Fulton County to receive $5.12 million in HIV elimination funding

Fulton County Commission Chair Robb Pitts worked with Georgia s elected representatives to seek the funding Provided by Fulton County Fulton County will get a slight increase in funding for HIV elimination to million from the U S Department of Fitness Human Services Healthcare Materials and Services Administration HRSA The Fulton County Department for HIV Elimination was awarded the Fiscal Year Ending the HIV Epidemic EHE funding from HRSA according to a news release The funding was more than the award These funds will be used to combat the HIV epidemic in Fulton Cobb DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties Related Stories HRC s American Dreams Tour to elevate LGBTQ voices Fulton Board of Soundness to restore HIV prevention jobs The work we are doing with Persons Living with HIV and the organizations that serve them is vital The goal is to continue to come up with novel programs and services to change the trajectory of the HIV epidemic in Metro Atlanta disclosed Fulton County Commissioner Chairman Robb Pitts according to the release Fulton County also received full funding for its Ryan White Part A and Minority AIDS Initiative The release noted that the fiscal year award of million was a slight increase of over the previous year The Ending the HIV Epidemic grant is a federal initiative aimed at significantly reducing new HIV infections in the United States according to the release Launched in it has a goal to reduce new infections by percent within five years and a percent reduction within years The post Fulton County to receive million in HIV elimination funding appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta