[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2496-2499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-866]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4364-N-04]


Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program; Announcement 
of Funding Awards for 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 
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 20 applications under the 1998 HOPWA 
national competition which was announced under the Super Notice for 
Targeted Housing and Homeless

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Assistance Programs and published in the Federal Register on April 30, 
1998 (63 FR 23988). The notice contains the names of award winners and 
the amounts of the awards.

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 purpose of the competition was to award 
grants for housing assistance and supportive services under two 
categories of assistance: (1) Grants for special projects of national 
significance which, due to their innovative nature or their potential 
for replication, are likely to serve as effective models in addressing 
the needs of low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their 
families; and (2) grants for projects which are part of long-term 
comprehensive strategies for providing housing and related services for 
low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families in areas 
that do not receive HOPWA formula allocations.
    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 HUD 
Appropriations Act for 1998. The competition was announced in a Notice 
of Funding Availability (NOFA) published in the Federal Register on 
April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23988). Each application was reviewed and rated 
on the basis of selection criteria contained in that Notice. A total of 
$20,150,000 was awarded to the 20 highest rated applications in their 
ranked order.

Public Benefit

    The award of HOPWA funds to these 20 projects will significantly 
contribute to HUD's mission in supporting projects that provide safe, 
decent and affordable housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS and 
their families who are at risk of homelessness. The projects proposed 
to use HOPWA funds to support the provision of housing assistance to an 
estimated 3,570 persons living with HIV/AIDS and an additional 2,536 
family members who reside with the HOPWA recipient. In addition, an 
estimated 10,706 persons with HIV/AIDS are expected to benefit from 
some form of supportive service or housing information referral service 
that will help enable the client to maintain housing and avoid 
homelessness. The recipients of this assistance are expected to be 
very-low income or low-income households. These 20 applicants also 
documented that the Federal funds awarded in this competition, $20.15 
million, will leverage an additional $31,429,047 in other funds and 
non-cash resources, including the contribution of 200,738 hours of 
volunteer time in support of these projects valued at $10/hour. The 
leveraged resources will expand the HOPWA assistance being awarded by 
156 percent.
    A total of $20.15 million was awarded to these 20 organizations to 
serve clients in the eighteen listed States.

FY 1998 HOPWA Competitive Grants

Chart 1. Awards for Projects That Are Part of Long Term Comprehensive 
Strategies (Non-Formula Areas)

Maryland
    The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Health AIDS 
Administration will receive a $1,100,000 grant. The Maryland Rural 
HOPWA Initiative will combine rent subsidies, case management, drug 
assistance and other supportive services in a comprehensive program to 
prevent homelessness and encourage independent living. The program will 
serve 152 people with HIV/AIDS and 123 family members in the 12 more 
rural counties in the eastern and western parts of the State. The 
program will reach an additional 330 people through supportive 
services.
New Hampshire
    The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Office 
of Community Support and Long Term Care, will receive a $875,000 grant. 
The Department will work with Merrimack Valley AIDS Project and Harbor 
Homes to provide case management, housing, and access to affordable 
housing to people living with HIV/AIDS. An estimated 186 persons with 
AIDS and 70 family members will receive housing assistance and access 
to services.
Vermont
    The State of Vermont Housing and Conservation Board will receive a 
$1,106,362 grant to continue to provide supportive services as well as 
affordable housing and intensive case management in underserved and 
rural areas to very low-income people living with HIV/AIDS and their 
families. The grant will provide support for long-term rental 
assistance for 45 households, and short-term emergency assistance to 
alleviate financial crises related to housing and utilities with 
linkage to 15 service sponsors.
West Virginia
    The State of West Virginia Office of Economic Opportunity will 
receive a $863,273 grant. This grant will serve approximately 250 
people with AIDS and 300 family members through housing and social 
services by creating a state-wide continuum of care collective for low-
income people with HIV/AIDS. The program will help maintain persons in 
their own homes or offer sponsored housing options. An additional 400 
people with AIDS will receive outreach social services such as housing 
contacts and assistance, transportation, HIV/AIDS education and hospice 
care.

Chart 2. Awards for Special Projects of National Significance

Alabama
    The AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Inc., will receive a $1,118,150 
grant. The Alabama Rural AIDS Project will identify people living with 
AIDS in rural parts of the state and link them with medical care, 
supportive services, and/or housing. The program will employ seven 
community outreach workers, provide rental assistance and develop 10 
housing units in 35 rural counties. The grant will serve 600 people 
with housing assistance and help 1,400 others connect to outreach 
services.
Florida
    The City of Key West Community Development Office will receive a 
$1,150,000 grant. In partnership with AIDS Help, Inc., the City of Key 
West will provide continued direct rental assistance to people with 
AIDS in Monroe County. The program will maximize independent living 
with a continuum of care and encourages maximization of self-
determination through a re-employment program. The re-employment 
program is planned in conjunction with a state emergency insurance 
program that pays for medical assistance for those successful in 
returning to full employment. This grant will serve nearly 900 people 
including individuals and family members.

