Make Your Voice Heard!

Tell Congress: No HIV Funding Cuts

Our vital federal HIV programs are under threat! We need your voice to make a difference.

House Republicans have proposed a 2024 spending bill that could derail our efforts to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. This bill would dismantle critical federal HIV responses, putting millions of lives at risk.

Some of these cuts include slashing over $767 million from federal HIV programs and reducing funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, including vital services like AIDS education, training centers, and dental coverage. Around 50% of U.S. HIV patients depend on this program!

However, there's hope. Your voice can make a difference! We can’t afford to reduce any funding. Contact your member of Congress and urge them, not only to maintain funding, but increase it. This is the only way we can achieve our goal to end the HIV epidemic.

Be a part of the solution. Together, we can make a change!

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Dear [recipient position will go here] [recipient name will go here],

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Today, I am reaching out to you as a constituent, to strongly encourage you to support increases to federal programs that impact people living with and vulnerable to HIV.

To reach our goal of ending the domestic HIV epidemic by 2030, Congress must join the HIV community and the administration to support targeted investments in public health infrastructure and response.

“Level funding” for federal HIV programs will not be enough to end the epidemic in the U.S., but it may be the best outcome, we as a community, could hope for in this challenging funding environment.

I join the HIV community in asking Congress to move forward with the funding allocations laid out by the Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee for the following programs in fiscal year 2024:

• The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program — $2.571 billion.
• CDC Division of HIV Prevention: $1.017 billion.
• Minority HIV/AIDS Fund — $60 million.
• Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA) — $505 million.
• Opioid-Related Infectious Diseases program within CDC — $24 million.

Around 50% of U.S. HIV patients depend on the Ryan White program. The House's proposal cuts Part F funding, jeopardizing this support. The Senate bill fully funds these programs.

Cutting the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Initiative, per the House proposal, will increase HIV transmission and healthcare costs. The Senate maintains EHE funding.

The House also slashes funding for programs addressing HIV disparities among minorities and is unacceptable. Housing remains a pressing need for HIV patients, and increased HOPWA funding can prevent homelessness.

To end HIV and address the overdose crisis, Congress must invest in harm reduction strategies, focusing on evidence-based practices.

Congressional financial support is critical to ending the HIV epidemic.

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