Georgia, DeKalb Could Lose Nearly $500,000 In Federal HIV Prevention Funding

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December 13th, 2019

Earlier this year, the federal public health agency named DeKalb County as one of four pilot sites to test public health strategies outlined in President Donald Trump’s “Ending the HIV Epidemic” plan. 

NIRANJAN SHRESTHA / Associated Press

Close to one-third of a $1.5 million federal grant meant to fund HIV prevention efforts in DeKalb County could go unspent by an end-of-the-year deadline, state records show.

Budget documents from the Georgia Department of Public Health, which won the money from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund projects in DeKalb, show a projected balance of almost $462,000 when the grant expires at the end of December.

Unless federal officials extend the funding deadline, both the county and the state could lose that money.

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