Thursday, October 13, 2011

ADAP Emergency Relief Serves 300 People Living with HIV/AIDS in NC

Late last month, we announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had released $3M in AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) emergency relief funding for North Carolina -- part of a total package of nearly $44M in federal funding for HIV/AIDS care and medications in our state.

We wanted to make sure to follow up with this news from the NC Department of Health & Human Services:

The NC ADAP received three million dollars in ADAP Shortfall Relief funds from HRSA. As a result of this funding, we moved 300 clients from the waiting list into active enrollment [on October 6th]. The 59 individuals who remain on the waiting list were added to the waiting list after July 1, 2011. Clients who remain on the waiting list are eligible to receive medications from Welvista and other PAPs.

Please help us to spread the word -- and let us know how you feel about these developments!

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