23 20 644 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/920992b0342f7571efecae96244f1a5f.gif f380104af572abdce0fd5dd84ff019e8 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Logo Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2002-2006] TOHR 25th Anniversary Logo Subject The topic of the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights 25th Anniversary Logo Description An account of the resource A stylized logo for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) with the caption "25 Years TOHR". Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2002-2006 Language A language of the resource English 2002 2006 logo TOHR TOHR 25th anniversary Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) 25th anniversary Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights 25th anniversary https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/2e17cf6108408746007671c222fcb9c0.pdf 72595e262979801aa81bc8826aed1e29 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Series] The Pyramid Project > Strategic Planning & Leadership Description An account of the resource Physical Media: Box 5, Folder 5 - Meeting Materials Box 5, Folder 8 - Strategic Planning & Leadership Digital Media: Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2000] Pyramid Project Capital Campaign Notes Subject The topic of the resource 2000 Pyramid Project Capital Campaign Notes Description An account of the resource 2 pages of Capital Campaign notes for fundraising a permanent facility for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR), featuring the slogan "Building a Home... Funding the Future". The plan is split into 5 phases, with the first phase lasting from May 1, 2000, to June 30, 2000, with a fundraising goal of $40,000. The second phase lasts from August 1, 2000, to October 31, 2000, with a fundraising goal of $80,000. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001; August 1, 2000 - October 31, 2000 2000 GLBT Community Center Pyramid Project Pyramid Project campaign Pyramid Project Capital Campaign Pyramid Project floor plans Pyramid Project fundraising Pyramid Project planning TOHR TOHR capital campaign TOHR GLBT Community Center TOHR Pyramid Project Tulsa Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Community Center Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/f261e80d36bba7d2809c6bb6777b1c1c.pdf b2a63d8c37947eabec2b4c5c14157ace PDF Text Text ‘We share it with a whole communityʼ: 5-year anniversary of same-sex…n to remember, look forward, proponents say | News | tulsaworld.com 10/6/19, 6(45 PM https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/we-share-it-with-a-whole-community--year-anniversary/article_656f2898-cadb-52a7-936f59de7c5c8f20.html TOP STORY ‘We share it with a whole community’: 5-year anniversary of samesex marriage in Oklahoma an occasion to remember, look forward, proponents say By Tim Stanley Tulsa World 17 hrs ago 1 of 4 Judge Jane Wiseman (right) of the Court of Civil Appeals officiates the wedding of Sharon Baldwin (left) and Mary Bishop as they stand with Toby Jenkins (center), executive director of Oklahomans for Equality, outside the Tulsa County Courthouse in 2014. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World file Matt Barnard After marrying her longtime partner, Mary, in 2014, Sharon BishopBaldwin found herself adjusting to a whole new way of speaking. It wasn’t easy at first. https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/we-share-it-with-a-whole-community--year-anniversary/article_656f2898-cadb-52a7-936f-59de7c5c8f20.html Page 1 of 7 �‘We share it with a whole communityʼ: 5-year anniversary of same-sex…n to remember, look forward, proponents say | News | tulsaworld.com 10/6/19, 6(45 PM “I had trouble sometimes just saying ‘my wife,’ ” she said. “Like if I was calling to get a prescription for Mary. They’d say ‘what’s your relationship?’ And before I replied, there’d be a moment of hesitation.” NOW PLAYING ! 1 of 27 " | | # HD Don't Miss! - 10/5 Preview NEXT Don't Miss! - 10/7 Part of the problem, Bishop-Baldwin said, was her anticipation of the reaction. Too often back then, it was an awkward one. “They might respond oddly,” she said, causing a little “nervous embarrassment” for both parties. But today, five years later, all of that has changed. “Now the word ‘wife’ rolls off my tongue without a second thought,” Bishop-Baldwin said. And the reactions? For the most part, they’ve smoothed out, too, she said — “to just such a matter-of-fact transaction.” Society, Bishop-Baldwin believes, is finally getting used to its new reality. And with it, acceptance of same-sex relationships is slowly growing. This Sunday, Oct. 6, will officially mark five years since same-sex couples in Oklahoma were first legally permitted to marry. For the Bishop-Baldwins and other couples who took advantage of it that first week in 2014, it means their own five-year anniversary is at hand. And with that, an opportunity also comes to both reflect and look forward. The Bishop-Baldwins, whose lawsuit in response to a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in 2004 paved the way, became the first to claim a marriage license at Tulsa County Courthouse, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case and the judge lifted a stay. https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/we-share-it-with-a-whole-community--year-anniversary/article_656f2898-cadb-52a7-936f-59de7c5c8f20.html Page 2 of 7 �‘We share it with a whole communityʼ: 5-year anniversary of same-sex…n to remember, look forward, proponents say | News | tulsaworld.com 10/6/19, 6(45 PM The couple will commemorate the five-year milestone, they said, with some special company: They’re having dinner with Sue Barton and Gay Phillips, the other couple involved in their long 10-year legal battle. “That seemed like the appropriate thing to do,” Mary BishopBaldwin said. “They were with us every step of the way.” Barton and Phillips had been married previously elsewhere, and won the right that same day to have Oklahoma recognize their union. John David and Jason Bragg-Sutton, formerly of the Tulsa area, will celebrate their 5-year anniversary on Oct. 11. The Nowata couple had been together five years before marriage became legal, John David said. Secure in their bond, they didn’t feel like they needed marriage to affirm that. However, that doesn’t mean they don’t see the value in it, John David said: “It’s not a gay marriage certificate that I hold, it’s a marriage certificate. The ability to say that shows it doesn’t matter. I’m on the same level as others and equal to them.” The couple were married in 2014 at a park in Owasso, joined by a few friends and family. “It is a huge thing,” John David added of the anniversary. “It feels like we’ve accomplished something. It’s definitely a milestone.” Complicating any celebratory plans, he said, are the demands of parenthood. With six adopted children, “we may just be taking a nap that day,” John David laughed. “Maybe we can go out for a quiet dinner — just relax and be married for a little while rather than being parents.” Rush to the courthouse Surprised like everyone else by the unexpected news of Oct. 6, 2014, Toby Jenkins, director and CEO of Oklahomans for Equality, joined other marriage equality proponents at the Tulsa courthouse, where he made sure the Bishop-Baldwins would be first to get a license. “I said nobody gets married until Sharon and Mary do,” he said, wanting to make sure their role was properly recognized. https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/we-share-it-with-a-whole-community--year-anniversary/article_656f2898-cadb-52a7-936f-59de7c5c8f20.html Page 3 of 7 �‘We share it with a whole communityʼ: 5-year anniversary of same-sex…n to remember, look forward, proponents say | News | tulsaworld.com 10/6/19, 6(45 PM A total of 21 couples would be issued licenses that first day. From there, the surge continued, Jenkins said. Over the first year of legal same-sex marriage, around 1,200 licenses would be issued in Tulsa, and 4,200 statewide, said Jenkins, whose organization tracked the numbers. The painstaking task involved some guesswork, he cautioned, since licenses don’t identify male or female, just spouse names. Primarily concerned with making sure all counties were complying, Jenkins didn’t pursue numbers after that. But he’s happy to report that “in five years, there’s not been a court clerk who’s refused (a license) that we are aware of. It does feel like our elected officials are willing to follow the rule of law.” A few months after Oklahoma began issuing licenses in June 2015, same-sex marriage became legal nationwide thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision. Undoubtedly, it’s contributed to the rapid rise in the number of samesex households in which the couples are married. The rate has more than doubled over a decade, from 26.6% in 2008 to nearly 60% in 2017, according to the most recent data available, the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 American Community Survey. The survey estimated that in 2017 there were 935,229 same-sex households in the U.S., of which married couples made up 555,492. That growth is one reason advocates like Jenkins believe same-sex marriage is here to stay. “There are so many LGBTQ Americans who have exercised their legal right to ever strip us totally of that,” he said. In addition, Mary Bishop-Baldwin believes, there are fewer people today who would even want to take it away. “Too many straight people know gay people, and love gay people, and now see what marriage means to them,” she said. Both Bishop-Baldwins were editors at the Tulsa World when the lawsuit was filed, and Mary Bishop-Baldwin is still an assistant editor. https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/we-share-it-with-a-whole-community--year-anniversary/article_656f2898-cadb-52a7-936f-59de7c5c8f20.html Page 4 of 7 �‘We share it with a whole communityʼ: 5-year anniversary of same-sex…n to remember, look forward, proponents say | News | tulsaworld.com 10/6/19, 6(45 PM Never forget While Jenkins is grateful for marriage, the occasion of the anniversary also reminds him of its limitations. “Marriage fixed so much,” he said, “but the sad reality is there’s a lot it didn’t … employment protection, housing protection and certainly it has not stopped hate crimes. … it hasn’t changed people’s hearts.” Just this past July, a mural at the Oklahomans for Equality center was vandalized, a reminder that anti-LGBTQ sentiment still exists in the community, he said. Jenkins also can’t help feeling sad, too, for all the Oklahomans for whom Oct. 6, 2014, came too late. “There were so many people who needed those protections but who missed out on it,” he said. For Oklahoma’s LGBTQ community going forward, Jenkins said, it’s important not to forget how it got here. He thinks it’s already become too easy to take marriage for granted. “We need to remember how forever indebted we are” to the BishopBaldwins, Barton and Phillips, he said. “We are able to get married because of their work, which was courageous and at times isolating for them.” For their part, the Bishop-Baldwins say they would rather people remember the struggle, and what the situation once was for same-sex couples. A good reminder of it, they said, comes every year in the form of their original anniversary. Many years before they were allowed to marry, the Bishop-Baldwins held a commitment ceremony. “It was at a beach house in Florida — and at the time, that was all the wedding we thought we’d ever have,” said Sharon Bishop-Baldwin. As a result, that original anniversary — which they will celebrate for the 20th year next March 26 — will always have a special meaning to them. But this week, they added, the focus will be on Oct. 6. https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/we-share-it-with-a-whole-community--year-anniversary/article_656f2898-cadb-52a7-936f-59de7c5c8f20.html Page 5 of 7 �‘We share it with a whole communityʼ: 5-year anniversary of same-sex…n to remember, look forward, proponents say | News | tulsaworld.com 10/6/19, 6(45 PM “It’s not just a celebration about us,” Mary Bishop-Baldwin said. “We share it with a whole community of people — a whole community who never thought they’d have the opportunity to get married.” Featured video Mourners show up to honor World War II veteran w… Tim Stanley 918-581-8385 tim.stanley@tulsaworld.com Twitter: @timstanleyTW Tim Stanley Staff Writer Stanley is a general assignment reporter and the writer behind the award-winning "World War II Veterans Remember" series & book. 918-581-8385 https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/we-share-it-with-a-whole-community--year-anniversary/article_656f2898-cadb-52a7-936f-59de7c5c8f20.html Page 6 of 7 �‘We share it with a whole communityʼ: 5-year anniversary of same-sex…n to remember, look forward, proponents say | News | tulsaworld.com https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/we-share-it-with-a-whole-community--year-anniversary/article_656f2898-cadb-52a7-936f-59de7c5c8f20.html 10/6/19, 6(45 PM Page 7 of 7 � Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Bishop-Baldwin Marriage 5 years Later Subject The topic of the resource First Same Sex Marriage in Oklahoma 2014 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tim Stanley Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 6, 2019 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Oklahomans for Equality Judge Jane Wiseman Mary Bishop-Baldwin same-sex marriage Sharon Bishop-Baldwin Toby Jenkins https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/7d3e3d038d2b87c2ccffecae5c057d15.jpg fb499b9b429a7ae6d2d2ba210b558807 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2005] Events celebrating diversity set tonight through June 11: Activities include Gay Day at the Tulsa Zoo, a film on gay survivors of the Holocaust, and a gay-pride parade Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2005 Description An account of the resource Article covering plans for the week of Tulsa Pride 2005. Events were hosted at a number of local faith communities and gathering places and sponsored by PFLAG, TOHR, and other Pride groups. Includes photo of parade goer Rick Martin helping carry a 120-foot pride flag in 2003 by Kelly Kerr. Nancy McDonald received PFLAG’s first Lifetime Achievement Award Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tulsa World Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 3, 2005 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tulsa World Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper clipping 6.5x11' Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper article Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Tulsa World, June 3, 2005 pg. A17 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa Pride 2005, Tulsa Zoo, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Fellowship Congregational Church, Michael Adee, More Light Presbyterians, College Hill Presbyterian Church, Diversity Celebration Alliance, Charles Shusterman Jewish Community Center, Holocaust, Dr. Jay Geller, Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, Brady Arts District, Tulsa Central Library, Council Oak Men’s Chorale, Women of Council Oak, Tulsa City-County Library, Diversity Gala, Gilcrease Museum, Rick Martin, Tim Palmer, Nancy McDonald, Pride parade, Cherry Street, Veteran’s Park https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/18b7b1f3fc29a38f406a8d6dcad33e03.jpg f2fe7811290ae4c368a71f9975a0acf4 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/4826c3a0ef130070fec9b8143f0d66e2.pdf 3d1960a050b145af397111b3e9c107eb PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Series] Oklahoma LGBT+ History > In Memoriam Description An account of the resource Physical Media: Digital Media: Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Todd Steven Holt, 51, of Tulsa, died January 11, 2020. He was born January 30, 1968 in Oklahoma City, the son of Roy Holt, Ann Holt Harral and Larry Harral. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1986 and New York University in 1989. He was currently employed as the AIS Manager at Union Public Schools. His heart was big and full of love to give to all. He had a smile that lit up any room. He was a lover of musical theater, an avid reader, smart, funny, and a complete joy to be around. In addition to his numerous Tulsa friends, Todd had long time friends scattered from New York City, to Jacksonville, Florida, to Austin, Texas and San Francisco. Todd is survived by his husband, Jasen Texeria; his parents, Ann and Larry Harral; his maternal Grandmother, Twylah Fitzpatrick; and his beloved miniature Italian Greyhounds, Lola and Loki. Todd was preceded in death by his Father, Roy Holt. A celebration of Todd's life is scheduled February 8th at 1:00 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider donations to COPES (Community Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Services) Family & Children's Services COPES 650 S. Peoria Ave. Tulsa, OK 74120 or a charity of your choice. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2020] Todd Steven Holt, January 30, 1968-January 11, 2020 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 26, 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Obituaries of important figures associated with Oklahomans for Equality and/or the LGBTQ+ community Description An account of the resource Todd Steven Holt was the AIS Manager at Union Public Schools before he passed. He was a person who brought joy to everyone he came across. His friends and family will miss his presence. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Email Online text PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Obituary Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/395 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Oklahoma City---Oklahoma Booker T. Washington High School New York University Tulsa---Oklahoma United States of America (50 states) Ann and Larry harral Jasen Texeria Todd Steven Holt https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/f3f1c9294f85795138455775d154780c.pdf 873a286679843ca4173a354fad9b1479 PDF Text Text 1/31/25, 2:25 PM Robert Cisar Obituary (2006) - Tulsa, OK - Tulsa World Search by Name Robert S Cisar Jr. Send Flowers Share FUNERAL HOME Follow Stanleys Funeral & Cremation Service 3959 East 31st Street Tulsa, Oklahoma RECORDS View more records for Cisar on Ancestry.com® Sponsored Robert Cisar Obituary C ISAR -- Robert S., Jr., began his life's journey February 18, 1942 in Oklahoma City. His "fabulous" journey ended Friday, March 10, 2006, in Tulsa, OK which had been his home since the early 1970s. Robert was preceded in death by, his loving parents, Zelma and Dr. Robert S. Cisar, Sr. He is survived by: his life partner of 21 years, Kirk Holt; cousins, John and Jim McArdle and their families of Tucson and Phoenix, AZ; 3 cousins, on the west coast; and lifetime friend, Paul Thomas and his family of Oklahoma City. Robert also leaves many wonderful friends who traveled with him as he made his https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tulsaworld/name/robert-cisar-obituary?id=6865448 1/11 �1/31/25, 2:25 PM Robert Cisar Obituary (2006) - Tulsa, OK - Tulsa World life's journey. During his brief illness, Robert was able to celebrate his life with those he dearly loved. After serving in the Army and a tour in Vietnam where he was a Surgical Nurse, Robert started interior home painting, then paper hanging, then home remodeling before realizing that he had a gift for interior design. Thus evolved into his and Kirk's business, Cisar-Holt, Inc. He loved his work and cherished the relationships they made with their many clients across the United States and abroad over the years. Robert will be remembered and celebrated as a man who loved life, as a humanitarian, a man of vision and integrity who deeply believed in equality. He was always supportive of his friends. He generously and willingly lent his support to many local organizations that are about helping others. It had been Robert's gift of sharing and giving back to others that endeared him to so many. In lieu of flowers Robert had requested contributions be made to Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR). Robert was one of the founders of TOHR. Recently, the TOHR organization purchased its first building. Robert had looked forward to being a part of the team which will transform the building into a community center. Please send contributions to TOHR, Pyramid Project, P.O. Box 2687, Tulsa, OK 74101 and note Robert Cisar Memorial Fund. Service will be 4 p.m., Thursday, March 16, 2006 at All Souls Unitarian Church. Stanleys, 743-6271. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store. Published by Tulsa World on Mar. 14, 2006. Cisar Pages See more records on Ancestry® https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tulsaworld/name/robert-cisar-obituary?id=6865448 2/11 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Series] Oklahoma LGBT+ History > In Memoriam Description An account of the resource Physical Media: Digital Media: Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <h1 class="Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 HeadingBase___StyledBox-sc-1jlt23t-0 cTwbCP cNDfOi">Robert Cisar Obituary</h1> <div class="Box-sc-ucqo0b-0 kbVUcj ObituaryText___StyledTextBase-sc-12f7zd1-0 inFMmj">CISAR -- Robert S., Jr., began his life's journey February 18, 1942 in Oklahoma City. His "fabulous" journey ended Friday, March 10, 2006, in Tulsa, OK which had been his home since the early 1970s. Robert was preceded in death by, his loving parents, Zelma and Dr. Robert S. Cisar, Sr. He is survived by: his life partner of 21 years, Kirk Holt; cousins, John and Jim McArdle and their families of Tucson and Phoenix, AZ; 3 cousins, on the west coast; and lifetime friend, Paul Thomas and his family of Oklahoma City. Robert also leaves many wonderful friends who traveled with him as he made his life's journey. During his brief illness, Robert was able to celebrate his life with those he dearly loved. After serving in the Army and a tour in Vietnam where he was a Surgical Nurse, Robert started interior home painting, then paper hanging, then home remodeling before realizing that he had a gift for interior design. Thus evolved into his and Kirk's business, Cisar-Holt, Inc. He loved his work and cherished the relationships they made with their many clients across the United States and abroad over the years. Robert will be remembered and celebrated as a man who loved life, as a humanitarian, a man of vision and integrity who deeply believed in equality. He was always supportive of his friends. He generously and willingly lent his support to many local organizations that are about helping others. It had been Robert's gift of sharing and giving back to others that endeared him to so many. In lieu of flowers Robert had requested contributions be made to Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR). Robert was one of the founders of TOHR. Recently, the TOHR organization purchased its first building. Robert had looked forward to being a part of the team which will transform the building into a community center. Please send contributions to TOHR, Pyramid Project, P.O. Box 2687, Tulsa, OK 74101 and note Robert Cisar Memorial Fund. Service will be 4 p.m., Thursday, March 16, 2006 at All Souls Unitarian Church. Stanleys, 743-6271.</div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2006] Bob Cisar Obituary Subject The topic of the resource Robert S. Cisar Jr., February 18, 1942 - March 10, 2006 Description An account of the resource Two pages of an obituary for Robert S. Cisar Jr., who lived February 18, 1942 to March 10, 2006, published by Tulsa World on March 14, 2006. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tulsaworld/name/robert-cisar-obituary?id=6865448 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 14, 2006 2006 Bob Cisar Cisar Holt Inc Cisar-Holt Inc. in memoriam Kirk Holt memoriam Obituaries Obituary Pyramid Project Pyramid Project fundraising Robert S Cisar Robert S Cisar Jr Robert S. Cisar Robert S. Cisar Jr. Stanley's Funeral and Cremation Stanleys Funeral and Cremation Service TOHR TOHR Pyramid Project Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Tulsa World https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/c84f36f81a3101a7617a2a6b2e2e8138.pdf f4655daa4827ebba81040fb28947277f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2024] Twisted Arts 2024 Annual Report Subject The topic of the resource Twisted Arts 2024 Annual Report Description An account of the resource 10 pages of an annual report of Twisted Arts' accomplishments over 2024, including an OKEQ fundraiser and the Twisted Arts Film Festival. Transcript: 2024 ANNUAL REPORT LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER Reflecting on the past year at Twisted Arts, I am deeply grateful and proud. Twisted Arts began as a vision to create an inclusive and vibrant arts community in Tulsa, and this year, we saw that vision come to life in impactful ways. Through the dedication of our community, the support of our generous sponsors, and the hard work of the Board of Directors, we've built a space that celebrates the richness of 2SLGBTQ+ voices and brings people together through the power of art. From the Pride Kick-off and Two-Spirit Fest to the Transgender Day of Visibility, our year-round initiatives have provided a platform for local artists, fostered essential conversations, and celebrated our community’s resilience. Twisted Arts is more than an arts organization; it’s an economic contributor, with four years of activities adding over $640,000 to Tulsa’s arts economy. As we look to the future, your continued support ensures we can keep providing these vital experiences, honoring our commitment to inclusivity, creativity, and community empowerment. Together, we are building a legacy that will uplift artists and allies. Thank you for standing with us and being part of this journey. With gratitude, [Kevin Lovelace's signature] Kevin Lovelace Founder, Twisted Arts YEAR-END REVIEW Accomplishments: • Gayest Dog In Tulsa Fundraiser: Raised $750 for Pause4Paws. • Fundraising for Oklahomans for Equality: Raised $1,300. • Community Engagement: Hosted two screenings at The Starlite. • Drag Me to the Movies: Hosted three sold-out screenings featuring nine local performers • Trans Day Of Visibility: Featured eight local performers. • Pride Kickoff: Welcomed over 400 attendees on the rooftop of Tulsa Artist Fellowship. • 2-Spirit Festival: The Harmony Of Duality exhibition at Oklahomans for the Humanities drew over 725 attendees, showcasing nine 2-Spirit artists, making it the venue's third highest attended opening. • Drag the Voter: An event focused on registering new voters for this election. • Total 2024 attendance: Over 2,000 attendees to all of our events. • Tulsa Visual Arts Economic Impact Calculator: $158,145 TWISTED ARTS ANNUAL REPORT 2024 Accomplishments OKEQ Fundraiser February 21, 2024 - Screening of PUMP UP THE VOLUME to raise$1,300 [sic] for Oklahomans for Equality. Gayest Dog in Tulsa Fundraiser June 22, 2024 - The inaugural Gayest Dog in Tulsa Pageant at Belefonte raised $750 for Pause4Paws animal foster shelter. Drag Me to the Movies Our newest program, all sold-out shows, pairs parody performances with the films: But I’m a Cheerleader, Steel Magnolias, & Death Becomes Her. TWISTED ARTS ANNUAL REPORT 2024 Events Community Screenings at the Starlite Free community screenings bringing underground films, typically unavailable in theaters, to enthusiastic audiences at the Starlite. Transgender Day of Visibility This year’s Transgender Day of Visibility event at OKEQ featured eight talented local transgender artists, performers, and musicians. 2-Spirit Fest Our First Friday exhibition showcased nine 2-spirit visual artists on Friday, followed by 20+ performers, artists, and panelists on Saturday. TWISTED ARTS ANNUAL REPORT 2024 More Events Pride Kickoff We kicked off Pride with eight local performers, 15 vendors, and empanadas from Que Gusto on the rooftop of Tulsa Artist Fellowship Drag the Vote New voters were registered at the Colony’s first-ever Drag the Vote event, encouraging civic engagement and community involvement. Twisted Arts Film Festival The Twisted Arts Film Festival hosted over 350 attendees and featured two directors, engaging Q&A panels, and a memorable closing night party with a special performance by Kalup Linzy. FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2024 Financial Summary In 2024, Twisted Arts operated on a budget under $50,000, reflecting our commitment to maximizing impact with limited resources. Our total revenue was $49,135, composed of $4,000 in sponsorships, $40,000 in grants, $2,635 from ticket sales, and $2,500 from individual donations. Expenses totaled $47,109, with key allocations including $9,899 for artist fees, $8,772 for venue rental, and $3,909 for publicity and advertising. Despite modest funding, we successfully supported a variety of festival programs and events, including artist travel, lodging, and outreach activities, all within a lean budget. 2024 Economic Impact 2024 Twisted Arts programs generated substantial economic benefits for the Tulsa community. By using the Economic Impact Calculator and applying a multiplier of seven to the original figures, our festival’s total economic impact for the year is estimated at $158,145. This includes support for seven full-time equivalent jobs, $88,529 in resident household income, $11,571 in local government revenue, and $15,190 in state government revenue. These figures underscore Twisted Arts’ vital role in contributing both culturally and economically to the Tulsa area. FUTURE OUTLOOK 2025 GOALS In celebration of our fifth anniversary, Twisted Arts is setting ambitious goals to expand both our programs and community impact, aiming for a total income of $110,000 in 2025 through increased sponsorships, grants, ticket sales, and donations. This funding will allow us to allocate $40,000 toward artist fees, supporting more local artists and elevating program quality. Additional resources will enhance outreach, publicity, staffing, and fundraising, sustaining growth and expanding our reach. With a total budget of $100,000, we are excited to mark this milestone year with innovative programming, deeper community engagement, and expanded opportunities for local talent. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY BASH Twisted Arts is excited to present Margaret Cho live at Cain's Ballroom on April 9, 2025, as part of our fifth-anniversary celebration and our first-ever fundraiser! This event aims to raise funds for Girls Rock!, a new youth-centered arts and social justice program empowering young people through music and creative expression. Margaret Cho’s "Live and LIVID" tour promises a night filled with humor and bold commentary, tackling issues like homophobia, sexism, and racism. As Cho celebrates 40 years in comedy, she invites audiences to “come through” for an unforgettable experience. This fundraiser will set the stage for Girls Rock! to provide invaluable resources, mentorship, and creative opportunities for Tulsa’s youth, helping to cultivate the next generation of artists and activists. We look forward to making this night one of impact, connection, and celebration. Thank You SPONSORS! We extend our heartfelt thanks to our generous sponsors for making the Twisted Arts fourth-anniversary celebration and our first-ever fundraiser a reality. Your support is instrumental in helping us continue our core programs, including the Twisted Arts Film Festival, 2-Spirit Fest, and community outreach events that bring LGBTQ2S+ arts and voices to the forefront. Thanks to your commitment, we are able to provide impactful programming, foster connections, and celebrate diverse stories that inspire and unite our community. Your partnership fuels our mission and encourages a future filled with creativity, inclusivity, and cultural enrichment. We are truly grateful for your belief in our vision and for standing with us as we grow and make a lasting impact. Presenting Sponsor GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION A supporting organization of Tulsa Community Foundation Executive Producers OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL VISION TULSA Producers oklahomans for equality Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation The Anne & Henry Zarrow FOUNDATION CONTACT US EXPRESS. REPRESENT. SASHAY. TWISTED OCTOBER 2-5, 2024 TWISTED ARTS Phone/ (918) 221-5565 Email/ kevin@twistedfest.org Website/ www.twistedarts.org Address/ P.O. Box 14476 Tulsa, OK 74159 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Twisted Arts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kevin Lovelace PDF Text Text 2024 ANNUAL REPORT �LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER KEVIN LOVELACE Reflecting on the past year at Twisted Arts, I am deeply grateful and proud. Twisted Arts began as a vision to create an inclusive and vibrant arts community in Tulsa, and this year, we saw that vision come to life in impactful ways. Through the dedication of our community, the support of our generous sponsors, and the hard work of the Board of Directors, we've built a space that celebrates the richness of 2SLGBTQ+ voices and brings people together through the power of art. From the Pride Kick-off and Two-Spirit Fest to the Transgender Day of Visibility, our year-round initiatives have provided a platform for local artists, fostered essential conversations, and celebrated our community’s resilience. Twisted Arts is more than an arts organization; it’s an economic contributor, with four years of activities adding over $640,000 to Tulsa’s arts economy. As we look to the future, your continued support ensures we can keep providing these vital experiences, honoring our commitment to inclusivity, creativity, and community empowerment. Together, we are building a legacy that will uplift artists and allies. Thank you for standing with us and being part of this journey. With gratitude, Kevin Lovelace Founder, Twisted Arts �YEAR-END REVIEW Accomplishments: • Gayest Dog In Tulsa Fundraiser: Raised $750 for Pause4Paws. • Fundraising for Oklahomans for Equality: Raised $1,300. • Community Engagement: Hosted two screenings at The Starlite. • Drag Me to the Movies: Hosted three sold-out screenings featuring nine local performers • Trans Day Of Visibility: Featured eight local performers. • Pride Kickoff: Welcomed over 400 attendees on the rooftop of Tulsa Artist Fellowship. • 2-Spirit Festival: The Harmony Of Duality exhibition at Oklahomans for the Humanities drew over 725 attendees, showcasing nine 2-Spirit artists, making it the venue's third highest attended opening. • Drag the Voter: An event focused on registering new voters for this election. • Total 2024 attendance: Over 2,000 attendees to all of our events. • Tulsa Visual Arts Economic Impact Calculator: $158,145 �Accomplishments ANNUAL REPORT 2024 OKEQ Fundraiser February 21, 2024 - Screening of PUMP UP THE VOLUME to raise$1,300 for Oklahomans for Equality. Gayest Dog in Tulsa Fundraiser June 22, 2024 - The inaugural Gayest Dog in Tulsa Pageant at Belefonte raised $750 for Pause4Paws animal foster shelter. TWISTED ARTS Drag Me to the Movies Our newest program, all sold-out shows, pairs parody performances with the films: But I’m a Cheerleader, Steel Magnolias, & Death Becomes Her. �Events ANNUAL REPORT 2024 Community Screenings at the Starlite Free community screenings bringing underground films, typically unavailable in theaters, to enthusiastic audiences at the Starlite. Transgender Day of Visibility This year’s Transgender Day of Visibility event at OKEQ featured eight talented local transgender artists, performers, and musicians. TWISTED ARTS 2-Spirit Fest Our First Friday exhibition showcased nine 2-spirit visual artists on Friday, followed by 20+ performers, artists, and panelists on Saturday. �More Events ANNUAL REPORT 2024 Pride Kickoff We kicked off Pride with eight local performers, 15 vendors, and empanadas from Que Gusto on the rooftop of Tulsa Artist Fellowship Drag the Vote New voters were registered at the Colony’s first-ever Drag the Vote event, encouraging civic engagement and community involvement. TWISTED ARTS Twisted Arts Film Festival The Twisted Arts Film Festival hosted over 350 attendees and featured two directors, engaging Q&A panels, and a memorable closing night party with a special performance by Kalup Linzy. �FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2024 Financial Summary In 2024, Twisted Arts operated on a budget under $50,000, reflecting our commitment to maximizing impact with limited resources. Our total revenue was $49,135, composed of $4,000 in sponsorships, $40,000 in grants, $2,635 from ticket sales, and $2,500 from individual donations. Expenses totaled $47,109, with key allocations including $9,899 for artist fees, $8,772 for venue rental, and $3,909 for publicity and advertising. Despite modest funding, we successfully supported a variety of festival programs and events, including artist travel, lodging, and outreach activities, all within a lean budget. 