'Indefinite’ hold on federal funding ends testing program for HIV, hepatitis C  • Kentucky Lantern

'Indefinite’ hold on federal funding ends testing program for HIV, hepatitis C  • Kentucky Lantern

HIV self-tests. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)Louisville-based Volunteers of America Mid-States ended a health outreach and prevention program on June 30, citing holds on federal funding. The program provided HIV and hepatitis C testing, education, safe sex supplies and “linkage to care,” VOA Chief Operating Officer Anyah Hoang-Ansert said. “Funding for the program has been on indefinite hold at the federal level, with no anticipated dat…