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Georgia
    The City of Savannah Bureau of Public Development will receive a 
$1,087,000 grant. Project House Call will support 500 persons with AIDS 
with housing assistance and intervention with house visits and 
interventions. As a component of the Savannah AIDS Continuum of Care, 
this program focuses on prevention of homelessness and preservation of 
housing by enabling people living with HIV/AIDS to receive home-based 
healthcare to connect clients to supportive services at a central 
clinic. Project services include legal services, education outreach, 
rehabilitation of homes, education sessions, transportation, 
nutritional services, medical assessment and care, discharge planning 
from medical facilities, and housing information.
Illinois
    Cornerstone Services, Inc., in Joliet will receive a $615,967 grant 
to continue to provide independent living options with supportive 
services for people with AIDS and mental illness. Sixteen persons with 
AIDS will receive permanent housing support. Services will include 
intense case management, counseling and mental health services, 
substance abuse treatment, daily living skills training, employment 
services, crisis intervention, family reunification, education, and 
socialization and support groups.
Kentucky
    Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Community 
Development will receive a $1,144,060 grant to provide operational 
support for Rainbow Apartments, a transitional living facility, and 
Solomon House, a community residence with 24-hour care services. The 
program targets the traditionally underserved in the 63-county central/
southeast Kentucky including those just released from jail, alcohol, or 
drug recovery programs, people at the end stages of AIDS and those who 
require recuperation time.
Louisiana
    UNITY for the Homeless in New Orleans will receive a $1,132,412 
grant. This multi-service umbrella organization will integrate homeless 
people living with HIV/AIDS into its continuum of care for the homeless 
population. UNITY provides housing and services to 3,465 people with 
AIDS and 550 of their family members. Supportive services provided 
include emergency shelter services, transitional rental assistance, 
permanent housing, drop-in respite care, case management, education and 
outreach.
Maryland
    The Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development 
will receive a $1,150,000 grant to operate a Back-to-Basics program. 
The program will help meet the basic needs of housing, food and 
clothing, of 100 families who otherwise would have traditionally fallen 
out of services. The program will help connect these families to 
necessary health-care and services. The families will gain the 
opportunity to build skills and resources to become and remain 
independent with linkages to other supportive assistance.
Massachusetts
    The AIDS Housing Corporation in Boston will receive a $1,143,261 
grant to expand its successful SHARE 2000 program. The Supported 
Housing Agencies Resource Exchange is a cooperative partnership which 
assists organizations with area needs assessments and evaluations. The 
collaboration also supports nonprofits with: direct care relief; staff 
development; donations assistance; staff training; and a HomeStart 
program to facilitate moving homeless persons into permanent housing. 
Approximately 2,000 persons will benefit through this effort.
New Hampshire
    Harbor Homes, Inc., in Nashua will receive a $347,548 grant to 
serve 90 people with HIV/AIDS who may be multiply diagnosed or 
homeless, and 30 family members with short-term housing assistance to 
prevent homelessness and long-term access to social services to 
maintain housing stability. The program will seek to reach an 
additional 110 people to connect them to housing and related services.
New Mexico
    The Santa Fe Community Housing Trust will receive a $1,080,000 
grant to serve the Santa Fe metropolitan area and address emerging 
issues for treating HIV/AIDS as a chronic disability. The program aims 
to serve 142 people affected by HIV/AIDS through re-entry housing 
strategies, including creating homeownership through an innovative 
financing and direct subsidy plan, supporting housing stabilization and 
credit counseling for clients, and addressing workplace issues and job 
training needs.
New York
    Bailey House, Inc., will receive a $979,834 grant to provide a 
comprehensive technical assistance project to support 75 New York City 
AIDS housing service providers. The program will include support for 
projects that operate housing placement assistance and transitional and 
permanent housing programs with evaluation and needs assessments, 
assistance in establishing vocational education programs, set up of an 
collaborative operations resource center and joint purchasing 
coalition, use of a consumers training institute to develop life skills 
training and the use of stipends to meet capacity needs of 
organizations.
Pennsylvania
    Calcutta House will receive a $1,055,500 grant to fill the existing 
gap between independent living and personal care facilities in 
Philadelphia's AIDS Housing Continuum through the development of 
Calcutta Community Home. This facility will house eight people at a 
time with on-site services and 24-hour support. An estimated 32 people 
will be assisted with housing and related services with the goal of 
achieving self-sufficiency.
Texas
    Harris County Community Development Agency will receive a $901,109 
grant to serve the metropolitan Houston area through Project Open 
Doors. The project will address a gap in services for youth who are 
living with HIV/AIDS. The program will provide outreach, centralized 
information and services integration, individualized housing plans, 
services, and assessments and counseling to allow for a transition to 
less intensive support and family unification for pregnant young women 
affected by HIV/AIDS and fighting homelessness.
Washington, DC
    The Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., will receive a $1,080,000 grant. 
The grant will support the Bridge Back Program, designed to expand and 
enhance the existing continuum of housing and supportive services 
program for multiple diagnosed individuals living with HIV/AIDS. The 
project will seek to expand and optimize housing slots, housing 
resources, and related social services and 34 persons will receive 
direct housing assistance and 275 will benefit from outreach services.
Washington State
    The Spokane County Community Services Department will receive a

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$1,150,000 grant. This grant will help fund the Washington Regionally 
Assisted Collaborative Housing program to meet the housing and related 
supportive service needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 20 
counties of eastern and central Washington. The program will serve 
approximately 350 people as well as 133 family members. An additional 
25 people will receive outreach social services including emergency, 
short-term and long-term rental assistance.
Wisconsin
    The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin will receive a $1,070,524 
grant for a state-wide rent assistance program. This grant will serve 
152 Wisconsin residents living with HIV and AIDS who have severe, 
chronic, alcohol or drug addiction and/or mental health diagnoses that 
lead to problems with maintaining permanent, stable housing. Services 
will include drug and alcohol counseling services, mental health 
treatment, transportation, job skills training, food and nutrition 
assistance and intensive housing counseling.

Total for all 20 grants--$20,150,000

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this 
program is 14.241.

    Dated: January 8, 1999.
Cardell Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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