On Thursday, August 8, Administrator Carole Johnson and Maternal and Child Health Bureau Associate Administrator Dr. Michael Warren visited Louisville, Kentucky to hold the latest Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative convening, where the Administrator announced that Kentucky is eligible this year for up to $8.1 million in federal funding for the HRSA Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program. This convening brought together state health officials and HRSA grantees from across Kentucky, including home visitors, Healthy Start providers, health center leaders, community health workers, rural health providers, and new mothers and fathers who shared their personal stories about how important HRSA programs were in supporting them and their babies throughout their pregnancy and parenting journeys.
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HRSA also invited a bipartisan group of state legislators involved in the state-level Momnibus bill in Kentucky to discuss how this work aligns with broader efforts to improve maternal health outcomes. While in Louisville, Administrator Johnson and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Dr. Mandy Cohen, also visited Family Health Centers’ school-based service site at Iroquois High School to meet with clinical and school staff and discuss back-to-school readiness, specifically addressing youth behavioral health.
Read the release.
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 On Wednesday, August 7, HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson, BPHC Associate Administrator Jim Macrae, and Dr. Meg Sullivan, Counselor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services visited Neighborhood Health in Alexandria, Virginia, to celebrate National Health Center Week and announce nearly $9 million in Accelerating Cancer Screening funding for 18 health centers across the country to improve access to life-saving cancer screenings in underserved communities.
Read the release.
August 18 marks the 34th anniversary of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. In 1990, Congress enacted the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act—the legislation that created the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
The Program to increase access to care and treatment for people with HIV was named after Indiana teen and AIDS advocate, Ryan White, who lost his life to AIDS in April 1990. Over the last 34 years, the Program has made significant strides in improving outcomes for people living with HIV.
Today, the Ryan White Program serves more than a half a million people with diagnosed HIV across the United States. In 2022, 89.6% of clients served by the Program receiving HIV medical care were virally suppressed, meaning they can live longer and healthier lives without fear of sexually transmitting HIV.
Learn more about the program’s history.
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The 2024 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment is taking place next week. While in-person registration is closed, virtual registration is still available through Friday, August 16.
Check out the conference agenda.
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 To mark National Health Center Week, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released new data showing that health centers served the highest number of patients in the nearly 60-year history of the program and highlighted the remarkable progress that has been made over the past four years.
Read more about Four Years of Health Center Outcomes.
HRSA’s Health Systems Bureau and Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs are hosting a National Minority Donor Awareness Month webinar, Uniting Voices, Saving Lives: Empowering Minority Communities through Organ Donation Education, on Tuesday, August 20, 1-2 p.m. ET.
This event will explore the vital need for minority organ donors, address cultural barriers, and share effective donation outreach strategies. Hear from experts and personal stories that highlight the impact of donation and transplantation. Engage in discussions and learn how to make a difference in your community. Live interpretation will be available in Spanish and English.
Register.
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 HRSA recently released the latest Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States data. In 2022, providers served 22,001 clients new to care and 19,204 clients estimated to be re-engaged in care, nearly double the number of new and re-engaged clients served in 2020.
Read the new report and infographic.
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