NC Council for Postive Living

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05bfd523.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community Action, Inc.</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community "><U><B><IMG SRC="04e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>    </B><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information Links"><U><B><IMG SRC="04d0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NC AIDS Advisory Council"><U><B><IMG SRC="04f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.capefearregionalbureauforcommunityactioninc.org/mf.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.capefearregionalbureauforcomm"><U><B>Click Here For Site Map</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="23fd2993.jpg"> <div>  <IMG SRC="1aec6480.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="72" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1b0b66d0.jpg" border=0 width="182" height="109" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>NC Council for Postive Living</I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ncpositiveliving.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ncpositiveliving.org"><U><U>Web Site Click Here</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Verdana" ><B>A statewide, consumer-based organization promoting and expressing the needs of the PLWHA community of North Carolina</B></FONT><B>.</B><B> <A NAME="nccpl"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> -----Original Message-----</div> <div> <B>From:</B> Patrick Lee [mailto:nccpl@bellsouth.net] </div> <div> <B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 13, 2003 4:42 PM</div> <div> <B>Cc:</B> Susan B. Hunger; Tonja Cates; Al Sherman-Huntoon; Anthony M. Wright; Ashely Rozier, II; Bengie Hair; Beth Stringfield; Bill Brent; Carl Wheeler; Cliff Aitken; Curt Coomes; Dan Youngblood; Debbie Warren; Derrick Donald; Donna Zygmon; Evelyn Foust; Faye Duffin; Frank Murphy; Geneva Vauters; Greg Hege; Jacquelyn Clymore; Jacquie Clements; Jean Rone; Jennifer Sullivan; John Paul Womble; Kate Whetten-Goldstein; Kathleen Murphy; Kathy Kavanaugh; Kathy Knight; Kristy Caradori; Leslie Kooyman; Lora Dukes; Lorraine Mitchell; Marlene Clarke; Mary Washington; Melinda Emerson; Melissa Green; Michael Hollar; Michael McDuffie; Mick Sullivan; Nathan Thielman; Pastor Ed White; Pat Oxendine; Patricia Bartlett; retroart@buncombe.main.nc.us; Rob Lamme; Robert Kincaid; Robin Swift; Samuel Parker; Sarah Avery; Shawn Aldridge; Teresa Hart; 'John Bass'; 'Amy Faw'; 'Arthur Okrent'; 'Don Cavellini'; Steve Sherman; Alan Patterson; Mitchell Billings; Patrick Marquis Lee; Phyllis Gray</div> <div> <B>Subject:</B> SAVE ADAP Alert (please forgive duplicates)</div> <div> Dear Friends,</div> <bR> <div> Thank you so much for all of your support and dedication throughout this ADAP crisis in North Carolina. The unfortunate reality is that North Carolina isn’t the only state with ADAP woes. Attached to this email you will find a Save ADAP Alert that highlights the problem that ADAP and AIDS funding in general are facing on the federal level. You will also find a final copy of the ADAP Sign on support letter. Please read the alert and send the letter, by fax, to your representatives in Washington, D.C., both House and Senate. If you have questions as to who is your representative, visit the U.S. House of Representatives website at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>www.house.gov</U></FONT>, click the “write your representative link, and follow the directions to find your representative. You can perform a similar search at the U.S. Senate website, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>www.senate.gov</U></FONT>. </div> <bR> <div> Additionally, advocates in New York have secured a "Dear Colleague" sign-on letter for Senators. You will find also attached the letter from Senators Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer of New York. Calls can be made and letters written to your Senate offices to encourage them to sign on to Senator Schumer's letter and champion the fight for increased ADAP funding!!!!!</div> <bR> <div> Again, thank you for your dedication, and together we can "ensure that ADAPs nationwide are able to meet current and growing demand for access to HIV treatment therapies for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS in America."</div> <div> Patrick M. Lee, JD</div> <div> NC Council for Positive Living</div> <div> 537-B Huffman Mill Road</div> <div> Burlington, North Carolina 27215</div> <div> (336) 586-0062, ext. 24</div> <div> (336) 586-0063 fax</div> <div> <U>nccpl@bellsouth.net</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > email</FONT></div> <div> <U>www.ncpositiveliving.org</U></div> <bR> <div> January 10, 2003</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Honorable Arlen Specter</div> <div> Chairman</div> <div> Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services and Education</div> <div> 190 Dirksen Senate Office Building</div> <div> Washington, DC 20510</div> <bR> <div> The Honorable Tom Harkin</div> <div> Ranking Member</div> <div> Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services and Education</div> <div> 184 Dirksen Senate Office Building</div> <div> Washington, DC 20510</div> <bR> <div> Dear Chairman Specter and Ranking Member Harkin:</div> <bR> <div> We are writing to urge your support for a $62 million increase to the Senate's current $739 million level of funding in the FY 2003 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). This will bring the total increase to the President's budget to $162 million for a total of $801</div> <div> million in ADAP funding.