AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Emergency Relief Funds (ERF)

This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part B AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Emergency Relief Funds (ERF). The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), Division of State HIV/AIDS Programs (DSHAP) administers this program. ADAP ERF awards are intended for states/territories that demonstrate the need for additional resources to prevent, reduce, or eliminate ADAP waiting lists, including through cost-containment measures (for example, the provision of health care coverage assistance). HRSA will...

All 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands are eligible to apply for funding if they meet the following requirements: Eligible applicants are limited to RWHAP Part B states/territories that: • have reported to HRSA an existing ADAP waiting list, • have used the ADAP ERF to prevent, reduce, or eliminate an ADAP waiting list between January 2011 and July 2021, • need additional funding for a projected increase in treatment needs aligned with ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S., or • need additional funding for other unanticipated increases in the number of clients in the program due to new diagnosis, re-engagement in care, loss of income, and/or loss of health care coverage. States/territories that did not: 1. report a new ADAP waiting list to HRSA, or 2. use the ADAP ERF to prevent, reduce, or eliminate an ADAP waiting list between January 2011 and July 2021, or 3. that do not have a projected increase in treatment needs aligned with ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S., or other unanticipated increases in the number of clients in the program due to new diagnosis, re-engagement in care, loss of income, and/or loss of health care coverage, are not eligible to apply.