Committee backs funding to sustain AIDS services and a community planning process
The committee recommended appropriations totaling roughly $742,000: $641,973 to backfill reduced earmarked AIDS services funding and $100,000 to support a comprehensive AIDS planning process, with providers stressing the urgency to maintain services while federal awards are delayed.
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The Budget and Finance Committee recommended two appropriations to support HIV/AIDS services and planning. The first, an ordinance to appropriate $641,973 of general-fund reserve, would backfill reductions in earmarked AIDS-services funding from federal sources and preserve ongoing provider operations. The second would appropriate $100,000 for a comprehensive planning process to help the city respond to changing federal rules and to prioritize core services under Ryan White reauthorization timelines.
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