</div> <bR> <div> Funded under Title II of the Ryan White CARE Act, ADAP makes it possible for low-income people to purchase medications to treat HIV/AIDS. As you know, Congress created a separate funding line to appropriate funds directly to ADAP, in large part to address the enormous need created by the advent of new combination drug therapies.</div> <bR> <div> These funds go directly to aid the more than 120,000 Americans unable to afford the high cost of these life-saving and life-extending therapies who will depend on ADAP. Nationally, 85,000 people accessed medications through ADAP in 2002. In 2003, 92,200 are expected to access ADAP. </div> <bR> <div> This year, 13 state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) have been forced to take steps to limit access to life-saving HIV medications for uninsured and underinsured Americans due to inadequate funding. Texas, for example, has recently announced that in order to close its deficit, it will retroactively lower its income limits from 200% of the federal poverty level (300% with spend downs) to 140%. That action will require the removal of 2500 presently enrolled ADAP clients from the program by June 1, 2003. New York must also address a $16 million structural deficit in 2003 and a projected $50 million deficit in 2004 if either state/and or federal funding is not increased by that amount. According to the most recent National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Director's (NASTAD) Report, the following states have also initiated waiting lists as of 12/5/2002: Alabama (175), Indiana (34), Kentucky (62), Montana (2), North Carolina (60), Oregon (18) and South Dakota (43). Idaho, Nebraska and Wyoming have closed to new enrollees. In addition to New York and Texas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and South Carolina have projected the need to impose access restrictions in early 2003.</div> <bR> <div> The very success of treatments in keeping people with HIV alive longer also continues to increase the need for ADAP. The cost of these necessary treatments is prohibitive B especially to people who are uninsured or underinsured. Prices for the most successful AIDS drugs continue to rise, as does the number of eligible patients seeking to access the program. That is why we are extremely concerned about the lack of adequate ADAP resources in 2003.  Your Subcommittee included $100 million in the FY03 Labor-HHS</div> <div> Appropriations bill. For this, we thank you tremendously. We are requesting your support for a $62 million increase to the program - a number we have come to carefully and conservatively. This increase will help ensure that those enrolled in ADAP treatment programs will not be cut off from essential therapies, and that treatment will be available for those who will be identified in the nationwide HIV outreach programs being mounted this year.</div> <bR> <div> ADAP and the access it provides to care and treatment for low-income and uninsured HIV-positive Californians is crucial. With the proper tools, our communities can make full use of the community- based system of HIV care and support provided by the Ryan White CARE Act all titles of which are vital to this country and deserve the highest possible level of funding. </div> <bR> <div> We are deeply grateful for the Committee's past support and thank you for your consideration of this request. </div> <bR> <div> Sincerely,</div> <div> Charles E. Schumer</div> <div> Hillary Rodham Clinton</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1ac62620.png" border=0 width="98" height="98" ALT="WordPerfect 9 Document" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><B>AIDS Treatment Advocates Coalition (ATAC) -  </B></div> <div> <B>SAVE ADAP Committee</B></div> <bR> <div> Dear Senator/Representative</div> <bR> <div> The undersigned organizations serving the needs of people living with HIV write to ask that Congress provide a minimum of $162 million in additional federal funding for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs for FY 2003.</div> <div> This year,<B> </B>13 state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) have been forced to take steps to limit access to life-saving HIV medications for uninsured and underinsured Americans due to inadequate funding.  Texas, for example, has recently announced that in order to close its deficit, it will retroactively lower its income limits from 200% of the federal poverty level (300% with spend downs) to 140%.  That action will require the <I>removal of 2500 presently enrolled ADAP clients from the program by June 1, 2003.</I>  New York must also address a $16 million structural deficit in 2003 and a projected $50 million deficit in 2004 if either state/and or federal funding is not increased by that amount.  According to the most recent National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Director’s (NASTAD) Report, the following states have also initiated waiting lists as of 12/5/2002: Alabama (175), Indiana (34), Kentucky (62), Montana (2), North Carolina (60), Oregon (18) and South Dakota (43).  Idaho, Nebraska and Wyoming have closed to new enrollees.  In addition to New York and Texas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and South Carolina have projected the need to impose access restrictions in early 2003.</div> <div> One major factor driving increased ADAP need is enrollment growth, which is due to the success of the new drugs in decreasing deaths and slowing progression to AIDS.  Since the introduction of effective combination HIV therapies in 1996, America’s death rate from AIDS has fallen by over 50%.  