Department of Health and Human Services
HHS Logo Bottom
HHS Yellow Bar

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 25, 2004

Contact: HRSA Press Office
(301) 443-3376

HHS Awards $23 Million to Help Communities Provide Early HIV/AIDS Care

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced 45 grants totaling $23 million to help communities provide outpatient and primary care services for low-income and medically underserved Americans who are living with HIV/AIDS or are at risk for contracting the virus.

“President Bush and I are committed to fighting HIV/AIDS at home and abroad,” Secretary Thompson said. “These grants help grass-roots organizations reach out to those who have HIV/AIDS and get them into early and continuous care so that they may live longer, more productive lives.”

Today’s awards include one new grant for $426,624 to Centra Health Inc., in Lynchburg, Va. The remaining 44 awards are competitive continuation grants for existing service areas. The grants help ensure that early HIV care is targeted to those communities that need it most, particularly in rural and remote areas and inner cities. In addition to counseling, testing and referral, and medical evaluation and clinical care, the grants also support oral health care, adherence counseling, nutritional counseling, outpatient mental health, outpatient substance abuse, and appropriate referral for specialty and subspecialty care.

“These grants give hope to thousands of low-income Americans with HIV/AIDS,” said Elizabeth M. Duke, administrator of HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). “The patients treated by these grantees are among our nation’s most vulnerable people. Many live on incomes at or below the federal poverty level, while others simply have no other source of care.”

The grants are awarded under the Title III Early Intervention Services program of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, which is managed by the HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau. Recipients include community-based clinics and medical centers, hospitals, public health departments and universities in 22 states and the District of Columbia.

Since fiscal year 2001, the Bush administration has spent more than $7.7 billion in CARE Act funding to help some 530,000 people access vital HIV/AIDS care and services each year. President Bush has requested nearly $2.1 billion in fiscal year 2005 for the CARE Act, an increase of more than $270 million over fiscal year 2001 funds.

The grants are listed below.

FY 2004 Ryan White Title III Early Intervention Services Grants

Organization

City

State

Award

Central Alabama Comprehensive Health, Inc.

Tuskegee

Ala.

$75,000

Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center

Anchorage

Alaska

388,942

Jefferson Comprehensive Care System

Pine Bluff

Ark.

555,222

El Proyecto del Barrio

Arleta

Calif.

214,560

Clinica Sierra Vista

Bakersfield

Calif.

353,851

Venice Family Clinic

Venice

Calif.

371,360

Bridgeport Community Health Center

Bridgeport

Conn.

566,868

Southwest Community Health Center

Bridgeport

Conn.

534,598

Charter Oak Terrace Rice Heights Health Center

Hartford

Conn.

395,000

Hill Health Corporation

New Haven

Conn.

516,656

North Broward Hospital District

Fort Lauderdale

Fla.

809,572

AIDS Resource Council of Southwest Fla., Inc.

Fort Myers

Fla.

300,000

Collier Health Services

Immokalee

Fla.

369,975

Economic Opportunity Family Health Center, Inc.

Miami Springs

Fla.

795,825

Florida Community Health Centers

West Palm Beach

Fla.

446,632

Family Practice Residency Of Idaho, Inc.

Boise

Idaho

761,220

Community Health Care, Inc.

Davenport

Iowa

343,290

Primary Health Care, Inc.

Des Moines

Iowa

379,620

University of Iowa

Iowa City

Iowa

588,080

Heartland Cares, Inc.

Paducah

Ky.

686,600

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

Boston

Mass.

356,244

Harbor Health Services

Dorchester

Mass.

378,006

Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

New Bedford

Mass.

727,141

Outer Cape Health Services, Inc.

Orleans

Mass.

191,524

Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc.

Worcester

Mass.

585,103

Detroit Community Health Connection

Detroit

Mich.

683,641

Yellowstone City & County Health Department

Billings

Mont.

369,021

UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick

N.J.

594,857

Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center

Albany

N.Y.

435,362

Bronx Community Health Network

Bronx

N.Y.

788,182

Hudson River Health Care

Peekskill

N.Y.

524,408

Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc

Durham

N.C.

498,314

Greater Philadelphia Health Action, Inc.

Philadelphia

Pa.

716,167

York Health Corporation

York

Pa.

542,996

Gurabo Community Health Center, Inc.

Gurabo

P.R.

566,959

Centro de Salud de Lares, Inc.

Lares

P.R.

835,275

Migrant Health Center, Western Region, Inc.

Mayaguez

P.R.

912,615

Beaufort-Jasper Comprehensive Health Services

Ridgeland

S.C.

488,255

El Centro del Barrio, Inc.

San Antonio

Texas

639,139

St. Thomas East End Medical Corporation

St. Thomas

V.I.

250,000

Fletcher Allen Health Care

Burlington

Vt.

514,896

University of Virginia

Charlottesville

Va.

106,656

Centra Health, Inc.

Lynchburg

Va.

426,624

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Madison

Wis.

639,974

Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.

Milwaukee

Wis.

608,535

TOTAL

$22,832,765

###


Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at http://www.hhs.gov/news.

Last Revised: June 25, 2004

HHS Home | Questions? | Contact HHS | Site Map | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Freedom of Information Act | Disclaimers

The White House | FirstGov