[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10531-10536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4641]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4410-FA-12]


Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program; Announcement 
of Funding Award--Fiscal Year 1999

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 1999 
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The notice 
announces the selection of 22 project applications and two Technical 
Assistance applications under the 1999 HOPWA national competition which 
were announced under the SuperNOFA for HUD's Housing Community 
Development and Empowerment Programs and published in the Federal 
Register on February 26, 1999. 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, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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. In addition to this 
competitive selection, 97 jurisdictions received formula based 
allocations during the 1999 fiscal year for $200.475 million in HOPWA 
funds. Descriptions of the formula programs is found at www.hud.gov/cpd/hopwahom.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the HOPWA program competition 
was to award project 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

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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 purpose of the HOPWA Technical Assistance competition was to 
award grants that provide support for program operations. HUD 
established four national goals for these funds: (1) Helping 
communities develop comprehensive strategies for HIV/AIDS housing; (2) 
ensuring the sound management of HOPWA programs; (3) providing national 
HOPWA information to connect clients with assistance; and (4) using HUD 
information management tools to help achieve performance at the highest 
levels.
    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 1999. The competition was announced in a 
SuperNOFA for HUD's Housing Community Development and Empowerment 
Programs published in the Federal Register on February 26, 1999 (64 FR 
9837). Each application was reviewed and rated on the basis of 
selection criteria contained in that Notice. A total of $22,464,110 was 
awarded to the 22 highest rated project applications in their ranked 
order and two technical assistance applications for $2 million.

Public Benefit

    The award of HOPWA funds to these 22 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 2,303 persons living with HIV/AIDS and an additional 992 
family members who reside with the HOPWA recipient. In addition, an 
estimated 1,787 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 22 applicants also documented that the 
Federal funds awarded in this competition, $22,464,110 million, will 
leverage an additional $50,143,834 in other funds and non-cash 
resources including the contribution of volunteer time in support of 
these projects, valued at $10/hour. The leveraged resources will expand 
the HOPWA assistance being awarded by 223 percent.
    A total of $22,464,110 million was awarded to these 22 
organizations to serve clients in the eighteen listed States:

1999 HOPWA Competitive Grants

Alaska

     The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) will receive 
a $616,000 grant to continue providing housing and supportive services 
to persons living with HIV/AIDS in Interior and Southeast Alaska. This 
Long-term grant will support clients as part of a comprehensive 
approach in addressing their needs in an area of the nation that does 
not receive formula funds. Shanti of Southeast Alaska and the Interior 
AIDS Association will join AHFC to provide a comprehensive program of 
rental assistance and case management services. This program combines 
local and federal resources to provide basic housing needs and services 
to approximately 90 persons living with HIV/AIDS in rural Alaska. For 
information, contact: Ms. Kris Duncan, P.O. Box 101020, Anchorage, AK 
99510; (907) 338-2585

California

     The County of Alameda, Housing and Community Development 
Department will receive a $1,249,145 SPNS grant for rental assistance 
costs to renew Project Independence, a FY96 HOPWA grant. The County 
works in partnership with the AIDS Project of the East Bay, ARK of 
Refuge, Inc., Tri-City Health Center, and the Public Health Institute. 
The project will provide rental subsidies, accessibility improvement, 
moving assistance, case management and service coordination for health 
care, food assistance, and vocational/educational opportunities in 
Oakland and other communities in this County. Approximately 175 persons 
and 75 family members will be assisted with housing and services over 
the grant period. For information, contact: Ms. Katherine Gale, 224 W. 
Winton Ave., Room 108, Hayward, CA 94544; (510) 670-5211.
     The City of San Jose, Department of Housing will receive a 
$1,346,000 SPNS grant to create the Shared Housing Assistance Placement 
and Supportive Services (SHAPSS) in collaboration with the AIDS 
Resources Information & Services of Santa Clara County and Health 
Connections AIDS Services. The SHAPSS program, geared toward fostering 
independence, will provide operating costs for a transitional housing 
facility, a roommate referral service, tenant based rental subsidies 
and supportive services. Services include transportation, dietary 
counseling, respite care, psychosocial counseling and substance abuse 
counseling and treatment. The program will serve an estimated 80 
clients with HIV/AIDS and 15 families in Santa Clara County and expand 
affordable housing for clients in a high cost housing market. For 
information, contact: Ms. Julia Abdala, 4 North Second Street, Suite 
900, San Jose, CA 95113; (408) 277-8359.
     The West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation will 
receive an SPNS award of $459,005 to provide for a continuation of 
supportive housing for 450 persons living with HIV/AIDS. The Enhanced 
Management Program, developed originally under a 1996 SPNS grant, will 
expand permanent affordable housing options through service 
coordination in Los Angeles County in connection with housing programs 
developed and funded through other leveraged sources. A consortium with 
the Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, Project New Hope, and Skid 
Row Housing Trust will expand service to three additional communities, 
develop an On-Site Learning program for life skills development and 
offer training and employment programs. The program will fund Resident 
and Vocational Service Coordinators at 25 sites to promote long-term 
residential stability and reemployment opportunities. For information, 
contact: Mr. Paul Zimmerman, Executive Director, 8285 Sunset Blvd., 
Suite 3, West Hollywood, CA 90046; (323) 650-8771.

