Subject: Did Catholic Charities use Ryan White money for anti-wrinkle treatments?
From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:08:10 EDT

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

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Web link: <A 
HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/0
8/11/MN49178.DTL">Click here: Catholic Charities Chief Forced Out/Lavish 
spending berated -- donations are off</A> 

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. 

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E-mail Tom Zoellner at [email-masked].  
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 
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 <A HREF="http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/HCMinutes/HCMin00/HCMin030700.htm">Click 
here: Health Commission Minutes, March 7, 2000</A> 
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 
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