Aliveness Project Loses $450,000 CDC HIV Funding After Grant Program Ends

2 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jul 23

$450,000 a year in direct federal funding will be cut from the Aliveness Project after the CDC declined to renew a community HIV prevention grant program.
6,297 HIV tests were funded through the program, yielding 56 positive results — including 51 new diagnoses — and more than 96% of those patients were linked to care within 30 days.
More than 6,100 people who tested negative were referred for PrEP through outreach in vans, shelters, treatment programs, bars, encampments and community events, often reaching people outside regular health care.
Minnesota's Department of Health is expected to take over responsibility for the funding, but the nonprofit says trust with homeless, uninsured and drug-using communities cannot be quickly replaced by a state agency.
The group is urging residents to press federal and state officials to protect HIV prevention funding, warning the loss could reverse progress toward Minnesota's plan to end HIV.

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Aliveness Project Loses $450K HIV Prevention Funding as CDC Ends Grant Program

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The CDC will not renew a federal grant that provided the Aliveness Project roughly $450,000 a year for HIV testing, PrEP referrals and community outreach across Minnesota.

As the U.S. aims to end the HIV epidemic, why is it defunding its most successful frontline community organizations?

Can state agencies replicate decades of community trust built by nonprofits before HIV rates rise again?

$600 Million in CDC HIV Funding Slashed: Legal Challenges and the Threat to Community Health in Minnesota, California, Colorado, and Illinois

Overview

The CDC’s recent decision to cut and not renew funding for community-based HIV prevention programs in Minnesota, California, Colorado, and Illinois has sparked immediate legal challenges and widespread concern. These cuts, driven by a shift in federal priorities that now view health equity efforts as ideologically problematic, directly threaten vital services for vulnerable populations. As a result, organizations like The Aliveness Project face uncertainty, risking reduced access to prevention and care for those most at risk. The situation highlights how changes in national policy can quickly disrupt local public health efforts and community resilience.

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