AIDS VICTIMS TO RECEIVE AID.Byline: Associated Press Federal grants totaling $19.6 million will provide support to low-income people in 20 states who are infected with the AIDS virus AIDS virus n. See HIV. , Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo said Monday. The grants will help 11,000 people who have tested positive for HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. , including those with full-blown AIDS, to remain in their homes or be provided with housing if they are homeless. The grant aid is being made available to communities in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New Mexico, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Rhode Island, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. The grants, which were awarded to community organizations on a competitive basis, represent 10 percent of a $196 million program. The larger share of the money was awarded earlier to states and cities according to a formula based on the number of AIDS cases reported. ``Tragically, HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome too often throws hard-working Americans into poverty, hitting them with huge medical bills and sometimes leaving them unable to work,'' Cuomo said in a statement. ``This administration realizes that providing affordable housing is a key part of our response to AIDS,'' he said. ``Our assistance will strengthen our partnerships with communities which are hardest hit by this epidemic.'' |
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