Monday, August 25, 2008
Their Wallets Remain Empty
Posted by David Winkler-Schmit on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:49 PM
but a representative from Councilman Fielkow’s office today confirmed that there would be a hearing into problems surrounding the city’s funding of HIV/AIDS agencies. Last week, Gambit Weekly ran a cover story, “What’s in Their Wallets?” that showed how the city still hadn’t used federal monies (more than five months into the fiscal year) to fund local agencies, leaving one agency unable to continue offering services.
City Council’s Government Affairs Committee will take up the issue on Monday, September 8 at 10 a.m. in the Council Chamber. Joan Hickson, Fielkow’s chief of staff, says that the hope is bring in representatives from the various HIV/AIDS agencies in the New Orleans region to discuss the funding process and to ensure these agencies can continue to provide services. Hickson adds that the Council has been aware of the issues surrounding Part A Ryan White funds.
“Many things prompted it, but clearly the issue in the Gambit brought it to the public’s attention,” Hickson says.
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Monday, September 8, 2008. I hope All of the clients from the various HIV/AIDS agencies are welcome to attend. Maybe visual evidence will speed up the decision making process.
I'm pleased to see such a quick response from any branch of city government and hope that there will be ACTION to support people living with HIV/AIDS and the agencies who serve them in New Orleans. Keep pushing-it seems to be working.
It's truely sad how the people in the United States has to fight for the proper services for HIV/AIDS. While we are spending billons of dollars across sea, It seem that Washington has truely forgetten about their own country! Billon are still going to Irag while we are going or should I said into a depression. New orlean has suffer a lot,The goverment still saying they cannot afford to help all the way? Hello this is one of our states has everyone forgotten that!Now people helping AIDS victems there has to fight their own home town goverment.I just hope that you politician realized one day it might be you or one of your love one's that has to fight.May GOD forgive us all.
