ADAP forum will
be held March 30 in Washington, D.C.

The Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors are releasing their annual survey of AIDS Drug Assistance Programs in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, territories, and associated jurisdictions; and sponsoring a policy forum on March 30 in Washington to discuss the implications of proposed policy changes. Among the topics for discussion at the forum include such emerging issues as how ADAPs and their clients have adapted to the new Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit and what lessons were learned for ADAPs and the Ryan White CARE Act from the experience of Hurricane Katrina. Speakers will include: Murray Penner of NASTAD; Jennifer Kates of the Kaiser Family Foundation; Shana Christup, a staff member for Sen. Michael Enzi; Connie Garner, a staff member for Sen. Edward Kennedy; Jay Adams of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; M. Beth Scalco of the Louisiana Office of Public Health; and Dwayne Haught of the Texas Department of State Health Services. The meeting will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Barbara Jordan Conference Center in the Kaiser Family Foundation Building, 1330 G St. NW. For more information or to register for the forum, call Tiffany Ford at (202) 347-5270 or sent e-mail to tford@kff.org.