ADAP in Georgia — AIDS Drug Assistance Program eligibility and enrollment
The number
Georgia AIDS Drug Assistance Program supports 15,800 people living with HIV in Georgia, with an income cap at 400% of the federal poverty line.
Ryan White Part B
Georgia Department of Public Health, HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Section
State ADAP
Georgia AIDS Drug Assistance Program
Income cap 400% FPL
State PrEP-DAP
Georgia PrEP Assistance Program
Georgia AIDS Drug Assistance Program eligibility + enrollment
Georgia AIDS Drug Assistance Program serves 15,800 people, with an income eligibility cap at 400% of the federal poverty line. In Georgia 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. Georgia 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 Georgia 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 1-800-551-2728; the case-management team can match you to the nearest Ryan White clinic for same-week intake. Long-time Black residents name Grady Ponce de Leon Center (Emory Infectious Diseases Program) and THRIVE SS as the local institutions that show up consistently — both are listed below.
Grady Ponce de Leon Center (Emory Infectious Diseases Program). Emory's Ponce de Leon Center at Grady Hospital in Atlanta is the largest Ryan White-funded HIV clinic in the United States, serving more than 6,000 people living with HIV annually — over 80% Black — and hosting the CDC-funded Getting to Zero Atlanta implementation science program.
THRIVE SS. THRIVE SS is Atlanta's Black-gay-men-led HIV service organization, founded in 2015 at the Counter Narrative Project. THRIVE SS runs rapid testing, peer navigation, and the annual BLACKOUT HIV summit — the largest Black-queer-centered HIV convening in the South.
For Black families in Georgia
The South carries the heaviest HIV burden in the country: Black Southern residents make up roughly 14% of the U.S. population but account for more than half of new Black HIV diagnoses nationally. Of the 58,000 people living with HIV in Georgia, a disproportionate share are Black residents — 71% of the new diagnoses each year, same proportion or higher of the cumulative prevalence. ADAP is what keeps many of those residents virally suppressed, because the alternative — paying retail for daily antiretrovirals — would run roughly $30,000-$40,000 a year. If your income has you worried about whether you qualify, call the state HIV line first. Ryan White case managers know the eligibility rules better than most insurance navigators and will pull you through the application rather than bouncing you to paperwork.
Named HIV testing + PrEP sites in Georgia
Grady Ponce de Leon Center
Atlanta, GA • 1-404-616-2440
THRIVE SS
Atlanta, GA • 1-404-549-8455
Someone Cares Inc. of Atlanta
Marietta, GA • 1-770-919-1901
AID Atlanta — Spring Street Office
Atlanta, GA • 1-404-870-7700
Positive Impact Health Centers — Midtown
Atlanta, GA • 1-404-589-9040
Positive Impact Health Centers — Duluth
Duluth, GA • 1-404-589-9040
Fulton County Board of Health — Central STD/HIV Clinic
Atlanta, GA • 1-404-612-0884
DeKalb County Board of Health — Kirkwood Clinic
Atlanta, GA • 1-404-294-3700
SisterLove, Inc.
Atlanta, GA • 1-404-505-7777
Savannah Health Services — St. Joseph's/Candler
Savannah, GA • 1-912-819-4000
Where to get help in Georgia
- Georgia HIV info line: 1-800-551-2728 — staff can find the nearest free testing site, schedule PrEP, or help enroll you in ADAP.
- Georgia Department of Public Health, HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Section landing page: https://dph.georgia.gov/hivaids.
- Federally Qualified Health Centers in Georgia: every FQHC offers sliding-scale HIV testing and has certified application counselors on staff. See our FQHC directory for the state at /clinics/ga/.
- State health data for Georgia: for state-level HIV mortality, maternal health, and life-expectancy context by race, see /health/georgia/.
- Georgia Medicaid: Medicaid is the largest single payer of HIV care in most states. See /medicaid/georgia/ for eligibility + enrollment.
- NASTAD ADAP Monitoring Project: nastad.org/adap-monitoring-project — the current national ADAP eligibility + formulary reference.
References & primary sources
- Georgia Department of Public Health, HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Section: https://dph.georgia.gov/hivaids.
- CDC HIV Surveillance Report 2022: cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance.html. Source for state-level new diagnoses and race-stratified counts.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantee list: ryanwhite.hrsa.gov/grants/part-b.
- NASTAD ADAP Monitoring Project 2024 Annual Report: nastad.org/adap-monitoring-project. Source for ADAP income cap + enrollment + PrEP-DAP data.
- AIDSVu state profile: aidsvu.org/state/georgia/.
- Kaiser Family Foundation, The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program fact sheet: kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-ryan-white-hivaids-program.
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