LOS ANGELES, August 11, 2009 – An estimated 800 people showed up at the downtown State Building to voice their anger and share their anguish about the State of California de-funding virtually all HIV services.
In late July, the California governor "blue lined" state general fund support for all HIV/AIDS programs except HIV epidemiology and the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), leaving the state’s Office of AIDS with only 20 percent of its funding for programs like HIV education and prevention, HIV counseling and testing, home health and early intervention. These were among more than $485 million in cuts made to the state’s health and human services portfolio. Reports from the Newswire:
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