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Date: Friday, Feb. 16, 1996 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: HRSA Press Office, Mark Roebuck, (301) 443-3376
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $80 million in Ryan White funding for 42 cities, to help provide medical and support services to people living with HIV disease and AIDS. The 42 metropolitan areas receiving the grants are in 19 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
However, because of the failure of Congress to provide a full-year appropriation for the Ryan White program, the cities are presently receiving only about half the amount to which they would normally be entitled under the Act.
"We're pleased to announce the release of CARE Act funds to these 42 cities in need," said President Clinton. "Nonetheless, a program that provides such a lifeline of support cannot survive on partial funding. Over the years, the CARE Act has enjoyed bipartisan support and I urge this Congress to approve a full-year appropriation and allow people living with HIV and AIDS the dignity they deserve."
The funding, which is authorized under Title I of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, helps to provide care to uninsured and underinsured people living with HIV/AIDS. Under the Clinton Administration, funding for the Ryan White CARE Act has increased by 89 percent. Under the Continuing Resolutions passed by Congress, most HHS programs, including the Ryan White Act, are funded only until March 15.
"Ryan White funds are a vital means of support for urban areas affected by the AIDS epidemic," Secretary Shalala said. "The mayors of these cities, the facilities that receive these funds, and the people living with HIV and AIDS, all deserve full funding. These partial grants are one more sad consequence of Congress' budget failure this year."
Twenty-three of the eligible metropolitan areas (EMAs) funded with these grants had reached the end of their budget periods in late 1995 and had received $7.3 million in partial awards at that time.
The remaining 19 EMAs are now receiving their first funds for fiscal year 1996.
Eligibility for Title I grants is determined under a formula requiring a minimum of 2,000 reported cases of AIDS or a per capita rate of at least 25 cases per 100,000 population as of March 31 of the year preceding the original award. The 42 EMAs receiving awards had reported a cumulative total of 350,170 AIDS cases by March 31, 1995, representing 75.9 percent of all U.S. cases reported since 1981.
As the AIDS epidemic has spread across the country, the number of EMAs receiving Title I funds has grown from 16 in FY 1991, the first year of the CARE Act, to 42 in FY 1995. Since FY 1991, more than $1 billion has been awarded in formula and supplemental Ryan White grants.
The partial grant awards, and those made in December 1995, are listed below.
December 1995 Grant January 1996 Grant Atlanta, Ga. $ 2,003,718 Austin, Texas $ 271,416 271,416 Baltimore, Md. 1,345,916 Bergen-Passaic, N.J. 363,026 363,026 Boston, Mass. 1,728,237 Caguas, Puerto Rico 122,315 122,315 Chicago, Ill. 2,462,284 Dallas, Texas 1,692,676 Denver, Colo. 417,044 417,044 Detroit, Mich. 429,061 429,061 Dutchess County, N.Y. 89,839 89,839 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 1,817,770 Houston, Texas 2,901,629 Jacksonville, Fla. 303,721 303,721 Jersey City, N.J. 1,203,147 Kansas City, Mo. 286,323 286,323 Los Angeles, Calif. 6,499,239 Miami, Fla. 4,039,888 Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y. 419,091 419,091 Newark, N.J. 2,779,936 New Haven, Conn. 371,057 371,057 New Orleans, La. 449,623 449,623 New York, N.Y. 24,318,013 Oakland, Calif. 1,160,819 Orange Co., Calif. 372,505 372,505 Orlando, Fla. 321,648 321,648 Philadelphia, Pa. 2,062,018 Phoenix, Ariz. 274,088 274,088 Ponce, Puerto Rico 510,194 Portland, Ore. 246,628 246,628 Riverside-San Bern., Calif. 371,259 371,259 St. Louis, Mo. 284,464 284,464 San Antonio, Texas 240,195 240,195 San Diego, Calif. 1,430,958 San Francisco, Calif. 9,563,340 San Juan, Puerto Rico 2,331,055 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, Calif. 143,645 143,645 Seattle, Wash. 480,057 480,057 Tampa-St. Pete., Fla. 543,134 543,134 Vineland, N.J. 49,474 49,474 Washington, D.C. 2,811,647 West Palm Beach, Fla. 490,400 490,400 TOTALS $7,340,013 $80,002,497