The FY (Fiscal Year) 2027 Federal Appropriations process in underway & NOW is the time to make your voice heard!

The President's budget proposal contains many of the same extremely harmful provisions, funding cuts, and program eliminations that were in the President’s FY26 Budget - check out this analysis for a summary of the overall request. For more information on specific cuts to HIV programs, read AIDS United's Statement or see below!

There's Hope, but We Need YOU!

Much like last year, we are depending on Congress to push back against cuts that we know would be incredibly harmful to people we care about and to our goal of ending the HIV epidemic - so Members on the Hill need to hear directly from constituents how much we care about these programs! We ask you to join us in calling on Congress to reject the cuts proposed in the President's budget & fund HIV programs at levels adequate to meet the need in communities across America!

In collaboration with the Federal AIDS Policy Partnership's AIDS Budget and Appropriations Coalition, FHHS has joined in letters to Congress and to OMB in support of the FY27 coalition funding request. Now, we need your help to make sure Members of Congress hear this request from constituents across their district and our state!

Cuts to Programs Related to HIV in President's Budget

• More than $1 billion in cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention, including the elimination of core HIV prevention funding which would devastate our nation’s HIV prevention infrastructure and leave states without the means to effectively reduce new HIV transmissions and get undiagnosed people into care.*
• The erasure of the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program and the $529 million in funding it provides to ensure that unhoused and unstably housed people living with HIV get the assistance they need to provide shelter for themselves and their families, allowing them to effectively manage their HIV and improve their quality of life.
• The elimination of all funding for Part F of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which includes the AIDS Education & Training Centers that are responsible for public health workforce development around HIV and other infectious diseases, as well as the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Dental Program, and the Special Projects of National Significance.
• The zeroing out of all funding for the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund within HHS, which would widen already existing gaps in access to care for Black, Brown and Indigenous communities who are disproportionately impacted by HIV.
• Opposition to funding for lifesaving and evidence based harm reduction interventions including syringe services programs that are essential for preventing HIV and viral hepatitis transmission for people who inject drugs and for providing pathways to treatment, recovery, and better health outcomes for those who want it.
• Cutting $77 million in funding for the CDC’s work around viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, and infectious diseases and the overdose epidemic through the creation of a new consolidated grant program.
• $5 billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health, including $1.8 billion in cuts to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is essential for continuing research on new treatments, prevention modalities, and cures for HIV and other infectious diseases.
• The elimination of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and the $101 million in funding to support high-quality, evidence-based sexual health education and information that reduce behaviors that put young people at increased risk for unintended pregnancy, HIV, and other STIs.