FEDS TRIM HIV/AIDS FUNDING FOR L.A. COUNTY.Byline: - Lisa Friedman The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS has slashed more than $3 million from Los Angeles County's HIV/AIDS funding, spelling the loss of services A deprivation of a family member, such as a parent or spouse, of the right to benefit from the performance of various duties, coupled with the privation of love and companionship, provided by the victim of a personal injury or Wrongful Death. ranging from primary medical care to ``buddy-system'' supports, officials said Thursday. The cuts have provoked confusion among county leaders and local AIDS activists, who questioned how the funding decisions were made and why Los Angeles is left with fewer resources while the number of HIV/AIDS cases rises. ``It was shocking when these numbers came out,'' said Clint Trout, director of federal policy for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is a non profit, Los Angeles-based AIDS treatment and advocacy center. Their official founding pledge is to "provide cutting-edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay. in Los Angeles. ``This means that services are going to get some serious cuts at a time when the patient population is growing.'' AIDS Project Los Angeles AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by HIV disease, reducing the incidence of HIV infection, and advocating for fair and effective HIV-related public policy. says more than 40,000 people in the county have human immunodeficiency virus human immunodeficiency virus n. HIV. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) A transmissible retrovirus that causes AIDS in humans. or AIDS. Officials estimate about two-thirds of them require taxpayer-funded care. Los Angeles received more than $36.6 million in 2004 under the federal Ryan White Title I grants, which awards funding to the nation's 51 metropolitan areas hardest-hit by AIDS. When the annual grants were awarded late last month, Los Angeles was hit with a reduction of $3.3 million, or 9 percent - second only to San Francisco, which lost $4 million. Gunther Freehill, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Office of AIDS Programs and Policy, said the county is preparing to cut administrative costs by 8 percent and services by 3 percent. ``It's a real different world,'' he said. ``There's no way we can make up this reduction without cutting some services. We just don't have fat to cut anymore.'' In all, the federal government awarded $595 million in grants, about $4 million less than last year. Deborah Parham, associate administrator for the Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS HIV/AIDS Bureau, said the overall congressional cuts and an $18.2 million increase for New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. left less money for most other cities. New York got more in 2004 because it has the largest estimated number of AIDS patients and because it lost funding in 2003 because of a poor grant application. |
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