Across The Nation - Georgia Receives More Than $60M in Ryan White Funding Georgia has received $63.9 million in Ryan White Program grants to fund treatment and other services for people living with HIV, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Grant recipients include county health departments and community organizations. The funding will be used to provide outpatient health serv www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58522

2009-05-20

Across The Nation - Bergen County, N.J., Rejects Plans To Close No-Cost HIV Testing Center The Bergen County, N.J., Board of Freeholders on Thursday rejected plans to close the only no-cost HIV testing center in the county after opponents said the potential closure could lead to a reduction in the $4 million in Ryan White Program funding that Bergen and Passaic counties receive, NorthJersey.com re www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58374

2009-05-08

Across The Nation - New Jersey Lawmakers Lobby Against Plan To Close No-Cost HIV Testing Clinic Three New Jersey lawmakers last week sent a letter to Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney and the county's Board of Freeholders urging them to reconsider plans to close the Bergen County Counseling Center in Hackensack, which is the only clinic in the county that provides no-cost HIV testing, NorthJersey www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58318

2009-05-05

Across The Nation - New Jersey No-Cost HIV Clinic To Close, Federal Funding at Risk New Jersey's Bergen County Department of Health Services plans to close the county's Counseling Center in Hackensack, which has operated for 20 years and is the only clinic in the county that provides no-cost HIV testing, NorthJersey.com reports. According to NorthJersey.com, the closing could put $4 million www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58303

2009-05-04

Across The Nation - Illinois Program Aims To Curb Spread of HIV, Raise Awareness About State Services The Illinois Public Health Association and the St. Clair County Health Department have launched an outreach program that aims to curb the spread of HIV in southwestern Illinois by raising awareness about state services, the Belleville News-Democrat reports. The initiative, called Illinois HIV Care Connect, i www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=58193

2009-04-24

Across The Nation - Chicago Tribune Examines Increasing Impact of HIV/AIDS in Rural Southern Communities The Chicago Tribune on Monday examined the growing number of HIV/AIDS cases in rural Southern communities against a backdrop of limited resources, inadequate HIV/AIDS education efforts, tightening state budgets, and HIV/AIDS-associated stigma and discrimination. According to the Southern AIDS Coalition, abou www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=57983

2009-04-14

Coverage, Access and Quality - Chicago Tribune Examines Increasing Impact of HIV/AIDS in Rural Southern Communities The Chicago Tribune on Monday examined the growing number of HIV/AIDS cases in rural Southern communities against a backdrop of limited resources, inadequate HIV/AIDS education efforts, tightening state budgets, and HIV/AIDS-associated stigma and discrimination. According to the Southern AIDS Coalition, abou www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=5&DR_ID=58007

2009-04-14

Recent Releases in HIV/AIDS - Paper Examines Drug Access Under ADAPs 'The AIDS Drug Assistance Program: Securing HIV/AIDS Drugs for the Nation's Poor and Uninsured (.pdf),' AIDS Institute/AIDS Action: The policy paper examines the AIDS Drug Assistance Program of the Ryan White Program and how adequately it provides access to medications for HIV-positive people in the U.S. Abo www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=57587

2009-03-20

Across The Nation - Lexington Herald-Leader Examines Funding Issues in Kentucky HIV/AIDS Clinic The Lexington Herald-Leader on Thursday examined funding issues faced by the Bluegrass Care Clinic, a Kentucky-based HIV/AIDS clinic that has seen a twofold increase in the number of patients over the last eight years, despite receiving no federal funding increases. According to the Herald-Leader, the clinic www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=57462

2009-03-13

Politics and Policy - Senate Rejects Omnibus Spending Bill Amendment on Ryan White Funding Allocation The Senate on Monday voted on several amendments to the $410 billion fiscal year 2009 omnibus spending package (H.R. 1105), CongressDaily reports. One of the amendments -- proposed by Sen. Michael Enzi (R-Wy.), ranking member on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee -- would have removed langua www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=57384

2009-03-10