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FROM: Costa
County INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
�.,. ._ County
DATE: June 11, 1990 SrA
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SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT ON COUNTY'S THREE-YEAR AIDS RESPONSE PLAN
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECONIlIENDATIONS
1. Accept the attached report from the Health Services Director
outlining the status of the AIDS epidemic in Contra Costa
County.
2. Request the Health Services Director to make another report
to our Committee in October, 1990 to update us on activities
at that point in time.
BACKGROUND:
Our Committee has continued to receive periodic progress report
from the Health Services Department on the progress which is
being made is addressing the AIDS problem in this County. On
June 11, 1990 we met with Dr. Wendel Brunner and Francine Wise
from the Public Health Division of the Health Services
Department.
The attached report was highlighted by Dr. Brunner, indicating
that there continues to be a disproportionate problem with
minorities, whose incidence of AIDS far exceeds their proportion
of the general population. Health Services is continuing to
focus their outreach efforts in minority communities. While it
appears that everything that can be done in the way of education
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PH VBATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator
Health Services Director �Q
Director of Public Health BY DEPUTY
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and prevention efforts is being done the AIDS crisis continues to
spread. The County now had has 445 AIDS cases confirmed, about
2/3 of whom have already died.
Out Committee would also like to congratulate the Health Services
Department for their very attractive and informative quarterly
report brochure which offers some troubling statistics on AIDS
cases in this County. The estimated time from HIV infection to
AIDS now appears to be eleven years, a greater period of risk
than has been seen previously. The statistics indicate that
young people continue to be at tremendous risk of acquiring the
HIV virus as teenagers, even if the disease does not develop into
an actual AIDS case until the individual is in his or her mid to
late 20 ' s.
We would commend this quarterly statistical report to all of the
Board members and all others who are concerned with the financial
and emotional cost of the AIDS epidemic.
We would like to have the Health Services Department report again
to our Committee in October so that we can continue to be kept up
to date with developments in this area.
E s__._- _Contra Costa County Health Services Department
Public Health Division
Mark Finucane, Health Services Director
Wendel Brunner, MD, Public Health Director
o Contra Costa County AIDS Program
QUARTERLY REPORT OF HIV/AIDS STATISTICS
OST4_COi January- March 1990
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In Con tra Costa Co un t
Nineteen women have been diagnosed with AIDS in Contra
Costa County (18 adults, 1 child). In 1988, there were eight
Trends & Constants cases; the number doubled to 16 cases in 1989 and, in the first
quarter of 1990, three new cases among women have been
The estimated time from HIV infection to AIDS is 11 diagnosed. Of the adult cases, 14 (78%) were of reproductive
years. Using this premise, it appears that, in Contra age (14-45) with a mean age of 40 years. Seven (39%) were
Costa County, 73 men and two women were infected heterosexuals who had a history of intravenous drug use. Eight
as teenagers (age 13-19). They represent 18% of all (44%) were sexual partners of people at risk (three were sex
cases. partners of heterosexual IV drug users;two were sex partners of
bisexual men; two were the sex partners of men with HIV
Of these cases, 66 (88%). were homosexual or infection or AIDS and one had multiple sex partners of
bisexual men. Six of these also had a history of IV undetermined risk). The remaining three (17%) received
drug use. Seven (9.3%) were heterosexual with a contaminated blood transfusions.
history of IV drug use (five men and two women). Of
the remaining two, one was a person with hemophilia Six(33%) of the 18 adults were diagnosed at Merrithew Memorial
and the other had undetermined risk. or County clinics. Eleven- (61%) had Pneumocistis carinii
pneumonia when diagnosed. Nine (50%) of the adult women
have died. Nine of the adult cases were Black 50% , five were
Due to lack of proper preventive education, young ( )
men having unprotected sex with men may be White (28%) and four were Latina (22%). The child was Latina.
particularly vulnerable to HIV infection.
Concurrently, between 1985 and 1989, 97 women testing volun-
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4t3 CASES OF AIDS total, 43 (44%) reported IV drug use and the remainder were sex
TN CONTRA:CQSTA,
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partners o s or had no reported risk.
f rl file ft1 ...............St ...q .....t19941, total An HIV seroprevalence study in California of child bearing women
Of 52 r1etNdS 'S 0 A6C1� �ntere (1988) showed that, in the San Francisco Bay area, 13 of 10,000
reported; 25 of v�thlah wiere
women giving birth are infected with HIV. If that prevalence is
d>agnQSed daring .. the Srne extended to all women of reproductive age living in the county,
at least 230 may be infected.
TeThe retnafnlnq 27 cases
were diagtlOsed ttl preVtDUS HIV infection has spread among women through IV drug use and
rTlOClthS through sexual contact. A rise in perinatal infection will inevitably
follow. HIV risk assessments, prevention education and HIV
antibody testing should be offered routinely to all women
attending family planning and pre-natal clinics.
