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Emergency Financial Assistance
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HRSA/HAB Category Definition:
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Emergency financial assistance is the provision of short-term payments to agencies or the establishment of voucher programs to assist with emergency expenses related to essential utilities, housing, food (including groceries, food vouchers, and food stamps) and medication, when other resources are not available. Part A and Part B programs must allocate, track and report these funds under specific service categories as described under 2.6 in DSS Program Policy Guidance No. 2 (formally Policy No. 97-02).
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Source: Definition provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB). 2009. Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 Definitions for Eligible Services. Rockville, Md.: HRSA HAB, August 2009.
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Category Notes:
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The following clarification was distributed by HRSA on April 8, 2010 (HRSA 2010a).
Emergency Financial Assistance
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds may be used to provide Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) as an allowable support service.
• The decision-makers deliberately and clearly must set priorities and delineate and monitor what part of the overall allocation for emergency assistance is obligated for transportation, food, essential utilities and /or prescription assistance. Careful monitoring of expenditures within a category of “emergency assistance” is necessary to assure that planned amounts for specific services are being implemented, and to indicate when reallocations may be necessary.
• In addition, Grantees and planning councils/consortia must develop standard limitation on the provision of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funded emergency assistance to eligible individuals/households and mandate their consistent application by all contractors. It is expected that all other sources of funding in the community for emergency assistance will be effectively utilized and that any allocation of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds to these purposes will be the payer-of-last-resort, and for limited amounts, limited use and limited periods of time.
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