Tennessee will begin rejecting federal funding for HIV programs at the end of May, according to a letter sent to grantees from the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) and provided to The Epoch Times from TDH Communications Officer Dean Flener.
The letter was sent earlier this month to providers regarding the federal pass-through funding from the CDC for HIV surveillance, testing, and prevention. No additional comment was given by the agency, stating “the letter speaks for itself.”
“…it is in the best interest of Tennesseans for the State to assume direct financial and managerial response for these services [emphasis added],” the letter stated….