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HIV TESTING
The following statistics include persons tested anonymously or confidentially through the Contra Costa County Public Health
Laboratory, the majority of whom were clients of the Alternative Test Sites, the Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics and the County
Hospital and Clinics. Table No. 1 contains totals of individuals tested and their results categorized by risk groups and time periods.
For each time period,the first column indicates the number of people tested,the second column the number of people who tested
positive and the third column the prevalence percentage. Data for 1985 through 1987 have been combined to represent the first
time period. Data presented for year 1990 is cumulative for the first quarter. Table No. 2 contains numbers tested and results
categorized by ethnicity and time periods. Note that data pertaining to ethnicity was not collected prior to August, 1988.
Table No. 1: HIV Testing by Risk Groups
1985y1987 1988 T989 First Qtr. 1990 :::85=9Tota1
Test:' + % Test + % Test + % :; Test + % Test
Homo/bisexual 786 148 `18 8 490 84 17.1
443 56 12 6 138 12 8 7 1857 300 16:.1
Homo/bi/IV Drug 23 9 39.1::: 16 6 37.5 =32 4 ]25; 18 1 5.5 89 20 ~:22.5
Hetero/IV Drug 510 . 15 2 9 702 48 6.8 821 57 65 378 22 5.8 2411 142 5 9.
Blood Recipient 592 5. 0 8 222 1 0.4 176 D 43 1 2 3 1033 7 =0.7
Heterosexual 2333.:.; 6 0 2 2265 14 0.6 2028 7 Q 3 ;; 498 0 - 7.124 27 0.4.
Sex Partners 131$ . 12 09 ;; 633 8 1.2 51$ 12 23: 186 2 1.1 2655 34 12<
Other or Unknown :::A682':'::: 101... 6.6::*'> 678 17 2.5 80412 )5 226 4 1.7 3390::: 134 3.9::
Totals 7244. :': 296 4.0 5006 178 3.5- 4822 148 3 ti.` 1487 42 2 8 .18559 664 3.6 .
Table No. 2: HIV Testing by Race
1:.988 1989 Fc§t;tfr1990. '88-90 Total
Test + % Test + % Test . +" % Test + %
White 1554 51 3.3 3017 70 2.3 971:: 14: 14:' 5542 135 2.4
Black 425 35 8.2 ' 942 64 6.8 263: 23` 8 5 1636 122 7.5
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Latino 222 9 4 Q 566 12 2.1 149; 3'; 2 0 937 24 2.6
Asian 75 1 1.3 152 1 0.6 49 0.> 275 2 0.7
Native American 22 0 31 1 3.3 13< 0 65 1 1.5
Other or Unknown 2708 82 3.0. 114 0 - 36. 2 s 5 5. 2796 843.0
Total 5006 178 3:5 4822 148 3.0 1487 42' 2 8:;i 11251 368 3.3
As the data on this page indicate,42 people tested for HN antibodies were found to be seropositive for the first time during the first quarter of 1990. Of those
42 people, 12 are homosexual/bisexual men,one is a bisexual man with a history of N drug use, 22 are heterosexual with a history of N drug use,one received
a contaminated blood transfusion,two were sex partners of people at risk and four had no reported risk_
Of the men found positive, 14 are White, 18 Black,one Latino and one did not report ethnicity. Of the females who tested positive,three are Black and one is
Latina. Gender was not reported by four people. Fourteen of the persons testing positive are residents of West Contra Costa County, 12 reside in Central County
and nine in East County. Three had residency in another county and four did not report their city of residency.
The figures presented herein are representative of persons who self-select to take the test anonymously or confidentially. They do not represent the entire County
population. Persons who report they are seropositive who are being retested have been excluded from this report.
Contra
The Board of Supervisors Costa Health Services Department
Tom Powers,1st District County
Nancy C.Fandan,2nd District OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
Robert 1.Schroder,3rd District L
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Sunne Wright McPeak,4th District - Mark Flnueane,Director
Tom Torlakson,5th District
Administrative Offices
of 20 Allen Street
County Administrator Martinez.California 94553
Phil Batchelor cosi y (415)646-4416
County Administrator
May 29, 1990
To: Board of Supervisors
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From: Mark FinucaH ervices irector
by Wendel Brunner, M. D,, Public Health Director
Subject: AIDS Update
1. Subvention Update
In response to the county's decision.to participate in the State Office of-:'AIDS
Subvention Funding Program, the Public Health Division, late last year, organized a
county AIDS Advisory Committee to create an AIDS Subvention Plan and to advise the
Director of Public Health on AIDS issues. That committee is active, dynamic and
enthusiastic.
