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BBC News - October 1, 2009
The States Business Plan included a reduction in funding for Acet, an HIV awareness charity.
The funding cut put Acet in a difficult and painful situation, the charity director said.
It decided to close its education programme for the Portuguese community, which has been running for 12 years.
The programme offered education, support and confidential advice to minority communities.
Quote: " We have an increasing HIV and Aids problem in Jersey " -- Rosemary Ruddy
Acet's director, Rosemary Ruddy, said in the past eight months alone the charity's Link project saw more than 500 Portuguese people get one to one support.
"We know the community very well, we know the issues that face them. There really is no other agency able to pick up this work," she said.
Fourteen jobs were lost at the charity, including the Link project officer post, as a result of a States funding reduction of ú80,000.
The charity had "no option whatsoever" to stop the Link project, Ms Ruddy said.
'Core business'
"It's important that people know Acet is not closing, we've just had to re-prioritise into our core business.
"We have an increasing HIV and Aids problem in Jersey. We must focus on our HIV care, education and training programmes with the limited resources we have."
The 2010 Business Plan came under criticism for cutting budgets for health services people relied on.
Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf said setting the plan had been a difficult process.
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