A Guide to Fiscal Year 1991 Federal Funding for HIV Disease: How Dollars are Spent How to Access Them

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is the largest of the Federal Government cabinetlevel departments, with a total annual budget that exceeds that of most countries. In fact, only the United
States, Japan and the Soviet Union have larger annual budgets. DHHS is made up of five administrative
divisions: the Office of Human Development Services (OHDS), the Public Health Service (PHS), the Health
Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the Family Support
Administration (FSA). DHHS is responsible for all programs related to the health and physical well-being
of Americans, from foster care and adoption issues to Social Security benefits, to safety of food and pharmaceuticals. Figure 1.1 explains the basic structure of DHHS, and will provide a means for better understanding where various HIV-related programs fall. The total DHHS FY 1991 AIDS/HIV appropriated budget
figure is $3,243,540,000, out of its overall FY 1991 budget of $ 486,300,000,000. Descriptions of each service within DHHS responsible for managing a portion of the money allocated to AIDS/HIV follows.

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