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CLINTON ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS HIV/AIDS AMONG RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS

 


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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Ryan White Title I Supplement for Areas with Substantial Need for Services
Description of Initiative: This is supplemental funding to Title I grantees, directed to be allocated by formula to eligible metropolitan areas that have 30% or more African American and Latino HIV/AIDS cases in an effort to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for African Americans living with HIV/AIDS.
Eligible Entities: Title I metropolitan areas with 30% or more African-American/ Latino AIDS cases.
Type of Funding: Formula grants
Amount of Funds: $5 million
How Many Grants anticipated:

Distributed to 48 eligible metropolitan areas (EMAs)*

*EMAs funded: Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Baltimore, MD; Bergen-Passaic, NJ; Boston, MA; Caguas, PR; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI; Dutchess County, NY; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Ft. Worth, TX; Hartford, CT; Houston, TX; Jacksonville, FL; Jersey City, NJ; Kansas City, MO; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; Nassau- Suffolk, NY; New Haven, CT; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Newark, NJ; Norfolk, VA; Oakland, CA; Orange County, CA; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Ponce, PR; Riverside-San Bemadino, CA; Sacramento, CA; St. Louis, MO; San Antonio, TX; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; San Jose, CA; San Juan, PR; Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL; Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ; Washington, DC; West Palm Beach, FL

Dates: RFA - December 98
Applications due - January 99
Awards - January 99
Contact persons for additional information:

Douglas Morgan
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-A55
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-6745
Fax: (301) 443-8143
E-mail: dmorgan@hrsa.gov

Dr. Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Ryan White Title III Planning Grants
Description of Initiative: To be used for targeted planning grants designed to build new capacity for primary care provider organizations to link with community based organizations in highly impacted minority communities to deliver needed health care services.
Eligible Entities: Community-based organizations, community health centers, other medical facilities.
Type of Funding: Competitive grants
Amount of Funds: $3 million
How Many Grants anticipated: Up to 60
Dates: RFA - March 99
Applications due - June 99
Awards - September 99
Contact persons for additional information:

Dr. Deborah Parham
5600 Fishers La, Rm 7-90
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-0027
Fax: (301) 443-1839
E-mail: dparham@hrsa.gov

Dr.Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Care for Children, Women, Youth, and Families (Title IV Supplemental Grants)
Description of Initiative: Grants to support care and access to care and research for children, women, youth and families affected by HIV/AIDS. The majority of clients served by this program are from racial and ethnic minority groups, specifically 48% African American, 30.8% Hispanic, and 9.6% other non-Caucasian. There are currently 48 grantees funded through Title IV
Eligible Entities: Currently funded Ryan White CARE Act Title IV grantees, which include State and local health departments, community health centers, hospitals.
Type of Funding: Limited Competition
Amount of Funds: $12.2 million ($2 million in new funding added in FY99)
How Many Grants anticipated:

Up to 48 *

* Eligible Entities (current grantees):

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL;
  • Maricopa Integrated System, Phoenix, AZ;
  • University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA;
  • Los Angeles Family AIDS Network, CA;
  • Family Care Network, Oakland, CA;
  • Health Initiatives for Youth, San Francisco, CA;
  • The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO;
  • Connecticut Primary Care Association, Hartford, CT;
  • Children's Hospital Special Immunology Service, Washington, DC;
  • Children's Diagnostic and Treatment Center, North Broward Hospital District, Ft. Lauderdale, FL;
  • Rainbow Center for Women, Adolescents and Children, Jacksonville, FL;
  • University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL;
  • Orlando Regional HealthCare Systems, Inc., Orlando, FL;
  • University of South Florida, Tampa, FL;
  • Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, GA;
  • Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL;
  • Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA;
  • Maryland Department of Mental Health/Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD;
  • Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, Boston, MA;
  • Dimock Community Health Center, Roxbury, MA;
  • Michigan Dept. of Community Health, Detroit, MI;
  • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO;
  • University Medical Center Wellness Center, Las Vegas, NV;
  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH;
  • New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, NJ;
  • Albany Medical College, Albany, NY;
  • Dominican Sisters Family Health Service, Bronx, NY;
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY;
  • State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY;
  • Ehnhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, NY;
    The Family Center Medical and Health Research Association, Inc., New York, NY;
  • New York University Medical Center, New York, NY;
  • Columbia School of Public Health, New York, NY;
  • Children's Medical Center at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY;
  • Metrolina AIDS Project, Charlotte, NC;
  • Metropolitan Low Income Housing CDC, Inc., Washington, NC;
  • Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH;
  • Family Planning of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA;
  • Puerto Rico Department of Public Health, San Juan, PR;
  • AIDS Care Ocean State/Family AIDS Center for Treatment and Support, RI;
  • Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, TN;
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX;
  • Catholic Charities, Diocese of Ft. Worth, Ft. Worth, TX;
  • Houston Regional HIV/AIDS Resource Group, Houston, TX;
  • University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, TX;
  • Northwest Family Center, Seattle King County Health Department, Seattle, WA;
  • Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Dates: RFA - March 99
Application due - May 99
Grant award - July 99
Contact persons for additional information:

