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HIV Support on the Chopping Block - Because It Works Too Well?

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Monday, February 19, 2007   

Sometimes, it doesn't pay to be successful. Long Island HIV support programs are showing such good results that they're getting a budget cut from Congress.

Michael Engrassia runs HIV and AIDS services for Catholic Charities of Long Island. He explains that federal funding is based on the number of people with AIDS and, in this area, many people infected with HIV are staying healthy. Since not "enough" are developing AIDS symptoms, the Long Island programs are slated to lose federal support.

"We're being penalized for doing a good job in the sense that, if you base it on how many people have progressed to AIDS, we don't meet that criteria. That's basically as a result of the good work we have been doing with the services and money that has been offered previously."

The new funding formula is a cruel irony that means immediate cuts to more than a dozen programs that provide such services as transportation to doctors' visits, help with home heating bills, and home-delivered meals for people living with HIV and AIDS on Long Island. New York City is not impacted by the change, but parts of New Jersey and New Haven Connecticut also are affected.

Engrassia says the new funding formula doesn't match the Long Island program needs, which could trigger even more problems next year, if they once again fail to use the money allocated.

"If they're unable to spend it, then the following year the money that's was not spent returns to the government, and in addition, your award could be decreased again, based on the fact that you did not spend all your money."

The Long Island region has been informed of the change this week, which gives them less than two weeks to inform some staff members that their jobs will be cut along with the federal dollars.



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