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

By far the majority of HIV-appropriated Federal
funds have already been identified within DHHS and
other Cabinet-level departments. There are,
however, a few other areas within the Federal
Government which provide funding on AIDS/HIV,
which are the focus of this section.
It is important to remember, however, that
although Federal Agencies, Commissions, and Offices do not have specific AIDS/HIV-related funding,
they may oversee programs or have publications
which are of substantial benefit to anyone working
in the AIDS/HIV issue. For example, although the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
does not earmark funds for AIDS/HIV, they have
considered AIDS/HIV, hepatitis, and other infectious
diseases in terms of education programs and policies
as they relate to first responders. As a result, they
have issued reports and sponsored AIDS/HIV education teleconferences in conjunction with the U.S. Fire
Administration.
The African Development Foundation and Inter
American Foundation do not fund specific AIDS/HIV
programs, but are very involved with the pandemic
in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
ACTION, the federal domestic volunteer agency,
administers volunteer programs designed to address
the problems of our nation's poor and disadvantaged.
ACTION's budget does not contain any AIDS/ HIVrelated line items, but volunteers in its VISTA program assist with AIDS/HIV education and prevention programs in Puerto Rico, Georgia, and Texas.
Some volunteers in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in Florida are providing practical
assistance, companionship, emotional support to
HIV-positive individuals in their community. Others
in the Foster Grandparents Program assist with care
of HIV-positive infants and toddlers.
The more than 70 Federal Agencies, Commission,
and Offices may serve as sources for publications,
technical assistance, volunteers or other information
valuable to anyone involved in the AIDS/HIV prevention and education arena.

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The U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) is a part of the United States International
Development Cooperation Agency. USAID carries
out economic assistance programs designed to help
people of developing countries improve their human
and economic resources; increase their productive
capacities; and improve the quality of human life as
well as promote economic and political stability in
countries friendly to the United States.
USAID provides technical and financial support for
AIDS prevention programs in more than 70 developing countries focusing on four major program areas:
monitoring, surveillance, and impact assessment;
raising awareness; interventions, and, applied research. USAID field-based prevention programs are
supported centrally by the AIDS Technical Support
Project, primarily- through the AIDSCOM and
AIDSTECH Projects, and by the HIV/AIDS Prevention in Africa Project. USAID works to effectively
accomplish its prevention goals through communitybased programs in all four programs areas.
USAID FY '91 HIV funding is estimated at
$62,000,000. This budget is divided regionally
worldwide. In FY '91 an estimated $34,000,000 will

be obligated at the sub-regional level, with approximately 45% of those resources allocated for
community-based prevention initiatives operating
outside the United States.
For information on accessing resources available
for community-based AIDS prevention related to
USAID field missions contact the Health/Promotion/Nutrition Officer in the USAID region.
For information on the USAID Women and AIDS
Research Program contact:
Ms. Ghita Gupta
International Council for Research on Women
1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste. 302
Washington, DC 20036
For information on the AIDSTECH small grants
program for Private Volunteer Organizations (PVOs)
and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
Ms. Nancy Hardy
Family Health International
1611 N. Kent St., Ste. 903
Rosslyn, VA 22209
703/243-8510

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