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News Release

HHS AWARDS $21.5 MILLION TO DEVELOP HIV PREVENTION METHODS,
PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced 58 grants totaling more than $21.5 million to develop, implement and evaluate HIV prevention approaches and provide treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS.

"We have learned much about HIV/AIDS since the 1980s, but we still have a long way to go to prevent the spread of HIV and to ensure people in need get appropriate care," Secretary Thompson said. "Armed with the knowledge learned through these grants, we will be able to share best practices and improve care in communities across the country."

Today's grants announcement includes:

• 27 grants totaling $10.9 million under the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act's Title III Early Intervention Services program to support outpatient HIV early intervention and primary care services for low-income, medically underserved people in existing primary care systems.
• Six grants totaling $2.15 million to support five Caribbean Peer Support Model demonstration sites and one Caribbean Evaluation and Support Center that will develop, implement and evaluate peer support interventions designed to help people from the Caribbean living in the U.S. who are HIV-positive. The grants will help patients understand the nature of their HIV infection and HIV treatment options, and obtain HIV medical and ancillary services when needed.
• 15 grants totaling $4.5 million to select, implement and evaluate behavioral interventions in primary care settings that are designed to reduce the risk of HIV-positive individuals transmitting HIV to others.
• 10 competitive continuation grants totaling $4 million to implement the outreach models designed to bring HIV-positive individuals into comprehensive, continuous care. The models were developed and evaluated during phase 1 of the Outreach for HIV-Positive Persons program.

The behavioral intervention, outreach and Caribbean grants are funded under the CARE Act's Special Projects of National Significance Program, which supports the development of innovative HIV/AIDS service delivery models that have the potential for replication in other areas, locally and nationally. The SPNS program is considered the research and development arm of the Ryan White CARE Act.

"Many communities continue to struggle to meet the health care needs of their residents living with HIV/AIDS," said Elizabeth M. Duke, administrator of HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration. "Today's Title III grants will help extend HIV counseling and testing, medical evaluation and outpatient clinical care to more of those who need these services."

HRSA manages the grants through its HIV/AIDS Bureau. Since fiscal year 1991, Congress has appropriated $13.6 billion in CARE Act funding. Last year, Ryan White programs helped about 530,000 individuals access life-sustaining care and services. More information about Ryan White programs is available at http://hab.hrsa.gov/.

A list of grant recipients is below.

FY 2003 SPNS Caribbean Peer Support Models
Organization	City	State	Award
University of Miami School of Medicine	Miami	Fla.	$350,000
Montefiore Medical Center	Bronx	N.Y.	350,000
Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center	Brooklyn	N.Y.	350,000
Lutheran Medical Center	Brooklyn	N.Y.	350,000
Community Health Care Network	Manhattan	N.Y.	350,000
FY 2003 SPNS Caribbean Evaluation and Support Center
Academy for Educational Development	Washington	D.C.	$400,000
Total			$2,150,000

FY 2003 SPNS Prevention with HIV-Infected Persons Seen in Primary Care Settings
Organization	City	State	Award
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Brimingham	Ala.	$300,000
El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center	Tucson	Ariz.	300,000
Department of Health Services, County of LA	Los Angeles	Calif.	300,000
Regents of the University of California	Sacramento	Calif.	300,000
Regents of the University of California	San Diego	Calif.	300,000
Whitman-Walker Clinic	Washington	D.C.	300,000
University of Miami School of Medicine	Miami	Fla.	300,000
Dekalb County Board of Health	Decatur	Ga.	300,000
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	Md.	300,000
Fenway Community Health Center	Boston	Mass.	300,000
University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill	N.C.	300,000
Mount Sinai Hospital	Chicago	Ill.	300,000
St. Luke's Roosevelt Institute for Health Sciences	New York	N.Y.	300,000
Drexel University	Philadelphia	Pa.	300,000
University of Washington	Seattle	Wash.	300,000
Total			$4,500,000

FY 2003 SPNS Outreach for HIV-Positive Persons, Phase 2
Organization	City	State	Award
University of California - LA	Los Angeles	Calif.	$400,000
Whitman-Walker Clinic	Washington	D.C.	400,000
University of Miami	Miami	Fla.	400,000
Fenway Community Health Center	Boston	Mass.	400,000
Wayne State University	Detroit	Mich.	400,000
Well Being Institute	Detroit	Mich.	400,000
Montefiore Medical Center	Bronx	N.Y.	400,000
Multnomah County Health Department	Portland	Ore.	400,000
Miriam Hospital/Project Bridge	Providence	R.I.	400,000
University of Washington	Seattle	Wash.	400,000
Total			$4,000,000

FY 2003 Title III Early Intervention Services (EIS) Program
Organization	City	State	Award
U. of Southern Calif., School of Medicine	Los Angeles	Calif.	$450,000
Community Hosp. of the Monterey Peninsula	Monterey	Calif.	296,264
Plumas County Public Health Agency	Quincy	Calif.	354,590
Natividad Medical Center	Salinas	Calif.	450,000
Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center Inc.	San Francisco	Calif.	450,000
Ventura County Health Care Agency	Ventura	Calif.	337,225
People's Clinic Family Health Center	Boulder	Colo.	450,000
Community Health and Wellness Center of Greater Torrington, Inc.	Torrington	Conn.	375,000
Waterbury Hospital Health Center	Waterbury	Conn.	450,000
The Carl Vogel Center	Washington	D.C.	150,000
Duval County Health Department	Jacksonville	Fla.	450,000
St. Lucie County Health Department	Port Saint Lucie	Fla.	450,000
North Georgia Health District 1-2	Dalton	Ga.	450,000
Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin	Elgin	Ill.	375,000
Maine General Health Associates	Gardiner	Maine	375,000
The Cooper Health System	Camden	N.J.	450,000
Wake County Department of Health	Raleigh	N.C.	450,000
Wake Forest University Health Sciences	Winston Salem	N.C.	450,000
Ursuline Center	Canfield	Ohio	300,000
Kensington Hospital	Philadelphia	Pa.	450,000
Scranton Temple Residency Program	Scranton	Pa.	450,000
Meharry Medical College	Nashville	Tenn.	450,000
Metropolitan Interdenominational Church	Nashville	Tenn.	334,941
AIDS Arms, Inc.	Dallas	Texas	450,000
Special Health Resources for Texas, Inc.	Longview	Texas	450,000
West Virginia University	Morgantown	W.Va.	450,000
Community Health Ctr. of Central Wyoming	Casper	Wyo.	375,000
Total			$10,923,020

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Last Revised: October 9, 2003