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AFC: Governor's budget proposal hurts HIV services 2009-03-25 Gov. has proposed a state budget plan that reduces some HIV prevention and care spending by 3 percent, according to a press release from AIDS Foundation of ( AFC ) . The plan is part of reforms designed to balance the state's budget without eviscerating essential health and human services.

“In these difficult economic times, tens of thousands of HIV-affected Illinoisans need a dependable health and human services safety net to meet their basic needs,” said Mark Ishaug, AFC's president/CEO. “While troubled by HIV funding cuts, we recognize that budgetary reform is urgently needed. We will work closely with Governor Quinn and the General Assembly to find sustainable solutions in order to ensure that essential state services continue for those most vulnerable due to illness, disability, unemployment, and other hardships.”

Gov. Quinn said the state must address a debilitating deficit of nearly $11 billion in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Without a balance of cost-containment measures and targeted revenue increases, vital state services would need to be eliminated at a time when help is needed the most, he said.

“We recognize that without tax and other revenue increases, reductions to HIV services and other programs for vulnerable citizens would be far greater,” said John Peller, AFC director of government relations. “HIV funding reductions will require even more diligence among state officials to ensure continuity of care and strategic investments in evidence-based interventions that yield the greatest results.”

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Sports: AIDS Ride this Summer 2004-02-18 Sports: AIDS Marathon Training 2004-02-18 AFC: BUSH BUDGET UNDER FUNDS FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS 2004-02-11 AIDS Ad Campaign Launched 2004-01-21 Medication Problems for People with AIDS 2004-01-14 Center, AIDS Care Get Delayed State Funds 2004-01-07 Mt. Sinai Awarded $1.2 Million for West Side HIV/AIDS Initiative 2004-01-01 Nadler, Crowley Applaud $6 Million Increase for Housing for Persons with AIDS 2004-01-01 Report: Positive Impact of Minority AIDS Initiative Funds 2004-01-01 AIDS Grants Wanted 2004-01-01 Community Outraged at AIDS Drug Price Increase 2003-12-31 $3.2 Million in Chicago AIDS Housing Grants 2003-12-31 2003: AIDS 2003-12-24 More Health News 2003-12-17 Chicago's World of Chocolate benefit pics 2003-12-17 NAMES Quilt Panels Stolen 2003-12-10 AIDS Numbers Double in Chicago 2003-12-10 Dr. Ho Confronts AIDS in China, Vaccine Tests Begin 2003-12-10 State Forum Addresses AIDS in Minorities 2003-12-10 AIDSVote Launched 2003-12-03 City Marks AIDS Day 2003-12-03 Gov. Blagojevich Backs More AIDS Funds 2003-12-03 World AIDS Day 2003 2003-12-03 AIDS Numbers Jump Again 2003-12-03 Dominican University Hosts AIDS Quilt 2003-12-01 Mayor, Council Back $500,000 More for AIDS 2003-12-01 WORLD AIDS Day M·A·C Event in Chicago 2003-11-26 World and Domestic AIDS Platform Pushed 2003-11-26 HEALTH Dominican University Hosts AIDS Quilt 2003-11-19 Mayor, Council Back $500,000 More for AIDS 2003-11-19 GLAAD v. Reagans (The TV Movie) 2003-11-12 $1 Million City AIDS Funding Goal Pushed 2003-11-05 AIDS Studies Attacked by Fundies 2003-11-05 Mayor's AIDS Budget Falls Short 2003-11-01 Mayor's AIDS Budget Falls Short of Target 2003-11-01 Latino AIDS Awareness 2003-11-01 Mayor's AIDS Budget Falls Short of Target 2003-10-29 AIDS Group Changes Name 2003-10-29 AIDS Funding Push Urged by AIDS Foundation 2003-10-29 Activists Push for City AIDS Funds 2003-10-08 City AIDS Funding Push 2003-10-01 AIDS Run & Walk Raises $100,000 2003-10-01 National Latino AIDS Awareness Day 2003-10-01 Tico Valle Honored at NAMES Project Gala 2003-10-01 AIDS WALK 2003 2003-09-24 SPORTS AIDS Run and Walk 2003-09-17 ADAP, AIDS Funding Stagnates in Senate, House Dems Protest Tightened CDC Review 2003-09-17 'The Gift' AIDS Film 2003-09-10 Latinos and AIDS 2003-09-01 Caribbean AIDS Efforts Hampered by Homophobia, Violence 2003-09-01 The Internet, Sex, & AIDS 2003-09-01 SPORTS Marathon Training Raises AIDS Funds 2003-07-30 AIDS Jump For Gay, Bisexual Men 2003-07-30 Sports: Heart of America AIDS Ride July 12-13 2003-07-09 AIDS Legal Awards 2003-06-25 SF AIDS Funding Crisis 2003-06-18 HBHC Progresses with China AIDS Program 2003-06-11 Freeman on AIDS Crisis 2003-06-04 Senate Passes International AIDS Bill 2003-06-01 Council Takes Aim at AIDS Funds Increase 2003-06-01 Coalition of Black Gay Men Issue a Call to Action on HIV/AIDS 2003-06-01 AIDS and Corporations: a Report 2003-06-01 National AIDS Watch in D.C. 2003-05-28 Senate Passes International AIDS Bill 2003-05-21