2024 Economic Impact 2024 Twisted Arts programs generated substantial economic benefits for the Tulsa community. By using the Economic Impact Calculator and applying a multiplier of seven to the original figures, our festival’s total economic impact for the year is estimated at $158,145. This includes support for seven full-time equivalent jobs, $88,529 in resident household income, $11,571 in local government revenue, and $15,190 in state government revenue. These figures underscore Twisted Arts’ vital role in contributing both culturally and economically to the Tulsa area. �FUTURE OUTLOOK 2025 GOALS In celebration of our fifth anniversary, Twisted Arts is setting ambitious goals to expand both our programs and community impact, aiming for a total income of $110,000 in 2025 through increased sponsorships, grants, ticket sales, and donations. This funding will allow us to allocate $40,000 toward artist fees, supporting more local artists and elevating program quality. Additional resources will enhance outreach, publicity, staffing, and fundraising, sustaining growth and expanding our reach. With a total budget of $100,000, we are excited to mark this milestone year with innovative programming, deeper community engagement, and expanded opportunities for local talent. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY BASH Twisted Arts is excited to present Margaret Cho live at Cain's Ballroom on April 9, 2025, as part of our fifth-anniversary celebration and our first-ever fundraiser! This event aims to raise funds for Girls Rock!, a new youth-centered arts and social justice program empowering young people through music and creative expression. Margaret Cho’s "Live and LIVID" tour promises a night filled with humor and bold commentary, tackling issues like homophobia, sexism, and racism. As Cho celebrates 40 years in comedy, she invites audiences to “come through” for an unforgettable experience. This fundraiser will set the stage for Girls Rock! to provide invaluable resources, mentorship, and creative opportunities for Tulsa’s youth, helping to cultivate the next generation of artists and activists. We look forward to making this night one of impact, connection, and celebration. �Thank You SPONSORS! We extend our heartfelt thanks to our generous sponsors for making the Twisted Arts fourth-anniversary celebration and our first-ever fundraiser a reality. Your support is instrumental in helping us continue our core programs, including the Twisted Arts Film Festival, 2-Spirit Fest, and community outreach events that bring LGBTQ2S+ arts and voices to the forefront. Thanks to your commitment, we are able to provide impactful programming, foster connections, and celebrate diverse stories that inspire and unite our community. Your partnership fuels our mission and encourages a future filled with creativity, inclusivity, and cultural enrichment. We are truly grateful for your belief in our vision and for standing with us as we grow and make a lasting impact. �CONTACT US TWISTED ARTS Phone/ (918) 221-5565 Email/ kevin@twistedfest.org Website/ www.twistedarts.org Address/ P.O. Box 14476 Tulsa, OK 74159 � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/376dcc682418d2ff1fbc1eda495e0331.jpeg 3b6eed65b5b7f5b17821e0b502abb85d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Margaret Cho Promotional Poster Subject The topic of the resource Margaret Cho Live & Livid Comedy Tour Presented by Twisted Arts Promotional Poster Description An account of the resource A promotional poster for Margaret Cho's performance at Cain's Ballroom on April 9, 2025, as part of her Live & Livid Comedy Tour, presented by Twisted Arts. Transcript: APRIL 9, 2025 SINCE 1924 Cain's BALLROOM TULSA MARGARET CHO LIVE & Livid COMEDY TOUR Presented by TWISTED ARTS Follow us for more info: @twistedartstulsa / twistedarts.org Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Twisted Arts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 9, 2025 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Margaret Cho Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2024-2025] Twisted Arts Subject The topic of the resource Twisted Arts Related Materials Description An account of the resource Materials related to the Twisted Arts organization. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Twisted Arts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024 - April 9, 2025 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Margaret Cho, Kevin Lovelace 2-Spirit Fest 2024 2024 pride 2025 Anne and Henry Zarrow Family Foundation annual report Cain's Ballroom Drag Me to the Movies Drag the Vote Film film festival films financial statements Gayest Dog in Tulsa Fundraiser George Kaiser Family Foundation Kevin Lovelace Margaret Cho McGill Foundation OKEQ fundraising Oklahoma Arts Council Ralph and Frances Starlite The Starlite Transgender Day of Visibility Tulsa Artist Fellowship Twisted Arts Twisted Arts Film Festival two spirit two-spirit Two-Spirt Fest Vision Tulsa https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/19d54ca4888e346435dd7d44a33932a3.pdf 38d56658f5eb0189769819720174de2c PDF Text Text �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/8e9ee1d30fe6f2daa51549894309cb47.pdf f5635e21c307e479f09977f3e09da069 PDF Text Text THE IMPACT OF AIDS ON AMERICA'S CITIES A 26 City Report for The U.S. Conference of Mayors Task Force on AIDS June 1991] �The United States Conference of Mayors The United States Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are well over 900 such cities in the country today, each represented in the Conference of Mayors by its chief elected official, the Mayor. The U.S. Conference of Mayors is in its second half-century of service to the Mayors and the citizens of America's principal cities. Throughout its history, the Conference of Mayors has taken the lead in calling national attention to the problems and the potential of urban America. Since its founding it has carried the message of cities to every President, every Congress. This is the heritage of the Conference of Mayors. It is the heritage of every mayor who serves today. Robert M. Isaac President Mayor of Colorado Springs Art Agnos Chair, Task Force on AIDS Mayor of San Francisco J. Thomas Cochran Executive Director The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities is a publication of The United States Conferenceof Mayors, with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under grant #U62/CCU300609-08. Robert M. Isaac, Mayor of Colorado Springs, President; Art Agnos, Mayor of San Francisco, Chair, Task Force on AIDS; J. Thomas Cochran, Executive Director; Richard D. Johnson, Assistant Executive Director; Alan E. Gambrell, Editor. This report was prepared by Alan E. Gambrell, Richard D. Johnson, and Paula M. Jones. Tables and charts weredesigned and prepared by Jeffrey A. Menzerand Richard D. Johnson. Database designand compilation of data wasby William Brian Mays. Layout design by Stuart P. Campbell, Production Editor. Any opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the policies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Conference of Mayors was greatly assisted by officials in 26 citiesand counties who provided information for this report. © The United States Conference of Mayors, June, 191 �Preface Ten years ago this month, the first cases of AIDS were reported among a handful of Gay men in the nation’s largest cities. Since that time, over 110,000 Americans have died of AIDS (as of the month ending April 1991)—more combined. than the total number of American deaths in all military conflicts since World War II Over one million Americans are now estimated to be infected with the HIV virus. An estimated 165,000 t0215,000 Americans will die of AIDS from 1991 to 1993 alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Over the past decade, waves of fear, discrimination, and misunderstanding have flashed, disappeared and reappeared in the nation’s media headlines. Yet, behind the undulation of press reports, the wave of the epidemic has been constant—and escalating. Despite policy debates over testing issues, admission of foreigners with HIV, and the best methods of preventing the further spread of the HIV virus that causes AIDS, there can be no debate on the impact of AIDS in our cities: this year is worse than last, and next year will be even worse. AIDS Cases: The Numbers Explode The United States Conference of Mayors this past month surveyed 26 of the cities hardest hit by the AIDS crisis to assess—one decade into the epidemic—the status of AIDS in America’s cities and its impact on urban health systems. The magnitude of the AIDS epidemic is made evident whenreflecting on landmark events in the AIDS crisis and combining them with the findings of this survey. In 1985, the year Rock Hudson died from AIDS, there were close to 10,000 total cases in the 26 surveyed cities. Our survey found that: ¢ » In Baltimore, there were 116 cases in 1985; by the end of 1990 there were 1,599, nearly 14 times the number. InTampa, 63 cases had been diagnosed by the end of 1985; by the end of February of this year, 866 had been reported, or 1,274 percent more. Five years ago, in 1986, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued his landmark Surgeon General's Report on AIDS. �o Through 1986, 25,048 cumulative AIDS cases had been reported in the 26 surveyed cities; (this constituted the majority of the over 37,000 in the nation). In 1986 alone, 10,973 cases were reported in the 26 surveyed cities * By the end of 1986, there were 59 AIDS cases in Indianapolis. As of March 1991, Indianapolis reports 452 cases, an increase of 666 percent. ¢ InPhiladelphia, 368 cases had been reported by the close of 1986. That city’s total increased 528 percent to 2,313 by March. Five years from now, in 1996: * Houston estimates there will be 27,000 cumulative AIDS cases. * Boston estimates 3,341 cumulative cases. The nation’s cities have yet to recover from the recession that began soon after the start of the AIDS epidemic. Numerous studies have shown that federal funding for cities throughout the 1980s was reduced by 60 to 70 percent. During the same period, a recent Conference of Mayors study has shown that city budgets have risen by 95 percent in response to increased problems. Throughout the Desert Shield /Desert Storm operation in the Persian Gulf, 378 Americans lost their lives in support of the effort. During that same time, over 10,000 Americans lost their lives to AIDS. If the federal government can spend many billions of dollars to rescue mismanaged and corrupt financial institutions, it certainly can expend just a fraction of that amount on the crisis in American cities. Just as we can find resources to protect our troops abroad, we must find resources to protect and care for our citizens at home. Town coclnans J. Yhomas Cochran Executive Director �Table of Contents Executive Summary rn 1 Overview Of HAINgS 3 eect rarest eee Survey Cities Comprise Most of Nation's AIDS Cases ...........cevurersesrecsersesensusenscasnse 9 Paying for AIDS Care: Medicaid, Public Systems Cover Major Share ................... 17 HIV Testing and Counseling: More Individuals Seek Results ..........ccceeeeseueusersescne 19 Early Intervention: Waiting Lists for Public Services ........c.ocoeeisiiiiiiviiisissssssesaenns 20 Federal AIDS Drug Funds Inadequate...............cccceveucuemeemeueueururusnsrerersnssssssnsassessasances 22 Service Needs of People With HIV/AIDS. ...........ccccccorvnrrrsmenmaessarasrossassssssssssnsasasasess 24 Preventing the Spread of AIDS: Gaps Identified in Education Efforts .................. 26 Strains on Service and Prevention SyStems .............c.ccovvuereenrnrernereresseneressereseseesnenses 28 TRE FULT wvicriiseseisiseecsessnsassesssssassesenconssonssssssnsrenssss oni uem et ola ies SASRS SUR CN 29 �Executive Summary During April and May of this year, The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) surveyed 26 major cities—members of the USCM Task Force on AIDS and others with the highest numbers of AIDS cases. The purpose of the survey was to assess, one decade into the epidemic, the status of AIDS in those cities most affected by the disease. Survey results reveal: Survey Cities Represent Majority of Nation's AIDS Cases. Over 56 percent of the nation’s AIDS cases are in the 26 survey cities; 51 to 66 percent of the estimated one million Americans infected with HIV are in the survey cities—508,720 to 657,421 persons. Minority Gay/bisexual Men, IV Drug Abusers, Women Increasingly Affected. The impact of AIDS varies significantly from city to city, with specific populations—including minority Gay/ bisexual men, IV drug abusers, and women— Service Needs: Local Conditions Vary. Substance abusers, the uninsured and women were identified as having the greatest service shortages. Outpatient care, substance abuse treatment and housing were the greatest service needs across all groups. Prevention Education: Programs Need Ongoing Support. The most significant gaps in prevention education efforts to date by transmission categories were identified for ma minority Gay/bi- sexual past three years. nonminority Gay/ sent 16.8 percent Racial/ethnic Groups Increasing Proportion of Cases. Racial and ethnic minorities continue to represent a disproportionate number of cases. heterosexuals. From 1987 to 1990, minorities have increased as a percentage of AIDS cases, particularly Blacks. In several cities, projections of persons infected with HIV—future AIDS cases—show a continued in- crease of minorities, particularly Blacks, as a proportion of total cases. Public Resources Cover Large Portion of Cases. Health insurance coverage estimates indicate a varying percentage of diagnosed persons are covered by Medicaid; estimates of coverage range from 31 to 66 percent of AIDS cases in cities. Waiting Lists for Early Intervention. Early inter- vention services often are characterized by long waiting lists; persons with HIV seeking access to publicly-funded early treatment systems often must wait several months. Fifty percent of cities report waiting lists for appointments at publicyfunded clinics. AIDS Drugs: Federal Funds Insufficient to Meet Local Demand. Local funds are used to provide AIDS drugs in half of surveyed cities. Seventy-six (76) percent indicate that the federal AIDS drug reimbursement program for low income persons will not meet demands this year. The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities ® men, The 26 cities experiencing the largest increases in cases over the Surveyed repre- bisexual men, and of the total U.S. Among population and raciallethnic groups, the greatest gaps were identified for Hispanics and = 56.1 percent of the total U.S. AIDS cases. Blacks. For all groups, ongoing education was the greatest need. Youth in risky situations—those on the streets, engaged inillicitdruguse and/or sex formoneyor drugs —werealso identified asa group in particular need of re-education. The need for continuing AIDS education to reinforce messages about making changes in sex and needle sharing practices was identified across all population groups. Service Systems Strained. Seventy-five percent of cities stated that service systems were experiencing strains due to the AIDS crisis—most often staffing shortages and staff burnout, and inadequate space and facilities. Prevention education systems, as well, were also facing stress in 64 percent of cities, typically because of staff shortages and burnout. Future: Local Resources Inadequate to Meet Growing Needs. None of the surveyed cities indi- cated that local funds could meet projected demand for HIV-related prevention education and health services. Often, cities were looking to funding through the Ryan White CARE Act to meet projected demands. The Uniled States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 Page 1 �— Respondents 26 Survey Cities Anaheim (Orange County) Atlanta (Fulton County) Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas (Dallas County) Denver Ft. Lauderdale (Broward County) Houston Indianapolis (Marion County) Jersey City Kansas City, MO Methodology Los Angeles (Los Angeles County) Minneapolis (Hennepin County) New Haven The United States Conference of Mayors surveyed 26 cities during April through May 1991, including members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors New Orleans New York City Newark Philadelphia Task Force on AIDS as well as others with the highest numbers of AIDS cases. The Task Forceis Phoenix (Maricopa County) chaired by San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos and San Diego (San Diego County) San Francisco San Juan Seattle (Seattle/King County) Tampa (Hillsborough County) was formed in 1983 in order to focus federal atten- tion to the impact of the AIDS epidemic on America’s cities. Data were collected by city and county health departmentsin thecities surveyed. Epidemiological data provided by respondents are for their local health department jurisdictions (i.e., city or county). In addition to survey information, the Conference of Mayors supplemented data with information collected from city and county applications for federal Title I Ryan White CARE Act supplemental funding. Year one funding (fiscal 1991) of Title I provides direct AIDS care funds to sixteen cities with the highest numbers of AIDS cases. Fourteen of the 16 cities which receive Title I funding are represented in this survey. aL The denominator for calculating percentages in this report is comprised of only those cities which responded to a particular question. The reader should note that in no case do percentages reported for a survey question include a city which did not respond to that question. Page 2 The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities © The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 �Overview of Findings Ten years ago this month, the first cases of AIDS were reported by the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC), reporting on five cases among Gay men in Los Angeles. Since that time, over 110,000 Americans have died of AIDS (as of the month ending April 1991). There are 174,893 cases of AIDS in the U.S. as of the month ending April 1991. An estimated 165,000 to 215,000 Americans will die of AIDS during 1991-1993, according to CDC. CDC estimates that there are one million Americans currently infected with the HIV virus. An estimated 40,000 new infections occur each year, according to CDC. The United States Conference of Mayors during April and May surveyed 26 major cities—members of the Conference of Mayors Task Force on AIDS as well as others with the highest numbers of AIDS cases. The purpose of the survey was to assess, one decade into the epidemic, the status of AIDS in America’s cities and its impact on urban health systems (see Methodology, page 2). AIDS Cases in 26 Survey Cities: - Phoenix estimates nearly 8,000 residents are HIV infected. - San Francisco estimates that 28,000 are infected with HIV. - Tampa has an estimated 7,400 HIV infected persons. Today, Five Years From Now As of the month ending February, 56.1 percent of the nation’s AIDS cases were in the 26 cities sur- veyed by the Conference of Mayors (cases reported by survey cities as of 2/28/91). (Sixty-one percent of the nation’s AIDS cases are in the 26 “Metropolitan Statistical Areas” represented by the surveyed cities; MSAs include the central city and immediate surrounding areas.) The population of survey cities represent 16.8 percent of the total U.S. population. = Fifteen cities provided estimates on the number of AIDS cases they project by the end of 1996. By that date, these cities will have experienced a 240 percentincrease—from44,518 to an estimated 151,652 cases. Today, there are an estimated 508,720 to 657,421 - persons with HIV infection who have yet to develop AIDS in the 26 cities surveyed by the Conference of Mayors. Thisrepresents 51 to 66 percent Houston estimates thatin five years there will be 27,000 cumulative AIDS cases. - Cleveland projects 6,500 cases. - Los Angeles estimates 33,000. - Boston estimates 3,341 cumulative cases in of the estimated one million infected with HIV in the U.S. as estimated by CDC. - InNew York City, from 125,000 to 235,000 are HIV infected. - In Los Angeles, an estimated 41,000 are in- fected. - five years. Populations Disproportionately Affected InSan Diego, an estimated 15-20,000 are HIV AIDS cases from 1987-90 among some categories were infected. rising relatively faster. Limited projections of future - HIV. Ft. Lauderdale estimates 21,000 people with cases in some cities point to growing proportions of cases among Blacks and women. In Baltimore, an estimated 20,000 people are HIV infected. Across select cities, between years ending 1987 and 1990, AIDS cases increased as follows: The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities © The United Stales Conference of Mayors © June 199] Page 3 �Total U.S. Population Survey Cities - 16.8", Remaining U.S. - 83.2% Total AIDS Cases* Survey Cities - 56° Remaining U.S. - 44% *As of 2/28/91 Page 4 The Impact of AIDS on America's Cilies ® The Uniled States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 �e Dallas Gay/bisexual cases increased from 864 to 2,262 from 1987 to 1990. Counseling and Testing: Many Seek Results * In Anaheim, minority Gay/bisexual males increased from 43 to 165 for the years ending 198790, an increase of 283 percent. * In1990,17 percent of Houston's cases wereamong Blacks. In 1987, 12 percent were reported among Seventy-six percent of surveyed cities (of 17 responding) report an increase of from one to 500 percent or greaterin number of individuals seeking HIV counseling and testing. Indianapolis reports that the number seeking testing has stayed the same. Two cities, Minneapolisand Ft. Lauderdale, reporta decrease innum- Blacks (270 in 1987, up to 876 in 1990). * bers being tested and counseled. Eighty-five percent of the women with AIDS in Philadelphia are Latina. There were 50 Latina cases in 50 and 150 by 1990 in the city. Over the past three years, the rate of AIDS test results reported as positive from HIV counseling and testing sites (for 19 reporting cities) has decreased in 42 percent; stayed the same in 32 percent; and increased in 26 Health Insurance: AIDS Diagnosed Covered by Medicaid, Other Public Sources Researchisstill underway to determine the percentage of AIDS care costs that are covered by public and private sources. Various local studies have attempted to determine coverage of AIDS care costs, although comprehensive findingsarelacking on AIDS care costs covered by public health insurance or private insur- ance. In order to estimate the source of payment of AIDS care costs, the Conference of Mayors asked surveyed cities the following question: “What percentage of AIDS diagnosed persons in your jurisdiction do you estimate are” covered by public or private health insurance. According to surveyed cities: * Ineightof 15 cities providing data, Medicaid covers from 31 to 66 percent of AIDS diagnosed persons in those cities. * In10cities, “Other publichealthinsurance” covers from two (2) percent to 45 percent of AIDS cases (e.g., Newark, 45 percent; Los Angeles, 16 percent). * Houston, percent. Thirty-two percent of the 26 cities indicated that the majority of those who have utilized HIV counseling and testing services over the past year are primarily “generally at lower risk.” Early Intervention: Waiting Lists Exist for Services Early identification and treatment of HIV has proven effective in prolonging survival of persons with HIV infection. Cities surveyed were asked to indicate if publicly-funded HIV early intervention services existed and if there were waiting lists for services in their locales. Publicly-funded services exist in all surveyed cities, with funding coming from a variety of sources—federal, state, local, and private foundations. In 50 percent (12 of 24 cities) there were waiting lists for initial appointments at publicly funded early intervention clinics. For example: * 21 percent; In 14 cities, private insurance covered from 15 percent to 55 percent of AIDS cases (Cleveland, 55 percent; Indianapolis, 50 percent; Philadelphia, 49 percent). Newark hasawaitof3 to5 weeks for HIV immune assessment services funded by Medicaid and city welfare. Black IV drug abusers earning less than $8,500 make up the majority of those waiting for appointments. » San Diego hasawaitof4 to 6 weeks for initial HIV immune assessmentappointments at public facilities. o The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities © At the Grady Infectious Disease Clinic in Atlanta, the county hospital-run HIV clinic, there is a three month waiting period for initial HIV immune assessments. The United States Conference of Mayors June 1991 Page 5 �Prevention Education: Spending Rises, Gaps Seen AIDS Drug Treatment Money: Half of Cities Provide Local Funds One half (50 percent) of the 26 cities indicated that local funds are used to provide AIDS drugs to persons not covered by the federal/state AIDS drug reimburse- Local Prevention Spending Rises ment program. The federal AIDS drugreimbursement prevention; 60 percent (12 of 20) have increased their program will not meet the demand for AIDS drugs this year, according to 76 percent of the surveyed cities. local funds spent on AIDS prevention education. In Kansas City, MO, spending rose 100 percent over last year. InNew York City, a50 percent increase occurred. Indianapolis and Baltimore each reported 30 percent Gaps in Services: increases. Eighty percent (20 of 25 cities) use local funds for Local Conditions Define Needs The unmet service needs—and Prevention Loses Against Services the subpopulations Decisions about health spending often pit health “service” dollars against “prevention” funds. In such experiencing the greatest gaps—vary from city to city, reflecting the different characteristics of persons in- budgetary struggles, prevention often loses: its impact fected with HIV, and variations in health service delivery systems in communities. Generally, systems are is less immediate and documentable. This scenario holds true for local AIDS spending. Fifty-five percent (10 of 20 responding) indicate that the impact of de- strained and a wide range of populations have unmet needs. * mand for AIDS services has been to decrease or keep constant local funds spent on AIDS prevention education. Substance abusers were identified by 50 percent of respondents as having major service needs. The “uninsured” and women were each identified by 46 percent of respondent cities (11 of 24 providing data) as service need populations. Other populations identified most often by respondent cities as having major service needs included: the home- Gaps in Education Identified Gaps reported in prevention education efforts include the need for re-education due to relapse into unsafe behaviors;lack of successin developingeffectiveinterventions; and obstacles posed by lack of community support for HIV education for specific populations, particularly gay/bisexual minorities and substance abusers. less (42 percent, 10 of 24 cities), and the incarcerated (21 percent). Others listed included racial/ ethnic minorities, mentally ill, minority Gay/bisexual men, and Gay/bisexual adolescents. * Services most frequently listed as lacking—across all groups—were outpatient care, substance abuse treatment, and housing, followed by home care and long term care. Other categories listed included: mental health services, social services (including legal services and transportation), and case management. Infrastructure Weakens: System Seeing Strains Service Infrastructures. Seventy-five percent of cities (18 of 24) indicate that service system strains are being realized due to the AIDS crisis. Sixty-three percent (15 - Outpatient Care - Houston estimates that demand for outpatient care for indigents will increase by 48 percent from 1990 to 1991. - Substance Abuse Treatment - In Los Angeles, 38 percent of the need for resident detox programs for those with HIV is not met. - of 24 reporting) indicate service system problems with staffing, training and facility/space inadequacies. Thirty-three percent (8 of 24) listed inadequate facilities and space as a major infrastructure problem. Prevention Education Infrastructures. Sixty-four percent of cities responding (16 of 25) reported that infrastructure problems had resulted in a “negative impact on preventioneducation efforts.” Fifty-two percent listed Housing - San Francisco estimates that, over the next three years, 1,200 new housing units staffing as the most common concern (e.g., difficulty in recruiting qualified staff, retention, staff burnout, train- will be needed for people with AIDS. Page 6 The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities © The United States Conference of Mayors June 1991 �Survey Cities AIDS Cases, Percent Living Cases reported as of February 28, 1991 City # Reported % Living AIDS Cases Anaheim 1,445 36.6 Atlanta 3454 40.0 Baltimore 1,641 41.0 Boston 1,546 354 Chicago 3,552 35.0 Cleveland 506 59.0 Dallas 2,769 340 Denver 1,071 33.9 Fort Lauderdale 2,632 38.0 Houston 5,151 34.0 Indianapolis 452 45.0 Jersey City 1,106 38.0 Kansas City, MO 696 51.0 Los Angeles 11,534 32.0 Minneapolis 586 37.0 New Haven 387 32.0 New Orleans 1513 34.0 New York City 31,845 34.0 Newark 2,151 39.0 Philadelphia 2313 34.0 Phoenix 972 39.0 San Diego 2,525 38.1 San Francisco 10,055 30.0 San Juan 1,732 37.0 Seattle 1,634 42.0 Tampa 866 59.0 *** Total *** The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities 94,134 © The Uniled States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 Page 7 �ing). Specifically, cities reported difficulty in recruiting qualified staff (i.e., those willing to work on HIV related issues or culturally sensitive staff), staff retention, and burnout. * Atlantareported that employeesremainin HIV-related posi- tions for an average s adequate to deal with future AIDS prevention and healthcare needs. ty-t Seventy-two percent have no identifiable source of funding for expansions of services and prevention efforts needed in response to growing caseloads. cent have no Only 28 percent of survey respondents had identified identifiable sources of future funds. Survey respondents often cited federal resources as a source for coping with Séventy-two per- of15to2years, mak- goyrce of funding of ing it difficult to for expansions maintain continuity in programs. ao P: rvices an prevention J Houston cited diffi- > needed future caseloads. Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, or Jersey City, and San Diego specifically refer to Ryan White CARE Act funds as a needed resource. efforts in re- * Baltimore will look to state and federal medical assistance, research money,and Ryan White CARE Act Title I funds to cover needed expansions. * Boston has no identified source of funding future culties in recruiting gponge to growErneual/ bicultural zg caseloads. needs but rather states that “only limited federal fundshavebeenidentified through the CARE Act. With the potential dismantling of state Medicaid optional services (as proposed in the current state The Future: Increasing Cases, Lack of Funds budget), services will be cut, not expanded.” All respondents indicated that local resources are in- Page 8 The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities © The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 �Surveyed Cities Comprise Majority of Nation’s AIDS Cases As of the month ending February 1991, 56.1 percent of the nation’s AIDS cases were in the 26 cities surveyed by the Conference of Mayors. (When totalling the number of cases in the surveyed cities by the 26 “Metropolitan Statistical Areas” (MSAs) of those cities, which include the surrounding suburban cities/areas, the 26 MSAs account for 61 percent of the nation’s total AIDS cases.) Among the 26 cities surveyed, 94,134 cases were reported through the month ending February 1991 (over 167,803 had been reported in the nation). In 1990 alone, 16,364 cases were reported in these 26 cities. Approximately 34 percent of the cumulative AIDS cases in the 26 cities surveyed are living. Persons living with AIDS require a range of often costly care and services as episodic debilitating opportunistic infections weaken the immune system. Perspective on Epidemic: Five Years Ago, Projections for 1996 e San Francisco estimates that 28,000 are infected with HIV. Five years ago, by the end of 1986, 25,048 AIDS cases had been reported in the 26 surveyed cities. e Tampa has an estimated 7,350 HIV infected persons. In 1996, five years from now, an estimated 151,652 cumulative AIDS cases will have been reported in only 15 of the surveyed cities providing these data. Below the Tip of the Iceberg: Persons Infected With HIV Today, there are an estimated 508,720 to 657 421 per- sons with HIV infection in the 26 cities. Thisrepresents 51 to 66 percent of the CDC-estimated one million infected with HIV in the U.S. * InNew York City, from 125,000 to 235,000 are HIV infected. * In Los Angeles, an estimated 41,000 are infected. * Projections: Significant Increases in AIDS Cases, HIV Infected Persons Fifteen cities provided estimates on the number of AIDS cases they project by the end of 1996. By that date, these cities will have experienced a 240 percent increase—from 44,518 to an estimated 151, 652 cases. * ton will havean estimated 44,400 to 68,000 persons with HIV infection. * LosAngelesprojects33,000 cumulative AIDS cases by 1996. The city estimates 35,000 HIV infected by 1996. * (Cleveland estimates 6,500 cumulative casesin 1996. Ft. Lauderdale estimates 6,175 to 30,876 people with HIV. * In Baltimore, an estimated 20,000 people are HIV infected. * Phoenixestimates 7,651 residentsare The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities Houston estimates that in five years there will be 27,000 cumulative cases of AIDSin the city. Hous- Projections are that the city will have 20,000 HIV infected by 1996. HIV infected. ® The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991] Page 9 �Rg Survey Cities Estimated Number of HIV Infected as of February 28, 1991 City Estimated Number, Source of of HIV Infected Estimate Anaheim 14,000 A Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago 50,000 20,000 11,028 14,000 ABCEG AG BG Cleveland 15,000 G Dallas Denver Fort Lauderdale Houston Indianapolis 5,000-10,000 10,000 6,175-30,876 30,000 2,200 G A A ABEFG Jersey City 16,590 Kansas City, MO 5,000-8,000 G Los Angeles Minneapolis 41,000 5,500 BDEG BEG New Haven New Orleans New York Newark 3,096 15,130 125,000-235,000 23,000-27,000 A EFG G G Philadelphia 20,000 A Phoenix 7,651 A San Diego San Francisco San Juan Seattle 15,000-20,000 28,000 9,000 10,000 ABEG BDEG G AG Tampa 7,350 AB *%* Total *** 508,720-657, 421 HIV Infection Estimates: Report Key =! | A - Extrapolation from national (i.e., CDC) estimates i B - Testing of local STD clinic patients C - Prison intake screening in your jurisdiction D - Screening of military recruits in your jurisdiction E - Testing of IVDUs in your jurisdiction F - Testing of homeless persons in your jurisdiction G - Other - Page 10 The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities ® The United States Conference of Mayors ® June 1991 �AIDS Impact Varies By City, Changing Over Time a greater variation from national averages. Background Lower Percents, Higher Numbers Gay/Bisexual Men: More Cases Among Minority Gays While Gay/bisexual males still comprise the largest number of AIDS cases nationwide, many cities’ AIDS caseloads vary significantly from the national average and are experiencing disproportionate growth in dif- ferent case categories, such as Gay/bisexual minorities, IV drug users, racial and ethnic minorities, women, pediatrics and hard-to-reach populations, such as the homeless and youth in risky situations. In some cities, the overwhelming number of cases are IV drug use related. In others, Gay/bisexual AIDS cases comprise the majority. In some, women comprise a much greater percentage of city cases than the national average. Proportions of cases among racial/ ethnic minorities also vary. Gay/bisexual men comprise from 13 percent (Newark) to 85 percent (Anaheim, San Francisco, and Seattle) of total AIDS cases in individual cities surveyed. Nationally, 59 percent of cases are among Gay/bisexual men. From 1987 to 1990, cases attributable to Gay /bisexual transmission decreased from 70.9 percent to 66 percent of total cases in the 22 survey cities reporting for both periods. For the 22 cities with 1987 and 1990 data: * In 1987, 22,747 cases were reported by surveyed cities providing data. In 1990, 53,529 cases were reported, an increase of 42 percent. As of the year ending 1990, in the various transmission categories, theaverage of the data collected fromthe 26 cities surveyed corresponds closely to national data, with Gay/ bisexual transmission higher in the26 cities. * In 1990, Minneapolis had the highest percentage of its cases reported among Gay/bisexual men, at 90 percent of total city cases; Newark had the lowest at 13 percent. * e From 1987-90, Los Angeles’ AIDS cases among Gay/bisexual men remained relatively stable as a percentage of total Los Angeles AIDS cases—85 Nationally, Gay/bisexual transmission comprises 59 percent of total of adult/adolescent cases as of 1990. The proportion of Gay/bisexual transmission among the 26 cities surveyed is higher, at 64 percent to 84 percent—although actual cases increased from 4,238 to 8,859. percent. e IVDUs comprise 22 percent of the nation’s adult/ adolescent AIDS cases. In the 26 survey cities, they also comprise 22 percent of cases. * Dallas Gay/bisexual cases increased from 75 percent to 83 percent of the city’s cases (864 to 2,262 from 1987-90). * Gay/bisexual IV drug abusers are seven percent of surveyed city cases, and seven percent nation- * The most significant percentage decrease was in Baltimore, where 66 percent of the city’s cases wereamong Gay/bisexual menin 1987;in1990,46 percent were in this category. This occurred because, although Baltimore's Gay/bisexual AIDS cases tripled over 1987-90, IV drug abuse cases increased dramatically. ally. * Racial and ethnic breakdown of AIDS cases nationally through 1990 is as follows: whites (54.8 percent), Blacks (28.2 percent), Hispanics (15.9 percent), Asian/PacificIslanders (0.6 percent), and Native Americans (0.1 percent). Among the 26 cities surveyed, the racial/ethnic breakdown closely follows the national percentages: whites (54 percent), Blacks (27.3 percent), Hispanics (17.8) (as compared to 15.9 percent of national cases reported as Hispanics), Asian/Pacific Islanders (0.8 percent) and Native Americans (0.1 percent). Gay Minority Cases Up. An increasing number of AIDS cases are occurring among minority Gay/bisexual men in select cities. * SanFranciscoreported 518 minority Gay/bisexual cases as of 1987; in 1990, 1,316 were reported, an increase of 154 percent. An examination of individual cities, however, reveals The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities © The Uniled States Conference of Mayors © June 199] Page 11 �* drug abuse cases were in the survey cities. In Seattle, from 1987 to 1990 cases increased from 52 to 147, a 182 percent increase. * e In New New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles reported the largest number of cases among Gay/ bisexual IV drug abusers. From 1987 to 1990, Houston's cases among Gay/bisexual IV drug users rose from 203 to 464 cases, This represented no change in the proportion of Houston's AIDS cases (nine percent) but a 129 percent increase in cases. York City, 2,491 cases were reported through 1987 among minority Gays; 5,680 were reported through 1990, cumulative, a 128 percent increase. IV Drug Abusers: Increasing Proportion of Total » Seattle reports an increase in cases of Gay/bi- sexual IVDUs from 60 to 148 over 1987 to 1990, a From 1987 to 1990, IV drug use transmission increased 147 percent increase. asa percentage of total cases among 22 surveyed cities providing data for both periods—from 15.8 percent in 1987 to 20 percent in 1990. AIDS: Increasingly Among Minority Populations In 1990, 54 percent of the nation’s IV drug abuse AIDS cases were in the 26 survey cities. A significant and growing proportion of cases are * among minorities, particularly Gay/bisexual ity men, substance abusers, and women. Baltimore, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Kansas City, MO, New Orleans, San Diego, San Juan, and Tampa all experienced atleast a four-fold increase in cases of IVDUs from 1987 to 1990. ¢ e e In 1990, Newark had the highest proportion of cases reported among IV drug abusers, 69 percent of thecity’s total cases. Jersey City (65 percent) and New Haven (56 percent) were the next highest. * In 1987, 22 percent of survey city cases (in 20 surveyed cities providing data for both time periods) were among Blacks; in 1990, this had in- creased to 27.2 percent. * In 1987, 15.9 percent of survey city cases were among Hispanics. In 1990, Hispanics comprised 17.8 percent of AIDS cases in surveyed cities. In Houston in 1987, two percent of cases were among IV drug abusers. By the end of 1990, five percent of cases were in this category, an increase of 473 percent (from 45 to 258 cases). * minor- Fifty-three percent of the nation’s cumulative 1990 Black cases were in the survey cities, while 62 percent of the nation’s cumulative 1990 Hispanic cases were in survey cities. Sixty-nine percent of Newark’s cumulative cases in 1990 were IV drug users. (Newark estimates that50 percent ofits approximately 15,0001V drug users are HIV infected.) Blacks Anestimated 60 percent of New York City IV drug users are infected with HIV. Nationally, Blacks comprise 28 percent of AIDS cases as of December 30, 1990. The percentage of cases reported among Blacks ranged from 2.6 percent in Anaheim to 85 percent in Newark. Gay/Bisexual/IV Drug Abuse * In 1990, 66 percent of New Haven'’s total cases wereamong Blacksand 13 percentamong Hispanics. In 1987, those percentages were 66 and 15, respectively. * In 1990, 17 percent of Houston's total cases were among Blacks; 11 percent were among Hispanics. In 1987, 12 percent were among Blacks and 10 percent among Hispanics. For the year ending 1987, among 22 surveyed cities providing data, 7.6 percent of cases were reported among Gay/bisexual IV drug abusers. By the end of 1990, this had fallen slightly to seven percent of total cases in surveyed cities. Fifty-four percent of the nation’s Gay/bisexual/IV Page 12 The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities ® The United States Conference of Mayors June 1991 �Number of Cumulative Diagnosed AIDS Cases in Survey Cities, by Transmission Category, for Years Ending 1987 and 1990 The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities ® The United States Conference of Mayors © June 199] Page 13 �s e In Anaheim, 12.5 percent of AIDS cases are Hispanic; an estimated 17 percent of the HIV infected in Anaheim are Hispanic. ¢ San Francisco reports 8.3 percent of its AIDS cases among Hispanics but estimates that 12 percent of the HIV infected are Hispanic. Fifty-five (55) percent of Philadelphia’s cumulative AIDS cases are among Blacks. Three years ago, 51 percent were among Blacks. Future: Estimates on HIV Infection Among Blacks A select number of surveyed cities provided estimates on the racial/ethnic breakdown of their HIV infected populations. In several cities, an increasing proportion of the estimated HIV infected are Black as compared to current AIDS cases. * * Asian/Pacific Islanders * InSeattle, 1.6 percent of thecity’s AIDS cases were among Asian/Pacific Islanders in 1990. In Houston, 17 percent of current cases are among Blacks. An estimated 26 percentof Houston's HIV infected persons are Black, according to local estimates. among Asian/Pacific Islanders. Native American Eighty-five percent of Newark’s AIDS cases are Black; 95 percent of the HIV infected are estimated to be Black. * Fifty-two Native American AIDS cases were reported in Houston in 1990. * Los Angeles had 16 Native American AIDS cases in 1990. Hispanics Nationally, Hispanics make up 16 percent of the total AIDS cases. * Women: An Increasing Proportion of Cases Intheyearending 1990, the percentage of Hispan- Nationally, 10.5 percent of AIDS cases are among women. ics among the total number of surveyed city AIDS cases ranged In San Francisco in 1990, 1.9 percent (188 cases) were (from one percent in Baltimore, 98 percent in San Juan, 18.8 percent in Los Angeles and 27 percent in New York. * Among surveyed cities, Newark has the highest proportion of its cases among women: 32 percent of diagnosed AIDS cases as of the month ending February 1991. * New Haven is second among reporting surveyed cities, with 28 percent of its cases among women. s Jersey City reports 23.5 percent are female AIDS cases. * San Juan is fourth: 21 percent are among women. Future: Estimates on HIV Infection Among Hispanics * Baltimore reports that 17.6 percent are among women—the fifth highest among surveyed cities. For estimates provided by cities onracial /ethnicbreakdown of HIV infected persons, several cities project a greater proportion of their HIV infected populations will be Hispanic as compared to current city AIDS cases. Future: Estimated Women with HIV Infection * Eighty-five (85) percent of the women in Philadelphia with AIDS are Latina. * In Dallas, there were 56 cases among Hispanics in 1987; in 1990, 182 Hispanic cases were reported, a 225% increase. * Boston's Hispanic cases increased from 40 to 124 over 1987 to 1990, a 210 percent increase. Page 14 The Impact of AIDSon America's Cities Projections for the male/female proportions for estimated HIV infected populations also point to future increased cases of AIDS among women. ® The Uniled States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 �on oO oO [= o oo o o oo 4 Jrrrry ~~ on [=] [=] oo oo [=] o — [24 oO oO oo — oOo oo [=] oo TT rTT TTT ! (! oO oo J \ aay or oO oO o TTT TY T n [=] TT TT \ [=Y (+) [9 oO T SS wD [EY SS Lo} [=3 SS =] o [¥1Y ~~ n or oO [LE Li [J LP a L/L LL Li Li AN a oe > 2 Bm wm =S 500% Number of Cumulative Diagnosed AIDS Cases in Survey Cities, by Race/Ethnicity, for Years Ending 1987 and 1990 The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities © The United Safes Conference of Mayors © June 199] Page 15 �e Houston estimates that 155 percent of the HIV infected in the city are women; only four percent of the city’s cumulative AIDS diagnosed cases are ¢ women. * Tampa reported seven heterosexual casesin 1987; by 1990, that total had risen to 57. InNew York City, 1073 cases by 1990 were among heterosexuals. * Current San Juan cases are 21 percent female. Officials there estimate that 28 percent of the city’s HIV infected are women. * e Ft. Lauderdale reports 322 cases by 1990. Philadelphia's heterosexual coases rose fromsix to 67 from 1987 to 1990. Heterosexual Pediatric Cases (0 - 12 years) Heterosexual AIDS cases are a low but increasing proportion of AIDS cases in surveyed cities. Nationally, five percent of cases are reported as occurring In 1987 there were 762 cases of AIDS among children under 12 yearsin 22 surveyed cities providing data; for 1987 and 1990. By 1990 there were 1,564 cases, an increase of 105 percent. As HIV increases among through heterosexual transmission. * Houston heterosexual cases rose from 23 for the year ending 1987 to 155 by the end of 1990. women, the number of children born with the disease will also rise. The Face of AIDS in America’s Cities Varies National statistics on AIDS present a composite picture of AIDS cases in the U.S. In individual cities, however, the face of AIDS may vary greatly from national statistics. For example: national figures show that by the month ending February 1990, 59 percent of all AIDS is caused are related to Gay/bisexual transmission, 22 percent through IV drug use. Blacks comprise 28 percent of the total and Hispanics 16 percent. Nationally, 10.5 percent of cases are among women. In cities, for the month ending February 1990: ® In Jersey City, 23 percent of the AIDS cases are among women. '» Newark estimates that 95 percent of the HIV infected population is Black; currently, 85 percent of the city’s : ® In Seattle, 85 percent of the AIDS cases are among Gay/ bisexual males. Women account for two percent of cases. Fourteen percent of cases are among minorities. Ce In Dallas, 70 percent of the AIDS cases are among white Gay/ bisexual men; 13 percent are among minority Gay/bisexual men. ‘* Denver estimates that 64 percent of the HIV infected population is white; 82 percent of the AIDS cases are ~ among whites. Ninety-eight (98) percent of the AIDS cases in Denver are among men. . By the end of 1990, half of New Haven’s AIDS cases were among IV drug abusers. Page 16 The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities ® The United States Conference of Mayors © June | 991 �Paying for AIDS Care: Medicaid, Public Systems Carry Heavy Burden Background In order to estimate the source of payment of AIDS care costs, the Conference of Mayors asked surveyed cities the following question: “What percentage of AIDS diagnosed persons in your jurisdiction do you estimate are” covered by public or private health insurance. According to 15 surveyed cities providing data (out of 26 surveyed cities): * Medicaid coverage ranged from 31 to 66 percent of AIDS diagnosed persons in those cities (e.g., Houston, 66 percent; Denver, San Diego and Indianapolis, 50 percent each; Cleveland, 40 percent; Chicago, 35 percent). * In10cities, “Other public health insurance” covers from two (2) percent to 45 percent of AIDS cases (e.g., Newark, 45 percent; Houston, 21 percent; Los Angeles, 16 percent). * In 14 cities, private insurance covered from 15 percent to 55 percent of AIDS cases (Cleveland, 55 percent; Indianapolis, 50 percent; Philadelphia, 49 percent; Los Angeles, 37 percent; Jersey City, 20 percent; Newark, 15 percent). Medicaid Pays Disproportionate Share uncompensated care; state funds; or private resources. The percent of persons diagnosed with AIDS covered by Medicaid ranges from 31-66 percent in the cities surveyed. City estimates on AIDS diagnosed persons not covered by public or private health insurance included: * Chicago, with 35 percent uninsured; ¢ In Baltimore, an estimated 30 percent; ered. * Minneapolis, where 29 percent are uninsured; * Sixty percent of Jersey City’s cases are covered under Medicaid. * Denver, 25 percent; * San Diego reports that 50 percent of cases are Medicaid covered. * San Diego, with 20 percent are uninsured; * Boston, 15 percent uninsured; and Newark, 13 percent. * In Houston, 66 percent of cases are Medicaid cov- * In Boston and Cleveland, 45 percent and 40 percent, respectively, are covered under Medicaid. * * Medicaid covers 30 percent of the AIDS care costs in Baltimore; 50 percent of Baltimore's costs are completely uncovered by public or private health Local Government Costs insurance (see below, The Uninsured). occur through earmarked local funds for AIDS care, as well as through uncompensated costs made through payments typically to publichospitalsand other mechanisms in hospitals such as: cost-cutting measures in The Uninsured Persons not insured by public or private health insurance may have their costs covered by self-pay; local funds, particularly to public hospitals to provide for The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities Local government payment of AIDS care costs can © other hospital services, cross subsidies from private paying patients, draining of capital funds, and drawing down of hospital reserves. The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 Page 17 �which 75 percent is uncompensated care and 25 percent paid for with local funds. Chicago reports that 35 percent of AIDS cases are uninsured, of which 40 percent are costs paid by local government and 40 percent are uncompensated. In Chicago and Cook County, HIV-related medical expenses are projected to increase by 252 percent between 1989 and 1994. City and county HIV expenditures are estimated to reach $317 million by 1994, of which 45 percent will be nonreimbursable and shifted to local government or absorbed by service providers. InSan Diego, 20 percent are uninsured; 50 percent of these costs are covered by local funds and 30 percent are uncompensated. In Cleveland, five percent of AIDS care costs are uninsured,of which90 percentare uncompensated. In Boston, 15 percent of costs are uninsured, of which 50 percent are uncompensated and 10 percent are city funds. Ten percent of the costs of the medically indigent are covered by the federal gov- In Newark, 13 percent of cases are uninsured, of which 95 percent are covered by local funds. Baltimore reports that 50 percent of AIDS cases are uninsured. Of this, 75 percent is uncompensated and 20 percent is paid for with other, federal research funds. Five percent is covered by private resources. * In Minneapolis, 29 percent are not insured, ernment, through HRSA and BHCDA funds. Twenty percent are state funds (i.e, general relief, state). Seattle estimates that seven percent of cases are uninsured, of which 30 percent is uncompensated care. of Health Insurance Coverage of Persons Diagnosed with AIDS estimated percentages City Covered by or eligible Covered by other public for health insurance Medicaid Privately Other * Insured Baltimore 30.0 10.0 30.0 30.0 Boston 45.0 100 30.0 15.0 Chicago 350 0 30.0 35.0 Cleveland 40.0 0 55.0 5.0 Denver 50.0 0 25.0 25.0 Houston 66.0 21.0 ad vd Indianapolis 50.0 0 50.0 0 Jersey City 60.0 20.0 20.0 0 Los Angeles 39.0 16.0 37.0 8.0 Minneapolis*** 31.0 0 26.0 29.0 Newark 27.0 45.0 15.0 13.0 Philadelphia 39.0 20 49.0 10.0 San Diego 50.0 10.0 30.0 200 San Francisco 480 20 45.0 50 Seattle 360 80 38.0 120 ® The United States Conference of Mayors peraomsis Page 18 The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cilies © June 1991 �Testing and Counseling: More Seek Results Background rate of HIV positive test results remained constant. As the efficacy of early intervention services becomes more evident, public education campaigns stressing the importance of HIV testing have been carried out at the local and national level. Survey results show that more people are seeking HIV counseling and testing services. Ofthel7citiesreporting onchangesin demand for HIV testing, 82 percent (14 cities) experienced an increase in demand for testing and counseling services, ranging from one percent in San Francisco to 500 percent in San Juan. Indianapolis reported that demand for testing remained constant. Two cities (Ft. Lauderdale and Minneapolis) experienced a decrease in percentages of per- sonsseeking HIV testing and counseling services,38 percent and 10 percent, respectively. * For the nineteen cities reporting on the rate of HIV+ test results over the past three years: - - 42 percent (eight cities) reported a decrease in the rate of HIV positive results from testing and counseling sites over the past three years. The decrease ranged from one percentin Anaheim to 40 percent in San Juan. Other cities reporting a decrease include: Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, MO, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Seattle. in32percentof the cities (sixrespondents), the The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities 26 percent (five cities) reported the ratee of people testing HIV positive has increased. The number of HIV positive test results over the last three years increased by 60 percentin New Orleans; 50 percent in Boston and New Haven; 12 percent in Tampa; and one percent in Baltimore. Increased Numbers Vary Widely * - ® Testing People at Disproportionate Risk Cities were asked to characterize the majority of persons receiving HIV testing and counseling services over the past year as either at “disproportionate” risk or generally at lower risk. Of the 26 responding, 69 percent reported that individuals at “disproportionate” risk of AIDS comprise the majority tested. For the 32 percent reporting that a majority seeking testing are “generally at lower risk,” cities attributed the failure of greater numbers of people at disproportionate risk to seek counseling and testing services to: fear of confidentiality breaches, lack of protection against discrimination, inability to deal emotionally with HIV positivity, distrust of government bureaucracy, and concerns that universal HIV reporting will be mandated (name reporting). Two cities (Seattle and San Juan) indicating a large increase in those being tested for HIV also reported that the majority of those tested were “generally at lower risk.” The United Stales Conference of Mayors © June 1991 Page 19 �Early Intervention Background Early identification and treatment of HIV has proven effective in prolonging survival of persons with HIV infection. These services are not widely available to the HIV infected population. Services can range from an immune system assessment (e.g., T-cell count, white blood cell counts, platelet counts) to determine at what stage an individual isin the disease spectrum, to treatments including prophylactic drugs, management of opportunistic infections and a range of supportive services (e.g., psychosocial support, assistance in the modification of high risk behaviors, case management). In many cities there is direct referral from testing and counseling sites to early intervention services. Many early intervention programs have been overwhelmed since program operations began and have been forced to establish waitinglists forappointments. Newly established clinics must deal with abacklog of patients and itis difficult to catch up and meet increasing demand, especially if lack of funding permits clinics to be open only on a limited basis (one or two times a week). Waiting Lists Reported Indianapolis provides early intervention services with Medicaid funds and at the local county hospital for theindigent. There is a two week wait for Cities surveyed were asked to indicate if waiting lists services. Low income gay males (50% white, 50% for early intervention services existed in their locales: 50 percent (12 of 24 cities) reported delays in schedul- Black) are primarily those waiting for services. SRS grpointments: * e ¢ e * In Houston, initial assessments are readily available but the service system is so overwhelmed that no services are offered to asymptomatic individuals. Tr apna jn Atlanta, z the county hospi- tal-run HIV clinic, e In Dallas, clients may have to wait one week for ser- In Anaheim, 300 people are waiting up to two weeks to receive services. Ninety-five percent of the people on the waiting list are medically indi- vices and the wait- there is a three month waiting period for initial immune system ing list for public assessments. services may containup to20 people. Among those waiting for appointments there is a disproportionate representation of IV drug users, heterosexuals, Hispanics, Blacks and low to mod- TheNew Haven Health Department provides HIV case management services. To schedule an initial appointment takes six weeks for adults and one month for children. erate income individuals. e San Diego has a wait of 4 to 6 weeks for initial appointments at publicly funded clinics. Atthe Grady Infectious Disease Clinic in Atlanta, the county hospital-run HIV clinic, there is a three month waiting period for initial immune system assessments. Newark has a wait of 3 to 5 weeks for early intervention services (immune system assessment and prophylactic treatment) funded by Medicaid and In San Francisco, the wait for scheduling an initial appointment forearly intervention servicesranges city welfare. Black IV drug users earning less than $8,500 make up the majority of those waiting for from two to six weeks. There are 50 - 100 HIV infected individuals waiting for appointments. appointments. The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities At the Grady Infectious Disease and state funded early intervention In New York City the wait for an appointment ranges from 2 to 6 weeks. Page 20 Orleans, there is a 32 week wait for federally gent. * In New ® The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 �Future Numbers of HIV Infected Will Overwhelm Systems Examples of the number of HIV+ individuals receiving publicly funded early intervention services include: Projections concerning the number of HIV infected * individuals indicate that early intervention services will be in even In Philadelphia, with higher demand. In an estimated 24,000 = in need of early fbn for example, with an estimated 24,000 in interv ention $er- need of early inter- vices, the city estimates that Ryan vention services, the city estimates White CARE Act Title I funding will serve only one percent of the asymptomatic HIV infected population. that Ryan CARE Act 100 clients in Baltimore partially funded by Medicaid, STD program funds and through research grants. e 151 clients in Seattle funded by federal HRSA funds and state funds. Seattle is beginning a promotional campaign to increase public awareness of the availability of the program. * 180 clients in Cleveland are partially funded by Medicaid and by public funds at the Free Medical Clinic Early Intervention Program. The number of clients increased by 25 percent over the past year. * 500 clients in Dallas are funded by Medicaid and other public funds for the Parkland HIV Qutpatient Clinic. e 200 clients in Houston receive immune system assessments in three clinics funded by the state and Harris County. * 500clientsin San Diego receive services funded by HRSA and state funds. e 1000 clients in Anaheim are funded by HRSA demonstration funds and state early intervention White Title I funding willassure services for only one percent of the asymptomaticHIV ARE popula- 10Nn. Publicly Funded Early Intervention Services Publicly funded early intervention services exist in all of the cities surveyed. Early intervention services are funded by a variety of source in the 26 cities surveyed including HRSA Demonstration Grants, the State /Federal Drug Reimbursement Program, state funds, local funds (e.g., public hospitals, community health centers), private founda- funds; e tions and through the use of research funds (clinical trials). It is difficult to track the total number of HIV+ individuals receiving early intervention services in cities because individuals may receive care at private, non profit agencies. Those with private insurance will receive services from their own physicians. The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities ® 1850 clients in San Juan are funded by HRSA demonstration funds, a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local city funds. The number of clients increased 50% over last year. * 400clients receive publicly funded early intervention services in San Francisco. These services are funded by Medicaid and Medi-Cal (state funds). The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 Page 21 �Federal AIDS Drug Funds Inadequate: Half of Cities Cover Drug Costs Background State AIDS drug reimbursement— which pays for AZT (Retrovir) and other pharmaceuticals for low income, non- ‘Medicaid eligible persons with HIV disease—is a federally funded program begun in fiscal year 1987 to provide formula grant funds to the states. The program was initiated by the Congress because of the high annual cost of AZT therapy. States determine their own income eligibility levels, which drugs to cover under their program, and theirown method of operation. Beginning in fiscal year 1991, this program was incorporated into Title Il of the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990, making it one of four eligible activities to carryout under this authority. Generally, these programs are operated by the state government, utilizing a variety of mechanisms to provide therapeutics. Although AZT costs have come down since 1987, AZT and other AIDS drug costs continue to be significant. A typical AIDS patient's annual costs for AZT is $2,000-$3,000. (One manufacturer of pentamidine, a preventive therapy for the most common opportunistic AIDS-related illness, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, has raised the price of the drug by 400 percent according to the state of New York Department of Consumer Affairs.) [|]H H esidenfs e on State Drug Programs 1,231 city residents. Because the AIDS drug reimbursement [PAYEE administered by states, many respondent cities were unable to docuFifty percent of reee number spondents utilized local funds to pro- ying drugs undertheirstatepro- vide AIDS drugs Brame to persons not covered by the federal/state AIDS dr ai ugireim: In Houston, oR a 50 ES percent increase occurred over ; : To ast year, with the program currently covering Only 14 * InLos Angeles,1,650 city residents were receiving AZT in the state program. ° ganeim increased by 30 percent, to 413 city resients. Other cities experiencing increases included: cities could provide data. Twelve stated there were e Cleveland (up 25 percent, to 23 persons); bursement program. numberofpersons increases in the * Tampa (20 percent increase, to 275 persons); ; ; ranging from five to 100 percent. covered last year, San Diego and San * Denver (15 percent over last year, to 424 city residents). Juan were the only two cities indicating noincreasesin the number of persons covered by their state drug * reimbursement programs; cases of AIDS increased in both cities, however. : $66,276.83 ; ¢ Seattle experienced a 100 percent increase in the number of city residents covered under the state AZT drug reimbursement program, currently covThe Impact of AIDS on America's Cilies claims) to InNewark, the number of people on the program also doubled, 78 to 157, from September 1989 to September 1990. Costs increased from $104,197 (for 485 prescription claims in 88-89) to $181,185 (1,034 claims in 89-90). ering 252 persons. Page 22 (for 357 prescription $104,626.27 (788 claims). City experiences with AIDS drug reimbursement were as follows: : : : * In Jersey City, the number of people on the pro- gram doubled, from 50 to 100, from September 1989 to September 1990. Costs increased from ® The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 �Local Funds Used to Pay for AIDS Drugs Federal Drug Funds Won't Meet Fifty (50) percentof respondents (13 of 26) indicate that they utilized local funds to provide drugs to persons Seventy-six percent (20 of 26) indicated that the federal with AIDS and HIV infection who were not covered by the federal /state AIDS drug reimbursement program. demand for AIDS drugs in their cities this year. Minneapolis reports that “everyone who meets requirements” is in the program. By contrast, other cities Demand This Year in Most Cities However, only three (3) could provide data on the cost of these programs; difficulties cited in collecting data included the fact that drug expenses are not broken down by patient diagnosis. AIDS drug reimbursement program will not meet the report: * Boston states that the state’s federal AIDS drug reimbursement program “will run out of money in In New Haven, drugs are provided as part of medical benefits to city welfare recipients but no breakdown in costs are available for HIV drugs. Newark, under mid-year.” * New Haven states that the “program underfunded and only provides AZT.” ¢ San Diego reports that the “projected shortfall is expected to be $150,000” by the end of June. general assistance, pays for AIDS drugs, for which their is no dollar figure. Three (3) cities providing data on the amount of local funds expended, included: Denver ($650,000, an increase of 15 percent over last year); New Orleans (4 percent above last year); and Tampa ($78,000 or 15 percent above last year’s expenditures). is Federal Funds: Ryan White Act Called a “Band-aid, Not a Bailout” In 1990, the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (CARE) of 1990 was passed overwhelmingly by the Congress, bringing the federal government's AIDS service dollars under a unified legislative package. Authorized at$275 million in fiscal year 1990, Title I of the Act, which provides funding directly to cities most affected by the AIDS epidemic, received $87.8 million (32 percent of the authorized level). Title II, also receiving $87.8 million of its $275 million authorization, gla or) fon AIDS services through the states. § One city official referred to the Ryan White CARE Act as “a band-aid, nota bail-out” : In its FY91 supplemental competitive application for funding, Boston s Ry: identified $10 in care needs for every dollar received in Title I funds. ‘San Diego" $6.1 million of unmet needs. Two more cities, Baltimore and Oakland, will Bema ee fox Title I ¢ undir for an as yet unknown amount of funds. The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cilies © The United States Conference of Mayors June 1991 Page 23 �Service Needs of People With AIDS: Local Conditions Define Gaps Background = Persons with HIV / AIDS have a range of service needs, depending on the stage and specific manifestation of their HIV illness. Inpatient hospital care comprises only one part of the spectrum of service needs of persons with AIDS and reflects management of the periodic and debilitating opportunistic infections that overtake a person with AIDS. Ongoing service needs, those that help in avoiding hospitalization, include: home care, housing, ongoing outpatient care, case management, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and social services (e.g., food, advocacy). Most Common listed as lacking—across all groups—were outpa- Gaps tient care, substance abuse treatment, and hous- ing, followed by home care and long term care. Cities were asked to identify specific populations of persons diagnosed with AIDS for whom services are lacking. Cities were also asked to identify which services are most needed, but are currently unavailable. Twenty-four of 25 surveyed citiesresponded that services were lacking for some population. Other categories listed included: mental health services, social services (including legal services and transportation), and case management. Populations With Greatest Gaps e The unmet service needs—and the subpopulations experiencing the greatest gaps—vary from city to city, reflecting the different characteristics of AIDS caseloads, persons infected and health service delivery systems in communities. Substance Abusers - Twelve cities list substance abusers as a service population in need. Services identified most frequently as lacking are substance abuse treatment, and housing, followed by home Generally, systems are care, case management, outpatient health care, and social services. strained, with a wide range of populations with unmet needs and services lacking. - Houston lists minority IV drug users as a service need population. In describing service For example, in Kansas City, MO, all groups were identified ashaving service gaps, asdetermined by the city’s Ryan White Title II planning process. In New Orleans, racial and ethnic minorities in general