FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, August 5, 2002 |
CONTACT:
HRSA PRESS OFFICE
301-443-3376 |
HRSA Awards $15.7 Million to Provide HIV/AIDS Care
and Services to Women, Children and Families
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced 19 new grants totaling
$15.7 million to provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and services for
children, youth, women and their families. In addition, HHS renewed
funding for 54 grants totaling $42.9 million.
“HIV/AIDS is occurring more and more frequently among females — last
year, 25 percent of all new cases were among women,” said Secretary
Thompson. “We have a growing need to ensure that these women and
their children have access to the latest support services and treatments
available. That’s what these grants will do.”
The grants are awarded under Title IV of the Ryan White Comprehensive
AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. Title IV programs specifically
address the needs of women, children, youth and families by providing
care that deals with the entire family. This includes primary
and specialty medical care, psychosocial services, logistical support
and coordination, and outreach and case management. Programs also
are designed to increase access to clinical trials and research.
“Experience and research alike show us that patients have better outcomes
when they are part of comprehensive systems of care that include psychosocial
services and logistical support along with medical treatment,” said
Elizabeth M. Duke, Ph.D., administrator of HHS’ Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA).
HRSA this month celebrates 20 years as an HHS agency. HRSA programs
provide the foundation of the nation’s health care safety net by expanding
access to health care for low-income Americans, people living with HIV/AIDS,
mothers and their young children, and residents of rural areas.
Other HRSA programs improve the training and diversity of the health
professions and encourage greater organ and tissue donation.
HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau administers CARE Act programs. Since FY
1991, Congress has appropriated $11.6 billion in CARE Act funding to
help an estimated 533,000 individuals access life-sustaining care and
services each year. A list of this year’s new Title IV grant recipients
is attached below.
| Ryan White CARE Act Fiscal Year
2002 Title IV Awards |
| Institution |
City |
State |
Award |
| University of Alabama Birmingham |
Birmingham |
Ala. |
$801,025 |
| Jefferson Comprehensive Care System |
Pine Bluff |
Ark. |
272,912 |
| Community Hospitals of Central California |
Fresno |
Calif. |
435,047 |
| University of California San Diego |
San Diego |
Calif. |
1,163,018 |
| Connecticut Primary Care Association, Inc. |
Hartford |
Conn. |
1,066,211 |
| Children's Hospital NMC |
Washington |
D.C. |
936,669 |
| Orlando Regional Healthcare System |
Orlando |
Fla. |
772,034 |
| Friends for Life AIDS Resource Center |
Baton Rouge |
La. |
463,480 |
| Maryland Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene |
Baltimore |
Md. |
980,800 |
| Michigan Department of Community Health |
Detroit |
Mich. |
1,176,742 |
| Dartmouth College |
Lebanon |
N.H. |
347,826 |
| Dominican Sisters Family Health Service |
Bronx |
N.Y. |
733,448 |
| Elmhurst Hospital Center |
Elmhurst |
N.Y. |
639,643 |
| New York University |
New York |
N.Y. |
940,944 |
| State University of New York at Stony Brook |
Stony Brook |
N.Y. |
733,959 |
| Western N.C. Community Health Services |
Asheville |
N.C. |
475,030 |
| Metrolina AIDS Project |
Charlotte |
N.C. |
822,083 |
| Family Planning Council SEPA |
Philadelphia |
Pa. |
2,270,869 |
| S.C. Dept. Of Health & Environmental Control |
Columbia |
S.C. |
560,340 |
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Total: |
$15,592,080 |
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