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News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Aug. 30, 2002

Contact: HRSA PRESS OFFICE
301-443-3376

HHS AWARDS NEARLY $10 MILLION TO PLAN, EXPAND
COMMUNITY-BASED HIV/AIDS CARE

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced 99 grants totaling nearly $10 million to help rural, underserved and minority communities plan for, increase care and services, and provide dental care for people living with HIV or at risk of infection.

"Many communities across America continue to experience extreme difficulties in providing high-quality health care services to their residents living with HIV/AIDS," Secretary Thompson said. "These grants will help those communities fill that need and ensure that more Americans are able to obtain care."

The awards are made under the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which is administered by HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration through its HIV/AIDS Bureau. The awards announced today include:

  • 58 one-year planning grants totaling $2,873,663, which help communities plan activities that will lead to a comprehensive continuum of outpatient HIV primary care services;
  • 29 capacity building grants totaling $3,965,343 to help organizations develop, enhance or expand high quality HIV/AIDS primary care services; and
  • 12 community-based dental partnership grants totaling $2,956,588, which help train and educate students and residents enrolled in dental education programs who provide care for people with HIV under the direction of dentists in the community.

Typical Title III services include HIV counseling and testing, medical evaluation and outpatient clinical care. CARE Act programs help an estimated 530,000 poor and uninsured individuals with HIV/AIDS obtain primary health care, support services and life-sustaining medications each year. The new community-based dental partnership program is funded under Part F of the CARE Act.

Since the CARE Act was first funded in fiscal year 1991, nearly $10 billion has been awarded in grants to provide needed health care and associated services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Lists of the fiscal year 2002 Title III and community-based dental grant awards are below.

Fiscal Year 2002 Title III Planning Grants
Organization City State Award
Montgomery AIDS Outreach Montgomery Ala. $50,000
Tri-City Health Center Fremont Calif. 50,000
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula Monterey Calif. 50,000
Plumas County Public Health Agency Quincy Calif. 50,000
Natividad Medical Center Salinas Calif. 50,000
Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center San Francisco Calif. 50,000
San Mateo County Department of Hospitals & Clinics San Mateo Calif. 50,000
Ventura County Health Care Agency Ventura Calif. 50,000
Boulder County AIDS Project Boulder Colo. 50,000
Carl Vogel Center Washington D.C. 50,000
University of Florida Gainesville Fla. 47,857
Sembrando Flores, Inc. Homestead Fla. 50,000
Duval County Health Department, Florida Dept. of Health Jacksonville Fla. 42,519
Community AIDS Resource, Inc. Miami Fla. 49,996
Community Health of South Dade Miami Fla. 50,000
Federated States of Micronesia Palikir Pohnpei 50,000
Medical College of Georgia Augusta Ga. 50,000
Olive Branch Community Collaborative Dalton Ga. 50,000
Big Island AIDS Project Hilo Hawaii 50,000
The Alliance for Community Empowerment Chicago Ill. 50,000
River Hills Community Health Center Ottumwa Iowa 50,000
Acadiana CARES Lafayette La. 50,000
United Community Ministries Eastern Shore Crisfield Md. 50,000
Hackley Community Care Center Muskegon Heights Mich. 50,000
Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn. 50,000
Southern AIDS Commission Greenville Miss. 50,000
Greater Meridian Health Clinic, Inc. Meridian Miss. 50,000
Community Impact, Inc. Yazoo City Miss. 50,000
Regional AIDS Interfaith Network of Central Missouri Columbia Mo. 50,000
Charles Drew Health Center, Inc. Omaha Neb. 50,000
The Research Foundation of SUNY Albany N.Y. 50,000
Helping Hands, Unlimited, Inc. Brooklyn N.Y. 50,000
Harlem United Community AIDS Center New York N.Y. 50,000
William F. Ryan Community Health Center New York N.Y. 50,000
Syracuse Community Health Center Syracuse N.Y. 50,000
Southern Regional Area Health Education Center Fayetteville N.C. 50,000
Alliance of AIDS Services- Carolina Raleigh N.C. 50,000
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem N.C. 50,000
Morton Comprehensive Health Services Tulsa Okla. 50,000
Peacehealth Medical Group Eugene Ore. 50,000
Marion County Health Department Salem Ore. 50,000
Saint Lukes Hospital Bethelhem Pa. 50,000
Kensington Hospital Philadelphia Pa. 50,000
Sickle Cell Society, Inc. Pittsburgh Pa. 50,000
Guthrie Clinic Sayre Pa. 33,391
Scranton Temple Residency Program Scranton Pa. 50,000
Positively Living Knoxville Tenn. 50,000
Metropolitan Interdenominational Church Nashville Tenn. 50,000
AIDS Services of North Texas, Inc. Denton Texas 50,000
International AIDS Empowerment El Paso Texas 50,000
Valley AIDS Council Harlingen Texas 50,000
Special Health Resources of East Texas, Inc. Longview Texas 50,000
Valley AIDS Network Harrisonburg Va. 50,000
Centra Health Lynchburg Va. 50,000
International Comm. Health Serv. Seattle Wash. 50,000
Antonio Avenue Community Clinic Beckley W.Va. 50,000
West Virginia University Research Corporation Morgantown W.Va. 50,000
Community Health Center of Central Wyoming Casper Wyo. 50,000
    Total: $2,873,663