were identified as populations lacking services. Cleveland identified Hispanic persons with AIDSasa population needs, Houston explains that the system is overwhelmed in all areas for everyone. However, minority substance abusers (as well as women and the homeless) have an especially hard time accessing care. in need. o Groups in Greatest Need. Substance abusers were identified by 50 percentofrespondents asa service need population. The “uninsured” and women were each identified by 46 percent of respondent cities (11 of 24 providing data) as service need populations. Other populations identified most oftenby respondent cities ashaving unmet service needs included: the homeless (42 percent, 10 of 24 Newark lists substance abuse treatment, long term care, and mental health services as top needs of substance abusers. * Women - Home care, housing, long term care, outpatient care, and mental health were most frequently listed as service needs. cities), and the incarcerated (21 percent). Others - According to New Haven, “support forwomen with HIV who are caregivers is sorely lacking.” - In Ft. Lauderdale, these services for women and children are described as “sorely lack- listed included racial/ethnic minorities, mentally ill, minority Gay/bisexual men, and Gay/bisexual adolescents. e 3 Services Most Lacking. Services most frequently Page 24 The Impactof AIDS on America’s Cities ng. ® ” The United States Conference of Mayors ® June 1991 �- Housing for women with HIV, case management, and outpatient health care are the top identified needs in Indianapolis. - In Newark, social services, substance abuse treatment, and home care are the top three service needs. In New York City, close to 5,000 women have AIDS; 16-20,000 children will lose their mothers from AIDS by 1993 in the city. Houstonreports the city has the highest prevalence of HIV in Texas among women of childbearing age. Services Most Often Lacking Services most frequently listed as lacking—across all groups—were outpatient care, substance abuse treatment, and housing, followed by home care and long term care. Other categories listed included: mental health services, social services (including legal services and transportation), and case management. * Substance Abuse Treatment - In Los Angeles, 38 percent of the need for resident detox programs for those with HIV is not met. * Housing - San Francisco estimates that, over the next three years, 1,200 new housing units will be needed for people with AIDS. * Home Care - In 1989 in Houston, 78 percent of AIDS patients discharged from the hospital were without any home care service. * Outpatient Care - Houston estimates that demand for outpatient care forindigents will increase by 48 percent from 1990 through 1991. * Mental Health - In Chicago this year, 87 percent of the 642 persons estimated to seek mental health Uninsured - Home care, outpatient care,and housing are most frequently identified as service needs for the uninsured. - Housing, case management, and outpatient care are top identified needs for the uninsured in Indianapolis. - Outpatient care is “seriously lacking” for the uninsured in Ft. Lauderdale. - Chicago identifies outpatient care as a top need for the uninsured. services will receive none, despite Ryan White CARE Act funds. Homeless - Housing and outpatient care are the top service needs for homeless persons with HIV. - e Case Management - Los Angeles states that only 17 percent of those with HIV needing case management receive it. In Chicago, approximately 2,800 persons with HIV need case management services; over half will not receive them despite Ryan White CARE Act funds. ¢ Dental - In Houston, there is a 2-3 month wait for dental services at the only publicly funded clinic serving people with HIV. Boston lists chief service needs for the homeless with HIV as case management, homecare, housing, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and social services (e.g., food, advocacy, support groups). - Outpatient health care and housing are service needs described by New Orleans. In New York City, an estimated six percent of the homeless are HIV infected. In San Francisco, there are 1,000 homeless persons with AIDS. The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities ® The United States Conference of Mayors June 1991 Page 25 �Prevention Education: Gaps Seen, Ongoing Education Needed Background It has long been recognized that effective HIV prevention programs must be locally developed and based. With no cure for AIDS foreseen, prevention programs are the only truly effective weapon against the further spread of the disease. In this time of severe fiscal constraints, it has been increasingly difficult for cities to maintain funds for prevention efforts as caseloads and the cost of care and services increase. » Eighty percent (20 of 25) of cities utilize local funds for prevention activities. Of these cities, twelve (60 percent) had increased their funding of AIDS prevention activities in the past three years. The increase over the past three years ranged from 10 percent in San Diego to 2,000 percent in San Juan. e Of the 18 cities providing dollar amounts of funding for AIDS prevention efforts, the amount of local funds spent in the past fiscal year ranged from $10,000 in Cleveland to $3,776,103 in Seattle. survey respondentsindicated that gaps existed in their Increased Service Needs Rob Prevention Dollars community. Transmission categories Decisions about health spending often pit health services against prevention, with prevention spending often losing. = * Fifty percent of cities (10 of 20 cities responding) indicated that AIDS services demands have held constant or decreased local funding for AIDS pre- vention” (7 cities) and the need for re-education given relapse into unsafe behavior (8 cities). Five vention. s Thirty percent (six cities) indicated that their prevention spending had increased. e Twenty percent (four cities) responded that the demand for services had no impact on funding for services. cities reported that no programs have specifically targeted this population. * behaviors (16 of 20). New York City and Los Angeles reported that programs do exist but that they must be expanded to meet needs within the community. Boston identified segments of the Gay population (Gay youth, bisexual men who do not identify as Gay, and Gay IV drug users) as populations for which successful interventions have not been developed. Gaps in Prevention Education * Cities were asked to list which population groups in their locality have been identified as having gaps in HIV prevention education. Twenty-five of the 26 The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities Non-minority Gay males. Eighty percent identified gaps in educating non-minority, Gay white males; most commonly, the cities cited a need for re-education, given identified relapse into unsafe Factors in addition to service demands in the community can also result in a decrease of funds (not limited to public funds) available for HIV prevention efforts. Seattle, for example reported that decreases in state grant funds in the city coupled with growing demand for services has caused support for prevention efforts to erode. Page 26 Minority Gay/bisexual males. Gaps in educating minority Gay/bisexual males were identified by 88 percent (22 of 25) of the cities with education gaps. Of these the most prevalent gaps were noted as “lack of success in identifying effective inter- ® IV Drug Abusers. Forty percent (8 of 20 cities reporting) identified IV drug abusers as having prevention education gaps. The major gap idenfitied was lack of programs designed to prevent “relapse” into unsafe behaviors . The lack of The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991] �effective interventions wasalso cited asabarrier to providing HIV risk reduction information to IV drug users, identified by seven respondents. relapse into unsafe behaviors. Two cities (11 percent) noted alackof successin developing successful interventions. Heterosexuals. Sixteen cities (64 percent) reported gaps in prevention education programs for heterosexuals. Twenty-five percent of these cities (4) noted that no programs specifically target this population locally, while a like number reported a lack of success in developing effective interventions and the need for re-education due to relapse. Seventy-two percent also reported gaps in education targeting women. Of these, five (28 percent) reported a need for re-education due to relapse into unsafe behaviors, and four (22 percent) re- ported no programs specifically targeting this population. Constraints to the Provision of Racial/ethnic minorities HIV Prevention Education Seventy-six percent reported gaps in prevention education targeted to African-Americans. Of these, 42 percent (8 cities) noted a need for re-education due to relapse into unsafe behaviors. Six cities (32 percent) reported a lack of success in developing successful interventions to reach Blacks. Eighty percent indicated that gaps existed in HIV prevention education for Hispanics. Of this number, 35 percent (7 cities) noted a need for re-education due to relapse into unsafe behaviors, and 20 percent (4 cities) cited a lack of success in developing effective interventions. When asked to identify constraints to HIV education efforts, eight cities (32 percent) reported the top constraint as the difficulty in accessing hard-to-reach persons. Six cities (24 percent) identified as a significant restraint denial among high risk populations. Other constraints identified by cities tended to reflect problems that were unique or resulting from local conditions. Houston reported the most significant constraint asthegeographicdispersity of thecommunityand physical difficulty inaccessing target populations. Lack of culturally appropriate staffing was a sig- Youth, Women nificant concern of many cities. Houston, Cleve- Seventy-two percent (18 cities) reported gaps in education targeting high-risk youth. Of these, five (28 percent) indicated that no programs have specifically targeted this population, while six (33 percent) reported a need for re-education given land, Jersey City, New Orleans, Newark and San Francisco reported difficulty in recruiting bilin- gual/bicultural public health educators. Two cities, Los Angeles and San Diego, identified lack of funding as the greatest constraint to pre- vention efforts. The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities ® The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 Page 27 �Systems Realize Strains Health Service Systems Prevention Systems Under Stress Also Realize Weaknesses In 75 percent of cities responding (18 out of 24 responses), service systems were realizing strains due to the AIDS crisis. Most often cited were staff shortages, training needs, staff burnout, and inadequate space and facilities. Sixty-four percent of cities (16 of 25 cities) reported that infrastructure problems had resulted in a “negative impact on prevention education efforts.” Fifty-two percent listed staffing as the most common concern (e.g., difficulty in recruiting qualified staff, retention, staff burnout, training). Specifically, cities reported difficultyin recruiting qualified staff (i.e., those willing Sixty-three percent (15 of 24 cities) listed staff issues (i.e., insufficient staff, staff recruitment, or high turnover) as major problems. e to work on HIV related issues or culturally sensitive staff), staff retention, and burnout. * (Cleveland and New Haven, New Orleans,and San Francisco referenced staff burnout. * Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Tampa mention staff recruitment problems. * Atlanta reported that employees remain in HIVrelated positions for an average of 1.5-2 years, making it difficult to maintain continuity in programs. Houston cited difficulties in recruiting bilingual / bicultural staff. * * Kansas City, MO, calls attention to the “limited number of providers who treat HIV / AIDS cases.” * In Chicago, chronic staff shortages in the Cook County Hospital are evident. The AIDS unit has only 20 of 30 AIDS dedicated beds filled due to chronic nursing shortages and difficulty inrecruiting personnel for the ward. Other problems mentioned included: lack of stable funding from year to year, interdepartmental competition for funds, and funding restrictions for HIV prevention programs. Chronic facility space shortages were also identified as a problem. Thirty-three percent (8 of 24) listed inadequate facilities and space as a major infrastructure problem. * New York City states that the city’s fiscal crisis “has led to staff shortages” and that “space shortages] (chronic) undercut training programs.” Boston, Houston, New York City, and Philadel- phia list inadequate space and facilities. Page 28 The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities © The United States Conference of Mayors e June 1991 �Future: AIDS Care and Prevention Needs Local Resources Inadequate to Meet Growing Need The future impact of the AIDS epidemic on America’s dealing with projected increased demand for HIV prevention and health services. * Houston simply states that “projected numbers exceed local resource capability.” ¢ Indianapolis, in explaining the inability to meet projected demand, states that “HIV is not perceived as a threat to the general heterosexual community yet.” * In Kansas City, Missouri, “local resources are in- cities is reflected in the increase in projected AIDS cases in surveyed cities. Local resources cannot fill the gap between future caseload estimates and care and prevention needs. None of the cities surveyed indicated that they would be able to meet projected demand for HIV-related prevention and health care services with existing local adequate.” resources. City comments included: * Los Angeles: “The local caseload is too large. Los Angeles County is fiscally overburdened in most * Minneapolis: “Decreasing dollars in all areas of local programs mean that HIV prevention may not be a priority.” * San Francisco reports that "because of large city and state budget deficits...there will be fewer related public health programs, most notably mental health, prevention, and community based pro- public service areas and cannot absorb all AIDS related expenses.” * New Haven: “Because New Haven is overwhelmed with multiple urgent health and social problems, the volume of demand for services due to our large population of residents with HIV infection and illness is already overstressing systems that were stretched thin before AIDS hit. The majority of people affected are indigent and a significant proportion must also be medically indigent though we do not have available data on this phenomenon at present.” Seattle: “Local resources comprise approximately four (4) percent of the AIDS resources for SeattleKing County. The majority of support is dependenton federal, stateand foundation grants. Many of these grants expire within the next 18 months. Local revenues are unlikely to meet these resultant gaps.” * Tampa: “The growing numbers of infected individuals will quickly overload the medical care system.” grams." * New York City mentions the “sheer scale of the epidemic here” in addressing the adequacy of local resources. ¢ San Diego: “Both state and local government [are] in extreme financial distress.” * San]uan: “Every day, casesincrease. The proportion of new [financial] sources does not increase at [the] same rate.” e Anaheim: “The anticipated future caseload will produce ademand for services that will not be met with the current level of funding.” Looking for Funds to Meet Future Demand Other city responses: * * Ft. Lauderdale: “Local resources do not putadent in the problem.” Baltimore: “The economy makes any major increase in local budget out of the question” in Seventy-two percent of survey respondents were not able to identify a source of funding for future needs. Survey respondents often cited federal resources asa source for coping with future caseloads. Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Jersey City, and San Diego specifically refer to Ryan White CARE Act funds asa needed resource. The Impact of AIDS on America's Cities ® The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 Page 29 �Planning for the Future Baltimore will look to state and federal medical assistance, researchmoney, and Ryan White CARE Act Title I funds to cover needed expansions. As the epidemic continues, cities have undertaken a rangeof planning approaches in dealing with increas- Boston has no identified source of funding future needs but rather states that “only limited federal fundshave been identified through the CARE Act. With the potential dismantling of state Medicaid optional services (as proposed in the current state budget) services will be cut, not expanded.” ing numbers of AIDS cases as well as persons with asymptomatic HIV infection. These plans are often developed in a consortium with community service providers and often seek to address early intervention needs of persons not showing signs of HIV-related illness. Ft. Lauderdale: “Ryan White [funding] will keep us at the current level of services.” In Baltimore, a major new initiative is “to practice Ft. Lauderdale early intervention in STD clinics where approximately 600 new HIV infections each year are diagnosed.” has 2,632 current AIDS cases and estimates there are an estimated 6,175-30,876 HIV infected in Ft Lauderdale. San Francisco has developed plans which integrate and consolodate HIV prevention messages with that of other STD programs. According to Chicago, “the Ryan White CARE Act provides much needed funds; however, without full appropriations, service needs will remain unmet.” Boston: “Plans are being developed to establish early intervention/prevention services and integrating primary care with drug treatment; further plans have been developed to expand home based services. Lack of funding is a major barrier to Cleveland: “Unless funds from federal and state governments increase in this area, Cleveland will be hard pressed to financially maintain the needed resources. Local fundshavealready begun to plug gaps created by state and federal cuts. This cannot expansion.” continue.” Los Angeles: “Through federal CARE Dallas identified Ryan White CARE Act funds, state HIV services grants, other federal programs, as well as city-county and private contributions as possible sources of funding. Jersey City looks to Ryan White CARE Act funds Houston reports that “limited funding for early intervention services [is] to begin insummer 1991." as well as The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. San Diego will look to funds “partially through Philadelphia: “Comprehensive geographic planning is ongoing to link outreach and prevention CARE Act Titles I and I.” efforts with direct medical San Juan identifies federal and private foundation funds. —— ee y Sea with Tampa: The county health department plan for care involves individuals diagnosed with HIV for all AIDS/HIV activities within the health de- cared forin Primary Care Clinics; those with AIDS / partment in 1991 is $10,364,494. The projected revenues for 1992 are currently estimated at $8,161,778 which represents a 21 percent decrease in funding. Meanwhile, surviving AIDS cases are estimated to increase by 26 percent by the end of ARC cared for in the specialized Patient Care Clinic. In San Juan, the emphasis is on home care and ambulatory services rather than inpatient care. Case management services as well as increased prevention education activities for IV drug users, gay/bisexual men and women are planned. 1992.” The Impactof AIDS on America’s Cities services, along enhancement of psychosocial support network.” Seattle: “The estimated revenue from all sources Page 30 Act funds, we are establishing and strengthening early intervention and outpatient care facilities in diverse geographic areas of the county. We are also strengthening the referral network from HIV testing to treatment and social services.” ® The United States Conference of Mayors © June 1991 �THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS 1620 Eye Street, Northwest Washington, DC. 20006 (202) 293-7330 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document [Page 1] THE IMPACT OF AIDS ON AMERICA'S CITIES A 26 City Report for The U.S. Conference of Mayors Task Force on AIDS June 1991 [Page 2] The United States Conference of Mayors The United States Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are well over 900 such cities in the country today, each represented in the Conference of Mayors by its chief elected official, the Mayor. The U.S. Conference of Mayors is in its second half-century of service to the Mayors and the citizens of America's principal cities. Throughout its history, the Conference of Mayors has taken the lead in calling national attention to the problems and the potential of urban America. Since its founding it has carried the message of cities to every President, every Congress. This is the heritage of the Conference of Mayors. It is the heritage of every mayor who serves today. Robert M. Isaac President Mayor of Colorado Springs Art Agnos Chair, Task Force on AIDS Mayor of San Francisco <ol> <li style="font-weight:400;">Thomas Cochran Executive Director</li> </ol> The Impact of AIDS on America’s Cities is a publication of The United States Conference of Mayors, with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under grant #U62/CCU300609-08. Robert M. Isaac, Mayor of Colorado Springs, President; Art Agnos, Mayor of San Francisco, Chair, Task Force on AIDS; J. Thomas Cochran, Executive Director; Richard D. Johnson, Assistant Executive Director; Alan E. Gambrell, Editor. This report was prepared by Alan E. Gambrell, Richard D. Johnson, and Paula M. Jones. Tables and charts were designed and prepared by Jeffrey A. Menzer and Richard D. Johnson. Database design and compilation of data was by William Brian Mays. Layout design by Stuart P. Campbell, Production Editor. Any opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the policies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Conference of Mayors was greatly assisted by officials in 26 cities and counties who provided information for this report. © The United States Conference of Mayors, June, 191 [Page 3] Preface Ten years ago this month, the first cases of AIDS were reported among a handful of Gay men in the nation’s largest cities. Since that time, over 110,000 Americans have died of AIDS (as of the month ending April 1991)—more than the total number of American deaths in all military conflicts since World War II combined. Over one million Americans are now estimated to be infected with the HIV virus. An estimated 165,000 to 215,000 Americans will die of AIDS from 1991 to 1993 alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Over the past decade, waves of fear, discrimination, and misunderstanding have flashed, disappeared and reappeared in the nation’s media headlines. Yet, behind the undulation of press reports, the wave of the epidemic has been constant—and escalating. Despite policy debates over testing issues, admission of foreigners with HIV, and the best methods of preventing the further spread of the HIV virus that causes AIDS, there can be no debate on the impact of AIDS in our cities: this year is worse than last, and next year will be even worse. AIDS Cases: The Numbers Explode The United States Conference of Mayors this past month surveyed 26 of the cities hardest hit by the AIDS crisis to assess—one decade into the epidemic—the status of AIDS in America’s cities and its impact on urban health systems. The magnitude of the AIDS epidemic is made evident when reflecting on landmark events in the AIDS crisis and combining them with the findings of this survey. In 1985, the year Rock Hudson died from AIDS, there were close to 10,000 total cases in the 26 surveyed cities. Our survey found that: <ul> <li>In Baltimore, there were 116 cases in 1985; by the end of 1990 there were 1,599, nearly 14 times the number.</li> <li>In Tampa, 63 cases had been diagnosed by the end of 1985; by the end of February of this year, 866 had been reported, or 1,274 percent more.</li> </ul> Five years ago, in 1986, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued his landmark Surgeon General's Report on AIDS. [Page 4] <ul> <li>Through 1986, 25,048 cumulative AIDS cases had been reported in the 26 surveyed cities; (this constituted the majority of the over 37,000 in the nation). In 1986 alone, 10,973 cases were reported in the 26 surveyed cities</li> <li>By the end of 1986, there were 59 AIDS cases in Indianapolis. As of March 1991, Indianapolis reports 452 cases, an increase of 666 percent.</li> <li>In Philadelphia, 368 cases had been reported by the close of 1986. That city’s total increased 528 percent to 2,313 by March.</li> </ul> Five years from now, in 1996: <ul> <li>Houston estimates there will be 27,000 cumulative AIDS cases.</li> <li>Boston estimates 3,341 cumulative cases.</li> </ul> The nation’s cities have yet to recover from the recession that began soon after the start of the AIDS epidemic. Numerous studies have shown that federal funding for cities throughout the 1980s was reduced by 60 to 70 percent. During the same period, a recent Conference of Mayors study has shown that city budgets have risen by 95 percent in response to increased problems. Throughout the Desert Shield /Desert Storm operation in the Persian Gulf, 378 Americans lost their lives in support of the effort. During that same time, over 10,000 Americans lost their lives to AIDS. If the federal government can spend many billions of dollars to rescue mismanaged and corrupt financial institutions, it certainly can expend just a fraction of that amount on the crisis in American cities. Just as we can find resources to protect our troops abroad, we must find resources to protect and care for our citizens at home. <ol> <li style="font-weight:400;">Thomas Cochran</li> </ol> Executive Director [Page 5] Table of Contents Executive Summary […] 1 Overview of Findings […] 3 Survey Cities Comprise Most of Nation's AIDS Cases […] 9 Paying for AIDS Care: Medicaid, Public Systems Cover Major Share […] 17 HIV Testing and Counseling: More Individuals Seek Results […] 19 Early Intervention: Waiting Lists for Public Services […] 20 Federal AIDS Drug Funds Inadequate […] 22 Service Needs of People With HIV/AIDS […] 24 Preventing the Spread of AIDS: Gaps Identified in Education Efforts […] 26 Strains on Service and Prevention Systems […] 28 The Future […] 29 [Page 6] Executive Summary During April and May of this year, The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) surveyed 26 major cities—members of the USCM Task Force on AIDS and others with the highest numbers of AIDS cases. The purpose of the survey was to assess, one decade into the epidemic, the status of AIDS in those cities most affected by the disease. Survey results reveal: <ul> <li>Survey Cities Represent Majority of Nation's AIDS Cases. Over 56 percent of the nation’s AIDS cases are in the 26 survey cities; 51 to 66 percent of the estimated one million Americans infected with HIV are in the survey cities—508,720 to 657,421 persons.</li> <li>Minority Gay/bisexual Men, IV Drug Abusers, Women Increasingly Affected. The impact of AIDS varies significantly from city to city, with specific populations—including minority Gay/bisexual men, IV drug abusers, and women -- experiencing the largest increases in cases over the past three years.</li> <li>Racial/ethnic Groups Increasing Proportion of Cases. Racial and ethnic minorities continue to represent a disproportionate number of cases. From 1987 to 1990, minorities have increased as a percentage of AIDS cases, particularly Blacks. In several cities, projections of persons infected with HIV—future AIDS cases—show a continued increase of minorities, particularly Blacks, as a proportion of total cases.</li> <li>Public Resources Cover Large Portion of Cases. Health insurance coverage estimates indicate a varying percentage of diagnosed persons are covered by Medicaid; estimates of coverage range from 31 to 66 percent of AIDS cases in cities.</li> <li>Waiting Lists for Early Intervention. Early intervention services often are characterized by long waiting lists; persons with HIV seeking access to publicly-funded early treatment systems often must wait several months. Fifty percent of cities report waiting lists for appointments at publicly funded clinics.</li> <li>AIDS Drugs: Federal Funds Insufficient to Meet Local Demand. Local funds are used to provide AIDS drugs in half of surveyed cities. Seventy-six (76) percent indicate that the federal AIDS drug reimbursement program for low income persons will not meet demands this year.</li> <li>Service Needs: Local Conditions Vary. Substance abusers, the uninsured and women were identified as having the greatest service shortages. Outpatient care, substance abuse treatment and housing were the greatest service needs across all groups.</li> <li>Prevention Education: Programs Need Ongoing Support. The most significant gaps in prevention education efforts to date by transmission categories were identified for minority Gay/bi-sexual men, nonminority Gay/bisexual men, and heterosexuals. Among racial/ethnic groups, the greatest gaps were identified for Hispanics and Blacks. For all groups, ongoing education was the greatest need. Youth in risky situations—those on the streets, engaged in illicit drug use and/or sex for money or drugs —were also identified as a group in particular need of re-education. The need for continuing AIDS education to reinforce messages about making changes in sex and needle sharing practices was identified across all population groups.</li> <li>Service Systems Strained. Seventy-five percent of cities stated that service systems were experiencing strains due to the AIDS crisis—most often staffing shortages and staff burnout, and inadequate space and facilities. Prevention education systems, as well, were also facing stress in 64 percent of cities, typically because of staff shortages and burnout.</li> <li>Future: Local Resources Inadequate to Meet Growing Needs. None of the surveyed cities indicated that local funds could meet projected demand for HIV-related prevention education and health services. Often, cities were looking to funding through the Ryan White CARE Act to meet projected demands.</li> </ul> [Page 7] Respondents 26 Survey Cities Anaheim (Orange County) Atlanta (Fulton County) Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas (Dallas County) Denver Ft. Lauderdale (Broward County) Houston Indianapolis (Marion County) Jersey City Kansas City, MO Los Angeles (Los Angeles County) Minneapolis (Hennepin County) New Haven New Orleans New York City Newark Philadelphia Phoenix (Maricopa County) San Diego (San Diego County) San Francisco San Juan Seattle (Seattle/King County) Tampa (Hillsborough County) Methodology The United States Conference of Mayors surveyed 26 cities during April through May 1991, including members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Task Force on AIDS as well as others with the highest numbers of AIDS cases. The Task Force is chaired by San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos and was formed in 1983 in order to focus federal attention to the impact of the AIDS epidemic on America’s cities. Data were collected by city and county health departments in the cities surveyed. Epidemiological data provided by respondents are for their local health department jurisdictions (i.e., city or county). In addition to survey information, the Conference of Mayors supplemented data with information collected from city and county applications for federal Title I Ryan White CARE Act supplemental funding. Year one funding (fiscal 1991) of Title I provides direct AIDS care funds to sixteen cities with the highest numbers of AIDS cases. Fourteen of the 16 cities which receive Title I funding are represented in this survey. The denominator for calculating percentages in this report is comprised of only those cities which responded to a particular question. The reader should note that in no case do percentages reported for a survey question include a city which did not respond to that question. [Page 8] Overview of Findings Ten years ago this month, the first cases of AIDS were reported by the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC), reporting on five cases among Gay men in Los Angeles. Since that time, over 110,000 Americans have died of AIDS (as of the month ending April 1991). There are 174,893 cases of AIDS in the U.S. as of the month ending April 1991. An estimated 165,000 to 215,000 Americans will die of AIDS during 1991-1993, according to CDC. CDC estimates that there are one million Americans currently infected with the HIV virus. An estimated 40,000 new infections occur each year, according to CDC. The United States Conference of Mayors during April and May surveyed 26 major cities—members of the Conference of Mayors Task Force on AIDS as well as others with the highest numbers of AIDS cases. The purpose of the survey was to assess, one decade into the epidemic, the status of AIDS in America’s cities and its impact on urban health systems (see Methodology, page 2). AIDS Cases in 26 Survey Cities: Today, Five Years From Now <ul> <li>As of the month ending February, 56.1 percent of the nation’s AIDS cases were in the 26 cities surveyed by the Conference of Mayors (cases reported by survey cities as of 2/28/91). (Sixty-one percent of the nation’s AIDS cases are in the 26 “Metropolitan Statistical Areas” represented by the surveyed cities; MSAs include the central city and immediate surrounding areas.)</li> <li>The population of survey cities represent 16.8 percent of the total U.S. population.</li> <li>Today, there are an estimated 508,720 to 657,421 persons with HIV infection who have yet to develop AIDS in the 26 cities surveyed by the Conference of Mayors. This represents 51 to 66 percent of the estimated one million infected with HIV in the U.S. as estimated by CDC. <ul> <li>In New York City, from 125,000 to 235,000 are HIV infected.</li> <li>In Los Angeles, an estimated 41,000 are infected.</li> <li>In San Diego, an estimated 15-20,000 are HIV infected.</li> <li>Lauderdale estimates 21,000 people with HIV.</li> <li>In Baltimore, an estimated 20,000 people are HIV infected.</li> <li>Phoenix estimates nearly 8,000 residents are HIV infected.</li> <li>San Francisco estimates that 28,000 are infected with HIV.</li> <li>Tampa has an estimated 7,400 HIV infected persons.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Fifteen cities provided estimates on the number of AIDS cases they project by the end of 1996. By that date, these cities will have experienced a 240 percent increase — from 44,518 to an estimated 151,652 cases. <ul> <li>Houston estimates that in five years there will be 27,000 cumulative AIDS cases.</li> <li>Cleveland projects 6,500 cases.</li> <li>Los Angeles estimates 33,000.</li> <li>Boston estimates 3,341 cumulative cases in five years.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Populations Disproportionately Affected AIDS cases from 1987-90 among some categories were rising relatively faster. Limited projections of future cases in some cities point to growing proportions of cases among Blacks and women. Across select cities, between years ending 1987 and 1990, AIDS cases increased as follows: [Page 9] Total U.S. Population [Pie chart that states: Survey Cities – 16.8%, Remaining U.S. – 83.2%] Total AIDS Cases* [Pie Chart that states: Survey Cities 56%, Remaining U.S. 44%] *As of 2/28/91 [Page 10] <ul> <li>Dallas Gay/bisexual cases increased from 864 to 2,262 from 1987 to 1990.</li> <li>In Anaheim, minority Gay/bisexual males increased from 43 to 165 for the years ending 1987-90, an increase of 283 percent.</li> <li>In 1990, 17 percent of Houston's cases were among Blacks. In 1987, 12 percent were reported among Blacks (270 in 1987, up to 876 in 1990).</li> <li>Eighty-five percent of the women with AIDS in Philadelphia are Latina. There were 50 Latina cases in 50 and 150 by 1990 in the city.