Membership
The Office of AIDS mandated that certain segments of the AIDS-provider
network be included on the committee, and the Public Health AIDS Program elicited
community input to create a committee which represented each program area of AIDS
work, the geographic regions of the county, ethnic representation among those groups
most affected by AIDS, and the HIV-infected community. A list of members of the
committee is attached.
Role of the Committee
At its two initial meetings at the end of last year, the committee met to create the
AIDS Subvention Plan for 1990-91. With that work complete, the committee was eager
to continue to meet to network with others in the community doing AIDS work. The
committee has now concisely defined its functions to be:
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• To advise the Director of Public Health, other responsible health officials
and legislative bodies on AIDS issues
• To advocate on behalf of the residents of Contra Costa County and partic-
ularly the HIV-infected persons in the county for additional services
• To provide opportunities to network for members of the committee both
within the committee and among other Bay Area providers of AIDS
services
• To establish priorities of needed AIDS services in the county
• To develop an updated comprehensive AIDS Plan for the county
• To pursue funding opportunities related to high-ranking priorities
Beginning immediately in its roles as advisory to responsible health officials and
as advocates for increased services in the county, the Committee wrote to Dr. Kenneth
B. Kizer, Director of California's Department of Health Services, expressing grave
concern over the possibility of unspent funds at the Office of AIDS. To date Michael
Hughes, Acting Chief of the Office of AIDS and Assemblyman Robert J. Campbell have
responded to that letter. (The committee's letter to Dr. Kizer, the San Francisco
Examiner article which precipitated it, and the replies are attached.)
The Committee has now begun work on its task of establishing priorities of need
to AIDS services in the county.
Funding
The State has accepted Contra Costa County as a subvention county. Funding
levels for all projects included in subvention (Alternative Test Sites, AIDS Block Grant,
HIV counseling at Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics, and Education and Prevention
activities) were funded at 1989-90 levels with an additional 5% funding ($23,285) to the
Health Services Department for administration, including management of subcontracts to
be granted under the funding process.
The Health Services Department has attempted to make-the transition to
subvention as smooth as possible for community-based organizations currently funded
directly by the State, by funding existing contractors at their 1989-90 levels. Negotiations
with the Contra Costa County AIDS Task Force, Familias Unidas, the Martin Luther
King, Jr., Family Health Center, and Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo are underway
with the goal of securing completed contracts with those agencies by July 1, 1990.
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2. Update on Community Outreach to Minority Communities
As I have previously reported to the Board, we continue to see alarming rates of
increases in AIDS cases and in people testing HIV positive from the Black and Latino
communities in the county. At the end of the first quarter of this year 16% of the AIDS
cases in the county are among blacks (59 men and nine women). Nine percent of AIDS
cases were among Latinos (31 men and five women). Of 18 adult women with AIDS,
nine (50%) are Black women, four (22% are Latinas). And of Blacks receiving HIV
tests at county clinics, from January 1988 to March 31, 1990, 7.5% have tested positive
for the first time (compared with 2.4% of Whites and 2.6% of Latinos). These statistics
have clearly demonstrated the need for focused prevention efforts in our minority
communities.
In May the AIDS Program was able to hire a health education specialist specifi-
cally to target prevention efforts in West County. This new staff person will conduct
public presentations and will organize community events. She will also develop contacts
with existing service providers and train and assist them in the implementation of HIV
prevention programs. She will also be a critical link between service providers in West
County and individuals in West County who need services.
Recruitment efforts are still underway for a bilingual (Spanish-speaking) health
educator to target prevention efforts primarily in the bilingual communities in East and
Central County.
3. State funds to provide voluntary partner notification services
Contra Costa County is one of four health jurisdictions in the State to receive
funds to assist in efforts to provide voluntary partner notification services to persons
found to be HIV infected. A temporary employee has been selected to be stationed
primarily at Sexually Transmitted Disease clinics to help individuals decide how best to
notify sex or needle sharing partners of their potential exposure to HIV. Individuals
may choose to notify their partners themselves or the new staff member, working under
direction of the AIDS Program's Coordinator of Epidemiology and Testing, may assist
with notification. The new employee will also be available to assist physicians from
Hospital and Clinics Division in notifying HIV-positive individuals who have not returned
to the clinic to learn their test result.
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4. HIV Testing Mailing
This month, the Public Health Division's AIDS Program will begin weekly mailing
to selected zip codes in Richmond informing residents of free, anonymous HIV testing
services. Concurrent with the mailings, the AIDS Program's Community Health
Outreach Workers will spend their time talking with residents about testing and AIDS
prevention in the same neighborhoods. They will also place posters advertising testing
services on those streets which received flyers. Approximately 250 households per week
for 33 weeks will be reached.
