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

OASH FY '91 HIV Budget

NAPO.............................................................$
OMH..............................................................

3,709,000
4,449,000

TOTAL................................................$ 8,158,000*
*This is a variance of $100,000 from the figure provided by the DHHS budget office.

National AIDS Program Office
The National AIDS Program Office (NAPO) is the
coordinating office for PHS-wide AIDS/HIV prevention and control programs and activities. NAPO
advises the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) on
policy and priorities, is involved in planning and
evaluation of existing programs, and spearheads
strategy for future direction of AIDS/HIV activities
within PHS. In addition, NAPO is a liaison to other
Federal agencies, CBOs, state and local governments, and others involved in AIDS/HIV.
NAPO provides leadership for intra-agency conferences and study committees, as well as initial funding for such programs as the National AIDS Commission, the 1989 National Conference on HIV Infection and AIDS Among Racial and Ethnic Populations,
and training conferences for health care professionals. NAPO also provides staff support for interagency groups such as the PHS HIV Leadership
Group, PHS Executive Task Force on AIDS, and the
PHS Federal Coordinating Committee on the HIV
Epidemic.
Many of NAPO's efforts can be characterized as
trailblazing, focused on identifying gaps in the services, research, and programs of PHS, thus setting the
agenda for future national direction on the issue.
NAPO staff also provides technical assistance to
others involved in the issue.
NAPO's FY '91 HIV budget is $3,709,000.
Although a percentage of that money will be spent
extramurally, it will not be directed at competitive
grants or contracts. These monies largely fund activities that arise out of the unserviced needs identified
during the fiscal year.
For more information on NAPO's programs and
activities contact:

Ron St. John
NAPO
Room 738G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
202/245-0471
Office of Minority Health
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) works
closely with PHS agencies and other components of
DHHS to advocate for minority health concerns in
relationship to AIDS/HIV programs and policies.
OMH activities are directed primarily at education
and preventive services activities.
Of the OMH FY '91 $4,449,000 HIV budget,
$2,300,000 will be focused on extramural grants, and
$2,149,000 on publishing reports from the 1989
National Conference on HIV Infection and AIDS
Among Racial and Ethnic Populations and on seven
regional conferences.
OMH extramural grant funding is currently
focused on Minority Community Health Coalition
Demonstration Projects. Grants awarded under this
program are intended to support projects which
demonstrate methods of developing community
health coalitions that can effectively promote disease
risk factor reduction among minority populations.
Critical components of these projects are: the coalition, the intervention strategy, and the target population. AIDS/HIV is one of eight disease areas funded
by this program.
OMH anticipates additional grant programs which
can include AIDS/HIV in their venue. One focusing
on minority education and prevention may be issued
in FY '91. A second on community outreach services
targeting minority men is anticipated in FY '92.
For more information on technical and program
aspects of OMH extramural funding contact:

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