</li> </ul> Health Insurance: AIDS Diagnosed Covered by Medicaid, Other Public Sources Research is still underway to determine the percentage of AIDS care costs that are covered by public and private sources. Various local studies have attempted to determine coverage of AIDS care costs, although comprehensive findings are lacking on AIDS care costs covered by public health insurance or private insurance. In order to estimate the source of payment of AIDS care costs, the Conference of Mayors asked surveyed cities the following question: “What percentage of AIDS diagnosed persons in your jurisdiction do you estimate are” covered by public or private health insurance. According to surveyed cities: <ul> <li>In eight of 15 cities providing data, Medicaid covers from 31 to 66 percent of AIDS diagnosed persons in those cities.</li> <li>In 10 cities, “Other public health insurance” covers from two (2) percent to 45 percent of AIDS cases (e.g., Newark, 45 percent; Houston, 21 percent; Los Angeles, 16 percent).</li> <li>In 14 cities, private insurance covered from 15 percent to 55 percent of AIDS cases (Cleveland, 55 percent; Indianapolis, 50 percent; Philadelphia, 49 percent).</li> </ul> Counseling and Testing: Many Seek Results <ul> <li>Seventy-six percent of surveyed cities (of 17 responding) report an increase of from one to 500 percent or greater in number of individuals seek HIV counseling and testing. Indianapolis reports that the number seeking testing has stayed the same. Two cities, Minneapolis and Ft. Lauderdale, report a decrease in numbers being tested and counseled.</li> <li>Over the past three years, the rate of AIDS test results reported as positive from HIV counseling and testing sites (for 19 reporting cities) has decreased in 42 percent; stayed the same in 32 percent; and increased in 26 percent.</li> <li>Thirty-two percent of the 26 cities indicated that the majority of those who have utilized HIV counseling and testing services over the past year are primarily “generally at lower risk.”</li> </ul> Early Intervention: Waiting Lists Exist for Services Early identification and treatment of HIV has proven effective in prolonging survival of persons with HIV infection. Cities surveyed were asked to indicate if publicly-funded HIV early intervention services existed and if there were waiting lists for services in their locales. Publicly-funded services exist in all surveyed cities, with funding coming from a variety of sources—federal, state, local, and private foundations. In 50 percent (12 of 24 cities) there were waiting lists for initial appointments at publicly funded early intervention clinics. For example: <ul> <li>Newark has a wait of 3 to5 weeks for HIV immune assessment services funded by Medicaid and city welfare. Black IV drug abusers earning less than $8,500 make up the majority of those waiting for appointments.</li> <li>San Diego hasawaitof4 to 6 weeks for initial HIV immune assessment appointments at public facilities.</li> <li>At the Grady Infectious Disease Clinic in Atlanta, the county hospital-run HIV clinic, there is a three month waiting period for initial HIV immune assessments.</li> </ul> [Page 11] AIDS Drug Treatment Money: Half of Cities Provide Local Funds One half (50 percent) of the 26 cities indicated that local funds are used to provide AIDS drugs to persons not covered by the federal/state AIDS drug reimbursement program. The federal AIDS drug reimbursement program will not meet the demand for AIDS drugs this year, according to 76 percent of the surveyed cities. Gaps in Services: Local Conditions Define Needs The unmet service needs—and the subpopulations experiencing the greatest gaps—vary from city to city, reflecting the different characteristics of persons infected with HIV, and variations in health service delivery systems in communities. Generally, systems are strained and a wide range of populations have unmet needs. <ul> <li>Substance abusers were identified by 50 percent of respondents as having major service needs. The “uninsured” and women were each identified by 46 percent of respondent cities (11 of 24 providing data) as service need populations. Other populations identified most often by respondent cities as having major service needs included: the homeless (42 percent, 10 of 24 cities), and the incarcerated (21 percent). Others listed included racial/ethnic minorities, mentally ill, minority Gay/bisexual men, and Gay/bisexual adolescents.</li> <li>Services most frequently listed as lacking—across all groups—were outpatient care, substance abuse treatment, and housing, followed by home care and long term care. Other categories listed included: mental health services, social services (including legal services and transportation), and case management. <ul> <li>Outpatient Care - Houston estimates that demand for outpatient care for indigents will increase by 48 percent from 1990 to 1991.</li> <li>Substance Abuse Treatment - In Los Angeles, 38 percent of the need for resident detox programs for those with HIV is not met.</li> <li>Housing - San Francisco estimates that, over the next three years, 1,200 new housing units will be needed for people with AIDS.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Preventing Education: Speaking Rises, Gaps Seen Local Prevention Spending Rises, Gaps Seen Local Prevention Spending Rises Eighty percent (20 of 25 cities) use local funds for prevention; 60 percent (12 of 20) have increased their local funds spent on AIDS prevention education. In Kansas City, MO, spending rose 100 percent over last year. In New York City, a50 percent increase occurred. Indianapolis and Baltimore each reported 30 percent increases. Prevention Loses Against Services Decisions about health spending often pit health “service” dollars against “prevention” funds. In such budgetary struggles, prevention often loses: its impact is less immediate and documentable. This scenario holds true for local AIDS spending. Fifty-five percent (10 of 20 responding) indicate that the impact of demand for AIDS services has been to decrease or keep constant local funds spent on AIDS prevention education. Gaps in Education Identified Gaps reported in prevention education efforts include the need for re-education due to relapse into unsafe behaviors; lack of success in developing effective interventions; and obstacles posed by lack of community support for HIV education for specific populations, particularly gay/bisexual minorities and substance abusers. Infrastructure Weakens: System Seeing Strains Service Infrastructures. Seventy-five percent of cities (18 of 24) indicate that service system strains are being realized due to the AIDS crisis. Sixty-three percent (15 of 24 reporting) indicate service system problems with staffing, training and facility/space inadequacies. Thirty-three percent (8 of 24) listed inadequate facilities and space as a major infrastructure problem. Prevention Education Infrastructures. Sixty-four percent of cities responding (16 of 25) reported that infrastructure problems had resulted in a “negative impact on prevention education efforts.” Fifty-two percent listed staffing as the most common concern (e.g., difficulty in recruiting qualified staff, retention, staff burnout, train- [Page 12] Survey Cities AIDS Cases, Percent Living Cases reported as of February 28, 1991 City # Reported AIDS Cases % Living Anaheim 1,445 36.6 Atlanta 3454 40.0 Baltimore 1,641 41.0 Boston 1,546 354 Chicago 3,552 35.0 Cleveland 506 59.0 Dallas 2,769 340 Denver 1,071 33.9 Fort Lauderdale 2,632 38.0 Houston 5,151 34.0 Indianapolis 452 45.0 Jersey City 1,106 38.0 Kansas City, MO 696 51.0 Los Angeles 11,534 32.0 Minneapolis 586 37.0 New Haven 387 32.0 New Orleans 1513 34.0 New York City 31,845 34.0 Newark 2,151 39.0 Philadelphia 2313 34.0 Phoenix 972 39.0 San Diego 2,525 38.1 San Francisco 10,055 30.0 San Juan 1,732 37.0 Seattle 1,634 42.0 Tampa 866 59.0 *** Total *** 94,134 [Page 13] ing). Specifically, cities reported difficulty in recruiting qualified staff (i.e., those willing to work on HIV related issues or culturally sensitive staff), staff retention, and burnout. <ul> <li>Atlanta reported that employees remain in HIV-related positions for an average of 1.5 to 2 years, making it difficult to maintain continuity in programs.</li> <li>Houston cited difficulties in recruiting bilingual/bicultural staff.</li> </ul> The Future: Increasing Cases, Lack of Funds All respondents indicated that local resources are inadequate to deal with future AIDS prevention and healthcare needs. Seventy-two percent have no identifiable source of funding for expansions of services and prevention efforts needed in response to growing caseloads. Only 28 percent of survey respondents had identified sources of future funds. Survey respondents often cited federal resources as a source for coping with future caseloads. Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Jersey City, and San Diego specifically refer to Ryan White CARE Act funds as a needed resource. <ul> <li>Baltimore will look to state and federal medical assistance, research money, and Ryan White CARE Act Title I funds to cover needed expansions.</li> <li>Boston has no identified source of funding future needs but rather states that “only limited federal funds have been identified through the CARE Act. With the potential dismantling of state Medicaid optional services (as proposed in the current state budget), services will be cut, not expanded.”</li> </ul> [Page 14] Surveyed Cities Comprise Majority of Nation’s AIDS Cases As of the month ending February 1991, 56.1 percent of the nation’s AIDS cases were in the 26 cities surveyed by the Conference of Mayors. (When totaling the number of cases in the surveyed cities by the 26 “Metropolitan Statistical Areas” (MSAs) of those cities, which include the surrounding suburban cities/areas, the 26 MSAs account for 61 percent of the nation’s total AIDS cases.) Among the 26 cities surveyed, 94,134 cases were reported through the month ending February 1991 (over 167,803 had been reported in the nation). In 1990 alone, 16,364 cases were reported in these 26 cities. Approximately 34 percent of the cumulative AIDS cases in the 26 cities surveyed are living. Persons living with AIDS require a range of often costly care and services as episodic debilitating opportunistic infections weaken the immune system. Perspective on Epidemic: Five Years Ago, Projections for 1996 Five years ago, by the end of 1986, 25,048 AIDS cases had been reported in the 26 surveyed cities. In 1996, five years from now, an estimated 151,652 cumulative AIDS cases will have been reported in only 15 of the surveyed cities providing these data. Below the Tip of the Iceberg: Persons Infected With HIV Today, there are an estimated 508,720 to 657 421 persons with HIV infection in the 26 cities. This represents 51 to 66 percent of the CDC-estimated one million infected with HIV in the U.S. <ul> <li>In New York City, from 125,000 to 235,000ar e HIV infected.</li> <li>In Los Angeles, an estimated 41,000 are infected.</li> <li>Lauderdale estimates 6,175 to 30,876 people with HIV.</li> <li>In Baltimore, an estimated 20,000 people are HIV infected.</li> <li>Phoenix estimates 7,651 residents are HIV infected.</li> <li>San Francisco estimates that 28,000 are infected with HIV.</li> <li>Tampa has an estimated 7,350 HIV infected persons.</li> </ul> Projections: Significant Increases in AIDS Cases, HIV Infected Persons Fifteen cities provided estimates on the number of AIDS cases they project by the end of 1996. By that date, these cities will have experienced a 240 percent increase—from 44,518 to an estimated 151, 652 cases. <ul> <li>Houston estimates that in five years there will be 27,000 cumulative cases of AIDS in the city. Houston will have an estimated 44,400 to 68,000 persons with HIV infection.</li> <li>Los Angeles projects 33,000 cumulative AIDS cases by 1996. The city estimates 35,000 HIV infected by 1996.</li> <li>Cleveland estimates 6,500 cumulative cases in 1996. Projections are that the city will have 20,000 HIV infected by 1996.</li> </ul> [Page 15] Survey Cities Estimated Number of HIV Infected as of February 28, 1991 City Estimated Number, of HIV Infected Source of Estimate Anaheim 14,000 A Atlanta 50,000 Baltimore 20,000 ABCEG Boston 11,028 AG Chicago 14,000 BG Cleveland 15,000 G Dallas 5,000-10,000 G Denver 10,000 A Fort Lauderdale 6,175-30,876 Houston 30,000 A Indianapolis 2,200 ABEFG Jersey City 16,590 Kansas City, MO 5,000-8,000 G Los Angeles 41,000 BDEG Minneapolis 5,500 BEG New Haven 3,096 A New Orleans 15,130 EFG New York 125,000-235,000 G Newark 23,000-27,000 G Philadelphia 20,000 A Phoenix 7,651 A San Diego 15,000-20,000 ABEG San Francisco 28,000 BDEG San Juan 9,000 G Seattle 10,000 AG Tampa 7,350 AB *** Total *** 508,720 - 657,421 HIV Infection Estimates: Report Key A - Extrapolation from national (i.e., CDC) estimates B - Testing of local STD clinic patients C - Prison intake screening in your jurisdiction D - Screening of military recruits in your jurisdiction E - Testing of IVDUs in your jurisdiction F - Testing of homeless persons in your jurisdiction G – Other [Page 16] AIDS Impact Varies By City, Changing Over Time Background While Gay/bisexual males still comprise the largest number of AIDS cases nationwide, many cities’ AIDS caseloads vary significantly from the national average and are experiencing disproportionate growth in different case categories, such as Gay/bisexual minorities, IV drug users, racial and ethnic minorities, women, pediatrics and hard-to-reach populations, such as the homeless and youth in risky situations. In some cities, the overwhelming number of cases are IV drug use related. In others, Gay/bisexual AIDS cases comprise the majority. In some, women comprise a much greater percentage of city cases than the national average. Proportions of cases among racial/ethnic minorities also vary. As of the year ending 1990, in the various transmission categories, the average of the data collected from the 26 cities surveyed corresponds closely to national data, with Gay/ bisexual transmission higher in the 26 cities. <ul> <li>Nationally, Gay/bisexual transmission comprises 59 percent of total of adult/adolescent cases as of 1990. The proportion of Gay/bisexual transmission among the 26 cities surveyed is higher, at 64 percent.</li> <li>IVDUs comprise 22 percent of the nation’s adult/ adolescent AIDS cases. In the 26 survey cities, they also comprise 22 percent of cases.</li> <li>Gay/bisexual IV drug abusers are seven percent of surveyed city cases, and seven percent nationally.</li> <li>Racial and ethnic breakdown of AIDS cases nationally through 1990 is as follows: whites (54.8 percent), Blacks (28.2 percent), Hispanics (15.9 percent), Asian/Pacific Islanders (0.6 percent), and Native Americans (0.1 percent). Among the 26 cities surveyed, the racial/ethnic breakdown closely follows the national percentages: whites (54 percent), Blacks (27.3 percent), Hispanics (17.8) (as compared to 15.9 percent of national cases reported as Hispanics), Asian/Pacific Islanders (0.8 percent) and Native Americans (0.1 percent).</li> </ul> An Examination of individual cities, however, reveals a greater variation from national averages. Gay/Bisexual Men: Lower Percents, Higher Numbers More Cases Among Minority Gays Gay/bisexual men comprise from 13 percent (Newark) to 85 percent (Anaheim, San Francisco, and Seattle) of total AIDS cases in individual cities surveyed. Nationally, 59 percent of cases are among Gay/bisexual men. From 1987 to 1990, cases attributable to Gay /bisexual transmission decreased from 70.9 percent to 66 percent of total cases in the 22 survey cities reporting for both periods. For the 22 cities with 1987 and 1990 data: <ul> <li>In 1987, 22,747 cases were reported by surveyed cities providing data. In 1990, 53,529 cases were reported, an increase of 42 percent.</li> <li>In 1990, Minneapolis had the highest percentage of its cases reported among Gay/bisexual men, at 90 percent of total city cases; Newark had the lowest at 13 percent.</li> <li>From 1987-90, Los Angeles’ AIDS cases among Gay/bisexual men remained relatively stable as a percentage of total Los Angeles AIDS cases—85 percent to 84 percent—although actual cases increased from 4,238 to 8,859.</li> <li>Dallas Gay/bisexual cases increased from 75 percent to 83 percent of the city’s cases (864 to 2,262 from 1987-90).</li> <li>The most significant percentage decrease was in Baltimore, where 66 percent of the city’s cases were among Gay/bisexual men in 1987; in1990,46 percent were in this category. This occurred because, although Baltimore's Gay/bisexual AIDS cases tripled over 1987-90, IV drug abuse cases increased dramatically.</li> </ul> Gay Minority Cases Up. An increasing number of AIDS cases are occurring among minority Gay/bisexual men in select cities. <ul> <li>San Francisco reported 518 minority Gay/bisexual cases as of 1987; in 1990, 1,316 were reported, an increase of 154 percent.</li> </ul> [Page 17] In Seattle, from 1987 to 1990 cases increased from 52 to 147, a 182 percent increase. In New York City, 2,491 cases were reported through 1987 among minority Gays; 5,680 were reported through 1990, cumulative, a 128 percent increase. IV Drug Abusers: Increasing Proportion of Total From 1987 to 1990, IV drug use transmission increased as a percentage of total cases among 22 surveyed cities providing data for both periods—from 15.8 percent in 1987 to 20 percent in 1990. In 1990, 54 percent of the nation’s IV drug abuse AIDS cases were in the 26 survey cities. <ul> <li>Baltimore, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Kansas City, MO, New Orleans, San Diego San Juan, and Tampa all experienced at least a four-fold increase in cases of IVDUs from 1987 to 1990.</li> <li>In 1990, Newark had the highest proportion of cases reported among IV drug abusers, 69 percent of the city’s total cases. Jersey City (65 percent) and New Haven (56 percent) were the next highest.</li> <li>In Houston in 1987, two percent of cases were among IV drug abusers. By the end of 1990, five percent of cases were in this category, an increase of 473 percent (from 45 to 258 cases).</li> <li>Sixty-nine percent of Newark’s cumulative cases in 1990 were IV drug users. (Newark estimates that 50 percent of its approximately 15,0001V drug users are HIV infected.)</li> <li>An estimated 60 percent of New York City IV drug users are infected with HIV.</li> </ul> Gay/Bisexual/IV Drug Abuse For the year ending 1987, among 22 surveyed cities providing data, 7.6 percent of cases were reported among Gay/bisexual IV drug abusers. By the end of 1990, this had fallen slightly to seven percent of total cases in surveyed cities. Fifty-four percent of the nation’s Gay/bisexual/IV drug abuse cases were in the survey cities. <ul> <li>New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles reported the largest number of cases among Gay/bisexual IV drug abusers. From 1987 to 1990, Houston's cases among Gay/bisexual IV drug users rose from 203 to 464 cases, This represented no change in the proportion of Houston's AIDS cases (nine percent) but a 129 percent increase in cases.</li> <li>Seattle reports an increase in cases of Gay/bisexual IVDUs from 60 to 148 over 1987 to 1990, a 147 percent increase.</li> </ul> AIDS: Increasingly Among Minority Populations A significant and growing proportion of cases are among minorities, particularly Gay/bisexual minority men, substance abusers, and women. <ul> <li>In 1987, 22 percent of survey city cases (in 20 surveyed cities providing data for both time periods) were among Blacks; in 1990, this had increased to 27.2 percent.</li> <li>In 1987, 15.9 percent of survey city cases were among Hispanics. In 1990, Hispanics comprised 17.8 percent of AIDS cases in surveyed cities.</li> </ul> Fifty-three percent of the nation’s cumulative 1990 Black cases were in the survey cities, while 62 percent of the nation’s cumulative 1990 Hispanic cases were in survey cities. Blacks Nationally, Blacks comprise 28 percent of AIDS cases as of December 30, 1990. The percentage of cases reported among Blacks ranged from 2.6 percent in Anaheim to 85 percent in Newark. <ul> <li>In 1990, 66 percent of New Haven's total cases were among Blacks and 13 percent among Hispanics. In 1987, those percentages were 66 and 15, respectively.</li> <li>In 1990, 17 percent of Houston's total cases were among Blacks; 11 percent were among Hispanics. In 1987, 12 percent were among Blacks and 10 percent among Hispanics.</li> </ul> [Page 18] [Image of a 3-axis graph] Number of Cumulative Diagnosed AIDS Cases in Survey Cities, by Transmission Category, for Years Ending 1987 and 1990 [Page 19] <ul> <li>Fifty-five (55) percent of Philadelphia’s cumulative AIDS cases are among Blacks. Three years ago, 51 percent were among Blacks.</li> </ul> Future: Estimates on HIV Infection Among Blacks A select number of surveyed cities provided estimates on the racial/ethnic breakdown of their HIV infected populations. In several cities, an increasing proportion of the estimated HIV infected are Black as compared to current AIDS cases. <ul> <li>In Houston, 17 percent of current cases are among Blacks. An estimated 26 percent of Houston's HIV infected persons are Black, according to local estimates.</li> <li>Eighty-five percent of Newark’s AIDS cases are Black; 95 percent of the HIV infected are estimated to be Black.</li> </ul> Hispanics Nationally, Hispanics make up 16 percent of the total AIDS cases. <ul> <li>In the year ending 1990, the percentage of Hispanics among the total number of surveyed city AIDS cases ranged (from one percent in Baltimore, 98 percent in San Juan, 18.8 percent in Los Angeles and 27 percent in New York.</li> <li>Eighty-five (85) percent of the women in Philadelphia with AIDS are Latina.</li> <li>In Dallas, there were 56 cases among Hispanics in 1987; in 1990, 182 Hispanic cases were reported, a 225% increase.</li> <li>Boston's Hispanic cases increased from 40 to 124 over 1987 to 1990, a 210 percent increase.</li> </ul> Future: Estimates on HIV Infection Among Hispanics For estimates provided by cities on racial /ethnic breakdown of HIV infected persons, several cities project a greater proportion of their HIV infected populations will be Hispanic as compared to current city AIDS cases. <ul> <li>In Anaheim, 12.5 percent of AIDS cases are Hispanic; an estimated 17 percent of the HIV infected in Anaheim are Hispanic.</li> <li>San Francisco reports 8.3 percent of its AIDS cases among Hispanics but estimates that 12 percent of the HIV infected are Hispanic.</li> </ul> Asian/Pacific Islanders <ul> <li>In Seattle, 1.6 percent of the city’s AIDS cases were among Asian/Pacific Islanders in 1990. In San Francisco in 1990, 1.9 percent (188 cases) were among Asian/Pacific Islanders.</li> </ul> Native American <ul> <li>Fifty-two Native American AIDS cases were reported in Houston in 1990.</li> <li>Los Angeles had 16 Native American AIDS cases in 1990.</li> </ul> Women: An Increasing Proportion of Cases Nationally, 10.5 percent of AIDS cases are among women. <ul> <li>Among surveyed cities, Newark has the highest proportion of its cases among women: 32 percent of diagnosed AIDS cases as of the month ending February 1991.</li> <li>New Haven is second among reporting surveyed cities, with 28 percent of its cases among women.</li> <li>Jersey City reports 23.5 percent are female AIDS cases.</li> <li>San Juan is fourth: 21 percent are among women.</li> <li>Baltimore reports that 17.6 percent are among women—the fifth highest among surveyed cities.</li> </ul> Future: Estimated Women with HIV Infection Projections for the male/female proportions for estimated HIV infected populations also point to future increased cases of AIDS among women. [Page 20] [Image of a 3-axis graph] Number of Cumulative Diagnosed AIDS Cases in Survey Cities, by Race/Ethnicity, for Years Ending 1987 and 1990 [Page 21] <ul> <li>Houston estimates that 155 percent of the HIV infected in the city are women; only four percent of the city’s cumulative AIDS diagnosed cases are women.</li> <li>Current San Juan cases are 21 percent female. Officials there estimate that 28 percent of the city’s HIV infected are women.</li> </ul> Heterosexual Heterosexual AIDS cases are a low but increasing proportion of AIDS cases in surveyed cities. Nationally, five percent of cases are reported as occurring through heterosexual transmission. <ul> <li>Houston heterosexual cases rose from 23 for the year ending 1987 to 155 by the end of 1990.</li> <li>Tampa reported seven heterosexual cases in 1987; by 1990, that total had risen to 57.</li> <li>In New York City, 1073 cases by 1990 were among heterosexuals.</li> <li>Lauderdale reports 322 cases by 1990.</li> <li>Philadelphia's heterosexual cases rose from six to 67 from 1987 to 1990.</li> </ul> Pediatric Cases (0-12 years) In 1987 there were 762 cases of AIDS among children under 12 year sin 22 surveyed cities providing data; for 1987 and 1990. By 1990 there were 1,564 cases, an increase of 105 percent. As HIV increases among women, the number of children born with the disease will also rise. The Face of AIDS in America’s Cities Varies National statistics on AIDS present a composite picture of AIDS cases in the U.S. In individual cities, however, the face of AIDS may vary greatly from national statistics. For example: national figures show that by the month ending February 1990, 59 percent of all AIDS is caused are related to Gay/bisexual transmission, 22 percent through IV drug use. Blacks comprise 28 percent of the total and Hispanics 16 percent. Nationally, 10.5 percent of cases are among women. In cities, for the month ending February 1990: <ul> <li>In Jersey City, 23 percent of the AIDS cases are among women.</li> <li>Newark estimates that 95 percent of the HIV infected population is Black; currently, 85 percent of the city’s AIDS cases are among Blacks.</li> <li>In Seattle, 85 percent of the AIDS cases are among Gay/ bisexual males. Women account for two percent of cases. Fourteen percent of cases are among minorities.</li> <li>In Dallas, 70 percent of the AIDS cases are among white Gay/ bisexual men; 13 percent are among minority Gay/bisexual men.</li> <li>Denver estimates that 64 percent of the HIV infected population is white; 82 percent of the AIDS cases are among whites. Ninety-eight (98) percent of the AIDS cases in Denver are among men.</li> <li>By the end of 1990, half of New Haven’s AIDS cases were among IV drug abusers.</li> </ul> [Page 22] Paying for AIDS Care: Medicaid, Public Systems Carry Heavy Burden Background In order to estimate the source of payment of AIDS care costs, the Conference of Mayors asked surveyed cities the following question: “What percentage of AIDS diagnosed persons in your jurisdiction do you estimate are” covered by public or private health insurance. According to 15 surveyed cities providing data (out of 26 surveyed cities): <ul> <li>Medicaid coverage ranged from 31 to 66 percent of AIDS diagnosed persons in those cities (e.g., Houston, 66 percent; Denver, San Diego and Indianapolis, 50 percent each; Cleveland, 40 percent; Chicago, 35 percent).</li> <li>In 10 cities, “Other public health insurance” covers from two (2) percent to 45 percent of AIDS cases (e.g., Newark, 45 percent; Houston, 21 percent; Los Angeles, 16 percent).</li> <li>In 14 cities, private insurance covered from 15 percent to 55 percent of AIDS cases (Cleveland, 55 percent; Indianapolis, 50 percent; Philadelphia, 49 percent; Los Angeles, 37 percent; Jersey City, 20 percent; Newark, 15 percent).</li> </ul> Medicaid Pays Disproportionate Share The percent of persons diagnosed with AIDS covered by Medicaid ranges from 31-66 percent in the cities surveyed. <ul> <li>In Houston, 66 percent of cases are Medicaid covered.</li> <li>Sixty percent of Jersey City’s cases are covered under Medicaid.</li> <li>San Diego reports that 50 percent of cases are Medicaid covered.</li> <li>In Boston and Cleveland, 45 percent and 40 percent, respectively, are covered under Medicaid.</li> <li>Medicaid covers 30 percent of the AIDS care costs in Baltimore; 50 percent of Baltimore's costs are completely uncovered by public or private health insurance (see below, The Uninsured).</li> </ul> The Uninsured Persons not insured by public or private health insurance may have their costs covered by self-pay; local funds, particularly to public hospitals to provide for uncompensated care; state funds; or private resources. City estimates on AIDS diagnosed persons not covered by public or private health insurance included: <ul> <li>Chicago, with 35 percent uninsured;</li> <li>In Baltimore, an estimated 30 percent;</li> <li>Minneapolis, where 29 percent are uninsured;</li> <li>Denver, 25 percent;</li> <li>San Diego, with 20 percent are uninsured;</li> <li>Boston, 15 percent uninsured; and</li> <li>Newark, 13 percent.</li> </ul> Local Government Costs Local government payment of AIDS care costs can occur through earmarked local funds for AIDS care, as well as through uncompensated costs made through payments typically to public hospitals and other mechanisms in hospitals such as: cost-cutting measures in other hospital services, cross subsidies from private paying patients, draining of capital funds, and drawing down of hospital reserves. [Page 23] <ul> <li>Chicago reports that 35 percent of AIDS cases are uninsured, of which 40 percent are costs paid by local government and 40 percent are uncompensated. In Chicago and Cook County, HIV-related medical expenses are projected to increase by 252 percent between 1989 and 1994. City and county HIV expenditures are estimated to reach $317 million by 1994, of which 45 percent will be nonreimbursable and shifted to local government or absorbed by service providers.</li> <li>In Newark, 13 percent of cases are uninsured, of which 95 percent are covered by local funds. Baltimore reports that 50 percent of AIDS cases are uninsured. Of this, 75 percent is uncompensated and 20 percent is paid for with other, federal research funds. Five percent is covered by private resources.</li> <li>In Minneapolis, 29 percent are not insured, of which 75 percent is uncompensated care and 25 percent paid for with local funds.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In San Diego, 20 percent are uninsured; 50 percent of these costs are covered by local funds and 30 percent are uncompensated.</li> <li>In Cleveland, five percent of AIDS care costs are uninsured, of which90 percent are uncompensated.</li> <li>In Boston, 15 percent of costs are uninsured, of which 50 percent are uncompensated and 10 percent are city funds. Ten percent of the costs of the medically indigent are covered by the federal government, through HRSA and BHCDA funds. Twenty percent are state funds (i.e., general relief, state).</li> <li>Seattle estimates that seven percent of cases are uninsured, of which 30 percent is uncompensated care.</li> </ul> Health Insurance Coverage of Persons Diagnosed with AIDS estimated percentages City Covered by or eligible for Medicaid Covered by other public health insurance Privately Other* Insured Baltimore 30.0 10.0 30.0 30.0 Boston 45.0 10.0 30.0 15.0 Chicago 35.0 0 30.0 35.0 Cleveland 40.0 0 55.0 5.0 Denver 50.0 0 25.0 25.0 Houston 66.0 21.0 ** ** Indianapolis 50.0 0 50.0 0 Jersey City 60.0 20.0 20.0 0 Los Angeles 39.0 16.0 37.0 8.0 Minneapolis*** 31.0 0 26.0 29.0 Newark 27.0 45.0 15.0 13.0 Philadelphia 39.0 2.0 49.0 10.0 San Diego 50.0 10.0 30.0 20.0 San Francisco 48.0 2.0 45.0 5.0 Seattle 36.0 8.0 38.0 18.0 *Includes those not insured by private or public insurances (i.e., self pay, other) **Unknown distribution of 12% among these three categories ***Coverage of 14% of AIDS diagnosed persons is unknown [Page 24] Testing and Counseling: More Seek Results Background As the efficacy of early intervention services becomes more evident, public education campaigns stressing the importance of HIV testing have been carried out at the local and national level. Survey results show that more people are seeking HIV counseling and testing services. Increased Numbers Vary Widely <ul> <li>Of the 17 cities reporting on changes in demand for HIV testing, 82 percent (14 cities) experienced an increase in demand for testing and counseling services, ranging from one percent in San Francisco to 500 percent in San Juan. Indianapolis reported that demand for testing remained constant. Two cities (Ft. Lauderdale and Minneapolis) experienced a decrease in percentages of persons seeking HIV testing and counseling services, 38 percent and 10 percent, respectively.</li> <li>For the nineteen cities reporting on the rate of HIV+ test results over the past three years: <ul> <li>42 percent (eight cities) reported a decrease in the rate of HIV positive results from testing and counseling sites over the past three years. The decrease ranged from one percent in Anaheim to 40 percent in San Juan. Other cities reporting a decrease include: Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, MO, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Seattle.</li> <li>in 32 percent of the cities (six respondents), the rate of HIV positive test results remained constant.</li> <li>26 percent (five cities) reported the ratee of people testing HIV positive has increased. The number of HIV positive test results over the last three years increased by 60 percent in New Orleans; 50 percent in Boston and New Haven; 12 percent in Tampa; and one percent in Baltimore.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Testing People at Disproportionate Risk Cities were asked to characterize the majority of persons receiving HIV testing and counseling services over the past year as either at “disproportionate” risk or generally at lower risk. Of the 26 responding, 69 percent reported that individuals at “disproportionate” risk of AIDS comprise the majority tested. For the 32 percent reporting that a majority seeking testing are “generally at lower risk,” cities attributed the failure of greater numbers of people at disproportionate risk to seek counseling and testing services to: fear of confidentiality breaches, lack of protection against discrimination, inability to deal emotionally with HIV positivity, distrust of government bureaucracy, and concerns that universal HIV reporting will be mandated (name reporting). Two cities (Seattle and San Juan) indicating a large increase in those being tested for HIV also reported that the majority of those tested were “generally at lower risk.” [Page 25] Early Intervention Background Early identification and treatment of HIV has proven effective in prolonging survival of persons with HIV infection. These services are not widely available to the HIV infected population. Services can range from an immune system assessment (e.g., T-cell count, white blood cell counts, platelet counts) to determine at what stage an individual is in the disease spectrum, to treatments including prophylactic drugs, management of opportunistic infections and a range of supportive services (e.g., psychosocial support, assistance in the modification of high risk behaviors, case management). In many cities there is direct referral from testing and counseling sites to early intervention services. Many early intervention programs have been overwhelmed since program operations began and have been forced to establish waiting lists for appointments. Newly established clinics must deal with a backlog of patients and itis difficult to catch up and meet increasing demand, especially if lack of funding permits clinics to be open only on a limited basis (one or two times a week). Waiting Lists Reported Cities surveyed were asked to indicate if waiting lists for early intervention services existed in their locales: 50 percent (12 of 24 cities) reported delays in scheduling appointments: <ul> <li>In Houston, initial assessments are readily available but the service system is so overwhelmed that no services are offered to asymptomatic individuals.</li> <li>In New York City the wait for an appointment ranges from 2 to 6 weeks.