Contra Costa.County
AIDS ADVISORY . `COMMTTTEE
Medical
Kent Sack, M. D. Private Medical Providers
Alan Johnson Kaiser Permanente Medical
HIV Coordinator Center, Walnut Creek
Public Health
Rusty Keilch AIDS Program, Public Health
Division, Contra Costa County
Health Services Division
Community-Based Organizations
A.C. Hollister, M.D. AIDS Community Network
Vice President
Emmett Velten, Ph.D. Bay Area Addiction
Clinical Supervisor Research, and Treatment
Tina Young Bay Area Urban League
AIDS Educator
Robert Thompson Contra Costa County
Education Coordinator AIDS Task Force
Reverend Robert Freitas Diablo Valley AIDS Center
Board of Directors
Michael Siems East County Community
Executive Director Detox Center
Dolores Sanchez, Ph.D Familias Unidas
Executive Director
(continued on neat page)
Contra Costa County
AIDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(continued)
Communes-Based Ora
anizations (continued)
Elaine Askari Labor and Occupational
AIDS Education Project Health Project
Director
Carol daSilva Martin Luther King, Jr.
AIDS Program Coordinator Family Health Center
Rev. Suhita Dharma Metta Vihara, A.B.C.
Stella Padilla Planned Parenthood
.AIDS Program Coodinator Shasta Diablo
Richard Lujan United Council of Spanish
Executive Director Speaking Organizations
Mental Health
Hector Rivera-Lopez Mental Health Program,
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and
Mental Health Division,
Contra Costa County
Health Services Department
Drug Programs
Adanna Henry Drug Program Administration,
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and
Mental Health Division,
Contra Costa County
Health Services Department
(continued on next page)
Contra Costa County
AIDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(continued)
Religious Organizations
Reverend Ronald Swisher Easter Hill Methodist Church
and Greater Richmond Interfaith
Project
Reverend Larry Whitsell Diablo Valley
Metropolitan Community Church
Reverend Jim Schexnayder Catholic Charities
AIDS/HIV Services Director
Persons with HIV Infection
Robert Fisher
Judith Hoffman
Greg Martin
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Nancy M. Warren
Contra Costa AIDS Advisory Committee
1111- Ward Street
Martinez, CA 94553
Dear Ms . Warren:
Thank you for informing me-of your concern regarding the
California Office of AIDS . I appreciate your taking the time to
let me know of your views on this subject.
I have been assured that the March 11, 1990 , San Francisco
Examiner article ' s claim - that the Office of AIDS has not
allocated $42 million of AIDS monies - is not true. Nevertheless ,
I have asked the Department of Health Services for confirmation
on this issue. When I receive notification, I will inform you of
the news .
However, your concern is valid. The problem is not that the
Office of AIDS is "sitting" on the monies . All expenditure funds
have been committed. The immediate problem is that the Office of
AIDS is slow at contracting programs . Hence, the dilatory contract
review process makes it appear as if the Office of AIDS has not
allocated money to specific programs . I feel the contracting
procedure needs improvement. ,
SB 402 (Watson) is current legislation that responds to your
concern. The bill expedites the contract review process and
addresses the rolling-over of funds . For your information, I have
enclosed a copy of the bill .
Finally, you might want to ask the providers of your
committee if they have assessed any undue delay with contracting
programs . You may also want to share the information you obtain
with Assemblywoman Watson and the legislature ' s Health Committees
chairperson.
Printed on Recycled Paper
Hopefully, the material enclosed will help you. In the event
you need more information or assistance, please feel free to
contact me or Sophia Bucheli of my staff at (916) 445-7890 .
Once again, thank you for contacting me. Hearing from you is
a great help in more accurately representing my constituents on
issues that confront me in the Legislature. I ..hope you will
continue to let me know about concerns-:you might have.
Sincerel
ERT J. CAMPBELL
Member of the Assembly
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Enclosure
cc: Kenneth W. Rizer - Director, Department 6f Health Services
STATE OF-CALIFORNIA—HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN.Governor
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES _
714/744 P STREET e
P.O,BOX 942732
SACRAMENTO,CA 94234-7320
(9 16) 323-7415
April 18 , 1990
Ms. Nancy M. Warren
Contra Costa County AIDS
Advisory Committee
1111 Ward Street
Martinez, CA 94553
Dear Ms. Warren:
I am writing in response to your letter of April 3 , 1990
Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D. , M.P.H. , Director, California Department of
Health Services, regarding the March 11, 1990 article in the
San Francisco Examiner.
Unfortunately, the reporter of this story was not familiar with a
very basic accounting principle - the difference between
obligations and unliquidated encumbrances. The 11$42 million stash"
represented unliquidated encumbrances. It does seem that the
Office of AIDS (OA) has an excessive amount of unliquidated funds;
but, keep in mind the majority of funds are awarded to local health
jurisdictions who typically invoice at the end of each quarter.