Colorado

     The Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corporation will 
receive an SPNS grant in the amount of $959,330 to fund the substantial 
rehabilitation of Dave's Place, a 15-bed single-room occupancy (SRO) 
facility located in Denver. This facility will provide for very-low 
income PLWA who are homeless and who may be double or triple diagnosed 
with substance abuse and/or mental illness issues. Participants will 
also receive individually tailored services including group and 
individual counseling, transportation assistance, food bank access, HIV 
education, 2 hot meals

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daily, and self-sufficiency training, and other services in cooperation 
with the Colorado AIDS Project. An estimated 27 persons will benefit 
from the housing and supportive services in the three year period. For 
information, contact: Mr. Marvin Kelly, Executive Director, 2926 Zuni 
St., #202, Denver, CO 80211; (303) 477-4774.

Delaware

     The Delaware HIV Consortium will receive a $934,487 SPNS 
grant for the acquisition, rehabilitation and operation of a housing 
facility in collaboration with the Connections Community Support 
Programs, Inc. Under this grant, the Consortium will develop and 
operate ten units of permanent housing with intensive supportive 
services with a primary focus on the needs of women with HIV/AIDS and 
co-occurring substance use and/or mental health disorders in a high-
impact minority neighborhood of Wilmington. This program, known as 
Womanspace, will provide a safe and comfortable environment where 
participants will be engaged in a three-tiered program of housing, 
stabilization and treatment. For information, contact: Ms. Kirsten 
Olson, 100 West Tenth Street, Suite 415, Wilmington, DE 19801; (302) 
654-5472.

District of Columbia

     Safe Haven Outreach Ministries will receive a $1,286,000 
SPNS grant to support 46 units of transitional housing for dually and 
multiply diagnosed homeless adults with HIV/AIDS. This program will 
convert the top two floors of Sibley Plaza, a D.C. public housing 
building, into one and two-bedroom units for this program. On-site 
substance abuse counseling, basic medical care, mental health 
treatment, case management, assistance with daily living and job 
readiness training will be provided. The program was developed from 
advocacy by residents through the Sibley Plaza Resident Council in 
coordination with the DC Public Housing Authority and creates options 
in public housing approaches to needs associated with the HIV epidemic. 
Clients with former criminal justice issues will be assisted in reentry 
support and guidance. The program will stabilize 256 homeless 
individuals and facilitate their entry into set-aside permanent housing 
following this transitional support. For information, contact: Ms. 
Marsha A. Richardson, Executive Director, 931 Potomac Ave., SE., 
Washington, DC 20005; (202) 546-7146.

Hawaii

     The Maui AIDS Foundation will receive a $1,158,399 SPNS 
grant for rental assistance to address housing needs of people living 
with HIV/AIDS throughout the neighbor islands outside of Oahu. This 
nonprofit will collaborate with the Big Island AIDS Project, Malama 
Pono, and West Hawaii AIDS Foundation in administering funds for rental 
assistance, short-term rent, supportive services, housing information 
and other resources. By linking housing assistance from HOPWA to the 
continuum of resources available through current service programs, the 
project will serve 82 persons and 40 family members with housing and 
support that is appropriate to client needs. An additional 234 persons 
will receive related services. For information, contact: Mr. Jon 
Berliner, Executive Director, 1935 Main Street, Suite 101, Wailuku, HI 
96793; (808) 242-4900.