</li> <li>In Anaheim, 300 people are waiting up to two weeks to receive services. Ninety-five percent of the people on the waiting list are medically indigent.</li> <li>The New Haven Health Department provides HIV case management services. To schedule an initial appointment takes six weeks for adults and one month for children.</li> <li>San Diego has a wait of 4 to 6 weeks for initial appointments at publicly funded clinics.</li> <li>Newark has a wait of 3 to 5 weeks for early intervention services (immune system assessment and prophylactic treatment) funded by Medicaid and city welfare. Black IV drug users earning less than $8,500 make up the majority of those waiting for appointments.</li> <li>Indianapolis provides early intervention services with Medicaid funds and at the local county hospital for the indigent. There is a two week wait for services. Low income gay males (50% white, 50% Black) are primarily those waiting for services.</li> <li>In New Orleans, there is a 32 week wait for federally and state funded early intervention services.</li> <li>In Dallas, clients may have to wait one week for services and the waiting list for public services may contain up to 20 people. Among those waiting for appointments there is a disproportionate representation of IV drug users, heterosexuals, Hispanics, Blacks and low to moderate income individuals.</li> <li>At the Grady Infectious Disease Clinic in Atlanta, the county hospital-run HIV clinic, there is a three month waiting period for initial immune system assessments.</li> <li>In San Francisco, the wait for scheduling an initial appointment for early intervention services ranges from two to six weeks. There are 50-100 HIV infected individuals waiting for appointments.</li> </ul> [Page 26] Future Numbers of HIV Infected Will Overwhelm Systems Projections concerning the number of HIV infected individuals indicate that early intervention services will be in even higher demand. In Philadelphia, for example, with an estimated 24,000 in need of early intervention services, the city estimates that Ryan White CARE Act Title I funding will assure services for only one percent of the asymptomatic HIV infected population. Publicly Funded Early Intervention Services Publicly funded early intervention services exist in all of the cities surveyed. Early intervention services are funded by a variety of source in the 26 cities surveyed including HRSA Demonstration Grants, the State /Federal Drug Reimbursement Program, state funds, local funds (e.g., public hospitals, community health centers), private foundations and through the use of research funds (clinical trials). It is difficult to track the total number of HIV+ individuals receiving early intervention services in cities because individuals may receive care at private, non profit agencies. Those with private insurance will receive services from their own physicians. Examples of the number of HIV+ individuals receiving publicly funded early intervention services include: <ul> <li>100 clients in Baltimore partially funded by Medicaid, STD program funds and through research grants.</li> <li>151 clients in Seattle funded by federal HRSA funds and state funds. Seattle is beginning a promotional campaign to increase public awareness of the availability of the program.</li> <li>180 clients in Cleveland are partially funded by Medicaid and by public funds at the Free Medical Clinic Early Intervention Program. The number of clients increased by 25 percent over the past year.</li> <li>500 clients in Dallas are funded by Medicaid and other public funds for the Parkland HIV Outpatient Clinic.</li> <li>200 clients in Houston receive immune system assessments in three clinics funded by the state and Harris County.</li> <li>500 clients in San Diego receive services funded by HRSA and state funds.</li> <li>1000 clients in Anaheim are funded by HRSA demonstration funds and state early intervention funds;</li> <li>1850 clients in San Juan are funded by HRSA demonstration funds, a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local city funds. The number of clients increased 50% over last year.</li> <li>400 clients receive publicly funded early intervention services in San Francisco. These services are funded by Medicaid and Medi-Cal (state funds).</li> </ul> [Page 27] Federal AIDS Drug Funds Inadequate: Half of Cities Cover Drug Costs Background State AIDS drug reimbursement— which pays for AZT (Retrovir) and other pharmaceuticals for low income, non-Medicaid eligible persons with HIV disease—is a federally funded program begun in fiscal year 1987 to provide formula grant funds to the states. The program was initiated by the Congress because of the high annual cost of AZT therapy. States determine their own income eligibility levels, which drugs to cover under their program, and their own method of operation. Beginning in fiscal year 1991, this program was incorporated into Title Il of the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990, making it one of four eligible activities to carry out under this authority. Generally, these programs are operated by the state government, utilizing a variety of mechanisms to provide therapeutics. Although AZT costs have come down since 1987, AZT and other AIDS drug costs continue to be significant. A typical AIDS patient's annual costs for AZT is $2,000-$3,000. (One manufacturer of pentamidine, a preventive therapy for the most common opportunistic AIDS-related illness, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, has raised the price of the drug by 400 percent according to the state of New York Department of Consumer Affairs.) City Residents on State Drug Programs Because the AIDS drug reimbursement programs are administered by states, many respondent cities were unable to document the number of city residents receiving drugs under their state programs. Only 14 cities could provide data. Twelve stated there were increases in the number of persons covered last year, ranging from five to 100 percent. San Diego and San Juan were the only two cities indicating no increases in the number of persons covered by their state drug reimbursement programs; cases of AIDS increased in both cities, however. City experiences with AIDS drug reimbursement were as follows: <ul> <li>Seattle experienced a 100 percent increase in the number of city residents covered under the state AZT drug reimbursement program, currently covering 252 persons.</li> <li>In Houston, a 50 percent increase occurred over last year, with the program currently covering 1,231 city residents.</li> <li>In Los Angeles, 1,650 city residents were receiving AZT in the state program.</li> <li>Anaheim increased by 30 percent, to 413 city residents.</li> </ul> Other cities experiencing increases included: <ul> <li>Cleveland (up 25 percent, to 23 persons);</li> <li>Tampa (20 percent increase, to 275 persons);</li> <li>Denver (15 percent over last year, to 424 city residents).</li> <li>In Jersey City, the number of people on the program doubled, from 50 to 100, from September 1989 to September 1990. Costs increased from $66,276.83 (for 357 prescription claims) to $104,626.27 (788 claims).</li> <li>In Newark, the number of people on the program also doubled, 78 to 157, from September 1989 to September 1990. Costs increased from $104,197 (for 485 prescription claims in 88-89) to $181,185 (1,034 claims in 89-90).</li> </ul> [Page 28] Local Funds Used to Pay for AIDS Drugs Fifty (50) percent of respondents (13 of 26) indicate that they utilized local funds to provide drugs to persons with AIDS and HIV infection who were not covered by the federal /state AIDS drug reimbursement program. However, only three (3) could provide data on the cost of these programs; difficulties cited in collecting data included the fact that drug expenses are not broken down by patient diagnosis. In New Haven, drugs are provided as part of medical benefits to city welfare recipients but no breakdown in costs are available for HIV drugs. Newark, under general assistance, pays for AIDS drugs, for which there is no dollar figure. Three (3) cities providing data on the amount of local funds expended, included: Denver ($650,000, an increase of 15 percent over last year); New Orleans (4 percent above last year); and Tampa ($78,000 or 15 percent above last year’s expenditures). Federal Drug Funds Won’t Meet Demand This Year in Most Cities Seventy-six percent (20 of 26) indicated that the federal AIDS drug reimbursement program will not meet the demand for AIDS drugs in their cities this year. Minneapolis reports that “everyone who meets requirements” is in the program. By contrast, other cities report: <ul> <li>Boston states that the state’s federal AIDS drug reimbursement program “will run out of money in mid-year.”</li> <li>New Haven states that the “program is underfunded and only provides AZT.”</li> <li>San Diego reports that the “projected shortfall is expected to be $150,000” by the end of June.</li> </ul> Federal Funds: Ryan White Act Called a “Band-aid, Not a Bailout” In 1990, the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (CARE) of 1990 was passed overwhelmingly by the Congress, bringing the federal government's AIDS service dollars under a unified legislative package. Authorized at$275 million in fiscal year 1990, Title I of the Act, which provides funding directly to cities most affected by the AIDS epidemic, received $87.8 million (32 percent of the authorized level). Title II, also receiving $87.8 million of its $275 million authorization, provides funding for AIDS services through the states. One city official referred to the Ryan White CARE Act as “a band-aid, not a bail-out.” In its FY91 supplemental competitive application for funding, Boston’s Ryan White planning council identified $10 in care needs for every dollar received in Title I funds. San Diego’s planning council estimates $6.1 million of unmet needs. Two more cities, Baltimore and Oakland, will become eligible for Title I funding in FY92 and will compete for an as yet unknown amount of funds. [Page 29] Service Needs of People With AIDS: Local Conditions Define Gaps Background Persons with HIV / AIDS have a range of service needs, depending on the stage and specific manifestation of their HIV illness. Inpatient hospital care comprises only one part of the spectrum of service needs of persons with AIDS and reflects management of the periodic and debilitating opportunistic infections that overtake a person with AIDS. Ongoing service needs, those that help in avoiding hospitalization, include: home care, housing, ongoing outpatient care, case management, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and social services (e.g., food, advocacy). Most Common Gaps Cities were asked to identify specific populations of persons diagnosed with AIDS for whom services are lacking. Cities were also asked to identify which services are most needed, but are currently unavailable. Twenty-four of 25 surveyed cities responded that services were lacking for some population. The unmet service needs—and the subpopulations experiencing the greatest gaps—vary from city to city, reflecting the different characteristics of AIDS caseloads, persons infected and health service delivery systems in communities. Generally, systems are strained, with a wide range of populations with unmet needs and services lacking. For example, in Kansas City, MO, all groups were identified as having service gaps, as determined by the city’s Ryan White Title II planning process. In New Orleans, racial and ethnic minorities in general were identified as populations lacking services. Cleveland identified Hispanic persons with AIDS as a population in need. <ul> <li>Groups in Greatest Need. Substance abusers were identified by 50 percent of respondents as a service need population. The “uninsured” and women were each identified by 46 percent of respondent cities (11 of 24 providing data) as service need populations. Other populations identified most often by respondent cities as having unmet service needs included: the homeless (42 percent, 10 of 24 cities), and the incarcerated (21 percent). Others listed included racial/ethnic minorities, mentally ill, minority Gay/bisexual men, and Gay/bisexual adolescents.</li> <li>Services Most Lacking. Services most frequently listed as lacking – across all groups – were outpatient care, substance abuse treatment and housing, followed by home care and long term care. Other categories listed included: mental health services, social services (including legal services and transportation), and case management.</li> </ul> Populations With Greatest Gaps <ul> <li>Substance Abusers - Twelve cities list substance abusers as a service population in need. Services identified most frequently as lacking are substance abuse treatment, and housing, followed by home care, case management, outpatient health care, and social services. <ul> <li>Houston lists minority IV drug users as a service need population. In describing service needs, Houston explains that the system is overwhelmed in all areas for everyone. However, minority substance abusers (as well as women and the homeless) have an especially hard time accessing care.</li> <li>Newark lists substance abuse treatment, long term care, and mental health services as top needs of substance abusers.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Women - Home care, housing, long term care, outpatient care, and mental health were most frequently listed as service needs. <ul> <li>According to New Haven, “support for women with HIV who are caregivers is sorely lacking.”</li> <li>In Ft. Lauderdale, these services for women and children are described as “sorely lacking.”</li> </ul> </li> </ul> [Page 30] <ul> <li>Housing for women with HIV, case management, and outpatient health care are the top identified needs in Indianapolis.</li> <li>In Newark, social services, substance abuse treatment, and home care are the top three service needs.</li> </ul> In New York City, close to 5,000 women have AIDS; 16-20,000 children will lose their mothers from AIDS by 1993 in the city. Houston reports the city has the highest prevalence of HIV in Texas among women of childbearing age. <ul> <li>Uninsured - Home care, outpatient care, and housing are most frequently identified as service needs for the uninsured.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Housing, case management, and outpatient care are top identified needs for the uninsured in Indianapolis.</li> <li>Outpatient care is “seriously lacking” for the uninsured in Ft. Lauderdale.</li> <li>Chicago identifies outpatient care as a top need for the uninsured.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Homeless - Housing and outpatient care are the top service needs for homeless persons with HIV. <ul> <li>Boston lists chief service needs for the homeless with HIV as case management, homecare, housing, mental health, substance abuse treatment, and social services (e.g., food, advocacy, support groups).</li> <li>Outpatient health care and housing are service needs described by New Orleans.</li> <li>In New York City, an estimated six percent of the homeless are HIV infected. In San Francisco, there are 1,000 homeless persons with AIDS.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Services Most Often Lacking Services most frequently listed as lacking—across all groups—were outpatient care, substance abuse treatment, and housing, followed by home care and long term care. Other categories listed included: mental health services, social services (including legal services and transportation), and case management. <ul> <li>Substance Abuse Treatment - In Los Angeles, 38 percent of the need for resident detox programs for those with HIV is not met.</li> <li>Housing - San Francisco estimates that, over the next three years, 1,200 new housing units will be needed for people with AIDS.</li> <li>Home Care - In 1989 in Houston, 78 percent of AIDS patients discharged from the hospital were without any home care service.</li> <li>Outpatient Care - Houston estimates that demand for outpatient care for indigents will increase by 48 percent from 1990 through 1991.</li> <li>Mental Health - In Chicago this year, 87 percent of the 642 persons estimated to seek mental health services will receive none, despite Ryan White CARE Act funds.</li> <li>Case Management - Los Angeles states that only 17 percent of those with HIV needing case management receive it. In Chicago, approximately 2,800 persons with HIV need case management services; over half will not receive them despite Ryan White CARE Act funds.</li> <li>Dental - In Houston, there is a 2-3 month wait for dental services at the only publicly funded clinic serving people with HIV.</li> </ul> [Page 31] Prevention Education: Gaps Seen, Ongoing Education Needed Background It has long been recognized that effective HIV prevention programs must be locally developed and based. With no cure for AIDS foreseen, prevention programs are the only truly effective weapon against the further spread of the disease. In this time of severe fiscal constraints, it has been increasingly difficult for cities to maintain funds for prevention efforts as caseloads and the cost of care and services increase. <ul> <li>Eighty percent (20 of 25) of cities utilize local funds for prevention activities. Of these cities, twelve (60 percent) had increased their funding of AIDS prevention activities in the past three years. The increase over the past three years ranged from 10 percent in San Diego to 2,000 percent in San Juan.</li> <li>Of the 18 cities providing dollar amounts of funding for AIDS prevention efforts, the amount of local funds spent in the past fiscal year ranged from $10,000 in Cleveland to $3,776,103 in Seattle.</li> </ul> Increased Service Needs Rob Prevention Dollars Decisions about health spending often pit health services against prevention, with prevention spending often losing. <ul> <li>Fifty percent of cities (10 of 20 cities responding) indicated that AIDS services demands have held constant or decreased local funding for AIDS prevention.</li> <li>Thirty percent (six cities) indicated that their prevention spending had increased.</li> <li>Twenty percent (four cities) responded that the demand for services had no impact on funding for services.</li> </ul> Factors in addition to service demands in the community can also result in a decrease of funds (not limited to public funds) available for HIV prevention efforts. Seattle, for example reported that decreases in state grant funds in the city coupled with growing demand for services has caused support for prevention efforts to erode. Gaps in Prevention Education Cities were asked to list which population groups in their locality have been identified as having gaps in HIV prevention education. Twenty-five of the 26 survey respondents indicated that gaps existed in their community. Transmission categories <ul> <li>Minority Gay/bisexual males. Gaps in educating minority Gay/bisexual males were identified by 88 percent (22 of 25) of the cities with education gaps. Of these the most prevalent gaps were noted as “lack of success in identifying effective intervention” (7 cities) and the need for re-education given relapse into unsafe behavior (8 cities). Five cities reported that no programs have specifically targeted this population.</li> <li>Non-minority Gay males. Eighty percent identified gaps in educating non-minority, Gay white males; most commonly, the cities cited a need for re-education, given identified relapse into unsafe behaviors (16 of 20). New York City and Los Angeles reported that programs do exist but that they must be expanded to meet needs within the community. Boston identified segments of the Gay population (Gay youth, bisexual men who do not identify as Gay, and Gay IV drug users) as populations for which successful interventions have not been developed.</li> <li>IV Drug Abusers. Forty percent (8 of 20 cities reporting) identified IV drug abusers as having prevention education gaps. The major gap identified was lack of programs designed to prevent “relapse” into unsafe behaviors. The lack of […]</li> </ul> [Page 32] […] effective interventions was also cited as a barrier to providing HIV risk reduction information to IV drug users, identified by seven respondents. <ul> <li>Sixteen cities (64 percent) reported gaps in prevention education programs for heterosexuals. Twenty-five percent of these cities (4) noted that no programs specifically target this population locally, while a like number reported a lack of success in developing effective interventions and the need for re-education due to relapse.</li> </ul> Racial/ethnic minorities <ul> <li>Seventy-six percent reported gaps in prevention education targeted to African-Americans. Of these, 42 percent (8 cities) noted a need for re-education due to relapse into unsafe behaviors. Six cities (32 percent) reported a lack of success in developing successful interventions to reach Blacks.</li> <li>Eighty percent indicated that gaps existed in HIV prevention education for Hispanics. Of this number, 35 percent (7 cities) noted a need for re-education due to relapse into unsafe behaviors, and 20 percent (4 cities) cited a lack of success in developing effective interventions.</li> </ul> Youth, Women <ul> <li>Seventy-two percent (18 cities) reported gaps in education targeting high-risk youth. Of these, five (28 percent) indicated that no programs have specifically targeted this population, while six (33 percent) reported a need for re-education given relapse into unsafe behaviors. Two cities (11 percent) notes a lack of success in developing successful interventions.</li> <li>Seventy-two percent also reported gaps in education targeting women. Of these, five (28 percent) reported a need for re-education due to relapse into unsafe behaviors, and four (22 percent) reported no programs specifically targeting this population.</li> </ul> Constraints to the Provision of HIV Prevention Education When asked to identify constraints to HIV education efforts, eight cities (32 percent) reported the top constraint as the difficulty in accessing hard-to-reach persons. Six cities (24 percent) identified as a significant restraint denial among high risk populations. Other constraints identified by cities tended to reflect problems that were unique or resulting from local conditions. <ul> <li>Houston reported the most significant constraint as the geographic dispersity of the community and physical difficulty in accessing target populations.</li> <li>Lack of culturally appropriate staffing was a significant concern of many cities. Houston, Cleveland, Jersey City, New Orleans, Newark and San Francisco reported difficulty in recruiting bilingual/bicultural public health educators.</li> <li>Two cities, Los Angeles and San Diego, identified lack of funding as the greatest constraint to prevention efforts.</li> </ul> [Page 33] Systems Realize Strains Health Service Systems Under Stress In 75 percent of cities responding (18 out of 24 responses), service systems were realizing strains due to the AIDS crisis. Most often cited were staff shortages, training needs, staff burnout, and inadequate space and facilities. Sixty-three percent (15 of 24 cities) listed staff issues (i.e., insufficient staff, staff recruitment, or high turnover) as major problems. <ul> <li>Cleveland and New Haven, New Orleans, and San Francisco referenced staff burnout.</li> <li>Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Tampa mention staff recruitment problems.</li> <li>Kansas City, MO, calls attention to the “limited number of providers who treat HIV / AIDS cases.”</li> <li>In Chicago, chronic staff shortages in the Cook County Hospital are evident. The AIDS unit has only 20 of 30 AIDS dedicated beds filled due to chronic nursing shortages and difficulty in recruiting personnel for the ward.</li> </ul> Thirty-three percent (8 of 24) listed inadequate facilities and space as a major infrastructure problem. <ul> <li>Boston, Houston, New York City, and Philadelphia list inadequate space and facilities.</li> </ul> Prevention Systems Also Realize Weaknesses Sixty-four percent of cities (16 of 25 cities) reported that infrastructure problems had resulted in a “negative impact on prevention education efforts.” Fifty-two percent listed staffing as the most common concern (e.g., difficulty in recruiting qualified staff, retention, staff burnout, training). Specifically, cities reported difficulty in recruiting qualified staff (i.e., those willing to work on HIV related issues or culturally sensitive staff), staff retention, and burnout. <ul> <li>Atlanta reported that employees remain in HIV related positions for an average of 1.5-2 years, making it difficult to maintain continuity in programs.</li> <li>Houston cited difficulties in recruiting bilingual/bicultural staff.</li> <li>New York City states that the city’s fiscal crisis “has led to staff shortages” and that “space shortages] (chronic) undercut training programs.”</li> </ul> Other problems mentioned included: lack of stable funding from year to year, interdepartmental competition for funds, and funding restrictions for HIV prevention programs. Chronic facility space shortages were also identified as a problem. [Page 34] Future: AIDS Care and Prevention Needs Local Resources Inadequate to Meet Growing Need The future impact of the AIDS epidemic on America’s cities is reflected in the increase in projected AIDS cases in surveyed cities. Local resources cannot fill the gap between future caseload estimates and care and prevention needs. None of the cities surveyed indicated that they would be able to meet projected demand for HIV-related prevention and health care services with existing local resources. City comments included: <ul> <li>Los Angeles: “The local caseload is too large. Los Angeles County is fiscally overburdened in most public service areas and cannot absorb all AIDS related expenses.”</li> <li>New Haven: “Because New Haven is overwhelmed with multiple urgent health and social problems, the volume of demand for services due to our large population of residents with HIV infection and illness is already overstressing systems that were stretched thin before AIDS hit. The majority of people affected are indigent and a significant proportion must also be medically indigent though we do not have available data on this phenomenon at present.”</li> <li>Seattle: “Local resources comprise approximately four (4) percent of the AIDS resources for Seattle- King County. The majority of support is dependent on federal, state and foundation grants. Many of these grants expire within the next 18 months. Local revenues are unlikely to meet these resultant gaps.”</li> <li>Tampa: “The growing numbers of infected individuals will quickly overload the medical care system.”</li> </ul> Other city responses: <ul> <li>Lauderdale: “Local resources do not put a dent in the problem.”</li> <li>Baltimore: “The economy makes any major increase in local budget out of the question” in dealing with projected increased demand for HIV prevention and health services.</li> <li>Houston simply states that “projected numbers exceed local resource capability.”</li> <li>Indianapolis, in explaining the inability to meet projected demand, states that “HIV is not perceived as a threat to the general heterosexual community yet.”</li> <li>In Kansas City, Missouri, “local resources are inadequate.”</li> <li>Minneapolis: “Decreasing dollars in all areas of local programs mean that HIV prevention may not be a priority.”</li> <li>San Francisco reports that "because of large city and state budget deficits...there will be fewer related public health programs, most notably mental health, prevention, and community based programs."</li> <li>New York City mentions the “sheer scale of the epidemic here” in addressing the adequacy of</li> <li>local resources.</li> <li>San Diego: “Both state and local government [are] in extreme financial distress.”</li> <li>San Juan: “Every day, cases increase. The proportion of new [financial] sources does not increase at [the] same rate.”</li> <li>Anaheim: “The anticipated future caseload will produce a demand for services that will not be met with the current level of funding.”</li> </ul> Looking for Funds to Meet Future Demand Seventy-two percent of survey respondents were not able to identify a source of funding for future needs. Survey respondents often cited federal resources as a source for coping with future caseloads. Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Jersey City, and San Diego specifically refer to Ryan White CARE Act funds as a needed resource. [Page 35] <ul> <li>Baltimore will look to state and federal medical assistance, research money, and Ryan White CARE Act Title I funds to cover needed expansions.</li> <li>Boston has no identified source of funding future needs but rather states that “only limited federal funds have been identified through the CARE Act. With the potential dismantling of state Medicaid optional services (as proposed in the current state budget) services will be cut, not expanded.”</li> <li>Lauderdale: “Ryan White [funding] will keep us at the current level of services.” Ft. Lauderdale has 2,632 current AIDS cases and estimates there are an estimated 6,175-30,876 HIV infected in Ft Lauderdale.</li> <li>According to Chicago, “the Ryan White CARE Act provides much needed funds; however, without full appropriations, service needs will remain unmet.”</li> <li>Cleveland: “Unless funds from federal and state governments increase in this area, Cleveland will be hard pressed to financially maintain the needed resources. Local funds have already begun to plug gaps created by state and federal cuts. This cannot continue.”</li> <li>Dallas identified Ryan White CARE Act funds, state HIV services grants, other federal programs, as well as city-county and private contributions as possible sources of funding.</li> <li>Jersey City looks to Ryan White CARE Act funds as well as The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.</li> <li>San Diego will look to funds “partially through CARE Act Titles I and I.” San Juan identifies federal and private foundation funds.</li> <li>Seattle: “The estimated revenue from all sources for all AIDS/HIV activities within the health department in 1991 is $10,364,494. The projected revenues for 1992 are currently estimated at $8,161,778 which represents a 21 percent decrease in funding. Meanwhile, surviving AIDS cases are estimated to increase by 26 percent by the end of 1992.”</li> </ul> Planning for the Future As the epidemic continues, cities have undertaken a range of planning approaches in dealing with increasing numbers of AIDS cases as well as persons with asymptomatic HIV infection. These plans are often developed in a consortium with community service providers and often seek to address early intervention needs of persons not showing signs of HIV-related illness. <ul> <li>In Baltimore, a major new initiative is “to practice early intervention in STD clinics where approximately 600 new HIV infections each year are diagnosed.” San Francisco has developed plans which integrate and consolidate HIV prevention messages with that of other STD programs.</li> <li>Boston: “Plans are being developed to establish early intervention/prevention services and integrating primary care with drug treatment; further plans have been developed to expand home based services. Lack of funding is a major barrier to expansion.”</li> <li>Los Angeles: “Through federal CARE Act funds, we are establishing and strengthening early intervention and outpatient care facilities in diverse geographic areas of the county. We are also strengthening the referral network from HIV testing to treatment and social services.”</li> <li>Houston reports that “limited funding for early intervention services [is] to begin in summer 1991."</li> <li>Philadelphia: “Comprehensive geographic planning is ongoing to link outreach and prevention efforts with direct medical services, along with enhancement of psychosocial support network.”</li> <li>Tampa: The county health department plan for care involves individuals diagnosed with HIV cared for in Primary Care Clinics; those with AIDS/ARC cared for in the specialized Patient Care Clinic.</li> <li>In San Juan, the emphasis is on home care and ambulatory services rather than inpatient care. Case management services as well as increased prevention education activities for IV drug users, gay/bisexual men and women are planned.</li> </ul> [Page 36] THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS 1620 Eye Street, Northwest Washington, DC. 20006 (202) 293-7330 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1991] Impact of AIDS on American Cities Subject The topic of the resource The Impact of AIDS on American Cities: A 26 City Report for the U.S. Conference of Mayors Task Force for AIDS, June 1991 Description An account of the resource Photocopies of a comprehensive report conducted by the United States Conference of Mayors Task Force for AIDS detailing the trends of the spread and treatment of HIV/AIDS in urban areas, 36 pages. Their assessment covers how the surveyed cities concentrate a majority of the AIDS population counted, cases by various demographics, how Medicaid and other local costs fund care coverage, delays in intervention and needed services, the overwhelming demand for federally funded medication, strains on public services, and gaps in education. Includes both a standard PDF and a copy with searchable text. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource United States Conference of Mayors Task Force for AIDS Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available United States Conference of Mayors Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Robert M. Isaac, Art Agnos, Thomas Cochran, Alan E. Gambrell, Richard D. Johnson, Paula M. Jones, Jeffrey A. Menzer, Richard D. Johnson, William Brian Mays, Stuart P. Campbell 1991 AIDS AIDS cases by ethnicity AIDS cases by gender AIDS cases by orientation AIDS deaths AIDS drug reimbursement AIDS drugs AIDS panic AIDS reporting AIDS research AIDS service needs AIDS Task Force AIDS testing AIDS treatment AIDS/HIV AIDS/HIV discrimination AIDS/HIV drugs AIDS/HIV education AIDS/HIV laws AIDS/HIV longterm survivors AIDS/HIV prevention AIDS/HIV reporting AIDS/HIV research AIDS/HIV testing AIDS/HIV treatment Anaheim Art Agnos Atlanta AZT Baltimore Boston CARE Act Chicago Cleveland Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (CARE) Dallas Denver Ft. Lauderdale health insurance healthcare HIV HIV cases increase HIV diagnose HIV drug study HIV prevention HIV regimen HIV research HIV testing HIV treatment HIV/AIDs HIV/AIDS bias HIV/AIDS research HIV/AIDs testing Houston Indianapolis insurance J. Thomas Cochran Jersey City Kansas City Los Angeles Medicaid Medicaid Cuts Minneapolis New Haven New Orleans New York City Newark Philadelphia Phoenix Robert Isaac Robert M. Isaac Ryan White care Act Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (CARE) San Diego San Francisco San Juan Seattle state AIDS drug reimbursement Tampa Task Force on AIDS Thomas Cochran United States Conference of Mayors US Conference of Mayors US Conference of Mayors Task Force on AIDS https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/386e661746689c370ed2778f6c708546.jpg b118be5a890bb797e17cb3d63abb3540 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource {ND] Photo of Drag Performer and Patron Description An account of the resource A photo of a drag performer leaning down to a patron. Undated. Subjects currently unidentified. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown photographer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource N/D https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/5cf101e3b808733d8982f8d1adc0f528.png cc9a437e130ad3e87c0e8ef03d7a1aa4 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/8c792f712649776475d0a4b009ab956b.pdf d73b307b359e1b6860337445af100272 PDF Text Text � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2001] Gay pride week events kick off today Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2001 Description An account of the resource List of events planned for Tulsa Pride 2001: TOHR Follies 2001,Tulsa Interfaith Service, Council Oak Men's Chorale concert, Family law panel, Embracing Art exhibit and artists' reception, GLBT Film Festival, TOHR Diversity Gala, Pride parade, GLBT Festival. