1,395,534      $2,847,639
Boston, Massachusetts              $3,456,473    $3,622,769      $7,079,242
Chicago, Illinois                  $4,924,568    $7,175,297     $12,099,865
Dallas, Texas                      $3,385,351    $4,791,034      $8,176,385
Denver, Colorado                   $1,668,174    $1,423,867      $3,092,041
Detroit, Michigan                  $1,716,243      $690,659      $2,406,902
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida            $3,635,539    $1,456,455      $5,091,994
Houston-Harris County, Texas       $5,803,257    $4,430,724     $10,233,981
Jersey City (Hudson Co.), NJ       $2,406,293    $1,364,073      $3,770,366
Kansas City, Missouri              $1,145,290    $1,580,905      $2,726,195
Los Angeles, California           $12,998,478   $18,039,102     $31,037,580
Miami, Florida                     $8,079,775   $11,115,572     $19,195,347
Nassau-Suffolk Co., New York       $1,676,365    $2,219,484      $3,895,849
New Haven, Connecticut             $1,484,228    $1,227,406      $2,711,634
Newark, New Jersey                 $5,559,872    $6,231,533     $11,791,405
New Orleans, Louisiana             $1,798,493    $1,704,516      $3,503,009
New York, New York                $48,636,026   $44,951,158     $93,587,184
Oakland, California                $2,321,637    $1,826,662      $4,148,299
Orlando, Florida                   $1,286,590    $1,908,245      $3,194,835
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania         $4,124,036    $5,712,060      $9,836,096
Phoenix, Arizona                   $1,096,350    $1,351,434      $2,447,784
Ponce, Puerto Rico                 $1,020,387      $887,684      $1,908,071
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA       $1,485,035    $1,171,296      $2,656,331
Saint Louis, Missouri              $1,137,857    $1,443,473      $2,581,330
San Diego, California              $2,861,916    $2,766,336      $5,628,252
San Francisco, California         $19,126,679   $12,843,235     $31,969,914
San Juan, Puerto Rico              $4,662,110    $5,607,306     $10,269,416
Seattle, Washington                $1,920,227    $2,128,257      $4,048,484
Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida      $2,172,534    $2,058,585      $4,231,119
Washington, D.C.                   $5,623,294    $5,089,889     $10,713,183
West Palm Beach, Florida           $1,961,600    $1,809,041      $3,770,641
*Austin, Texas                     $1,085,663    $1,038,611      $2,124,274
*Caguas, Puerto Rico                 $489,261      $413,667        $902,928
*Dutchess County, New York           $359,357      $250,226        $609,583
*Jacksonville, Florida             $1,214,884    $1,203,984      $2,418,868
*Portland , Oregon                   $986,510    $1,416,224      $2,402,734
*Santa Rosa, California              $574,580      $633,025      $1,207,605
*San Antonio, Texas                  $960,778      $770,444      $1,731,222
*Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton,       $197,896      $142,748        $340,644
     New Jersey

Total                            $174,684,999  $174,685,001    $349,370,000 
 
* = Newly Eligible, FY 1995
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