Idaho

     The Idaho Housing and Finance Association will receive 
$1,299,837 Long-Term grant for rental assistance and will be 
undertaking the first-ever HOPWA-funded activities in this State. The 
Idaho HOPWA Collaboration, in conjunction with the Boise City and Nampa 
Housing Authorities, the ID Department of Health and Welfare, the North 
Idaho AIDS Coalition, the Central ID Care Consortium, Magic Valley HIV/
AIDS Group, Southeastern Idaho AIDS Coalition, the Idaho AIDS 
Foundation and Terry Reilly Health Services, will provide long-term 
rental assistance for 45 units, short-term rental and utility 
assistance, case management, dental and psychiatric services for low 
income persons living with AIDS. The project will expand the existing 
supportive service delivery system, assisting 384 persons living with 
AIDS and their families throughout the State of Idaho. For information, 
contact: Ms. Julie H. Williams, 565 W. Myrtle Street, Boise, ID 83707-
1899; (208) 331-4886.

Illinois

     Pioneer Civic Services, located in Peoria, will receive a 
$515,592 SPNS grant for development and operations costs for a 
permanent housing unit in connection with health care and other 
services provided by the Heart of Illinois HIV/AIDS Center. The team 
will also collaborate with the Health Department, the Central Illinois 
Friends of PWA and Pioneer Properties in offering assistance. The 
housing includes the acquisition and rehabilitation of two 2-unit 
duplexes and the use of vouchers for four scattered site units to 
create additional flexibility for housing options. The project will 
make available intensive case management intervention to support 
persons living with HIV/AIDS to better achieve stability and 
independence. A community program development coordinator will also 
work to facilitate strategic planning to expand future resources for 
this population. The project will serve approximately 78 persons living 
with AIDS and their families. For information, contact: Ms. Helena M. 
Crum, Director, 1318 S.W. Adams Street, Peoria, IL 61602; (309) 673-
9418.
     Traveler's and Immigrant Aid/Chicago Connections will 
receive a $1,286,000 SPNS grant to continue the operations of the First 
Step Program, which provides recovery support and housing for persons 
living with HIV/AIDS with substance abuse and mental illness challenges 
in Chicago. The program offers 15 units of transitional housing for 
persons with HIV/AIDS in recovery programs. As a renewal of their 1995 
HOPWA grant, the Phase II Program establishes First Step, a recovery 
home providing case management, individual and group counseling, and 
day health providers and access to other support offered by Rafael 
House, a licensed drug and alcohol treatment provider. Under this 
grant, a comparative assessment of different service models which are 
employed in working with this population will also be conducted by the 
Mid America Institute on Poverty. The program will serve approximately 
120 residents over a three year period. For information, contact: Mr. 
John S. Groseclose, 208 S. LaSalle, Suite 1818, Chicago, IL 60604; 
(773) 989-1935.

Maine

     The AIDS Project of Portland, Maine will receive a 
$712,221 SPNS grant to implement a HAVEN Project under the Housing 
Assistance and Volunteer Enlistment Network to continue and adapt prior 
HOPWA programs to address three new challenges-housing for homeless 
persons with HIV/AIDS, treatment for co-occuring mental illness and 
substance abuse, and needs of persons with HIV/AIDS recently released 
from incarceration. A collaboration with the AIDS Lodging House, Shalom 
House and Peabody House to address the needs of clients in southern 
Maine. The project will provide 42 units of tenant-based rental 
assistance, emergency assistance with rent, utility payments, intensive 
case management and in-home support, outreach and pre-release

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planning for persons in the criminal justice system, outreach to 
homeless persons with HIV, and housing information services to all 
targeted groups. The HAVEN project will serve approximately 110 persons 
with HIV/AIDS and 25 family members. An additional 203 persons will 
receive social services. For information, contact: Mr. George W. Friou, 
Executive Director, 615 Congress Street, 6th. Fl., P.O. Box 5305, 
Portland, ME 04101; (207) 774-6877.

Maryland

     The City of Baltimore, Department of Housing and Community 
Development, will receive $1,359,500 for the ``At the Door Project'' to 
help transition newly released prisoners with HIV/AIDS by providing 
stable housing and intensive services to address the high recidivism 
rate for ex-offenders. Program participants will receive substance 
abuse treatment and mental health assistance, pre-release planning, 
housing counseling, peer support, access to medical care, and job 
training through the collaboration of eight project sponsors, Health 
Education Resources Organization, Inc. (HERO), Sisters Together and 
Reaching Inc (STAR), Black Educational AIDS Project, Inc., Ecumenical 
AIDS Resource Services, Inc., Offenders Aid and Restoration, Inc., 
Courage to Change, Inc., Project PLASE, Inc., and Prisoners Aid, Inc. 
The team will offer 150 persons housing assistance and an additional 
150 persons will receive supportive service assistance. The SPNS 
program was developed in collaboration with the Maryland State 
Department of Corrections and other agencies, a focus group of ex-
offenders and through a conference on the urgent needs of newly 
released prisoners and inmates. For information, contact: Mr. Leslie 
Leitch, P.O. Box 236, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21202; 
(410) 396-3757.