FY 2002 Title III Capacity Building Grants
Organization City State Award
AIDS Outreach of Northern Arizona Flagstaff Ariz. $150,000
Concilo Latino De Salud Phoenix Ariz. $150,000
Native American Community Health Center Phoenix Ariz. $146,092
High Desert Hospital Lancaster Calif. $120,983
Sexual Minority Alliance of Alameda County Oakland Calif. $150,000
East Valley Community Health Center, Inc. West Covina Calif. $150,000
Griffin Hospital Derby Conn. $149,998
Norwalk Community Health Center, Inc. Norwalk Conn. $115,651
The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Torrington Conn. $136,832
Near North Health Services Corp Chicago Ill. $150,000
South Shore Hospital Chicago Ill. $100,000
AIDS Ministries/AIDS Assist of North Indiana, Inc. South Bend Ind. $150,000
Matthew 25 AIDS Services, Inc. Henderson Ky. $100,000
Capitol City Family Health Center Baton Rouge La. $150,000
Outpatient Medical Center Natchitoches La. $150,000
Healing Health Care, Inc. New Orleans La. $150,000
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center Clarksdale Miss. $150,000
Regional AIDS Interfaith Network of Central Missouri Columbia Mo. $150,000
Baptist Lutheran Medical Center Kansas City Mo. $47,330
Helping Hands, Unlimited, Inc. Brooklyn N.Y. $150,000
Project Renewal New York N.Y. $149,730
SIBRO Staten Island N.Y. $150,000
Ursuline Center Canfield Ohio $83,093
Kensington Hospital Philadelphia Pa. $150,000
Philadelphia Fight Philadelphia Pa. $150,000
Bread of Life, Inc. Houston Texas $149,500
Mother Assumpta Health For All, Inc. Tyler Texas $150,000
Shenandoah Valley Medical Systems, Inc. Martinsburg W.Va. $116,134
West Virginia University Research Corporation Morgantown W.Va. $150,000
Total: $3,965,343

FY 2002 Community-Based Dental Partnership Grants
Organization City State Award
Kino Community Hospital Tucson Ariz. $194,603
Loma Linda University Loma Linda Calif. $300,000
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver Colo. $236,253
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Chicago Ill. $166,720
University of Louisville Louisville Ky. $253,462
Louisiana State University New Orleans La. $310,000
Tufts University Boston Mass. $300,000
University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson Miss. $221,085
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Newark N.J. $251,409
Albany Medical College Albany N.Y. $173,000
Trustees of Columbia University New York N.Y. $358,412
Oregon Health & Science University Portland Ore. $191,644
    Total: $2,956,588

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