Trump Administration Awards $1 Million in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Grants to Counties to Strengthen Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic in the United States

Content From: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Press OfficePublished: June 27, 20193 min read

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Graphic of a city. Today HRSA awarded 10 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A jurisdictions with technical assistance funding to strengthen efforts to end the HIV epidemic.

Today, the Trump Administration, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded approximately $1 million in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants to 10 metropolitan areas that are Part A jurisdictions to provide technical assistance to enhance efforts to end the HIV epidemic. This funding through HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau supports a comprehensive system of HIV primary medical care, medication, and essential support services to more than half a million people with HIV in the United States.

“Today, on National HIV Testing Day, we are proud to be taking initial steps to support the implementation of President Trump’s strategy to end the HIV epidemic in America by 2030,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has a long track record of success in providing HIV treatment, and the President’s plan to end the HIV epidemic involves building on that success.”

“HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A plays a critical role in the United States’ public heath response to ending the HIV epidemic,” said HRSA Administrator George Sigounas, Ph.D., M.S., “These grants will help ensure proactive programming so the most vulnerable people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States have access to life-saving care and treatment to improve health outcomes and reduce HIV transmission.”

Under Part A of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, 52 metropolitan areas provide core medical and support services to people with HIV. The program provides grant funding to eligible metropolitan areas (EMA) and transitional grant areas (TGA) with the highest number of people with HIV and AIDS and experiencing increases in HIV and AIDS cases and emerging care needs.

Funding under the Building Capacity for HIV Elimination in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A Jurisdiction project will provide technical assistance to strengthen efforts to end the HIV epidemic through improvements along the HIV care continuum. Based on the awarded jurisdictions’ needs, activities under this initiative will include: community engagement, enhancing core medical and support services, infrastructure support, and information dissemination efforts. Eight of the grant recipients are also among the 48 priority counties identified as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America initiative, as indicated by an asterisk in the table below.

“As we recognize National HIV Testing Day today, we understand there is an unprecedented opportunity to end the HIV epidemic in America,” said HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau Associate Administrator Laura Cheever, M.D., Sc.M. “The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has a track record of success. In 2017, approximately 86 percent of program clients who received HIV medical care were virally suppressed, significantly higher than the national average of 60 percent among all those with diagnosed HIV.”

For a list of all 52 fiscal year 2019 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A award recipients, visit hab.hrsa.gov/awards/fy-2019-ryan-white-hivaids-program-part-a-final-awards. Below are the 10 award recipients:

Part A Grant RecipientCountyStateAward Amount
Atlanta EMA*Fulton CountyGA$100,000
Boston EMA*Suffolk CountyMA$100,000
Detroit EMA*Wayne CountyMI$81,763
Jersey City TGA*Hudson CountyNJ$100,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul TGAHennepin CountyMN$100,000
New Haven EMANew Haven CountyCT$100,000
New Orleans EMA*Orleans ParishLA$100,000
San Antonio TGA*Bexar CountyTX$100,000
San Diego EMA*San Diego CountyCA$100,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg EMA*Hillsborough CountyFL$100,000
Total Award  $981,763

 

To learn more about HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, visit hab.hrsa.gov. For more information about HRSA’s role in the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, visit hrsa.gov/ending-HIV-epidemic. For more information about HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, treatment, and research, visit HIV.gov.

To learn more about Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America, announced by the President in his State of the Union address on February 5, 2019, visit: hiv.gov/federal-response/ending-the-hiv-epidemic/overview.