This week, the Illinois General Assembly sent Governor Pat Quinn a state budget bill (HB 859) that gives him unprecedented ability to fund - or not fund - state programs in fiscal year 2011. The ball is in the governor's court.
HB 859 gives Governor Quinn sole authority to allocate funding to lifesaving HIV programs such as the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), HIV prevention programs, and housing and care services. Though the Governor will have large pots of funding to allocate among various priorities, it is painfully clear that the need far outpaces available funding.
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AFC Board Chair Craig W. Johnson, photographed by Bailey Williams
By Bailey Williams...
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AIDS Foundation Chicago ( AFC) is proud to announce its 2022 state legislative policy agenda...
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By Ella Shapiro
In 2013 , Neil Halpin’s coworkers encouraged...
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By Ella Shapiro
Growing up in Garfield Park, Zahara Bassett remembers having...
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By Ella Shapiro
For those of us working to end the HIV epidemic it is not news ...
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On August 20, 2021 Governor JB Pritzker signed the Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act, which creates...
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By Bailey Williams
I n the summer of 2005, party promoters, bar and bathhouse...
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By Danie Muriello
Everyone in the LGBTQ+ community has a coming-out...
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By Timothy S. Jackson, AFC Director of Government Relations
With a final gavel at 3:10 a.m.,...
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