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How We're Spending

Each year, the U.S. government spends billions of dollars to help people in the United States and countries around the world who are living with HIV/AIDS.

By law, Federal programs must provide information on how they spend the funds they receive. Transparency in government promotes accountability, and provides meaningful access to information so that citizens can know what their government is doing and how Federal dollars are being spent.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet: U.S. Federal Funding for HIV/AIDS: The FY 2011 Budget Request .

For information on Federal funding for state-level HIV/AIDS programs, see the Kaiser Family Foundation’s State Health Facts .

FY2012 Budget

On February 14, 2011 President Obama sent his fiscal year 2012 budget proposal to Congress. The budget proposal maintains the strong Federal commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS in the United States by implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Within a constrained budget environment, the Administration maintains or increases domestic HIV/AIDS funding for the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Veterans Affairs (VA), and Justice (DOJ). The Budget includes increases in discretionary, domestic HIV/AIDS funding for HHS (+$219 million) and VA (+$173 million) above FY 2010, while maintaining HIV/AIDS funding levels for HUD and DOJ. In addition to programs with dedicated HIV funding, the Budget will support a government-wide response to the HIV epidemic that includes: the enforcement of civil rights laws by the Department of Justice; the protection of workers from discrimination and the promotion of employment opportunities for people living with HIV by the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); the provision of health care to service members and their dependents by the Department of Defense; and the provision of income supports to workers with disabilities, retirees and their dependents through the Social Security Administration. The Budget also increases total Federal domestic discretionary HIV/AIDS funding by $382 million through targeted increases for critical research, innovative HIV prevention activities and grant programs that support increased access to critical HIV health care services.

Read more information on the FY 2012 budget.