HELP FOR AIDS WORK GRANTS TOTAL $325,000.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - The Catalyst Foundation Catalyst Foundation - non-profit organization supporting orphaned, abandoned and homeless children in Vietnam through scholarship programs and direct relief efforts. It also works with children adopted from Vietnam. of Lancaster and 24 other Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, agencies that provide special services to people who are HIV-positive or have AIDS received a total of $175,000 from Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. . Catalyst received $7,500. A total of $352,500 was disbursed statewide to 74 agencies. The grants went to nonprofit agencies that provide everything from hot meals and housekeeping to advocacy services and support groups for women and children with 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. . Many are also involved in outreach efforts aimed at preventing new HIV cases. ``Kaiser Permanente has made HIV prevention and treatment a priority because the rate of infection continues to rise in some populations,'' said Mark Katz Mark Katz (born December 28, 1963) is an American humorist, speechwriter, author, and humor consultant to politicians, executives and media personalities. Background Mark Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Rockland County, New York. , regional HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome physician coordinator for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California. ``We want to provide quality care to our HIV-positive patients and do what we can for non-members who are at risk of, or have acquired the disease,'' he said. ``The latter is where our community service grants play an important role.'' Physicians, nurses, health educators and Kaiser Permanente staffers who work with HIV and AIDS patients select the grant recipients. The health maintenance organization, whose Southern California Region has more than 3.1 million members, has presented nearly $3 million in Community Service grants to HIV-focused organizations since 1989. |
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