Many of these invoices are not received until 45-60 days into the
next quarter.
Let me give you an example. The OA obligated $558, 920 to Contra
Costa County in the areas of alternative testing, block grant, home
and community based care, education and counseling in sexually
transmitted disease clinics, and education and prevention
activities. As of April 10, 1990 the county had not submitted an
invoice. These funds represent part of the "stash" .
As of December 31, 1989 all but $1. 8 million of the available local
assistance funds were fully obligated. The remaining funds are
being utilized to continue the AIDS Drug program which would
otherwise have to be discontinued by the end of June.
As you are aware, state funding for various programs is
appropriated and approved by the Governor and Legislature. Given
no or limited funding increases for AIDS programs in the past two
years, counties, community based organizations, or other funded
agencies do not have a guarantee of continued or increased funding.
Your subvention plan did indicate an increased need, but it was not
possible to provide all of the requested dollars. Enclosed for
your information is a funding display for fiscal year 1988-89 and
1989-90 showing the categorical funding areas. We are not
anticipating any increase in the upcoming year.
Ms. Nancy M. Warren
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April 18, 1990
I hope this information has been helpful to you. If you need any
further assistance, please contact Lura Franzella, of my staff, at
(916) 323-3740.
Sincerely,
Michael Hughes
Acting Chief
Office of AIDS
Enclosure
cc: Governor' s Office
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Clifford L. Allenby, Secretary
Health & Welfare Agency
1600 Ninth Street, Room 450
Sacramento, CA 95814
The Honorable David Roberti
Member of the Senate
State Capitol, Room 205
Sacramento, CA 95814
The Honorable Daniel E. Boatwright
Member of the Senate
State Capitol, Room 3086
Sacramento, CA 95814
The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr.
Member of the Assembly
State Capitol, Room 219
Sacramento, CA 95814
The Honorable William P. Baker
Member of the Assembly
State Capitol, Room 3013
Sacramento, CA 95814
The Honorable Robert J. Campbell
Member of the Assembly
State Capitol, Room 2163
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ms. Nancy M. Warren
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April 18, 1990
cc: The Honorable Phillip Isenberg
Member of the Assembly
State Capitol, Room 6005
Sacramento, CA 95814
Supervisor Tom Powers
Contra Costa County
County -Administrative Building
651 Pine Street
Martinez, CA 94553
Supervisor Nancy C. Fanden
Contra Costa County
Supervisor Robert I. Schroder
Contra Costa County
Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak
Contra Costa County
Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Contra Costa County
Andrea Aiello
Association of• Bay Area Health Officials
P. O. Box 2050
Oakland, CA 94604-2050
Mark Finucane, Director
Contra Costa County
Health Services Department
20 Allen Street
Martinez, CA 94553
William B. Walker, M.D.
Health Officer/Medical Director
Contra Costa County
Health Services Department
Wendel Brunner, M.D.
Director, Public Health Division
Contra Costa County
Health Services Department
1111 Ward Street
Martinez, CA 94553
Ms. Nancy M. Warren
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April 18, 1990
cc: Michael Allerton
Regional Health Educational Consultant
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
1950 Franklin Street, 17th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Chuck Deutschman
Drug Program Administration
Contra Costa County
Health Services Department
595 Center Avenue
Martinez, CA 94553
Heather Saunders Estes, Director
Planned Parenthood, Shasta-Diablo
1291 Oakland Boulevard
.Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Marilyn Griffin
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Family Health Center
101 Broadway
Richmond, CA 94808
Ron Kletter
BAART/Cal Detox Program
45 Franklin, Suite 2N
San Francisco, CA 94102
Chris Romak
Contra Costa County
AIDS Task Force
70 Doray Drive
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Michael Scott
Bay Area Urban League
318-11th Street
Richmond, CA 94804,
Michael Siems
Executive Director
East County Community Detox Center
500 School Street
Pittsburg, CA 94565
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
AIDS FUNDING
FISCAL YEARS 1988-89 AND 1989-90
(Dollars in Thousands)
1988-89 1989-90
STATE PROGRAM SUPPORT:
Office of AIDS $ 5,318 $8,692
