Fulton County, Georgia – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that Fulton County will get a lot more federal money to help it fight the HIV epidemic. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has given the Fulton County Department for HIV Elimination more than $5.1 million through the “Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE)” program for Fiscal Year 2025. This is a small but significant increase from last year’s grant.
The new allocation of $5,119,509 is a 0.65% increase over the FY24 grant of $5,086,379. Not just in Fulton County, but also in Cobb, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties, these money will be used to help programs that prevent, care for, and cure HIV.
“The announcement of this funding is more than good news for Fulton County, it is news that the foundational resources needed to continue this important work will be available,” said Robb Pitts, Fulton County Commissioner Chairman.
“The work we are doing with Persons Living with HIV and the organizations that serve them is vital. The goal is to continue to come up with novel programs and services to change the trajectory of the HIV epidemic in Metro Atlanta.”
Chairman Pitts has worked hard to protect these important resources by building strong relationships with both sides of the aisle in Georgia’s Congressional Delegation and federal decision-makers in Washington, D.C. His work is to make sure that Fulton County’s HIV-related programs keep getting support.
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The Department for HIV Elimination got further excellent news in addition to the EHE grant: they got full funding for the Ryan White Part A and Minority AIDS Initiative for Fiscal Year 2025. The total money given out through these programs is $32,339,493, which is a little increase of $65,278 over the year before.
The Ending the HIV Epidemic program started in 2019 with an ambitious national goal: to cut new HIV infections by 75% in five years and by 90% in ten years. The program’s goal is to speed up preventative efforts, improve care, and get federal and local agencies to work together by making targeted investments in areas with a lot of effect, like Metro Atlanta.
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Fulton County is ready to improve its response to HIV and get closer to reaching its long-term goals in the fight against the pandemic with more help and financing.
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