PHILADELPHIA, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium, the Ryan White Title II Planning Council and Fiscal Agent for Southeastern Pennsylvania including the five counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery, announced today its allocations awards for July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005.
It is estimated that the HIV/AIDS virus infects over 23,000 persons in the Greater Delaware Valley. A total of $3,360,753 dollars was available from state and federal sources with over 55 agencies requesting a total of almost double that amount.
The President of the Board of Directors, Luciano Orsini, said, “While we are pleased to announce these awards, we do so with full recognition that our resources are not meeting our increasing demand. Governmental funding has remained flat while the number of our clients is dramatically increasing. In part, this is due to the success story of keeping an increasing number of people alive who have HIV/AIDS.”
Larry Hochendoner, Executive Director of The Consortium, added, “We are benefiting from new drug therapies that have significantly increased the longevity of persons living with HIV/AIDS. Yet at the same time we are not keeping pace with this clinical progress by increasing our public funding to help those who are surviving. HIV/AIDS is spreading rapidly in our communities of color, particularly among women and children. We must do a lot more to get people into care and to strengthen our prevention efforts,” Hochendoner said.
Hochendoner also noted that the allocations process is based upon the epidemiological data to guarantee that funding follows the spread of the virus; viz., 61% of monies are earmarked for the African American community, 20% is earmarked for the Caucasian community, 10% for the Latino community and 1% to the Pacific/Islander communities.
In a highly competitive process, Independent Review Panels composed of conflict of interest free consumers and professionals residing outside of The Consortium’s service area determine specific awards.
The complete listings of all awards by service category are as follows. Ambulatory Medical Care: -- AIDS Care Group $82,731.66 -- ChesPenn Health Services $10,371.68 -- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia $64,775.22 -- Family Service of Montgomery County $4,012.58 -- Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia $60,002.16 -- North Philadelphia Health System/St. Joseph Care Clinic $116,074.18 -- Philadelphia FIGHT $147,751.80 Case Management Services -- ActionAIDS $70,013.10 -- AIDS Care Group $90,001.10 -- Family and Community Services of Delaware County $80,002.26 -- Family Services Association of Bucks County $105,005.13 -- Family Services of Chester County $71,507.27 -- Family Services of Montgomery County $67,166.90 -- North Philadelphia Health System/St. Joseph Care Clinic $39,150.00 -- Philadelphia FIGHT $63,020.58 -- Positive Effect Outreach Ministry $22,403.34 Case Management Assistants Services -- Bucks Villa, Inc. $15,320.00 -- Family and Community Services of Delaware County $24,825.84 -- Family Services Association of Bucks County $39,392.56 -- Family Services of Chester County $20,181.24 -- Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia $40,000.35 -- Philadelphia FIGHT $40,003.95 -- Southwest Community Services, Inc. $20,092.80 Complementary Therapies -- ActionAIDS $13,224.60 -- Crozer Chester Medical Center $19,873.00 -- Philadelphia FIGHT $17,820.00 Day and Respite Care -- Positive Effect Outreach Ministry $10,002.16 -- St. Mary’s Family Respite Center $31,874.85 Dental Care -- AIDS Care Group $23,717.40 -- Family Services Association of Bucks County $2,908.08 -- University of Pennsylvania, Dental School $28,982.85 Direct Emergency Financial Assistance (DEFA) -- Philadelphia Health Management Corporation $220,917.40 Food and Nutritional Counseling -- ActionAIDS $11,503.73 -- AIDS Care Group $46,559.60 -- Asociacion de Puertorriquenos en Marcha (APM) $14,479.36 -- Calcutta House $15,002.72 -- Congreso de Latinos Unidos $70,000.03 -- Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA) $127,035.32 -- Mazzoni Center $71,158.50 -- Planned Parenthood of Chester County $9,119.25 -- Women’s Institute for Family Health $14,552.00 Home Health Care: Hospice and Long Term Care -- Keystone Hospice $90,523.30 -- Philadelphia Health Management Corporation $30,330.56 Legal Services -- AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania $56,539.12 -- Family Services of Chester County $14,931.75 Mental Health Care -- Family and Community Services of Delaware County $6,698.13 -- Family Services Association of Bucks County $6,462.27 -- Family Services of Chester County $8,995.20 -- Family Services of Montgomery County $3,922.04 Support Group Services -- AIDS Care Group $3,499.62 -- Congreso de Latinos Unidos $5,044.26 -- Family Services Association of Bucks County $4,994.88 -- Family Services of Chester County $6,620.94 -- Mazzoni Center $5,015.25 -- Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia $4,982.20 -- Southwest Community Services, Inc. $3,492.72 Translation and Interpretation Services -- AIDS Services in Asian Communities (ASIAC) $22,300.80 -- Congreso de Latinos Unidos $5,036.22 -- Pennsylvania School for the Deaf $16,329.50 Transportation Services -- AIDS Care Group $26,256.96 -- Congreso de Latinos Unidos $22,833.00 -- Family Services of Montgomery County $2,587.68 -- Germantown Settlement Health Initiatives $2,873.75 -- One Day at a Time $5,880.00 Prevention Education/Counseling and Testing -- ActionAIDS $20,000.00 -- AIDS Care Group $62,555.19 -- AIDS Services in Asian Communities (ASIAC) $53,000.00 -- American Red Cross of SEPA $35,269.00 -- Asociacion de Puertorriquenos en Marcha (APM) $32,500.00 -- The Attic Youth Center $35,000.00 -- ChesPenn Health Services $22,210.00 -- The COLOURS Organization $24,247.00 -- Congreso de Latinos Unidos $38,139.90 -- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority $5,000.00 -- Family Planning Council of SEPA $25,000.00 -- Family Services Association of Bucks County $15,000.00 -- Family Services of Chester County $43,643.50 -- Family Services of Montgomery County $50,000.00 -- Health Federation of Philadelphia/Women’s Anonymous Testing Site (WATS) $38,796.00 -- Intercultural Family Services $15,675.00 -- Maternity Care Coalition $46,000.00 -- Mazzoni Center $58,732.00 -- Pennsylvania School for the Deaf $9,684.00 -- Philadelphia FIGHT/Youth Health Empowerment Project $25,850.00 -- Planned Parenthood of Bucks County $40,111.00 -- Planned Parenthood of Chester County $17,403.41 -- Resource for Human Development/Safeguard Project $38,600.00 -- Southeastern Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition, Inc. (SEAMAAC) $37,700.00 -- Women’s Institute for Family Health $40,350.00 -- Youth Outreach - Adolescent Community Awareness Project (YO-ACAP) $22,700.00
The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium wishes to thank all community-based organizations that responded to its Request For Proposals. The Consortium acknowledges those agencies that received funding awards and looks forward to working with them in the FY 04-05 to provide only the best direct medical, support services and prevention, education, counseling and testing services to our fellow citizens infected with the HIV/AIDS virus.
Finally, The Consortium encourages those agencies who requested funding in this upcoming year but who may not have received an award to respond to our next RFP.
Philadelphia AIDS Consortium
CONTACT: Larry Hochendoner, MGA, Philadelphia AIDS Consortium,+1-215-988-9970, ext. 306
