GAO Preliminary Findings on CARE Act Funding Distribution

• "Ryan White CARE Act: Factors that Impact HIV and AIDS Funding and Client Coverage," GAO: The testimony -- presented by Marcia Crosse, GAO director of health care, on Thursday to the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Subcomittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security -- discusses preliminary findings on the impact of CARE Act provisions that distribute funds based upon the number of AIDS cases in metropolitan areas and limit annual funding decreases; the possible shift in funding amounts among grantees by incorporating HIV case data with the AIDS case data currently used in funding formulas; and the variation in eligibility criteria and funding sources among state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (GAO report, 6/23).
  
  A kaisernetwork.org webcast of the hearing will be available online after noon Friday.