From: MPetrelis@aol.com Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:08:10 EDT Subject: Did Catholic Charities use Ryan White money for anti-wrinkle treatments? August 11, 2000 Honorable Tom Coburn, MD US House of Representatives 429 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Dr. Coburn: The director of the San Francisco Catholic Charities resigned from his position yesterday and questions must be raised about what this organization has done with the $1,553,031 it received in FY 2000-2001 through the Ryan White CARE Act. As you may know, Catholic Charities is one of the top three AIDS service organizations in the areas for delivery of housing and medical subsidies, and social services for people living with HIV and AIDS. My chief concerns today are as follows. 1. Was any Ryan White CARE Act money used for the director's lavish five-star meals? 2. Can Catholic Charities show conclusively that no Ryan White CARE Act money was used for the director's cosmetic surgery, including anti-wrinkle treatments? 3. When was the last time the Health Services and Resources Administration's administration of Ryan White CARE Act funds to Catholic Charities was audited? I would appreciate your office formally requesting answers to my questions from both Catholic Charities and HRSA. I look forward to a prompt reply from you. Thanks. Sincerely, Michael Petrelis www.AIDS-Statistics.com Ph: 415-621-6267 * * * Web link: Click here: Catholic Charities Chief Forced Out/Lavish spending berated -- donations are off http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/08/11/M N49178.DTL Catholic Charities Chief Forced Out; Lavish spending berated -- donations are off by Tom Zoellner San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, August 11, 2000 San Francisco -- Frank Hudson resigned as the chief executive officer of Catholic Charities of San Francisco yesterday after the charity's board condemned his ``lavish and extravagant'' spending on restaurant meals and cosmetic surgery. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] E-mail Tom Zoellner at tomz@sfgate.com. PAST SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE STORIES: 08/08/2000 - Contracts, Donations On Hold for S.F. Charity. 06/23/2000 - Catholic Charity To Investigate CEO's Spending. 06/22/2000 - Catholic Charities Lavishes Pay, Perks on Chief. ©2000 San Francisco Chronicle Page A1 ------------- ------------- ------------------- Click here: Health Commission Minutes, March 7, 2000 Excerpts of the San Francisco Health Commission meeting of March 7, 2000. (3.12) PHP-HIV Health Services - Request for approval of the FY 2000-2001 Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (CARE) of 1990 Title I, Title II and General Fund contracts for a combined total of $38,018,791 for the period of March 1, 2000 through February 28, 2001 for Title I funds, April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2001 for Title II funds and July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001 for General Fund programs with the following agencies: AIDS Emergency Fund $ 662,392 AIDS Legal Referral Panel $ 200,952 American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine $ 276,827 Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Center $ 540,961 Baker Places $ 177,000 Bar Association of San Francisco $ 77,868 Catholic Charities $ 159,815 Chemical Awareness & Treatment Services, Inc. $ 594,042 Community Dental Care, Inc. $ 651,429 Compass Point Nonprofit Services (formerly The Support Center) $ 200,833 Continuum HIV Day Services $ 993,516 Dolores Street Community Services $ 184,273 Family Support Services of the Bay Area $ 300,231 Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinics, Inc. $1,005,557 Immune Enhancement Project $ 223,668 Instituto Familiar de la Raza $ 255,310 Iris Center $ 150,000 Legal Services for Children $ 190,915 Lutheran Social Services $ 559,479 Lyon Martin Women’s Health Services $ 381,727 Maitri AIDS Hospice $ 981,880 Marin County $1,501,296 Mission Neighborhood Health Center $ 113,563 New Leaf (mental health services) $ 147,212 Positive Resource Center $ 498,455 Project Open Hand $1,348,637 Quan Yin Healing Arts Center $ 127,327 Saint Mary’s Medical Center. $1,234,862 San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium $ 341,042 SFDPH Community Health Network -Forensics Services $ 356,524 SFDPH Community Health Network -Health at Home $ 590,244 SFDPH Community Health Network - Primary Care $2,709,422 SFDPH Community Health Network -SFGH $2,229,052 SFDPH Community Health Network-SFGH-Positive Health Pract. $ 144,784 SFDPH Community Health Network-Tom Waddell $ 175,353 SFDPH PHP Mental Health Services $ 288,234 SFDPH PHP Public Health Laboratory $ 58,560 SFDPH PHP STD Services $ 176,929 SFDPH PHP Substance Abuse Services $ 250,000 SFDPH PHP Housing Services $ 8,704,836 Ark of Refuge, Inc - $ 282,480 Baker Places - $1,577,064 Black Coalition on AIDS – $ 373,912 Catholic Charities - $1,393,216 Larkin Street Youth Center - $ 643,357 Lutheran Social Services - $ 145,488 San Francisco AIDS Foundation - $4,213,562 Walden House - $ 75,757 San Francisco Suicide Prevention $ 107,784 San Mateo County $ 2,300,965 Shanti Project $ 892,897 Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center $ 349,962 UCSF/AIDS Health Project $ 977,701 UCSF/Center on Deafness $ 40,236 UCSF/Pediatric AIDS Program $ 170,945 UCSF/Substance Abuse Services $ 662,134 UCSF/ Women’s Specialty Clinic $ 222,000 University of the Pacific-School of Dentistry $ 543,600 Urban Indian Health $ 72,780 Walden House $ 1,699,928 Westside Community Mental Health Services $ 212,850 $38,018,791 =============================== Michael Petrelis Welcome to AIDS-STATISTICS www.AIDS-statistics.com 2215-R Market Street, #413 San Francisco, CA 94114