Massachusetts

     Community Healthlink, Inc. in Worcester County, 
Massachusetts will receive a $1,236,000 SPNS grant to establish and 
operate an eight-unit residence for pregnant homeless women with HIV/
AIDS who are also challenged with substance abuse issues.
    Medical support to be offered will focus on preventing neonatal 
transmission of HIV and provide other prenatal care that would 
otherwise not be accessible for homeless clients. A wide range of 
supportive services, including specialized HIV/AIDS treatment, 
substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, parenting skills 
development, and permanent housing search will be provided. This 
project will serve an estimated 48 persons with useful innovations in 
helping this client population address current needs due to 
homelessness, pregnancy and substance abuse and enable them to 
transition to more stable and independent living, in connection with 
prioritized access to 48 units of housing under the nonprofit's grants 
from the Supportive Housing Program and the Shelter Plus Care program. 
For information, contact: Dr. Kenneth A. Hetzler, MD, Executive 
Director, 72 Jaques Avenue, Worcester, MA 01610; (508) 860-1115.
     The Justice Resource Institute (JRI) will receive a 
$1,256,815 SPNS grant for a tenant-based rental assistance program, 
called TBRA Plus. The program will enable clients in many communities 
in Massachusetts outside Boston, to use scattered-site rental subsidies 
to access housing. Regional services will be established for low-income 
and homeless individuals and families with HIV/AIDS. Rental subsidies 
will be offered by the South Shore Housing Development Corporation for 
Plymouth and Bristol Counties, HAP, Inc. for Hampden and Hampshire 
counties, and Community Teamwork Inc. for northern Essex and Middlesex 
Counties. JRI is also collaborating with the North Shore Community 
Action Program (Peabody), the River Valley AIDS Project (Springfield), 
the Brockton Area Multi-Services, the Stanley Street Treatment and 
Resources (Fall River) the Community Counseling of Bristol County 
(Taunton) and Project Home/Center for Health and Human Services (New 
Bedford) for supportive services, including leveraged case management 
and permanent housing search efforts. The program will help 95 persons 
and their families with housing assistance during the three years of 
the grant. For information, contact: Ms. Laurie Bloom, 130 Boylston 
Street, Boston, MA 02116; (617) 457-8150.

New Hampshire

     The State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Office of Community Support and Long Term Care will receive a 
$520,448 grant in conjunction with the Merrimack Valley AIDS Project, 
the New Hampshire AIDS Foundation, and Manchester Neighborhood Housing. 
The program will provide community-based housing and supportive 
services including case management, for low and very low income persons 
and families living with HIV/AIDS in the greater Manchester area. An 
estimated 90 persons with HIV/AIDS and 35 family members will receive 
assistance. An additional 75 will receive supportive services and 
information will be provided to landlords, housing providers and 
nonprofits to help fight the stigma of AIDS and expand client access. 
Twenty-five units of rental housing will become available through this 
initiative. For information, contact: Ms. Phyllis Powell, 105 Pleasant 
Street, Rm. 117-C, Main Bldg., Concord, NH 03301; (603) 271-5059.

New York

     United Bronx Parents, Inc. will receive a $1,080,000 SPNS 
grant to renew a successful prior HOPWA grant for Casita Esperanza that 
is addressing the complex needs of persons with HIV/AIDS who have 
multiple diagnoses, including homelessness, mental illness and/or 
substance abuse issues. The project serves clients in four primarily 
Latino and African American Bronx neighborhoods of New York City. 
Approximately 240 persons will receive housing and services including 
medical attention, shelter, and assistance in locating other permanent 
housing. The project includes the use of 14 emergency housing units to 
address immediate needs and to engage clients in recovery services, the 
use of 28 clean and sober transitional housing units in the facility, 
the establishment of a free primary health care center and an 
outpatient mental health clinic and other on-site services. This 
project has been participating with Columbia University's Evaluation 
and Technical Assistance Center on the evaluation of current efforts 
with this high-need population under the Multiple Diagnoses Initiative 
that was developed by HUD and HHS in 1996. For information, contact: 
Ms. Lorraine Montengro, Executive Director, 773 Prospect Avenue, Bronx, 
NY 10455; (718) 991-7100.
     Greyston Health Services, Inc. in Yonkers, New York will 
receive a $1,271,870 SPNS grant for a HIV Mental Illness Chemical 
Addition Special Project that addresses a gap in appropriated care for 
persons with these needs. In coordination with the project sponsor, 
Maitri Center Inc., the project will purchase and rehabilitate six 
units of low income housing; provide a staff housing; supply emergency 
rental assistance funds; provide enhanced supportive services in day 
service programs; and offer enhanced environmental and crisis 
management services to maintain 24-hour assistance at the 
organization's Issan House, as 35-unit supportive housing facility for 
formerly homeless persons with AIDS. The program will serve 214 persons 
with HIV/AIDS in Westchester County.

