Multiple Tucson organizations, including El Rio and SAAF, will lose funds and end programs after the Trump administration’s cuts to HIV/AIDS services.

On May 13, staff at the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation were notified via email that they would lose $1.5 million effective immediately from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that distributes grants to state agencies to fund clinical and support services for people living with HIV and AIDS.

Friday — two days before the start of Pride Month, and the same day the Trump administration cut a $258 million HIV vaccine research program — SAAF staff said they received another email from the Arizona Department of Health Services saying nearly $619,000 in funds for HIV testing and prev

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