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource World's own Service Tulsa World Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tulsa World Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tulsa World Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 2, 2001 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource World's own Service Tulsa World Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Printout of digital edition of newspaper article Roughly 8.5x11' 1 page Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper article Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Tulsa World, February 10, 2004 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa Pride 2001, Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, TOHR Follies, interfaith services, Council Oak Men’s Chorale, Diversity Gala, GLBT Festival, Pride parade, family law, Embracing Art, GLBT Film Festival https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/aaf293be36366382f7b6470177d20839.JPG acb391b8611ffb651db817fc284e1ddf Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 2592x1728 pixels Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2006] All Souls Unitarian Float Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2006 Description An account of the resource Photo of All Souls Unitarian Church's float in Tulsa's 2006 Pride parade. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dennis Neal Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG file 2592x1728 pixels Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights All Souls Unitarian Church Tulsa, Oklahoma https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/4b509a5e5c96b66515bd3f4e7d5ee481.png 1b05abc708a4a80f87885238c4126ea0 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/9561ed775cc4c3157b61bfde4673943f.mp4 488bb5a1256b6dd5cacb20c65ea00927 Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Video Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 18 minutes 30 seconds Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) MPEG-4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2008] Gala Lifetime Achievement Award 2008, Charles Faudree Subject The topic of the resource Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 2008 Gala Charles Faudree Francie Faudree Lifetime Achievement Award https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/603a4df54dc858f3d372549522cfea42.png 6ac167f4f345e0970d139fbe0c931f48 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/d7ed3a5c4f55fd6d78a952d447288344.mp4 d014f718aa2ced01611f3abd26e4f86a https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/6d4a76c28a29dca0b979f21c1c45fb55.mp4 d014f718aa2ced01611f3abd26e4f86a Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data MP4 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 3 minutes 21 seconds Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) MP4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Gala Rev. Russell Bennett Spiritual Inclusion Award Subject The topic of the resource Aliye Shimi Description An account of the resource Aliye Shimi is the Executive Director of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry and one of the founders of Muslims for Mercy, a progressive charitable organization where Tulsa Muslims serve the community including providing turkey for the Equality Center's annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Aliye helped organize a vigil after the Pulse Nightclub Shootings and invited the LGBTQ community to the Mosque for dinner. 2019 Gala Aliye Shimi Rev. Russell Bennett Spiritual Inclusion Award https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/85e50f644e51a5f46d7dc4479d14013a.MP4 1067c1d530df7cc54d354520a077e72c https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/90c66d6627dcb3a0b2fccd7c1b7c5b6a.png 59226535c7f2c83bf65bd2eb42dab09b Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Pride promotional video Subject The topic of the resource 2019 Pride https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/172474dc98cbdec88415f9a6611d8534.png 59226535c7f2c83bf65bd2eb42dab09b https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/76eb8c49fc2e7240c6ef0cf72a40ab75.MP4 1067c1d530df7cc54d354520a077e72c Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Video iPhone8 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 2 minutes 2 seconds Compression Type/rate of compression for moving image file (i.e. MPEG-4) MP4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Pride Promotional Video https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/9853bef43bb6b482ff400a5faf7d3e4f.png 118e8c6cdb5a4626a32b730142f291b4 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/075bf100c12ced7bc8ebc500ef0f4ccd.mp4 1e6f4d172a49b3b885182a94da187fb6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2000] TOHR Follies Time Worp with the Cast of Helga's Horribles Description An account of the resource Fundraiser for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights 2000 TOHR Follies Fundraiser https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/82c9bde7fc1405437f839caf5fe15330.jpg f159bc7815b49e677f69f2980326b23c https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/f59e3ec865be443e9998aa87e67e2a10.pdf 7b404330d41ba274da7953374520d6b9 PDF Text Text Helping Donors Assist Tulsa Area Nonprofits That Are Committed to Diversity Every day, the LGBT community and its allies support causes and organizations in Tulsa that affect everyone's quality of life. Because there has been no way of identifying money coming from these committed community members, this philanthropy has been, to some extent, "invisible." In 2003, a group of Tulsa, Oklahoma citizens formed the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa as a donor-advised fund of the Tulsa Community Foundation. The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa is committed to making visible the philanthropic contributions of the LGBT and allied community to Tulsa. The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa will consolidate and brand money given locally by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) community and their allies. These funds and certain matching funds from the Gill Foundation will provide an important source of grants to issues we all care about; helping children and the aged, eliminating disease, feeding the homeless and promoting equal opportunity for everyone. It will also provide incentive for organizations to examine and update their employment practices to ensure that they provide equal opportunity to all, regardless of their sexual orientation. Organizations that receive grants from the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa must have an employment nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation and must recognize the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa as the grant source. This effort is modeled after the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, a fund of the Gill Foundation, which since 1996 has given millions of dollars to nonprofits on behalf of the gay and lesbian community in Colorado. We are proud to be an affiliated program with the Gill Foundation and very much appreciate their willingness to provide matching dollars, which will increase the giving ability of the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa, please see our website at www.gayandlesbianfund.org (click on Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa or contact the Tulsa Community Foundation, (918) 494-8823. If your nonprofit is interested in applying for funds or wishes to have assistance on revising your policies and procedures to include sexual orientation in order to be eligible to receive funding, please contact us at tulsa@gayandlesbianfund.org. You may also call the Tulsa Community Foundation at (918) 494-8823 and they can help direct you to more information. The mission of the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa is to support effective Tulsa nonprofits which practice diversity in their policies and workplace while building public awareness of the contributions that the LGBT community and their friends, family and other allies make to improve the quality of life in the Tulsa area. �How can you make a positive impact through the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa? • Create Positive Visibility Are the words “gay & lesbian” being heard openly in Tulsa? Having members of our community hear the words “gay and lesbian” in a positive and non-politicized context can be an effective means of normalizing and building awareness. To create positive visibility consider… ü Sponsorship of highly visible events, particularly ones that provide donor recognition visibility to moderate and conservative members of the community. ü Underwriting of public television or radio programs. This is the #1 source of name recognition for the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado. • Increase Equitable Employment Policies By requiring that nonprofits have an employment non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation, funding provides an incentive for Tulsa nonprofits to adopt more equitable and inclusive policies. It is also important education, as many mistakenly think that current laws protect gay men and lesbians from employment discrimination. To increase equitable employment policies consider… ü Support for key Tulsa area nonprofits that do not currently have equitable employment policies ü Support for large Tulsa nonprofit organizations with a significant number of employees. ü Support for local chapters of national nonprofit organizations that can contribute to momentum for national policy change. ü Support for nonprofits whose boards of directors include prominent business owners and leaders. • Build Social Justice Alliances The Tulsa LGBT community shares social justice concerns with other marginalized groups. What a great way to support and remind those communities of our shared challenges and to build those relationships. It is easier to ask for support of LGBT families and civil rights when we are reaching out to support other communities and their civil rights. And, as we promote justice for other populations, we raise the commitment of the whole community to equality for everyone. To build social justice alliances consider… ü Support for nonprofits serving People of Color, women, and the disabled. ü Support for programs advancing social justice and civic participation for allied constituents. • Challenge Public Perceptions and Stereotypes What do gay men and lesbians care about? By visibly supporting valued mainstream nonprofits, the community is challenged to recognize that we all care about the same things. Particularly when those contributions go to organizations that clash with negative stereotypes, it can provide a “learning moment”. To challenge public perceptions and stereotypes consider… ü Support for nonprofits or issues that are considered moderate or conservative. ü Support that directly contradicts negative stereotypes, such as supporting organizations serving children, families and the faith community. �• Leverage Community Allies Seeing well-known and well-respected Tulsa nonprofits and their leaders modeling comfort and appreciation for their gay and lesbian donors can be very influential. Community partners give a “seal of approval” with their acknowledgment of support from the Gay & Lesbian Fund. There is a sense that “If the American Red Cross and Boys & Girls Club feel comfortable accepting and acknowledging contributions from the gay and lesbian community, it must be OK.” To leverage community allies consider… ü Support for nonprofits that are influential and well respected in the Tulsa community. ü Support for nonprofits that are considered “mainstream” and not typically associated with gay issues. ü Support that provides donor recognition opportunities linking your Gay & Lesbian Fund with influential allies and leaders, such as an on-stage “thanks” from organizational leaders where they will model their comfort and support in front of community members. • Influence Specific Issues When specific gay and lesbian issues are in the news and before the Tulsa public, Gay & Lesbian Fund support can focus attention and influence attitudes on these issues. Positive exposure to LGBT contributions can influence public perception, opinion and support. To influence specific issues consider… ü Support for Tulsa nonprofits strengthening marriage and families ü Support for Tulsa nonprofits promoting employment equality. ü Support for organizations or events that expose policy makers to LGBT support. ü Support for issues of concern and debate in Tulsa. • Build a Sense of Reciprocity While LGBT donors give up to 50% of their charitable dollars to non-LGBT programs that benefit the whole community, few straight donors contribute to LGBT organizations. Are there significant and influential donors in your community who might be influenced to contribute to LGBT causes if the contributions of the LGBT community to their causes were made visible? Would organizations like your local United Way include LGBT organizations or programs if they were aware of the valuable contributions LGBT donors are making to their fundraising? To build a sense of reciprocity consider… ü Support for causes and nonprofits valued by Tulsa donors who might reciprocate by supporting LGBT causes and organizations. ü Support for Tulsa events or organizations that contribute to multiple causes, when LGBT organizations or causes are included. • Enhance the quality of life in your community Underlying all the work of the Gay & Lesbian Fund is the commitment of LGBT donors to making a positive contribution for everyone in their community. These strategies should compliment sound philanthropic decision-making and considerations regarding the financial and administrative stability of nonprofits and their ability to achieve concrete positive results on issues of importance. �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/b278a1996d6bfedcc1b37101a80f4644.pdf a8c82c073e001794f5d9fde0e0210c7d PDF Text Text GnL Brochure 2006 11/8/06 10:24 AM Page 1 Make your contributions count twice Our goals Making a difference in Tulsa while highlighting the important contributions of the Gay, Lesbian and Allied Communities • Create positive visibility • Increase equitable employment policies • Build social justice alliances • Challenge public perceptions • Leverage community allies • Influence specific issues • Build a sense of reciprocity • Enhance our quality of life For more information: www.gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Email: info@gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Or call the Tulsa Community Foundation 918-494-8823 © Copyright 2006. Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10.04 Making a difference in Tulsa while highlighting the important contributions of the Gay, Lesbian and Allied Communities �GnL Brochure 2006 11/8/06 10:24 AM Page 2 Support Tulsa non-profit organizations while promoting equality and inclusiveness The gay, lesbian and allied communities, along with their family and friends, are generous contributors to and supporters of the Tulsa community. Their efforts to improve the quality of life for Tulsa’s citizens include supporting non-profit organizations that are focused on eliminating diseases, helping our youth and our seniors citizens, feeding the homeless, and improving the arts. However, these significant contributions are often overlooked or go unrecognized. The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa (GLFT) was formed to increase the visibility of gay and lesbian philanthropy and promote equality and inclusiveness in the Tulsa community. By consolidating and branding tax-deductible contributions we can leverage and direct them to Tulsa non-profit organizations that embrace diversity through their outreach programs and promote equality in the workplace. Organizations receiving grants through the GLFT are required to have a non-discrimination policy which includes sexual orientation and credit the GLFT as the grant source. If you support quality non-profits in the Tulsa area, consider giving your tax-deductible contri-butions through the GLFT. You will be able to specifically direct your funds to any of the pre-screened Tulsa Area Non-Profits, ensuring that your contributions are going to agencies which support diversity in their policies and outreach. Your donation may be matched at a certain level by other financial sources which means a larger contribution to your designated agency. Make donation payable to: Tulsa Community Foundation/ Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa. ❑ Enclosed check for $ ❑ Pledge amount for $ ❑ Monthly ❑ Quarterly ❑ Annually ❑ Please designate my gift to benefit non-profit non-profit ❑ I understand contributions are given in the name of the “Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa.” I would like individual recognition. ❑ Please send me more information. Name Street Address A good number of non-profit organizations in the Tulsa Area have added Sexual Orientation to their non-discrimination policies. Please support these progressive organizations with tax-deductible contributions in the name of the GLFT. Just clip and fill out the donation slip on the next panel. Thank you for helping us make Tulsa a better place for everyone! City State Zip Phone eMail Send completed form with donation to: Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa c/o Tulsa Community Foundation 7020 S. Yale, Suite 220 Tulsa, OK 74136 � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/9b29596622803181e7245397f33f1529.pdf 107b76759bbe709024fb2c018d913e29 PDF Text Text Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2004 by Dennis Neill �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/7c3d3d3305927e2260f16bac30efcbf8.pdf 521c4cfab4a6a350d4da8f5df412086a PDF Text Text Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa – Grants Funded 2004-2009 Last Updated: November 3, 2009 All Souls Unitarian Church Community Outreach Programs Alzheimer’s Association of OK and AR American Red Cross – Tulsa Chapter Arthritis Foundation Arts & Humanities Council Big Brothers & Sisters of Green Country, Inc. Campfire USA, Green Country Council Child Abuse Network Clarehouse College Hill Presbyterian Church Community Action Project Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Community Service Council Diversity Arts Association Domestic Violence Intervention Service Emergency Infant Services, Inc. Family & Children's Services Fellowship Congregational Church Gilcrease Museum Association Girl Scouts of Magic Empire Council Greenwood Jazz and Blues Festival HOPE Testing Clinic Iron Gate at Trinity Komen Foundation - Race for the Cure League of Women Voters LIFE Senior Services Light Opera of Oklahoma Maple Ridge Park Endowment Fund Mental Health Association of Tulsa Midwestern Theater (Nightingale Theater) National Conference of Community and Justice Oklahoma Center for Community & Justice Oklahoma State University Foundation Oklahomans for Equality Open Arms Youth Project Parent Child Center of Tulsa Parents, Family, Friends of Lesbians and Gays Philbrook Museum of Art Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma Preservation Oklahoma Regional AIDS Intercommunity Network Resonance, Center for Women Route 66 Marathon Retired Senior Volunteer Program 12 & 12 Tulsa AIDS Walk Tulsa Area United Way Tulsa CARES Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless �Tulsa Foundation for Architecture Tulsa Global Alliance Tulsa Historical Society Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Tulsa Opera Tulsa Reaches Out Tulsa Street School Tulsa University – BLGTA Student Organization Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Visiting Nurse Association of Tulsa Vocal Pride Foundation YWCA Youth Services of Tulsa � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/7bd1861a55870d4fc14ae88937aa5f82.pdf 1fcd4e36807c42c14ae5dd48ba6259d1 PDF Text Text Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa Employment Non-Discrimination Policy Requirements and Samples Nonprofits eligible to receive funding through the Gay and Lesbian fund for Tulsa must provide a copy of their official employment non-discrimination policy that includes “sexual orientation” (required) and “gender identity and expression” (recommended). The required wording may be inserted into your existing employment non-discrimination policy, or a sample policy is provided below. Sample Employment Non-Discrimination Policy [Organization’s name] provides equal employment opportunity. [Organization’s name] does not discriminate against any individual in the terms or conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, nation or ethnic origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical or mental disability, marital or family status, military or veterans status, or any other basis made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations. This policy applies to all aspects of the application process and employment relationships, including recruitment, application, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, job assignments, transfers, performance evaluation, promotions, layoffs and terminations. This policy also applies to relationships with outside vendors and customers, use of contractors and consultants, volunteers and clients, and in dealing with the general public. The following examples are sufficient to document the official employment non-discrimination policy of your organization. 1. Copy of policy text is in organization's by-laws, employee manual, or other official source. Please include copy of relevant page(s), highlight the policy text and reference the source and date of passage. 2. Policy text on organization's letterhead, signed and dated by Chair of the Board of Directors 3. Policy text on organization’s letterhead with statement of approval, such as "unanimously approved by Board of Directors on month, day, 20xx." 4. Minutes of Board of Directors meeting during which the policy was approved. (Be sure the complete text of the policy is included in minutes, or attach complete policy.) � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/efefbe23be9a2a2c50cd31ebfb458d6b.pdf a5537980804d9ec41253ffbab37708a5 PDF Text Text Frequently Asked Questions - Non-Discrimination Policy Requirement The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa requires organizations to have an employment nondiscrimination policy that specifically includes “sexual orientation” (required) and “gender identity and expression” (recommended) in order to be eligible for funding. This will help to explain why we have such a requirement and why it is necessary to include this specific language. Q: Why does the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa require an employment nondiscrimination policy? A: The founders and donors of the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa include gay men, lesbians, their families and allies. We have made the decision not to provide funds to organizations who do not extend employment protection to their gay and lesbian employees. It also allows us to educate local nonprofits and the public on the need and importance of employment protection for this group of employees. Q: Why do we need a formal policy? Isn’t it enough that we don’t practice discrimination based on sexual orientation? Q: Why does our non-discrimination policy need to specifically list “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression”? A: Many people are surprised to learn that gay men and lesbians are not protected by current federal employment non-discrimination laws. While a few states have passed their own employment protections, in 36 states including Oklahoma, it is legal to deny employment or to fire an employee based only on their sexual orientation. Only 9 states provide employment protection based on gender identity and expression. The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 established nine protected classes: race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, and familial status. The 1990 Americans with Disability Act extended protection to persons with physical or mental disabilities and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 added age to the list of protected classes. The only legal protection available to gay, lesbian and transgender employees is for employers to specifically list “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression” in their employment non-discrimination policies. Q: Can’t we just pass a policy stating that we don’t discriminate against anyone? Do we have to include a long list of all the groups that the non-discrimination policy applies to? A: Although this is an appealing notion, a general policy stating that you do not discriminate has no legal significance. �The term “discrimination” is often misunderstood. A dictionary defines “discrimination” as “to draw distinctions, distinguish from or between.” In this ordinary sense, all organizations discriminate, because all organizations need to draw important and valid distinctions between current and potential employees based on their qualifications, skills and performance. We all might agree that it is appropriate for a child-serving organization to discriminate, i.e.: draw valid distinctions in hiring, against persons with substance abuse or criminal histories. In a legal sense, discrimination has a different meaning. “Discrimination” in law refers to drawing invalid distinctions based on established legal classes. The case above, in which the organization might refuse to hire, or fire an employee, based on substance abuse is not “discrimination” in the legal sense, because substance abuse is an appropriate distinction for purposes of employment. In the same way, under current law, employment decisions based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression are not legally “discrimination” because these are not established by law as protected classes. It is perfectly legal to fire an individual based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Only by specifying “sexual orientation” and “gender identity and expression” in the employment policy, can organizations extend legal protection to all their employees. Over 3,000 organizations, including 88% of Fortune 500 companies have taken this step to ensure equal employment opportunities for all their employees. � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/2d6757b03dfa71c15e256fbf70ce3904.pdf 6a78f2698efa7daa39e01b827db549f5 PDF Text Text March 20, 2004 Dear Tulsa Community Donor Recently, four of us in Tulsa (Nancy McDonald, Mona Pittenger, Doug Campbell, and Dennis Neill) established the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa with the Tulsa Community Foundation. As more fully explained in the attached copy of our Web site (www.gayandlesbianfund.org/tulsa), our mission is “to support effective Tulsa area nonprofits which practice diversity in their policies and workplace while building public awareness of the contributions that the LGBT community and their friends, family and other allies make to improve the quality of life in the Tulsa area.” Our goal is not to ask you to contribute more to Tulsa area non-profits, but to consider directing some of your charitable giving thru the Fund, with the following benefits: • • • Branding dollars as coming from the LGBT community and their allies Encouraging non-profits to include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies and procedures. Enhancing the level of local giving with the possibility of matching some of our giving with dollars from the Gill Foundation of Colorado. The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa has been working to encourage non-profits to add Sexual Orientation to their non-discrimination policies. To date, some 35 Tulsa area non-profits have indicated that they have such policies or are working to do so. We have already sponsored events with 5 non-profits. The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa has been recognized in their programs and other appropriate publicity. We hope to support many other non-profits through grants for events, programs and capital campaigns. To do so, we need you to consider re-channeling some of your giving through the Fund. This will allow us to encourage non-profits to recognize diversity and maximize the dollars available through the Gill Foundation matching program. To learn more about the purpose of this Fund and the benefits to the local non-profit community and you, we would like to invite you to a casual continental breakfast on March 31st. Our special guest will be Jan Brennan, Executive Director of the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado which is affiliated with the Gill Foundation. She will explain the enormous success of this fund over the last 5 years in the Colorado nonprofit funding area and we will discuss the local Fund and answer questions. Date: Wednesday, March 31 Time: 8 am Place: 2nd Floor of the Ambassador Hotel, 14th and Main, Tulsa – Continental Breakfast To RSVP: Please call Dennis Neill, 743-4354, email dneill@cox.net or Tulsa@gayandlesbianfund.org We hope you can join us on March 31. Also, if you know of others who may be interested in this program, please feel free to contact us and we will make sure and extend an invitation. Sincerely, Nancy McDonald, Mona Pittenger, Doug Campbell, Dennis Neill � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/2395228fb9640a3506e2e8e51357e210.pdf fdc3c3759eff1b688118986b9745c8b4 PDF Text Text The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa Cordially invites you for Wine and Cheese Thursday, October 28, 2004 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Harwelden 2210 South Main Hosts: Joe and Nancy McDonald, Dennis Neill, Mona Pittenger, Doug Campbell, Kelly Kirby and Charles Johnston. Please join us to thank the individuals who have made taxdeductible contributions through the Fund this first year. With the additional support of the Gill Foundation, we have provided grants totaling nearly $100,000 to twenty-four non-profits in the Tulsa community that support diversity in their workplace. If you have not yet contributed to your favorite non-profits through the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa, come learn how the Fund is making a difference in the Tulsa Community and how YOU can be a part of this exciting partnership with the Gill Foundation and the Tulsa Community Foundation. Regrets: Nancy McDonald - 742-8565 � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/63648a70c80ef2093a0e680af10c418f.pdf 9e0af04c3ffa788b79b30b19372a2b34 PDF Text Text �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/15214bdb678ddf47535e0abf37fd1054.pdf 0c354ea76e62488b4c9578b75076eca2 PDF Text Text GNL.OperaAD.F 10/16/07 3:59 PM Page 1 Congratulations toTulsa Opera for 60Years of World-Class Entertainment. The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa provides grants to support the efforts of nonprofits in our community which embrace diversity in their workplace and outreach. With tax-deductible contributions provided by a cross-section of our donor community, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa highlights the contributions made by gay men, lesbians, their family and friends to the Tulsa Community. Making a Difference in Tulsa while highlighting the important contributions of the Gay, Lesbian and Allied Communities. For more information: www.gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Email: info@gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Or call the Tulsa Community Foundation, 918-494-8823. � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/aa887d7687c425f17a524064a46cab7a.pdf 06ff5f0527299d789e143e0ab3a5032d PDF Text Text �� https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/57eea6019f4e2becce8ce53f2bdc0b18.pdf da4490c00d6974a7234d1c75a6a212f5 PDF Text Text Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa Grants/Payments By Year Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Scheduled 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Year Number of Grants Total Grant Amounts 2004 38 $69,125.00 2005 41 $87,550.00 2006 33 $43,000.00 2007 29 $36,900.00 2008 26 $31,200.00 2009 18 $40,100.00 185 $307,875.00 Scheduled Amount $500.00 $500.00 Paid 38 40 32 28 26 17 181 Paid Amount $69,125.00 $87,550.00 $43,000.00 $36,900.00 $31,200.00 $39,600.00 $307,375.00 Void 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Void Amount Grant Number Recipient Fund Grant Date Grant Am 2362:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/12/2004 $2, 2641:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/23/2004 $ 2686:LJ-7 LIFE Senior Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/10/2004 $1, 2747:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/24/2004 $1, 2748:LJ-7 National Conference on Community & Justi Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/24/2004 $1, 2805:LJ-7 Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/21/2004 $1, 2818:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/28/2004 $2, 2971:LJ-7 League of Women Voters of Metro Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/13/2004 $1, 2972:LJ-7 DVIS Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/13/2004 $1, 2973:LJ-7 Light Opera Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/13/2004 $3, 2974:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/13/2004 $ 3002:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/2/2004 $10, 3018:LJ-7 National Conference for Community/Justice Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/7/2004 $2, 3082:LJ-7 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/17/2004 $2, 3093:LJ-7 Community Action Project of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/21/2004 $1, 3181:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/23/2004 $5, 3185:LJ-7 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fdn., Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/23/2004 $5, 3275:LJ-7 RAIN Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $ 3276:LJ-7 Tulsa Community Aids Partnership Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $ 3277:LJ-7 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fdn., Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $5, 3278:LJ-7 Child Abuse Network Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $ 3279:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/22/2004 $1, �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3285:LJ-7 Arts & Humanities Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/24/2004 $1, 3355:LJ-7 Tulsa Global Alliance Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/18/2004 $1, 3370:LJ-7 Harwelden Arts & Humanities Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/27/2004 $ 3371:LJ-7 Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/27/2004 $2, 3372:LJ-7 Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/27/2004 $ 3395:LJ-7 Council Oak Men's Chorale Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/15/2004 $1, 3396:LJ-7 Philbrook Museum of Art Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/15/2004 $3, 3424:LJ-7 LIFE Senior Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/13/2004 $1, 3425:LJ-7 Open Arms Youth Project Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/13/2004 $ 3474:LJ-7 Camp Fire USA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/17/2004 $ 3492:LJ-7 Midwestern Theater/Nightingale Theater Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $ 3501:LJ-7 12 & 12, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $1, 3502:LJ-7 Arthritis Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $1, 3503:LJ-7 Community