Connecticut Children’s Medical Center said it has received a three-year $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help expand medical care for HIV-infected women, children, youth and HIV-exposed infants living in Connecticut. The grant is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Ryan White Part D HIV/AIDS Program, which helps people who lack sufficient healthcare coverage or financial resources to manage HIV.
“By receiving this additional funding from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, more children living with HIV in our state whose families have a difficult time affording medical care will receive comprehensive HIV/AIDS care available at Connecticut Children’s primary care HIV/AIDS clinics in Hartford and have access to emerging treatments that are improving the lives of patients with HIV,” said Dr. Juan Salazar, physician in chief at CCMC and chair of UConn Health’s pediatric department.
Services provided at each clinic will include primary care, case management, and behavioral health and nutritional services. The program also seeks to address barriers to care that occur within underserved populations with lack of access to transportation, food and other social determinants to health.
