[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50920-50921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25348]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4364-FA-03]


Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program, Announcement 
of Funding Award, Fiscal Year 1998

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of

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Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this notice announces 
the funding decisions made by the Department under the Fiscal Year 1998 
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The notice 
announces the selection of Food & Friends, Inc., a District of 
Columbia-based nonprofit organization, for the award of $250,000 to 
support their home-delivered meal services program for home-bound 
persons living with HIV/AIDS.

DATE: September 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Vos, Director, Office of HIV/
AIDS Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 7212, 
451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)708-1934. 
The TTY number for the hearing impaired is (202)708-2565. (These are 
not toll-free numbers). Information on HOPWA, community development and 
consolidated planning, and other HUD programs may also be obtained from 
the HUD Home Page on the World Wide Web. HOPWA program information is 
found at http://www.hud.gov/cpd/hopwahom.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The selection on an award was authorized by 
Congress in the Department's fiscal year 1998 appropriations act under 
the appropriation for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 
(HOPWA) program. That act allows the Secretary to designate, on a 
noncompetitive basis, awards to non-profit providers of home delivered 
meal services. The funds for this award are available under the $20.4 
million that is available to make HOPWA competitive grants in 1998.
    The HOPWA assistance made available in this announcement is 
authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), as 
amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 
102-550, approved October 28, 1992) and was appropriated by the FY 1998 
HUD Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 105-65, approved October 27, 1997).
    The FY 1998 Appropriations provides for carrying out the Housing 
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), $204,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount made available 
under this heading for non-formula allocation, the Secretary may 
designate, on a noncompetitive basis, one or more nonprofit 
organizations that provide meals delivered to homebound persons with 
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or a related disease to receive 
grants, not exceeding $250,000 for any grant, and the Secretary shall 
assess the efficacy of providing such assistance to such persons.
    The award of funds to Food & Friends, Inc, will significantly 
contribute to its mission. HOPWA funds will be used to support the 
provision of an estimated 800,000 home-delivered meals to an estimated 
1,100 persons living with HIV/AIDS in the metropolitan DC area during 
the next year. The recipients of this assistance are expected to be 
very-low income or low-income persons who will be better enabled to 
remain in their current residences by receiving meals, grocery services 
and nutrition education. The organization assesses each client's 
nutritional needs and adjusts the support being provided. The 
organization reports that this service is crucial in helping clients 
attain the physical and emotional support to help fight the 
debilitating effects of AIDS through good nutrition.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 14.241.
    In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 
U.S.C. 3545), the Department is awarding $250,000 to the Food & 
Friends, Inc., an organization to serve clients in the metropolitan 
Washington DC area.

    Dated: September 17, 1998.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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