Service Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $2, 3504:LJ-7 League of Women Voters Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $1, 3505:LJ-7 Preservation Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2004 $ 3596:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/19/2005 $3, 3597:LJ-7 Parent Child Center of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/19/2005 3604:LJ-7 Parent Child Center of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/24/2005 $10, 3607:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/24/2005 $2, 3630:LJ-7 PFLAG, Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/4/2005 3631:LJ-7 ORCAR Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/4/2005 3632:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/4/2005 3920:LJ-7 Community Service Council - Greater Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/16/2005 3934:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/23/2005 3966:LJ-7 Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/9/2005 $1, 3967:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/9/2005 $10, 3995:LJ-7 Tulsa Foundation for Architecture Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/14/2005 $1, 4012:LJ-7 DVIS Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/23/2005 $1, 4192:LJ-7 Oklahoma State University Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/25/2005 $ 4193:LJ-7 Community Service Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/25/2005 $ 4194:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/25/2005 $1, 4195:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/25/2005 $ 4258:LJ-7 Arts & Humanities Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/9/2005 $2, 4259:LJ-7 PFLAG, Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/9/2005 $1, 4260:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/9/2005 $5, 4292:LJ-7 Light Opera Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/16/2005 $3, 4302:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/18/2005 $5, 4303:LJ-7 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/18/2005 $2, 4331:LJ-7 Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fdn., Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/1/2005 $10, 4408:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/20/2005 $ 4522:LJ-7 HOPE Testing Clinic Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 $1, 4523:LJ-7 Big Brothers & Sisters of Green Country Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 4524:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 $2, 4525:LJ-7 Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 $5, 4526:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/25/2005 $ 4635:LJ-7 Philbrook Museum of Art Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 8/16/2005 $2, 4671:LJ-7 Regional AIDS Intercommunity Network (RAI Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/7/2005 $1, 4684:LJ-7 American Red Cross Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/7/2005 $ $1, $2, �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4685:LJ-7 Gilcrease Museum Association Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/7/2005 $1, 4686:LJ-7 Tulsa Aids Walk 4797:LJ-7 Tulsa Area United Way Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 9/7/2005 $ Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/5/2005 4798:LJ-7 $ YWCA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/5/2005 $1, 4987:LJ-7 College Hill Presbyterian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/25/2005 $2, 5047:LJ-7 Arthritis Foundation Eastern Oklahoma Chapter Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/2/2005 $1, 5283:LJ-7 Community Service Council - Greater Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/13/2005 $2, 5453:LJ-7 Council Oak Chorale Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/28/2005 $1, 5689:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/30/2006 $2, 5696:LJ-7 YWCA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/30/2006 $ 5903:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/8/2006 $10, 5904:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/8/2006 $1, 5905:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/8/2006 $2, 6251:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/14/2006 $1, 6252:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/14/2006 $5, 6253:LJ-7 Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/14/2006 $1, 6513:LJ-7 Rizley Opera Education Endowment Fund Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/28/2006 6514:LJ-7 Light Opera Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/28/2006 6586:LJ-7 University of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6589:LJ-7 HOPE Testing Clinic Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $1, 6607:LJ-7 Camp Fire USA Green Country Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6608:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6609:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6610:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6611:LJ-7 RSVP Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6612:LJ-7 Tulsa Aids Walk Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/15/2006 $ 6799:LJ-7 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/28/2006 $2, 6800:LJ-7 PFLAG, Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 6/28/2006 $ 7236:LJ-7 Arthritis Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $1, 7237:LJ-7 Fellowship Congregational Church UCC Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $ 7238:LJ-7 Gilcrease Museum Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $1, 7239:LJ-7 PFLAG, Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $ 7240:LJ-7 Tulsa Area United Way Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $ 7241:LJ-7 YWCA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2006 $ 7464:LJ-7 Regional AIDS Intercommunity Network (RAI Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/2/2006 $1, 7469:LJ-7 OCCJ Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/7/2006 $2, 7470:LJ-7 OCCJ Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/7/2006 $ 7477:LJ-7 Route 66 Marathon, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/9/2006 $1, 7478:LJ-7 Girl Scouts, Mid-Columbia Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/9/2006 $1, 7488:LJ-7 Route 66 Marathon, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/9/2006 7648:LJ-7 YWCA Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/6/2006 $1, 8118:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/12/2007 $2, 8119:LJ-7 Community Service Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/12/2007 $3, 8167:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/21/2007 $2, 8255:LJ-7 Association for Women in Communication Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/7/2007 $ 8256:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/7/2007 $ 8257:LJ-7 Route 66 Marathon, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/7/2007 $2, 8258:LJ-7 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/7/2007 $2, 8330:LJ-7 Resonance Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/12/2007 $1, $ �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 8331:LJ-7 Retired Senior Volunteers Program Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/12/2007 $ 8452:LJ-7 Alzheimer's Association, Oklahoma/Arkansas Chapter Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/29/2007 $ 8740:LJ-7 Association for Women in Communication Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/11/2007 8741:LJ-7 Multiple Sclerosis Society Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/11/2007 $ 8765:LJ-7 Street School Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/11/2007 $1, 9162:LJ-7 Camp Fire USA Green Country Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/29/2007 $1, 9383:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/12/2007 $ 9384:LJ-7 HOPE Testing Clinic Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/12/2007 $1, 9626:LJ-7 Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 8/24/2007 $1, 9818:LJ-7 Community Service Council - Greater Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2007 $ 9819:LJ-7 Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/3/2007 $ 9920:LJ-7 OCCJ Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/18/2007 $5, 9921:LJ-7 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/18/2007 $2, 10139:LJ-7 All Souls Unitarian Church Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/20/2007 $1, 10140:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/20/2007 $ 10141:LJ-7 LIFE Senior Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/20/2007 $ 10150:LJ-7 Community Service Council - Greater Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/20/2007 $1, 10151:LJ-7 Tulsa Area United Way Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/20/2007 $ 10152:LJ-7 YWCA of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/20/2007 $1, 10153:LJ-7 Vocal Pride Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/20/2007 $1, 10213:LJ-7 Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/30/2007 $ 10792:LJ-7 Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/21/2008 $1, 11023:LJ-7 YWCA of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/14/2008 $ 11172:LJ-7 LIFE Senior Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/6/2008 $ 11173:LJ-7 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/6/2008 $1, 11174:LJ-7 Resonance Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/6/2008 $1, 11175:LJ-7 Retired Senior Volunteers Program Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/6/2008 $1, 11176:LJ-7 Alzheimer's Association, Oklahoma/Arkansas Chapter Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/6/2008 $1, 11177:LJ-7 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/6/2008 $2, 11178:LJ-7 Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/6/2008 $ 12066:LJ-7 Street School Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/6/2008 $1, 12067:LJ-7 Girl Scouts Magic Empire Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/6/2008 $1, 12068:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/6/2008 $3, 12069:LJ-7 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/6/2008 $ 12070:LJ-7 Camp Fire USA Green Country Council Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/6/2008 $1, 12541:LJ-7 Oklahoma State University Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 7/14/2008 $2, 12775:LJ-7 HOPE Testing Clinic Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 8/14/2008 $1, 13322:LJ-7 Community Service Council - Greater Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/9/2008 $1, 13323:LJ-7 Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/9/2008 $1, 13324:LJ-7 Community Service Council - Greater Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/9/2008 $ 13325:LJ-7 Tulsa Area United Way Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/9/2008 $ 13326:LJ-7 Vocal Pride Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/9/2008 $1, 13327:LJ-7 Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/9/2008 $2, 13550:LJ-7 YWCA of Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/23/2008 $1, 13551:LJ-7 Clarehouse, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 10/23/2008 $1, DA-13613 Tulsa Historical Society Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 11/13/2008 $ DA-14401 Youth Services of Tulsa, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 12/23/2008 $3, DA-14654 Diversity Arts Association of Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 1/20/2009 $ DA-14724 LIFE Senior Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/3/2009 $ �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa DA-14725 Alzheimer's Association, Oklahoma/Arkansas Chapter Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/3/2009 $1, DA-14726 Family & Children's Services Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/3/2009 $1, DA-14727 Tulsa Opera, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/3/2009 $1, DA-14728 Street School, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/3/2009 $1, DA-14729 Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 2/3/2009 $1, DA-15006 Resonance Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/2/2009 $1, DA-15007 Tulsa CARES Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/2/2009 $2, DA-15076 Oklahomans for Equality Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/13/2009 $2, A-15142 Mental Health Association in Tulsa Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 3/23/2009 $ A-15640 Iron Gate at Trinity, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/20/2009 $10, A-15641 Emergency Infant Services, Inc. Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/20/2009 $10, DA-15711 Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/30/2009 $ DA-15712 Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/30/2009 $1, DA-15713 Philbrook Museum of Art Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/30/2009 $5, DA-15714 Open Arms Youth Project Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 4/30/2009 $ DA-15853 Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa 5/19/2009 $ $307,87 �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa Refunds $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Grant Amount $2,500.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00 $3,000.00 $500.00 $10,000.00 $2,500.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $750.00 $250.00 $5,000.00 $525.00 $1,000.00 �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa $1,750.00 $1,000.00 $350.00 $2,500.00 $750.00 $1,500.00 $3,000.00 $1,000.00 $250.00 $500.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $500.00 $3,000.00 $0.00 $10,000.00 $2,500.00 $50.00 $50.00 $1,500.00 $50.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $10,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00 $250.00 $450.00 $1,000.00 $500.00 $2,000.00 $1,000.00 $5,000.00 $3,000.00 $5,000.00 $2,500.00 $10,000.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $0.00 $2,500.00 $5,000.00 $200.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $250.00 �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa $1,500.00 $250.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,500.00 $2,500.00 $500.00 $10,000.00 $1,500.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $5,000.00 $1,000.00 $0.00 $500.00 $200.00 $1,000.00 $500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $600.00 $500.00 $2,500.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $250.00 $1,500.00 $250.00 $500.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $200.00 $1,500.00 $1,000.00 $0.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $3,000.00 $2,500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $2,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa $650.00 $750.00 $0.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $750.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $5,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $1,500.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $250.00 $1,500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $3,000.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00 $1,000.00 $500.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $200.00 $3,000.00 $500.00 $500.00 �Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $2,500.00 $2,500.00 $500.00 $10,000.00 $10,000.00 $600.00 $1,000.00 $5,000.00 $500.00 $500.00 $307,875.00 � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/890ca6a6df17db9d63306edd2474cdec.pdf e8419727d3c83ced4986fbcd2f9984c0 PDF Text Text The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa provides grants to support the efforts of nonprofits in our community which embrace diversity in their workplace and outreach. With tax-deductible contributions provided by a cross-section of our donor community, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa highlights the contributions made by gay men, lesbians, their family and friends to the Tulsa Community. As a donor wishing to support a progressive and diverse community, consider giving some of your charitable contributions through the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa, a donor advised fund established with the Tulsa Community Foundation. Making a Difference in Tulsa while highlighting the important contributions of the Gay, Lesbian and Allied Communities. For more information: www.gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Email: info@gayandlesbianfundfortulsa.org Or call the Tulsa Community Foundation, 918-494-8823. � https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/a0e9282686547586b605cb605e7f6ad2.jpg ed836dbaad8f3701d025ed9a5643a11e Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2003] Gay and Lesbian Fund For Tulsa Description An account of the resource In 2003, Dennis Neill attended the Gill Foundation's Outgiving Program. At the meeting Gill explained the use of a donor fund, the Colorado Gay & Lesbian Fund, to bring awareness to LGBTQ giving and ensure non-profits have appropriate non-discrimination policies. In 2004, Nancy and Joe McDonald, Mona Pittenger, Doug Campbell, and Dennis Neill established the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa with the Tulsa Community Foundation. The mission is “to support effective Tulsa area nonprofits which practice diversity in their policies and workplace while building public awareness of the contributions that the LGBT community and their friends, family and other allies make to improve the quality of life in the Tulsa area.” Leveraging off of a matching grant from the Gill Foundation, the organizers contributed funds and reached out to others to consider directing some of their charitable giving thru the Fund, with the following benefits: • Branding dollars as coming from the LGBT community and their allies • Encouraging non-profits to include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies and procedures. • Enhancing the level of local giving with the possibility of matching some of our giving with dollars from the Gill Foundation of Colorado. The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa has been working to encourage non-profits to add Sexual Orientation to their non-discrimination policies. To date, some 35 Tulsa area non-profits have indicated that they have such policies or are working to do so. We have already sponsored events with 5 non-profits. The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa has been recognized in their programs and other appropriate publicity. We hope to support many other non-profits through grants for events, programs and capital campaigns. To do so, we need you to consider re-channeling some of your giving through the Fund. This will allow us to encourage non-profits to recognize diversity and maximize the dollars available through the Gill Foundation matching program. Dennis Neill Doug Campbell Gay & Lesbian Fund Gay and Lesbian Fund Mona Pittenger Nancy and Joe McDonald https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/038cb18c43eb249d44fbe5b3f10ee212.jpeg 5ad18d8052bc96b96df473d0fda123a6 https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/fcdaa5c7f217b645c599e95b69270044.pdf 7added536cc48d16adc1e5567435c58c PDF Text Text Early Home for LGBTQ Movement in Tulsa From Vernon Jones on Facebook 10/4/19From Vernon Jones on Facebook 10/4/19 The home base of Tulsa's gay equal rights activist organizations was crushed into rubble and the rubble removed during the 50th Anniversary Year of Stonewall. I owned the structure during the 1970s. Tulsa Gay Alliance(TGA) was one of the many gay activist organizations that sprang up from coast to coast within a year after the Stonewall Riots in New York City June 28,1969. The house was the home base for all the gay activists' organizations for most of the decade of the 1970s including TGA,Tulsa's Gay Awareness Program (GAP), GAP's newsletter GAP RAP, and the Tulsa Caucus. Initial meetings of Tulsa Metropolitan Church (MCC)were also held there to provide those who needed a more friendly Christian faith church. Gay activism was out-of-the-question for most Tulsa gay men In 1969. They feared being outed and facing life-changing outcomes of total rejection by family,friends and employers. But five gay men gathered secretly for the first time in a small meeting room on the 3rd floor of the Tulsa City-County Main Library. Names, identification, or phone numbers were not exchanged for fear that Tulsa police might learn who the activists were. Meetings then moved to 1629 South Cincinnati.. The address of the building that police eventually labeled "a nest of queers". The rich gay rights history associated with the house is as interesting as some of the activists themselves were. One of Tulsa's activists had been a homeless teenager who was thrown out by his parents for being gay. He survived as a dishwasher and go-go boy at Stonewall Inn when the riots broke out. Two of the activists had been committed to mental institutions by their families because they were gay. One activist had been an emergency room nurse. Another was an honorably discharged veteran after serving In a highly classified career field. One was a black activist who singularly dared to publicly raise the issue of being gay to Tulsa's African American community. One had a law enforcement background. Another later became an ordained Priest-Pastor at Tulsa's St. Jeromes Angelican Church. President Herbert Walker Bush appointed one of the activists to be 28th recipient of the President's "1,000 Points of Light" award and medallion. Another activist received a Letter of Commendation from President Bill Clinton for his previous activism for equal gay rights Most of the activists had been abandoned by their families and churches. All the activists were as common as any except all were deeply committed to securing equal rights for themselves and others. 1 �The first activist group of TGA failed to enlist less than a dozen Tulsa gays and lesbians to join the effort to seek their equal rights. Being outed was too dangerous In the "City of Churches" and living in such anti-gay political and law enforcement environment. Dallas gays were not as shy as Tulsans were in 1972.They asked me and my companion as TGA organizers to lead Dallas' first and only gay "March" through the main downtown streets of the city. In 1974 the GAP RAP newsletter broke a story that Associated Press picked up. Newspapers around the country published their own articles about the Tulsa story. Tulsa local government recoiled from all the bad press. But, GAP and its GAP RAP had finally managed to get the attention and concern the group sought about the need for local government to address the abuse and discrimination Tulsa gays were experiencing from police and others. GAP's sister activist group of the Tulsa Caucus followed through with their part. Their appeals to Tulsa Human Rights Commission secured that Commission's attention. A Special Task Force was created by the Commission that included gay activists. Assertions of the Special Task Force eventually resulted in the Mayor declaring an Executive Order(EO). The EO prohibited discrimination of gays by businesses that had any relationship with the City such as licensing, approvals, agreements, etc. The EO was rescinded by the next Mayor James Inhofe after encouraged by the "Orange Juice Lady" Tulsa native Anita Bryant. Tulsa law enforcement's retaliation toward gay activists was harsh. The house of gay activists might have accurately been labeled a "nest of queers". The queer activist's certainly 'hatched' their plans there. I was the activists who was falsely labeled as being associated with "organized crime" and targeted by the RICO Act(racketeering). But, the accusations were debunked by an IRS investigation. The entire contents of the Tulsa Caucus were striped by unknown persons. I and my partner experienced relentless police harassment likely Intended to intimidate or drive us out of the city. We were stopped, detained, and harassed repeatedly for no valid reason. The stops were so numerous they became was a subject of jokes to police dispatchers. The black activist(my partner) was the easiest target by police He was arrested 3 times. One arrest resulted in a ten day work assignment. Another bogus charge was dismissed in court. The third was ruled as "Unconstitutional" by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and dismissed. My employer attempted to fire me due to my sexual orientation and activism. My partner and I began to receive frequent threats of violence. A night-time brick enclosed in a sack of burning substance crashed through one of the house's windows seriously jeopardizing the lives of the sleeping residents. The house that became the home base of gay activists in the historic Maplewood District had been built in the early 1900s during the oil boom. Due to the dryness and flammability of the near 70 year old wooden structure, the terrorist's act would have 2 �burned to the ground within minutes. It would have likely trapped residents on the second story if the fire had not been detected immediately. I vacated all the activists "nesters" and renters. I then sold the property at a loss to end Its being a serious endangerment to residents because it was the home base of the activist's groups. The "nest of queers" had its own interesting history that preceded the struggle for gay equal rights. There was a weird, weird, sense of strange quality about the house. Residents and visitors alike believed "spirits" were present. Others claimed they witnessed unexplained and unnerving sights. There were suspicions expressed by persons who were not in a position to know things that proved accurate after being investigated. There was evidence that a murder may have occurred on the property years previously. Two persons who were known to have been present in the house multiple times before they were In fact actually murdered elsewhere. Gay Tulsans had valid reasons for not wanting to be outed in the 1970s. But significant advances associated with the house at 1629 South Cincinnati Avenue in Tulsa began making a difference. Gay Tulsans began to regain their courage. The new decade presented new challenges. Gays began to revel -- RECKLESSLY -- in their new sense of emerging freedoms. The 1980's decade was the one of HIV and AIDS. But new and effective support organizations in Tulsa were created and dealt with It. The "nest of queers" Is now gone. But the details of its rich history, secrets, and personal knowledge of the details of events and activists who contributed so much to help secure equal rights for Tulsa's LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS communities still resides In the hundreds and hundreds of hours of notes, audio, video, and printed records I preserved over the years and written about in my book. The home base of Tulsa's gay equal rights activist organizations was crushed into rubble and the rubble removed during the 50th Anniversary Year of Stonewall. I owned the structure during the 1970s. Tulsa Gay Alliance(TGA) was one of the many gay activist organizations that sprang up from coast to coast within a year after the Stonewall Riots in New York City June 28,1969. The house was the home base for all the gay activists' organizations for most of the decade of the 1970s including TGA,Tulsa's Gay Awareness Program (GAP), GAP's newsletter GAP RAP, and the Tulsa Caucus. Initial meetings of Tulsa Metropolitan Church(MCC)were also held there to provide those who needed a more friendly Christian faith church. Gay activism was out-of-the-question for most Tulsa gay men in 1969. They feared being outed and facing life-changing outcomes of total rejection by family,friends and employers. But five gay men gathered secretly for the first time in a small meeting room on the 3rd floor of the Tulsa City-County Main Library. Names, identification, or phone numbers were not exchanged for fear that Tulsa police might learn who the activists were. Meetings then moved to 1629 South Cincinnati.. The address of the building that police eventually labeled "a nest of queers". The rich gay rights history associated with the house is as interesting as some of the activists themselves were. 3 �One of Tulsa's activists had been a homeless teenager who was thrown out by his parents for being gay. He survived as a dishwasher and go-go boy at Stonewall Inn when the riots broke out. Two of the activists had been committed to mental Institutions by their families because they were gay. One activist had been an emergency room nurse. Another was an honorably discharged veteran after serving in a highly classified career field. One was a black activist who singularly dared to publicly raise the issue of being gay to Tulsa's African American community. One had a law enforcement background. Another later became an ordained Priest-Pastor at Tulsa's St. Jeromes Angelican Church. President Herbert Walker Bush appointed one of the activists to be 28th recipient of the President's "1,000 Points of Light" award and medallion. Another activist received a Letter of Commendation from President Bill Clinton for his previous activism for equal gay rights Most of the activists had been abandoned by their families and churches. All the activists were as common as any except all were deeply committed to securing equal rights for themselves and others. The first activist group of TGA failed to enlist less than a dozen Tulsa gays and lesbians to join the effort to seek their equal rights. Being outed was too dangerous in the "City of Churches" and living In such anti-gay political and law enforcement environment. Dallas gays were not as shy as Tulsans were In 1972.They asked me and my companion as TGA organizers to lead Dallas' first and only gay "March" through the main downtown streets of the city. In 1974 the GAP RAP newsletter broke a story that Associated Press picked up. Newspapers around the country published their own articles about the Tulsa story. Tulsa local government recoiled from all the bad press. But, GAP and Its GAP RAP had finally managed to get the attention and concern the group sought about the need for local government to address the abuse and discrimination Tulsa gays were experiencing from police and others. GAP's sister activist group of the Tulsa Caucus followed through with their part. Their appeals to Tulsa Human Rights Commission secured that Commission's attention. A Special Task Force was created by the Commission that included gay activists. Assertions of the Special Task Force eventually resulted In the Mayor declaring an Executive Order (EO). The EO prohibited discrimination of gays by businesses that had any relationship with the City such as licensing, approvals, agreements, etc. The EO was rescinded by the next Mayor James Inhofe after encouraged by the "Orange Juice Lady" Tulsa native Anita Bryant. Tulsa law enforcement's retaliation toward gay activists was harsh. 4 �The house of gay activists might have accurately been labeled a "nest of queers". The queer activist's certainly 'hatched' their plans there. I was the activists who was falsely labeled as being associated with "organized crime" and targeted by the RICO Act (racketeering). But, the accusations were debunked by an IRS investigation. The entire contents of the Tulsa Caucus were striped by unknown persons. I and my partner experienced relentless police harassment likely intended to intimidate or drive us out of the city. We were stopped, detained, and harassed repeatedly for no valid reason. The stops were so numerous they became was a subject of jokes to police dispatchers. The black activist(my partner) was the easiest target by police He was arrested 3 times. One arrest resulted in a ten day work assignment. Another bogus charge was dismissed In court. The third was ruled as "Unconstitutional" by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and dismissed. My employer attempted to fire me due to my sexual orientation and activism. My partner and I began to receive frequent threats of violence. A night-time brick enclosed in a sack of burning substance crashed through one of the house's windows seriously jeopardizing the lives of the sleeping residents. The house that became the home base of gay activists in the historic Maplewood District had been built in the early 1900s during the oil boom. Due to the dryness and flammability of the near 70 year old wooden structure, the terrorist's act would have burned to the ground within minutes. It would have likely trapped residents on the second story if the fire had not been detected immediately. I vacated all the activists "nesters" and renters. I then sold the property at a loss to end its being a serious endangerment to residents because it was the home base of the activist's groups. The "nest of queers" had its own interesting history that preceded the struggle for gay equal rights. There was a weird, weird, sense of strange quality about the house. Residents and visitors alike believed "spirits" were present. Others claimed they witnessed unexplained and unnerving sights. There were suspicions expressed by persons who were not in a position to know things that proved accurate after being investigated. There was evidence that a murder may have occurred on the property years previously. Two persons who were known to have been present in the house multiple times before they were in fact actually murdered elsewhere. Gay Tulsans had valid reasons for not wanting to be outed in the 1970s. But significant advances associated with the house at 1629 South Cincinnati Avenue in Tulsa began making a difference. Gay Tulsans began to regain their courage. The new decade presented new challenges. Gays began to revel - RECKLESSLY - in their new sense of emerging freedoms. The 1980's decade was the one of HIV and AIDS. But new and effective support organizations in Tulsa were created and dealt with it. 5 �The "nest of queers" is now gone. But the details of its rich history, secrets, and personal knowledge of the details of events and activists who contributed so much to help secure equal rights for Tulsa's LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS communities still resides in the hundreds and hundreds of hours of notes, audio, video, and printed records I preserved,over the years and written about in my book. f .» t A V \ txi.k 1. : J • A 6 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Collection] Oklahoma LGBT+ History Description An account of the resource Physical Media: Digital Media: Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2019] Home of Early LGBTQ Movement in Tulsa Description An account of the resource Posted by Vernon Jones on Facebook November 4, 2019 Tulsa Gay Alliance Tulsa Gay Awareness Program Tulsa Gay Caucus Vernon Jones https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/9773fb1b2835fc9ff30d324e23a4ffc6.png b62633556df3f5cf42416a1026460e7b https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/960db8b9a3d263f9b1ec07b7604ea6a0.pdf 5fd0e9f357d737194768bcc569f3ab57 PDF Text Text �� Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2004] "Stories from the War on Homosexuality" promotional flier Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2004 Description An account of the resource Promotional flier for "Stories from the War on Homosexuality", film series by producer Arthur Dong. Includes films "Coming Out Under Fire", "Family Fundamentals", and "Licensed to Kill." Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2004 Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 2004 Homophobia Violence Don't ask, don't tell Faith https://www.history.okeq.org/files/original/ac4e7155c96d82f88dc23478fed298fa.jpg 9f8a4ca1f8b24e719670bc52c00384a6 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2004] Diversity Celebration Pin Subject The topic of the resource Pride 2004 Description An account of the resource Pin from 2004's Diversity Celebration Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 4-12, 2004 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Pin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pride 2004 Diversity Celebration 2004