Budget & Appropriations - Federal
Federal funding for HIV-related prevention, care, housing and research is vital in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Without these funds, ten of thousands of individuals living with HIV would not have access to life-saving medications and needed support services and hundreds of thousands more would not benefit from government research and prevention efforts.
Over the last two decades, HIV advocates have led the way in demanding needed increases for HIV/AIDS-related programs. As a result of these efforts, the federal goverment today provides over $22 billion for domestic and global HIV/AIDS activities. Unfortunately, the growth in HIV-related funding has slowed in recent years, failing to keep pace with the growing numbers of people living with HIV in the United States and globally. More must be done to ensure that the United States government provides the resources necessary to end the epidemic and the human suffering caused by HIV.
Key Materials
HIV Policy Watch articles on this issue
OUTReach articles on this issue
Press releases on this issue
Links to other key organizations involved in this issue
- AIDS Action Council
AIDS Action is a national organization dedicated to the development, analysis, cultivation, and encouragement of sound policies and programs in response to the HIV epidemic.
- AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and Families
AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families is a national non-profit membership organization. Established in 1994, AIDS Alliance gives voice to the needs of women, children, youth, and families living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
A research and policy based organization that analyzes government policies and programs (such as housing and welfare) that affect primarily low- to middle-income people.
- Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief (CAEAR) Coalition
The Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief (CAEAR) Coalition represents more than 400 grantees under Title I and Title III of the Ryan White CARE Act, including the 51 major metropolitan areas most adversely affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as well as providers and consumers of CARE Act-funded services. The CAEAR Coalition also advocates for adequate funding for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) in Title II of the CARE Act.
- Kaiser Family Foundation
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.
- National AIDS Housing Coalition
The National AIDS Housing Coalition (NAHC) works to advance the creation, development, management and growth of housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS. NAHC supports a variety of federal policy initiatives, legislative proposals and funding line items that could improve the lives and health outcomes of people with HIV/AIDS and/or populations vulnerable to housing crises.
- National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)
Founded in 1992, NASTAD is a non-profit national association of state health department HIV/AIDS program directors who have programmatic responsibility for administering HIV/AIDS health care, prevention, education, and supportive services programs funded by state and federal governments.
- National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)
Established in 1987, the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) is a national organization dedicated to developing leadership within communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS. Its public policy division works to promote sound national healthcare policy, with a distinct focus on issues related to HIV/AIDS, access to care and social justice as they impact communities of color and also advocates for increased federal resources to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic among people of color.
- Project Inform
Project Inform is a national, nonprofit, community-based organization working to end the AIDS epidemic. The agency works to inform people living with HIV, their caregivers, and their healthcare and service providers about the treatment and monitoring of HIV disease and to advocate for appropriate policies, legislation and funding for HIV research, treatment and care.
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2/19/2009