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CDC Locks Out Black Providers in New AIDS Technical Assistance Announcement
By Phill Wilson, Contributor
President and CEO, The Black AIDS Institute
On March 19, the CDC awarded $115 million over five years to 21 organizations Not one of the new CDC grantees is a Black organization. The effect of this decision is that Black organizations have been locked out of leading technical assistance and capacity building in this country for the next five years.