Today is President's Day

In honor of the occasion, let's look at how HIV/AIDS funding factors in to President Obama's budget for the fiscal year 2012. 

• Maintain or increase current level of funding for HHS, HUD, VA, and DOJ
• Increase funding for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program by $88 million
• Increase funding for AIDS Drug Assistance Program by $80 million
• Use $60 million for a supplemental grants program that will help State Drug Assistance Programs with waiting lists or restrictive cost-containment measures, like we blogged about in December
• Increase funding for HIV prevention measures at the CDC by $58 million
• Increase funding for school health programming at the National Center for HIV, STD, Viral Hepatitis and TB Prevention
• Increase funding for domestic HIV/AIDS research at the National Institutes of Health ($70 million) and at the VA ($173 million)

All information taken from the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) Blog.