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Please circulate the posters, and try to get friends, family, clients, co-workers, neighbors, students, and anyone who is concerned that LA just lost virtually all of our state HIV funding.
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California dealt a staggering blow to people with HIV/AIDS this week when Governor Schwarzenegger eliminated all state funding for most of the state\'s HIV programs.
In an unprecedented move, the governor slashed more than $489 million from essential health and human services and programs this week. Included in these are roughly $82 million from HIV programs.
General funding for the following programs have been eliminated:
HIV Education and Prevention - $24.6 million
HIV Counseling and Testing - $8.2 million
Therapeutic Monitoring - $8 million
Housing - $1.09 million
Home and Community-Based Care - $6.3 million
Early Intervention - $7.3 million
Governor Schwarzenegger also made cuts to the following programs:
Epidemiology & Surveillance - reduced by $1 million to $9.2 million.
AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) - reduced by $25 million to $70.8 million. But the governor did allow $25 million to be shifted into the program from the ADAP rebate fund, almost guaranteeing shortfalls in ADAP next year.
This is unacceptable.
These cuts will have a devastating effect on California\'s ability to care for people with HIV and to prevent new infections.Now more than ever, we need you to fight.
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