FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, September 11, 2008 |
CONTACT:
HRSA PRESS OFFICE
301-443-3376 |
HRSA Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke today announced 41 grants totaling almost $5.8 million to fund oral health care, medical treatment and support services for medically underserved populations affected by HIV/AIDS.
Twelve grants totaling $3.8 million are being awarded through the Community-Based Dental Partnership Program of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The dental partnership program supports oral health care for underserved HIV-positive populations and training for dental providers. Treatment supported by the grants includes the full range of oral health services: diagnostic and preventive care, oral health education, oral medicine and surgery.
“Impaired oral health is often the earliest clinical sign of HIV infection,” Administrator Duke said. “By helping dentists identify HIV-positive patients, the grants also aid public health officials in tracking the spread of HIV in a community.”
Thirteen other grants worth about $900,000, distributed under Part C of the Ryan White Program, will fund early intervention services that support medical, nutritional, psychosocial and other treatments for HIV-positive individuals. The grants also may be used to hire case managers to help patients access care and remain in treatment.
An additional 16 grants worth almost $1.1 million support HIV/AIDS care for women, infants, children and youth under Part D of the Ryan White Program. Grantees may use the funds to provide family-oriented medical care, education and support services to the targeted groups.
The list of grant recipients follows:
FY 2008 Community Based Dental Partnership Program
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
Loma Linda University |
Loma Linda |
Calif. |
$320,000.00 |
University of Colorado Health Science Center |
Aurora |
Colo. |
$310,210.00 |
Nova Southeastern University, Inc |
Ft. Lauderdale |
Fla. |
$234,747.00 |
University of Illinois at Peoria |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$286,060.00 |
University of Louisville Research Foundation |
Louisville |
Ky. |
$359,568.00 |
LSUHSC School Of Dentistry |
New Orleans |
La. |
$373,192.00 |
Trustees of Boston University |
Boston |
Mass. |
$300,000.00 |
University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Jackson |
Miss. |
$284,032.00 |
Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey |
Newark |
N.J. |
$389,948.00 |
Lutheran Medical Center |
Brooklyn |
N.Y. |
$244,604.00 |
Trustees of Columbia University |
New York |
N.Y. |
$386,971.00 |
Oregon Health and Sciences University |
Portland |
Ore. |
$300,787.00 |
Total: |
|
|
$3,790,119.00 |
FY 2008 Part C Capacity Development and Planning Grants
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
North Country Healthcare |
Flagstaff |
Ariz. |
$65,886.00 |
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center |
Oakland |
Calif. |
$48,091.00 |
Regents of the University of California, San Francisco |
San Francisco |
Calif. |
$60,000.00 |
Venice Family Clinic |
Venice |
Calif. |
$23,540.00 |
Health Delivery, Inc. |
Saginaw |
Mich. |
$52,300.00 |
Rural Aids Action Network |
Little Falls |
Minn. |
$75,813.00 |
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey |
Newark |
N.J. |
$100,000.00 |
Hudson River Health Care |
Peekskill |
N.Y. |
$100,000.00 |
Harlem United Community AIDS Center |
New York |
N.Y. |
$50,000.00 |
Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
New York |
N.Y. |
$100,000.00 |
Low Country Health Care System, Inc. |
Fairfax |
S.C. |
$100,000.00 |
Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso, Inc. |
El Paso |
Texas |
$100,000.00 |
Dallas County Hospital District |
Dallas |
Texas |
$13,819.00 |
Total: |
|
|
$889,449.00 |
Part D Grants for HIV Services for Women, Infants, Children and Youth
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
Jefferson Comprehensive Care System |
Pine Bluff |
Ark. |
$45,604.00 |
Maricopa Integrated Health Systems |
Phoenix |
Ariz. |
$75,000.00 |
Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. |
Wilmington |
Del. |
$44,487.00 |
Children's Diagnostic and Treatment Center Inc. |
Ft. Lauderdale |
Fla. |
$72,000.00 |
University of Miami |
Miami |
Fla. |
$53,000.00 |
Hektoen Institute for Medical Research |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$75,000.00 |
West Side Community Health Center, Inc. |
St. Paul |
Minn. |
$75,000.00 |
Washington University |
St. Louis |
Mo. |
$73,367.00 |
Trustees of Dartmouth College |
Hanover |
N.H. |
$74,907.00 |
The Research Foundation of SUNY |
Stony Brook |
N.Y. |
$71,000.00 |
Public Health Solutions |
New York |
N.Y. |
$52,376.00 |
Tri-County Community Health |
Newton Grove |
N.C. |
$75,000.00 |
The Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr. |
Dallas |
Texas |
$74,960.00 |
The Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr. |
Dallas |
Texas |
$66,000.00 |
Inova Health Care Services |
Springfield |
Va. |
$67,676.00 |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
Milwaukee |
Wis. |
$74,855.00 |
Total: |
|
|
$1,070,232.00 |
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