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Memorial Day Service to Honor and Remember Those Living and Dying with HIV/AIDS 2003-05-21 World: IRAQ QUARANTINED AIDS PATIENTS, FAMILIES 2003-05-14 African AIDS Bill Passes House 2003-05-14 Council Takes Aim at AIDS Funds Increase 2003-05-07 AIDS Foundation of Chicago 2003-05-07 CDC AIDS Plan Draws Attacks 2003-04-23 Illinois Gov. Restores HIV Prevention Funding, Expands Medicaid 2003-04-16 Heart of America AIDS Ride July 12-13 2003-04-09 Marathon Training Raises AIDS Funds 2003-04-09 DePaul University Hosts AIDS Colloquium 2003-04-01 AIDS Activist Contreras Dies at age 33 2003-04-01 AIDS Ride July 12-13 2003-03-26 AIDS Ride July 12-13 2003-03-19 HHS Inspector General to Resign: Conservative led audits of AIDS groups 2003-03-19 Health/Fitness 2003-03-19 Men's Health Summit 2003-03-19 DePaul U. Hosts AIDS Colloquium 2003-03-19 AIDS Marathon Training 2003-03-12 Heart of America AIDS Ride July 12-13 2003-03-12 Jackson at AIDS Forum 2003-03-12 AIDS Ride July 12-13 2003-03-05 AIDS Care Mardi Gras 2003-03-05 Forum on AIDS Crisis Impacting People of Color in Chicago 2003-03-05 AIDS Group Sues GLAXOSMITHKLINE 2003-03-01 Thompson to Head Global AIDS Fund 2003-03-01 AIDSCare Breaks New Ground 2003-03-01 AIDS Vaccine Ineffective 2003-02-26 AIDSCare Breaks New Ground 2003-02-19 Heart of America AIDS Ride July 12-13 2003-02-12 AIDS Marathon Training 2003-02-12 GMHC Claims Bush AIDS 'Shell Game' 2003-02-12 AIDS Leader Quits 2003-02-12 Activists Push for $1 Million Jump in City AIDS Funding 2003-02-12 Bush Backs AIDS Funds 2003-02-05 Judge's Rulings Favor Latino AIDS Agency 2003-02-01 African AIDS Program One of Few Non-Security Highlights of State of the Union Address 2003-01-29 Homophobe Will Not Sit on Presidential AIDS Council 2003-01-29 AIDS Cycles Planned 2003-01-29 NY Trans Rights Fight and Judge's Rulings Favor Latino AIDS Agency in Transgender Discrimination Suit 2003-01-22 Ritts Coverage: Don't Hide the AIDS Truths 2003-01-22 Health/Fitness 2003-01-15 Health and Fitness 2003-01-15 CHINA MAKES OWN AIDS DRUGS 2003-01-08 Photos VIDA/SITA World AIDS Day Event 2003-01-08 In Search of Health Care In America 2003-01-01 Hot Pics 2003-01-01 126 Candidates Answer AIDS Questions 2002-10-16 GLMA: Stop Using Lubricants and Condoms with Nonoxonyl-9 2002-10-09 West Side Activists Celebrates 70th 2002-10-01 U.S. CONGRESS ADDRESSES AIDS 2001-12-26 Year in Review: AIDS MARKS 20 YEARS 2001-12-26 DALEY BACKS W. SIDE AIDS HOUSING 2001-12-05 AIDS KILLS 20 MILLION 2001-12-05 Early AIDS fighter shifts efforts to vaccine 2001-06-13 AFC hosts Jackson press conference on AIDS in So. Africa 2001-06-13 GAY MAN FIGHTS FOR MEDICATIONS IN PRISON 2001-01-03 New AIDS cases slowing in Chicago 1999-12-22 Health & Fitness: Science backs medical marijuana 1999-03-24

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