Because people are staying alive longer, they need ADAP longer and so enrollment continues to climb.  While this should be taken as  a sign of the program’s success, resources flowing to ADAPs are not being increased to take care of the swelling numbers of people that are being kept alive.</div> <div> Ironically, attempting to save money in the short term may cost taxpayers more money in the long term.  Recent data presented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona demonstrates that the average cost of care for a person with early HIV disease is approximately $14,000 a year while waiting to treat that person until they are disabled costs about $34,000 a year.  </div> <div> Fears of particularly serious problems for FY 2003 are exacerbated by the expected arrival of new drugs that few programs in crisis are likely to be able to afford.  Fuzeon (T-20), the first fusion inhibitor to reach the market, could provide urgently needed support for patients whose anti-retroviral options have run out when it is approved in early 2003 but the drug is expected to be expensive, which could force ADAPs to ignore the need for the drug.  The second class of drugs that most ADAPs are unlikely to be able to afford are those to treat HCV.  While HCV has become the number one cause of death among people with HIV, most states are resistant to adding new classes of treatment when resources are scarce.</div> <div> Finally, in order to make best use of ADAP funding we ask that you fund required services provided under the Ryan White CARE Act at the highest possible levels.  Without the support services provided by the CARE act, many ADAP clients would have no realistic access to the medical care and auxiliary services they require to maximize the usefulness of anti-HIV medical regimens.</div> <div> We believe that it is imperative to provide life-extending AIDS drugs to all Americans in need.  We hope that you will agree.</div> <div> Sincerely,</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="682" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> ACT UP Atlanta</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> ACT UP Miami</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> ACT UP New York</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> ACT UP Philadelphia</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> ADAP Working Group</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> African Services Committee, New York, NY</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AID Atlanta, Inc. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Action</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Action Baltimore</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Action Coalition Huntsville, Alabama</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Alliance of Martha's Vineyard</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Atlanta, Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Center of Queens County, Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Coalition of Texas Now! (ACT Now!)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Council of Northeastern, NY</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Foundation of Chicago</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Healthcare Foundation</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Project Los Angeles</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Project of Central Iowa</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS ReSearch Alliance</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Rochester</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Service Organization of Alabama</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Services Center, Anniston, Alabama</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Services of Dallas</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Survival Project, Atlanta, GA</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Treatment Data Network</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Treatment News</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="682" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Alianza of New Mexico</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> AMASSI, Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Bailey House, New York, NY</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Baltimore Commission on HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Betances Health Center, New York, NY</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Birmingham AIDS Outreach</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Boulder County AIDS Project</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> CARE Resource, Miami, FL</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Catholic Social Services of Mobile, Alabama</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Center for Community Alternatives</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Dayspring AIDS Support Services, Augusta, ME</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> East Alabama AIDS Outreach</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Eastern Triad HIV Consortium, North Carolina</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> END/AIDS</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Families Connecting for Kids, The Adoption Exchange</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Florida AIDS Action</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Gay and Lesbian Medical Association </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Gay