ADAP in Florida — AIDS Drug Assistance Program eligibility and enrollment

Florida AIDS Drug Assistance Program serves 30,500 people, with an income eligibility cap at 400% of the federal poverty line. In Florida that means your gross annual income can be up to $61,004 for a household of one (at 2025 HHS poverty guidelines) and you still qualify. ADAP is the 'payer of last resort' for HIV medications: it covers people with no insurance, fills the gap for people on Medicare Part D, and pays co-pays for people on commercial insurance.

What ADAP covers: all FDA-approved antiretroviral medications on the state formulary (every ADAP covers the WHO-recommended first-line regimens), plus many opportunistic-infection prophylaxis drugs, lab work in states where the ADAP pays for labs directly, and in some states hepatitis B and C treatment. Florida AIDS Drug Assistance Program's formulary is published on the state health department website and is updated at least annually.

How to enroll: a case manager at a Ryan White Part B or Part C clinic completes the application with you. You'll need proof of HIV diagnosis (a lab report or physician letter), proof of Florida residency, proof of income (pay stubs, tax return, benefit letter), and documentation of insurance status. Decisions typically return within two weeks; medications are dispensed through participating pharmacies at no cost once you're enrolled. Recertification is annual.

The state HIV info line is 1-800-352-2437; the case-management team can match you to the nearest Ryan White clinic for same-week intake. Long-time Black residents name University of Miami Infectious Diseases Research Institute and Broward House as the local institutions that show up consistently — both are listed below.

University of Miami Infectious Diseases Research Institute. The UM Jackson Memorial HIV Program serves about 7,000 people living with HIV across Miami-Dade and Monroe counties and is the largest Ryan White Part A grantee site in the Southeast; its adolescent clinic is one of nine nationally designated Adolescent Trials Network sites.

Broward House. Broward House in Wilton Manors is Broward County's oldest HIV service organization, operating scattered-site supportive housing and the Center for Positive Connections, a community clinic dedicated to Black women living with HIV along the State Road 7 corridor.