United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-03-01 monographic deposited born digital 56 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-00-54 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-54 P0b002ee18037beb2 f:he00054 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-54 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-54 HEHS-00-54 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Blacks Women Disadvantaged persons Federal aid programs Health care services Health services administration Health insurance Health resources utilization Federal grants HUD Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program Medicaid Program Supplemental Security Income Program SSI AIDS CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants Program Letter Report HEHS

This report discusses the following three programs: the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (CARE) of 1990 run by the Department of Housing and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) HIV/AIDS prevention grants, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Housing Opportunities for Persons Living With AIDS. GAO found that funds provided by the CARE Act serve vulnerable groups in higher proportions than their representation in the AIDS population and that its drug assistance services are reaching the rural AIDS population in proportion to the AIDS cases in rural areas. Most CARE Act funds go to medical treatment and medications. About two-thirds of CDC's fiscal year 1998 HIV prevention funds to states, localities, schools, and organizations were used for health education and risk reduction, public information, evaluation research, capacity building and infrastructure development, and community planning. About two-thirds of the HUD program's funds were used in 1994-98 for housing assistance. Urban areas generally receive higher funding per AIDS case when an area is designated as an eligible metropolitan area. GAO found that the compensation for administrators of organizations that received federal HIV/AIDS funds was generally comparable to that of administrators of similar nonprofit organizations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-54/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-54.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-54/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-54.pdf GAO/HEHS-00-54 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-00-54 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-00-54; HIV/AIDS: Use of Ryan White CARE Act and Other Assistance; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Blacks Women Disadvantaged persons Federal aid programs Health care services Health services administration Health insurance Health resources utilization Federal grants HUD Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program Medicaid Program Supplemental Security Income Program SSI AIDS CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants Program Title 42 Section 11902(a) Title 42 Section 11903(a) 42 U.S.C. 11902(a) 42 U.S.C. 11903(a) Public Law 101-381