Men's Health Crisis</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="672"><div> Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trangender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland (GLCCB)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Georgia ADAP Task Force</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Georgia Rural Urban Summit</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Global Campaign for Microbicides, Washington, DC</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Hepatitis C Action & Advocacy Coalition, San Francisco</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Hepatitis C Advocate Network, Inc (HepCAN)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> HepTREC Melrose Park, PA</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> HIVandHepatitis.com</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> HIVCare, San Francisco, CA</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> HomeFront, New Jersey</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Human Rights Campaign</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> IDC Research Initiative, Orlando, FL </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> International AIDS Empowerment, El Paso, Texas</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> International Foundation for Alternative Research in AIDS</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Jefferson County AIDS in Minorities, Birmingham, Alabama</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Life Foundation, Honolulu, HI</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Lifelong AIDS Alliance Seattle, WA</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Long Island Association for AIDS Care (LIAAC)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Los Angeles County Office of AIDS Programs and Policy</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>   </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="682" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Los Angeles Family AIDS Network (LAFAN)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Metrolina AIDS Project</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Miami Beach Community Health Center, Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Michigan Persons Living with AIDS Task Force</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Milwaukee Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trangender Community Center</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Minnesota AIDS Project</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Mobile AIDS Support Services</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Montgomery AIDS Outreach, Montgomery, Alabama</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Montrose Clinic, Houston, TX</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> National AIDS Education and Services for Minorities, Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> National Coalition for Lesbain, Gay, Bisexual, and Trangender Health</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> National Minority AIDS Council</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Nebraska AIDS Project</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> New York AIDS Coalition</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> New York City AIDS Housing Network</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> North Carolina Council for Positive Living</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Nova Southeastern University, College of Dental Medicine</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> P.L. Active Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Persad Center, Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Physicians' Research Network</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Positive Voice Washington, A HIV+ Coalition</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> POZSeattle</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Project AZUKA, Inc. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Project Inform</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Provincetown AIDS Support Group</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> QueerTampa.com</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> San Diego POZibilities</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> San Francisco Communty Clinic Consortium</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> San Mateo County AIDS Program</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Search for a Cure</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Selma AIDS Information and Referral, Selma, Alabama</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Sierra Foothills AIDS Foundation</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Southeast Georgia Rainbow Partners</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Spokane AIDS Network</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Staten Island HIV C.A.R.E. Network</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Tarzana Treatment Centers</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Tennessee AIDS Support Services, Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> The Access Project</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="682" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> The Institute for New Medicine</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Title II Community AIDS National Network</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Treatment Action