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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 Epidemic in the City of Newark and the Newark Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA).
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: $1,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: March 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021
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:
Represents full award for FY20
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WHEREAS, in February 2019, 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 10-year initiative beginning FY2020 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 percent (75%) within five (5) years. Across the United States, the initiative will promote and implement the Four Pillars to substantially reduce HIV transmissions: (1) Diagnose (as early as possible); (2) Treat (rapidly and effectively to reach sustained viral suppres...
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