BC/EFA Annual Report 2005 - Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

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financial assistance. Of these, 63 were new clients as of 2005.
From the $3.4 million awarded to The Actors’ Fund by BC/EFA in 2005, $1,108,000 was distributed as direct financial
assistance to 275 of those clients living with HIV/AIDS in 20 states through Actors’ Fund offices in New York, Chicago, and Los
Angeles. Of this, $452,120 (41%) went to health insurance payments, and $380,106 (34%) for rent. In addition to underwriting
direct financial assistance, BC/EFA’s total AIDS Initiative grant of $2,100,000 supports personnel, administrative costs, volunteer
needs and other expenses associated with client case management.
Changes in the AIDS environment have had a significant impact on clients. The effectiveness of protease inhibitors, available
since 1996, has had major service implications as The AIDS Initiative shifts from helping people with a fatal disease to assisting
those with a chronic, manageable one.
In the past, The AIDS Initiative often helped clients prepare for a more dependent level of living. Now, advances in treatment
have allowed staff to prepare clients for their independence by helping them to build skills and learn more about the supportive
network that can help them remain highly functioning individuals.
However, this change in life expectancy has had a profound effect on the number of clients served by The AIDS Initiative.
Between 1994 and 2004, The Actors’ Fund’s AIDS Initiative has experienced a dramatic decrease in the number of AIDS-related
deaths, from almost 50% of its clients in 1994 to just 5% in 2005. While that is encouraging news, the battle is far from over.
During this same time, the number of AIDS Initiative clients has more than doubled from 216 in 1994 to 552 in 2005, including
many new clients each year.
2005 AIDS INITIATIVE CLIENT ENROLLMENT
number of clients
percentage
actors’ equity* 264 50%
sag* 98 37%
aftra* 51 29%
non-union 42 27%
agma-agva 52 0%
iatse 35 6%
local 802 musicians 20 4%
ascap, directors’ guild, writers’ guild, dramatists’ guild 9 2%
society of stage directors & choreographers 7 %
total clients in 2005 547
*based on multiple membership
comparison of 2004/2005 client enrollment
eastern western midwest total
2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005
total clients 382 378 151 154 19 22 552 547
new cases 38 40 16 19 6 6 60 63
gender
male 363 357 143 149 14 21 523 520
female 24 21 8 5 2 1 29 27
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