Division of Laboratories 1,493 1,493
Environmental Health 429 512
STATE PROGRAM SUPPORT SUBTOTAL $ 7,240 $10,697_
LOCAL ASSISTANCE
Information and Education $15,828 $15,828
San Francisco General Hospital 5,700 4,595
Home and Community-Based Pilot Care 6,449 ' 6,449
Alternative Test Sites 5,412 5,412
County Block Grants 5,488 5,488
Confidential Testing 2,400 2,200
Reappropriation of 1987-88 Projected Savings 3,121 0
Epidemiological Studies 1,199 1,199
Pediatric Care for CCS 1,100 1,100
Homeless Shelter 721 721
AIDS Medicaid Waiver 454. 461
Prevention and Follow-Up Centers 1,500 1,500
AZT Treatment 2,500 0
Reappropriation of 1988-89 Projected Savings -2,788 2,788
Early Intervention 0 3,500
Targeted Case Management 0 635
LOCAL ASSISTANCE SUBTOTAL $49,084 $51,876
STATE GENERAL FUND TOTAL $56,324 $62,573
FEDERAL FUNDS TOTAL 14,974 32,000
GRAND TOTAL 1988-89 AND 1989-90 $71,298 $94,573
CHRONOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA'S AIDS FUNDING*
Agency 1983-84 11984-85 1985--86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 11989-90
Department of Health Services $ 500 $1,040 $7,621 $16,217 $47,830 $71,298 $ 94,573
University of California 2,900 3,094 7,597 9,618 9,857 9,857 9,857
Department of Mental Health 0 0 600 0 700 1,500 1,500
Department of Drug and 0 0 0 0 2,555 11,253 18,422
Alcohol Programs
Department of Corrections 0 0 0 622 2,840 3,000 3,868
Youth Authority 0 0 0 0 200 200 200
Department of Social Services 0 0 0 0 0 63 125
TOTAL** $3,400 $4,134 $15,818 $26,457 $63,982 $97,171 $128,545
Dollars in thousands. -
State General Fund and Federal Funds.
**" $78,967 State General Fund and $49,578 Federal Fund (Special Projects $32,000, Department of Alcohol and Drug
Programs$17,122,and Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Care Waiver$456).
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;>Poo Caunty, Advisary. Cammittee
1111 Ward Street • Martinez, California 94553 (415) 646-1240
Proactive
coalition
Of
public
and
Private April 3, 1990
HI[/
cure
Providers
and Kenneth W. Kizer, M. D., vl. P. H., Director
comntunin• Department of-Health Services
representatives 714 P Street, Room 1253
Sacramento, California 95814
Dear Dr. Kizer:
The Contra Costa County AIDS Advisory Committee is deeply
concerned about a recent report in the San Francisco Examiner concerning
$42 million in unspent funds for AIDS services in the State (attached).
As one of the California counties participating in the State-support-
ed subvention process for AIDS funding in 1990-91, Contra Costa County
has received no funding, increase for education and prevention activities
next year. In fact, the County has received no increase for education and
prevention activities for the last three consecutive years.
Our committee, in order to participate in subvention, recently
submitted to the Office of AIDS a plan which enumerates needs in Contra
Costa County for education and prevention activities. As indicated in that
plan with its accompanying budget, those activities aloTie would cost $1.16
million. We have been notified that our funding for next year for those
activities will be $246,792.
If the article is accurate or if there is any amount of unspent,.
appropriated funds in the Office of AIDS, the Contra Costa County AIDS
Advisory Committee urgently requests your immediate consideration of a
funding increase for Contra Costa which will allow agencies in our county
to begin to meet the critical needs for services in our communities.
a
The AIDS crisis affords no one the hucury of slow, overly cautious decision-
making. Funds are urgently needed to save lives.
Sincerely,
Nancy M. Warren
Staff to the Contra Costa County AIDS
Advisory Committee
Members of the Committee:
Elaine Askari Richard Lujan
Labor & Occupational Health Project United Council of Spanish Speaking
University of California Organizations
Carol daSilva Stella Padilla
Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Health Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo
Center
Richard Reidy
Reverend Suhita Dharma Contra Costa County AIDS Task Force
Metta Vihara Residential AIDS Shelter
Hector Rivera-Lopez
Robert Fisher Contra Costa Co. Health Services Dept.,
Mental Health
Reverend Robert Freitas
Diablo Valley AIDS Center Kent Sack, M. D.
Adanna Henry Dolores Sanchez, Ph. D.
Sojourne Community Counseling Center, Familias Unidas
Contra Costa Co. Health Services Dept.
Peggy Sargent
Judith Hoffman East County Community Detox Center
A. C. Hollister, M. D. Reverend Jim Schexnayder
AIDS Community Network Catholic Charities Center
Alan Johnson, M. S. W. Emmett Velten, Ph.D.
Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers BAART/Cal Detox Programs
Rusty Keilch Reverend Larry Whitsell
AIDS Program Contra Costa County Metropolitan Community Church
Tina Young
Bay Area Urban League
3
cc: Clifford Allenby, .Secretary, Health & Welfare Agency
Governor George Deukmejian
Senator David Roberti
Assemblyman Willie Brown
Michael Hughes, Acting Chief, Office of AIDS
Senator Dan Boatwright
Assemblyman William P. Baker
Assemblyman Robert J. Campbell
Assemblyman Phil Isenberg
Supervisor Tom Powers
Supervisor Nancy C. Fanden
Supervisor Robert I. Schroder
Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak
Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Andrea Aiello, Association of Bay Area Health Officials
Mark Finucane, Director, Contra Costa County Health Services Department
William B. Walker, M. D., Health Officer/Medical Director, Contra Costa County
Health Services Department
Wendel Brunner, M. D., Director, Public Health Division, Contra Costa County
Health Services Department
Michael Allerton, Kaiser Permanente
Chuck Deutschman, Drug Program Administration, Contra Costa County Health
Services Department
Heather Saunders Estes, Planned Parenthood, Shasta-Diablo
Marilyn Griffin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Family Health Center
Ron Kletter, BAART/Cal Detox Program
Chris Romak, Contra Costa County AIDS Task Force
Michael Scott, Bay Area Urban League
Michael Siems, East County Community Detox Center
-a CcunttAIDS Pr=Sraam
C lira C.:st
": -%URC= CF C11-JIT-Pl-�G San Francisco Examiner. Pace A-1-1-
ID A71 CFLZ `_:unday. March 1! !o'c
N4 jA
X"A
AE CF T
2 During the araly-st'S eEbm
-3 to 'o Rand Man; a 'lobby�ist
card;n.
deta=ine now the off_:c2pianned for an association of AIDS service
a to stendI
its money,employees
were ago�c es.
MA 31 :3
ordered not to talk to the anaiisr or
He said. "It was longtime bu-
the governor's Depar:=ent of Fi- reauc=Ls doing what longtime bu-
narce wit.hout the'e%_ec-_-r.-;e di�1 _ n
tors reauc:a-s do."
mr3 approva.L.
..e executive d2r?c:0r, a
hi;HiY -egar-_4ed career adr-ninistra- Cam i-In to &c3
tor li=d ---en after programs are ap-
Z:ree years ago, is au E
p-rove-a. =ours L,quently -ac-- big
i,- 0 1.L Sass 017 t4nq,leaving he agency"ea(He--'ess. =1
a k '-*a' con Zacts
Zen,;n,, ti rate or ernwovee turn-. I
he agency
th -"
.ICV .
State a,--e C =,7 staff—40 stamembers --ave left =uZL,
in the last 15 months — has made A i:ud-. conducted by the Cali-
ByTupper Huil hard for locai agencies to know - -ence of Local Health
it f6mia Co-
SACPAM&4TC 8UREAU 'on of Bay
whom to call when problemsarise. OfaAssociation and the Associa
Ares 1-1--alth OfEcialis found that
SACRA.-VM-.iTo—C,,�r_-.ias,
C',Zca of A=S,the showcase Vv `;hey are all nice peopiey
the Office of AEDS "has tremen-
c:., for dealing witli the crisis, is "Our bi—st z)roblem is the ob- does pmblenis moving its multi-
on a huge pile of stt-u-ctionist way they conduct dis- tude or contracts through the
=_Lzaa or=3cursirg,it to r-:12 ngenr cn=sions about these programs," stata'i iystem."
cies z:.atba(ily need it. szd Linda Udail_assist-ant director 7-e study said a typical ccontract
Acc-.rd .zt0 state wcrkars.
leg- of --e Sazi L=_ncisco A.- S Office,' OFEce of AIMtS can be as
isiazcrs aIci--'--cse an the:'.-,-nt ;-es WA-h is to get S2.3 =illion from on- vat-es and can take six,to
of the.=_='S .var,the agenc-1:s slow i!:e this e!z�-r :=omhs to ccrz_pieta.
and excessively bureauc.-atdc in In a recent:,er)o M. 'o t..e Legisla-
-aid J John�ilacen.president of a I
'He .-stative anaivst
dealingwitli the fast-moving prob- Los Angeles-basea'hospice pro. ieg; noted.
lens it is charged with handling� that midway through 4_-':e budget
gram: ''Iney are all nice people.
"I think they've been over- But nobody-in that office wants to year, the Office of AMS was still
whe—l-ed by the task,"said Asaem- cut through the crap."
bl,,rman John NLI
Burton,D-San Fisc- is president of Home.;" re-viewing contzactts for early-inter-
cisco,referring to the 143 men and stead Hospice and Sheiter, which vention projects.
women who work in the OT= of offers 10 beds for terminally ill Njeantime, say's the state con-
AMS. Like state bureaucrats in AIDS patients at three homefiW` troller' office, as of Feb. 28 the
w s
other branches of government, be facilities.' The organization has Office of AIDS had in the bank
said,their first instinct is cautiow
"They think discretion is the been unable to get a license from*. more than$42 million of the S-50.5
the Office of AIDS that would allow. million it received July 1, 1989.
better part of valor.But in a iitdi.. it to apply for state money. Ancl' Thelma Fraziear, the outgoing
tion of this magnitude, you =iiht because the state won't license it, -thief of the Office of AIDS,strong-
be better off erring on the side.or Homestead is losing the money it too
valor." ly denied that her office moves
gets from-Los Angeles County.
now slowly.And she questioned the ac-
The problems include:
roblem isn't resolved'
If the- ' ,
9 Although given$50 mMoiibi
p
_ curacy of the controller*s figures.