Group</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Tyler AIDS Services, Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> United Foundation for AIDS</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Vermont People with AIDS Coalition</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Vida/SIDA, Chicago, IL</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Visiting Nurse Health System/Hospice, Atlanta, GA</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> West Alabama AIDS Outreach</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Williamsburg/Greenpoint/Bushwick HIV CARE Network (WGBAN)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="672"><div> Zinberg Clinic, Cambridge Health Alliance</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> For more information about your specific state, please contact one of our local organizers:</div> <bR> <div> Bill Arnold (D.C.)</div> <div> (202) 588-1775, weaids@tiicann.org </div> <bR> <div> Lynda Dee (Maryland)</div> <div> (410) 837-2437, Lyndamdee@aol.com</div> <bR> <div> Jean-Michel Brevelle (Maryland)</div> <div> (301) 890-5132, jmbrevelle@earthlink.net </div> <bR> <div> Steve Carroll (Oregon)</div> <div> (503) 288-6582, stevecarroll@attbi.com </div> <bR> <div> Lei Chou (New York)</div> <div> TheAccessProject@aol.com </div> <bR> <div> Ryan Clary (California)</div> <div> (415) 558-8669 x224, rclary@projectinform.org </div> <bR> <div> Amanda Diers (Florida)</div> <div> (813) 974-2838, amandaflaac@aol.com</div> <bR> <div> Sue Gibson (Texas):</div> <div> suegibson@nova1.net </div> <bR> <div> Kathie Hiers (Alabama)</div> <div> 205-324-9822 ext. 331, Kathie@aidsalabama.org </div> <bR> <div> Patrick Lee (North Carolina)</div> <div> nccpl@bellsouth.net</div> <bR> <div> Jim Musselwhite (Washington)</div> <div> aeon97@tss.net</div> <bR> <div> David Munar (Illinois)</div> <div> (312) 922-2322, dmunar@aidschicago.org </div> <bR> <div> Robert O'Brien (Pennsylvania)</div> <div> (215) 803-5181, robrien@temple.edu </div> <bR> <div> Jerry Spillman (California)</div> <div> gspillman@earthlink.net</div> <bR> <bR> <div> -----Original Message-----</div> <div> <B>From:</B> Patrick Lee [mailto:nccpl@bellsouth.net] </div> <div> <B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 13, 2003 12:46 PM</div> <div> <B>To:</B> nccpl@bellsouth.net</div> <div> <B>Subject:</B> Information Regarding National AIDS Funding</div> <div> <I>This is a national effort from the Federal AIDS Policy Partnership and the Community Mobilization workgroup. Please distribute widely. Apologize for duplicates.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Congress to Pass FY03 Budget Soon, Calls Needed Now to Ensure AIDS Funding Increases </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Take Action: </B></I>Contact your U.S. Senators and House Representative on Wednesday, January 15. Call the Capitol switchboard toll-free at 1-800-648-3516 and ask to be transferred to their offices. </div> <div> Don't know who your representative is? Call 1-888-VOTE-SMART or visit http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Leave This Message: </B></I>Please encourage your colleagues on the appropriation committee and in the House and Senate leadership to ensure that final negotiations of the 2003 budget include much needed funding increases for AIDS prevention, global AIDS issues, Ryan White CARE Act programs, and other health care services that millions of people rely on for survival. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Background: </B></I></div> <div> A new session began in Washington on January 7, 2003 when the 108th Congress convenes, and its top priority will be to complete Fiscal Year 2003 budget negotiations by the end of January. While the fiscal year began in October 2002, Congress has passed continuing resolutions to fund all government programs at current levels until mid-January. Congressional leaders may seek passage for a massive appropriations package, known as an omnibus bill, establishing annual funding levels for a broad array of federal programs. Under this scenario, Congress would likely consider the President's 2003 budget-which contained no funding increases for domestic and global AIDS prevention and care programs-as the blueprint for final funding amounts, which would spell disaster for AIDS programs already dangerously underfunded and at or above capacity. </div> <bR> <div> Members of Congress may have opportunities to weigh in with the leadership and appropriators regarding funding increases for specific programs before the final budget is passed, but constituents must communicate their priorities now. Your calls can make a difference. A nationwide coalition of AIDS organizations and advocates is mobilizing on January 15th to urge Congress to prioritize HIV/AIDS funding for FY03 and FY04's budgets. Advocates will be calling their members of Congress while others will be meeting with the House and Senate leadership and appropriators on Capitol Hill and in local district offices. Be part of the grassroots movement to gain increased funding for critical AIDS programs. Make your phone call today and encourage your friends, family members, colleagues, and clients to join your efforts. </div> <bR> <div> Patrick M. Lee, JD</div> <div> NC Council for Positive Living</div> <div> 537-B Huffman Mill Road</div> <div> Burlington, North Carolina 27215</div> <div> (336) 586-0062, ext. 24</div> <div> (336) 586-0063 fax</div> <div> <U>nccpl@bellsouth.net</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > email</FONT></div> <div> <U>www.ncpositiveliving.org</U></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>