AIDS Budget and Appropriations Coalition (ABAC)

The AIDS Budget and Appropriations Coalition (ABAC) is an affiliated working group of the Federal AIDS Policy Partnership that advocates for increased resources for federal domestic HIV/AIDS programs across the federal government. ABAC coordinates advocacy activities and appropriations requests among a variety of stakeholder organizations. ABAC authors an annual funding chart, a grassroots letter to Congress, and organizes Dear Colleagues in the House and Senate for increased funding. The membership of ABAC is over 110 national and community-based organizations.