PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To support, to improve, and expand the system of comprehensive clinical care and social support services for women, infants, children, and youth who are infected with the human immune deficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and to provide support services for their affected family members. This program is also intended to link comprehensive systems of care with clinical research.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- Communicable Diseases;
- Health Services Planning and Technical Assistance;
- Maternity, Infants, Children;
- Prevention and Control;
- Program Development;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Sponsored organization;
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other public institution/organization;
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Quasi-public non-profit institution/organization;
- Other private institutions/organizations;