Mayor Daley recommended that HIV funding remain level at $4.3 million. Last year, HIV funding was cut by $175,000. City funding is largely used for HIV prevention programs and supplies, housing services, and awareness activities.
Overall proposed city funding for CDPH was reduced by just 0.2%, from $33.87 million in 2010 to $33.80 million in 2011, and five positions will be eliminated. The AIDS Foundation of Chicago will lobby City Council members to appropriate the highest funding amounts possible for public health programs, including HIV services.
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