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Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To provide Ryan White HIV Health and Support Services for Ending the HIV Epidemic in the City of Newark and Essex County
Entity Name: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Entity Address: 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857
Grant Amount: $679,332.00
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2030
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
This award represents a partial award based on last year's budget.
The final award for FY2026 will be presented once appropriations are completed by the funder. This Resolution represents a partial award for FY2026, year two (2) of the Ending the HIV Epidemic 5-year initiative
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WHEREAS, in February 2019, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced a new initiative, "Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America-Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A and B". This ten (10) year initiative beginning in 2020 seeks to achieve the important goal of reducing new HIV infections in the United States to less than 3,000 per year by 2030; and
WHEREAS, the first phase of the initiative will focus on forty-eight (48) counties, Washington, D.C., San Juan, Puerto Rico, and seven (7) states that have a substantial rural HIV burden. By focusing on these jurisdictions in the first phase of the initiative, HHS plans to reduce new HIV infections by seventy-five p...
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