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Indiana AIDS Fund Distributes Money
The Indiana AIDS Fund is awarding more than $359,000 in funding to 28 agencies for HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted disease prevention, education and outreach. The fund is giving out 20 percent more than it did in 2006. Ebenezer Church Foundation in Indianapolis received the largest grant of $40,000 for its Bridging The Gap program. The program provides counseling, testing and referral/partner notification for African Americans and Latinos in Marion County.
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Press Release
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana AIDS Fund recently awarded $359,450 in funding to 28 agencies for HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted disease prevention, education and outreach, a 20 percent increase over 2006 funding levels.
“The Indiana AIDS Fund is the only foundation in the state that provides funding critical education, prevention and testing programs for Hoosiers in all 92 counties,” said David Suess, Indiana AIDS Fund board president.
As of June 2006, the Indiana State Department of Health reported more than 7,200 Hoosiers were currently living with the disease.
“The highest rates of new HIV-positive cases are disproportionately in the African-American and Latino communities, which is why we have increased our funding to better serve those ethnic groups,” Suess said.
One new program to receive funding in 2007 from the Indiana AIDS Fund is “De Mujer a Mujer” (Woman to Woman). The Indiana Latino Institute, based in Indianapolis, received $23,000 to replicate the successful Chicago-area program in Fort Wayne. The program combines Tupperware-style Safer Sex Awareness parties with monthly discussions about HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases and domestic violence. Women are referred for testing and other services.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 percent of new HIV cases in the United States are female. Of those newly infected women, 63 percent are African American.
Ebenezer Church Foundation in Indianapolis received the largest grant of $40,000 for its Bridging The Gap program. The program provides counseling, testing and referral/partner notification for African Americans and Latinos in Marion County. African Americans account for 32 percent of the confirmed AIDS cases in Indiana.
The Indiana AIDS Fund began in 1994 and has become the largest private funder of HIV and AIDS programs in the state of Indiana. It is a fund-raising and grant-making organization dedicated to supporting programs and services that help educate and assist Hoosiers with HIV/AIDS. To date it has provided more than $3.2 million to more than 60 organizations across Indiana.
The complete list of grant recipients and the amount of each grant is attached. For more information about the Indiana AIDS Fund, visit www.indianaaidsfund.org.
Source: Indiana AIDS Fund
