For Immediate Release From HRSA!
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides a comprehensive system of HIV primary medical care, essential support services, and medications for low-income people with HIV. The program funds grants to states, cities, counties, and local community-based organizations to provide care and treatment services to people with HIV to improve health outcomes and reduce HIV transmission among hard-to-reach populations.
More than half of people with diagnosed HIV in the United States receive services through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program each year. That means more than half a million people received services through the program.
Over the last three decades, HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has played a critical role in the United States’ public health response to HIV. What was once a deadly disease is now a manageable, chronic condition, if there is access to high-quality health care, support, and appropriate medical treatment.. In 2019, 88.1, 85.9 percent of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clients were virally suppressed, exceeding the national average of 64.7 percent.
First authorized in 1990, the Program is funded at $2.39 billion in fiscal year 2020. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB).
About The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts
HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program is divided into five Parts, following from the authorizing legislation.
Part A funds medical and support services to Eligible Metropolitan Areas (EMAs) and Transitional Grant Areas (TGAs). EMAs and TGAs are counties/cities that are the most severely affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic:
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hiva... Part B administers funds for states and territories to improve the quality, availability, and organization of HIV health care and support services. Recipients include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the six U.S. Pacific territories/associated jurisdictions. In addition, Part B also includes grants for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP):
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hiva... Part C administers funds for local community-based organizations to provide comprehensive primary health care and support services in an outpatient setting for people with HIV through Early Intervention Services program grants. Part C also funds Capacity Development grants, which help organizations more effectively deliver HIV care and services:
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hiva... Part D administers funds for local, community-based organizations to provide outpatient, ambulatory, family-centered primary and specialty medical care for women, infants, children and youth with HIV. Part D funding may also be used to provide support services to people living with HIV and their affected family members:
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hiva... Part F funds support clinician training, technical assistance, and the development of innovative models of care to improve health outcomes and reduce HIV transmission.
These programs include:
The Special Projects of National Significance Program
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hiva... which develops, evaluates, and replicates innovative strategies and interventions for HIV care, treatment, and support to improve health outcomes for people with HIV and reduce HIV transmission. SPNS advances knowledge and skills in the delivery of health care and support services to underserved populations with HIV. Through its demonstration projects, SPNS disseminates strategies and interventions for replication in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded recipients and the broader public health community.
The AIDS Education and Training Centers Program, which supports a network of eight regional centers (and more than 130 local affiliated sites) and two national centers to advance interprofessional training, practice transformation, and conduct HIV training for providers:
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hiva... The Dental Programs
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hiva... which provides additional funding for oral health care for people with HIV through the HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement Program and the Community-Based Dental Partnership Program; and
The Minority AIDS Initiative, which improves access to HIV care and health outcomes for disproportionately affected minority populations, including black/African Americans:
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hiva... Read and learn more HERE!:
https://hab.hrsa.gov/about-ryan-white-hiva...
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