Dr. Deborah Parham
5600 Fishers La, Rm. 7-90
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-0027
Fax: (301) 443-1839
E-mail: dparham@hrsa.gov

Dr. Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: AIDS Education Training Centers
Description of Initiative: To fund AETCs to subcontract with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the education of health care providers serving African American communities on the guidelines for anti- retroviral therapy.
Eligible Entities: Non-profit organizations, including universities, which subcontract with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Type of Funding: Competitive grants
Amount of Funds: $2 million
How Many Grants anticipated: 1
Dates: RFA - March 99
Applications due - May 99 Awards - July 99
Contact persons for additional information:

Juanita Koziol
5600 Fishers La, Rm. 9A-39
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-6068
Fax: (301) 443-1839
E-mail: jkoziol@hrsa.gov

Dr. Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Targeted Provider Education
Description of Initiative: For provider education to minority communities and their organizations to enhance the capacity of persons to access high quality health care and to stay in care.
Eligible Entities: Community-based organizations, national organizations representing African-American and Latino communities and institutions.
Type of Funding: Cooperative agreement
Amount of Funds: $2.8 million
How Many Grants anticipated: 2-7
Dates:

RFA - July 99

Applications due - August 99

Award date - September, 99

Contact persons for additional information:

Dr. Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Peer Education Training Institute
Description of Initiative: Expansion of training programs to help community based organizations train, place, and support a cadre of peer treatment educators from racial and ethnic minority groups as a strategy to engage more persons of color in high quality care, with the inclusion of an evaluation component to study the effect of this intervention.
Eligible Entities: University
Type of Funding: Cooperative agreement
Amount of Funds: $2 million
How Many Grants anticipated: 1
Dates: Award expected - June 99
Contact persons for additional information:

Angella Powell Young
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-36
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-6561
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: apowell@hrsa.gov

Dr. Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Training Programs to Help CBOs
Description of Initiative: Replication of a demonstration program targeted at developing capacity among minority community based organizations through training and technical assistance in selected cities. Through a cooperative agreement, activities were initially begun in three cities; additional cities will be served through this enhanced FY99 funding.
Eligible Entities: National Minority AIDS Council
Type of Funding: Cooperative agreement
Amount of Funds: $1.1 million continuation of FY98 funding
How Many Grants anticipated: 1
Dates:

Funding began in August 1998,
FY99 funds to be provided July 1999

Contact persons for additional information:

Angella Powell Young
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-36
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-6561
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: apowell@hrsa.gov

Dr. Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Innovative Service Delivery Models Through Community Health Centers
Description of Initiative: Provide outreach and primary care services in highly impacted minority communities through innovative strategies through the Section 330 program. These programs will include new access points for service, expanded outreach services, and expansion of services.
Eligible Entities: Federally qualified community health centers
Type of Funding: Limited competition among eligible entities
Amount of Funds: $1 million continuation of FY98 funding
How Many Grants anticipated: Unknown at this time
Dates:

RFA - January 1999
Applications due - April 1999
Awards expected - September 1999

Contact persons for additional information:

Dr. Richard Bohrer
4350 East-West Highway, 7th Floor
Bethesda, MD
Tel: (301) 594-4300
Fax: (301) 480-7225
E-mail: rbohrer@hrsa.gov

Dr. Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Healthy Start
Description of Initiative: All Healthy Start projects will expand HIV/AIDS related activities for African American and other highly impacted racial and ethnic minority women of childbearing age in the Healthy Start communities. Activities include outreach to bring women into care, and to screen and provide counseling on HIV and substance abuse.
Eligible Entities: Existing Healthy Start grantees which include state and local government, community health centers, and community based organizations
Type of Funding: Limited competition among eligible entities
Amount of Funds: $950,000
How Many Grants anticipated: Up to 30
Dates:

RFA - January 1999
Applications due - April 1999
Awards - July 1999

Contact persons for additional information:

Mary-Beth Badura
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11A-05
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-7678
Fax: (301) 594-0186
E-mail: mbadura@hrsa.gov

Dr. Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Integrated Services Through Ryan White Special Programs of National Significance (SPNS)
Description of Initiative: Development and evaluation of models of care that (a) target the African American and Hispanic communities in Los Angeles. (b) can be replicated in other similar localities, and addresses the formal linkage and integration of HIV ambulatory medical care and mental health, substance abuse treatment and/or other critical HIV services.
Eligible Entities: University
Type of Funding: Competitive Award
Amount of Funds: $135,000
How Many Grants anticipated: 1
Dates: FY 98 funding provided and continued with FY 99 funds in October 1998
Contact persons for additional information:

Dr. Kathy Marconi
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7A-07
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-2983
Fax: (301) 594-2511
E-mail: kmarconi@hrsa.gov

Dr. Michael P. Johnson
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-29
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: (301) 443-8045
Fax: (301) 594-2835
E-mail: mjohnson@hrsa.gov

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