Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Methodist LeBonheur Community Outreach will receive a $572,024 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
“I am pleased to see this substantial support for Methodist LeBoheur’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS program which has been successful in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and in providing treatment to those in need. This grant funding will help the hospital’s Community Outreach Program provide care for those affected by HIV and AIDS, improving treatment outcomes for the patients it serves.”
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides a comprehensive system of care that includes primary medical care and essential support services for people living with HIV who are uninsured or underinsured. The Program works with cities, states, and local community-based organizations to provide HIV care and treatment services.
The grant program is named for Ryan White, an Indiana teenager and hemophiliac who contracted AIDS from infected blood. He died in 1990.
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