"If I've spent only S8 .million,
the Legislature for local AWS isaid, Homestead w-jlj- then I have a problem,"she said.
agencies last July, the Offifce:6.ts soon, Macen .......
AS has disbursed only $8 mbe forced to close.il--..
Last year, state lawmakers
No claims for months at a tlme._...
lion. That means three4ourths6f' passed a measure allocating money
the way through its budget year,- for early-intervention programs, Fraziear said her office has ap-
proved contracts worth$35 million
the office has spent only 16 percent The money was intended to pro'-"
so far this year. She said large or
of its money. vide full-r'
anae services to people� d city and
=I anizacions, an county
The office refL
,sed to give any who tested positive for HIV,which'
a
agenaes that receive much of the
information-to the legislative ana- causes AIDS.
lyst's office.doing its annual Inde- money, often submit no claims for
pa,,=e.nts for months at a time.
pendent'analysis of the governor's Months later, the staff at the
Office of AIDS produced a man`d-al. Most likely, said Fraziear, the
proposed 1990-91 speriding,plan.It
of how these programs were to bi smailler, independent AIDS seen since delivered some of the in- of
docurnenr 3 inches thick cies that relv on state funding to
formation- ra
requested. and near.:impossible to di-est,a
survive are the ones that have go t-
ten the .38 million already spent.
4fanv of -He =are people who MDS agencies would welcome'
criticize F raz;ear'3 office also de- such a move.Their representatives
fend per effor-s to L--iiect a sense of say San Francisco's response to the
urgency into t e worit. Thev say AIDS epidemic has been superior
Fraziear, who has worked in the to the state's response.
state's Denar.^ent of Family Plan- Bruce Decker was chairman of
nirg and the :Medi-Cal program, Gov, Deu.kmeiian's AIDS Task
improved thin-as during her tenure. Force-when Fr='ear was hired in
Fraziear conceded that the job - 1987.He remembers that the great-
was not complete, and said: ".You est chailextge the office faced then
have people here who are accus- was what to do with the ocean of
toured to following tre mandates of money from the Legislature:
the law. I have no problem with "The bureaucracy is not set up
that. (But) I t:- to to tel them they to handle growth," he said. "The
bureaucracy's role in government is
are consultants. T`zay need to be to preserve itseif ,nom Cuts."
flexible." But between 1983 and 1989, the
Fraziear said she doesn't know state's AIDS bureaucracy found it-
who will = the oi=cr when she self awash in monev. In that ti=e
leaves at the end of the month to its budget grew from 5500,000 td
begin wor%:_-:or stat2 Sen.Diane S94 million.Decker said the o owth
Watson,D-T os Angeles. in money produced tremendous
But sre and others in the de- strains on the office's staff.
partment say there are rumors her Decker says California still has'
successor will be Georg Rather- the best MDS response program in
ford, who resigned last month as the world_"Yes..there are problems
direcF.,or of San Francisco's AIDS and bottlenecks. It ain't perfect.
Ot:tce to take over the state's infec- Buz it's a hell of a lot better than
tious disease programs - anY_Lh3ng anyccay else hm got-'
AGENCIES R£CEMNO FUNDS QOM OFFICE OF AIDS
Following are the agencies and/or projects in San Francisco,both public and private. that receive money for AIDS
programs from the state Cffice of AIDS,San Francisco agencies and projects receive a total of$4 million in state
AIDS money out of a total statewide budget of$50.5 million. Figures are for the 1989-90 fiscal year. ::
Local Assistance Efcck Grant Program-. Prevention and Education =
City and County of San Francisco W20,7X- Asian American Recovery $90,COO
Alternative Test Sites Cal Pep/Prostitutes $140,000
City and County of San Francisco $b42,548 Cal College of Podiatric Medicine. 540,000
Haight Ashbury Free Clinic $85,000
Residential AIDS shelters Instituto Familia de la Raza S85:a00
City and County of San Francisco ,• $110,808 Multi-cultural Resource Canter .$3151000
Home- and Community-Based Care San Francisco Aids Foundation $212,800.
City and County of San Francisco _ $628,391 City and County of San Francisco $710,000
Westside Community Mental Health Clinic $350,748 . Curtis Jones—Robert Ross Community Center $85,000