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Urge the Federal Government to Address Growing Crisis in AIDS Drug Assistance Program Funding
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      • The President of the United States
      • The U.S. Senate
      • The U.S. House of Representatives
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About this Petition Petition Letter

According to Housingworks.org, the U.S. AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) is in a financial crisis, with perhaps more than 2,000 people sitting on waiting lists, waiting to receive life-saving HIV/AIDS medications.

The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) recommended that President Obama and Congress provide $126 million in emergency funds to eliminate the waitlists. Yet so far, there's been nothing but inaction.

As the White House gets ready to launch a National Strategy to address HIV/AIDS, it's imperative that the White House and Congress hear about the necessity to fund ADAP. Send an email now, recommending $126 million in emergency funding for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs to eliminate wait lists.

(The letter below comes from Housingworks.org.)

Recent Signatures

Please release emergency funding for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program

Dear Mr. President and Congress

I'm writing today to urge the White House and Congress to address the fast growing crisis in AIDS Drug Assistance Programs and act on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) resolution recommending $126 million in emergency funding for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs to eliminate wait lists.

As of July 1, over 2,090 individuals in 11 states are on waiting lists to receive their life-saving and life-sustaining medications through this program. Without immediate additional funding the situation is going to get much worse.

Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.

[Your name]

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