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1991.05.02 :  Grants -- Ryan White Act

Contact:  Lynn Trible (301) 443-3376
May 2, 1991
     
        HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced
supplemental awards of $43 million in emergency assistance to 16
cities which have been particularly hard hit by AIDS.  The
competitive grants follow upon the initial formula grants which
were awarded to these cities in February. 
        The funds are being awarded under Title I of the Ryan
White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (C.A.R.E.) Act of
1990, and will support health and social services for people
living with AIDS and HIV disease.
        The cities and amounts awarded are:

        New York City              $ l7,633,611
        San Francisco              $  6,319,965
        Los Angeles                $  3,924,157
        Newark                     $  2,143,890
        Houston                    $  l,882,230
        Chicago                    $  l,879,053
        District of Columbia       $  l,735,474
        Boston                     $  l,319,660
     Miami                         $  1,188,339   
        Philadelphia               $  l,161,925
        Atlanta                    $    941,414
        Ft. Lauderdale             $    723,412
        Jersey City                $    687,671
        San Diego                  $    60l,982
        San Juan                   $    498,137
        Dallas                     $    400,580
     
        Metropolitan areas reporting 2,000 or more AIDS cases to
the Centers for Disease Control by June 30, 1990, or having a
cumulative incidence of at least 25 cases per l00,000 population
were eligible for the grants.
        Secretary Sullivan emphasized that these grants could be
used only to expand services for HIV infected people and were not
intended to replace existing local or state funding.
        In announcing the Title I awards, Secretary Sullivan
stressed that each city receiving a Ryan White C.A.R.E. Act
supplemental grant had demonstrated in its application
substantial increased need for HIV care resources and "the
involvement of every element of the HIV service delivery network
during the city's program planning, including people infected
with HIV."
        Robert Harmon, M.D., M.P.H., administrator of HHS' Health
Resources and Services Administration, the Public Health Service
agency responsible for administering the health care and support
services portion of the Ryan White C.A.R.E. Act, said that the
funds "will help meet the severe needs of persons living with
AIDS and HIV infection in the l6 eligible areas."
        The act requires that the chief elected official in each
city receiving a grant under Title I appoint a planning council
to establish priorities for allocating the funds.


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