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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is receiving more than $3.4 million in new federal funding for HIV testing, prevention and related health services.
Sen. Jack Reed announced the funding Sunday from the Department of Health and Human Services' Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The program works with cities, states and community organizations to serve people who don't have the financial resources to cope with HIV.
The federal funding is to encourage outreach and testing. Three-fourths of the money must be spent for medications, outpatient and ambulatory services, mental health services, and home health care.
Reed says it's hoped the funding will provide help for people who might otherwise not get it.
The Rhode Island health department reported 87 new diagnoses of HIV infection through last October, up from 74 in all of 2013.
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