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The van hands out food, water, clothes, first aid and free HIV tests. Locals recognize "Thrivey" as it drives across the Twin Cities. The van, and everything in it, is funded by federal money that has been suddenly revoked, as the government reroutes grants from nonprofits to state health agencies.
Running on empty: Can a red HIV outreach van outlast federal cuts?The Aliveness Project says that nobody else can replicate what they do for the high-risk communities they reach. They're still being defunded.19thnews.org