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opportunity for positive change, and o f
course I would like to be able to say I have
made a difference.”
O regon ’ s AIDS D rug
A ssistance P rogram
F aces D eficit
A
Kohn said. “Other states are projecting simi
lar shortfalls and may need to limit or close
new enrollment into their drug assistance
programs*”
Kohn added: “All states are struggling to
balance budgets while tax revenues have
declined. Meanwhile, the repercussions o f the
Sept. 11 attack have shifted funding priorities
toward public safety and emergency prepared
ness. This means that we’ll be
looking at every creative idea
we can find in order to contin
ue these critical services.”
Public health officials esti
mate 5,200 people in Oregon are
living with HIV and A ID S.
ADA P has served about 1,100
clients in the funding year that
ended March 31. The program
has an approximate annual bud
get of $3.8 million, 92 percent of
which comes from federal
sources.
"1 V e a r not
shortage in federal funding for
the states A ID S Drug Assis
tance Program is expected to con
tinue and could result in a $1.2
million deficit in 2003, according
to the Oregon Department of
Human Services.
“We are not the only state
facing this situation,” state epi
demiologist Mel Kohn said. “ But
Oregon’s severe econom ic situa
tion has created an additional
impact. Enrollment is up 68 per
cent over the past two years, and
we’ve had a yearly increase of 18
percent in drugs and health
insurance costs.”
HIV program staff are looking
at ways to continue activities within the current
fiscal constraints. A n external advisory group
has been convened to help identify strategies
for reducing costs, and an internal review is
under way to look for other cost efficiencies,
Kohn said. “We expect to have that work com
pleted by mid-May.”
National funds have not kept pace with
costs because more people infected with HIV
are getting new treatments and living longer,
■ the only state
facing this
situation.
But Oregon's
severe economic
situation has
created an
additional
impact."
P roject O ffers
—M el Kohn W orkshop
T
he Hambleton Project will
hold a financial planning
Workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 11
at Friendly House, 1737 N.W. 26th Ave. The
nonprofit organization offers networking and
direct services to lesbians with cancer and other
life-threatening conditions.
Certified financial planner Madeline Moore
will cover basic topics as well as specific con
cerns that are brought up by illness and possible
end of life, including insurance, estate planning
and tax concerns. The
workshop costs $20 a per
son or $35 a couple.
To register call
503-335-6591.
P ortland H as
a L esbian
M ayor ?
he Rose City is the
subject of a glowing
article in this month’s
issue of W Magazine.
“Singin’ in the rain:
Artists, designers, restau
rateurs and style mavens
are making once-sleepy
Portland a city to cele
brate,” the headline
reads. Writer Kimberly
Cutter mentions almost
every local queer trend
setter: G us Van San t,
Kristi Edmunds, Bruce
Carey, T hom as Laud
erdale, Walt Curtis and
Vera Katz.
Vera Katz.7 Oops.
Portland Mayor Vera Katz (left, receiving an award April 12 from
Furniture designer Tom
Tracy Whelan, Northwest Gender Alliance president) might be
Ghilarducci, explaining
queer-friendly, but she isn't queer
Portland’s
welcoming
a big surprise to read that. And it will be a big
character, told W: “I mean, we have a lesbian
surprise to my ex-husband and son.” J H
mayor, the last mayor was a bartender, and the
governor goes everywhere in jeans and cowboy
Compiled by JlM R a d o s t a , S U S A N DETRO Y
boots. Where else are you going to find that.7”
Katz joked to the Portland Tribune: “That was and S u s a n V o g t
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