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For information, contact: Mr. Charles G. Lief, President, Greystone 
Health Services, 21 Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703; (914) 376-3900.

Pennsylvania

     The Asociacion de Puertorriquenos en Marcha, Inc. will 
receive a $1,193,511 SPNS grant to continue La CASA (Community AIDS 
Services Advancement), a program of rental assistance, counseling and 
other services for clients in the mostly Latino neighborhood in north 
Philadelphia. The components of La CASA include assisting persons with 
HIV/AIDS and their families with coordination of services, 20 units of 
tenant based rental assistance, security deposits, housing counseling, 
case management, medical monitoring, emergency child care, and 
transportation within a bilingual/bicultural setting. The program will 
provide housing assistance for up to 50 households in Philadelphia for 
over three years, with an additional 30 persons living with HIV/AIDS 
receiving supportive services. The grant continues the organizations 
1996 HOPWA award for this program and adapts the program by offering 
more intensive support for families where the parent, mostly women, are 
in early stages of recovery. For information, contact: Ms. Iris 
Caballero, 2147 N. 6th. Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122; (215) 236-8885.

Rhode Island

     The Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation 
will receive a SPNS grant for $1,078,955 to provide housing assistance 
in cooperation with the treatment and care programs of AIDS Care Ocean 
State. In adapting prior efforts, grant funds will be used to 
rehabilitate a building to create Sober House, a sheltered environment 
providing intensive supportive services that address the challenges of 
relapse, including support following detox treatment. Six additional 
rental units will be made available to expand prior HOPWA funded 
housing programs. This program will serve an estimated 100 persons 
throughout the state over three years and 10 additional families/
persons through the leasing program. For information, contact: Ms. 
Susan Boddington, 44 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903; (401) 
457-1286.

Texas

     The Houston Regional HIV/AIDS Resource Group, Inc., will 
receive a $783,333 SPNS grant to fund the continuation of a 1996 HIV 
Multiple Diagnoses Initiative project. Funds will be used to adapt this 
program by increasing crises interventions and increasing the number of 
first stage beds for clients who leave the stabilization programs at 
the University of Texas Houston Recovery Campus. This program will 
continue to provide short-term crisis housing and substance abuse 
treatment to 194 individuals over two years with assistance provided by 
the Bering Omega Community Service, Crisis Intervention and AIDS 
Foundation Houston as partners. The program will also expand to include 
admission on demand of recently incarcerated individuals from the 
Harris County Jail. The four sponsors will use a computerized database 
to connect persons to housing, offer a crisis hotline, and provide case 
management and referrals under a care plan for on-going support in 
connection with housing under the City's HOPWA formula programs and 
Supportive Housing Program projects. For information, contact: Mr. 
Michael J. Springer, Executive Director, 500 Lovett Blvd., Suite 100, 
Houston, TX 77006; (713) 526-1016.
     The Tarrant County, Community Development Division will 
receive a $861,622 SPNS grant to fund the ``Preservation and Expansion 
Project'' for the rehabilitation of a special care facility for persons 
with HIV/AIDS who are homeless. Funds will support Samaritan House in 
operating its 31-unit single room occupancy facility in northwest Fort 
Worth. The project will provide supportive services, a substance abuse 
recovery program, needed repairs to the housing facility, and a 15 
permanent housing rental assistance vouchers to assist clients ready 
for independent living arrangements. The program expects that 110 
persons will be served under this grant. For information, contact: Ms. 
Patricia Ward, 1509B South University, Suite 276, Fort Worth, TX 76107; 
(817) 338-9129.

Nation-wide HOPWA Technical Assistance AIDS Housing of Washington, Inc.

    AIDS Housing of Washington, Inc., (based in Seattle), is 
collaborating with Bailey House, Inc., (New York City) and the AIDS 
Housing Corporation (Boston) to provide national HOPWA technical 
assistance to nonprofit organizations and State and local governments 
in planning, operating and evaluating housing assistance for persons 
who are living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The award of National 
HOPWA TA funds of $1,750,00.00 will allow the AIDS Housing of 
Washington (AHW) team to address each of the four National HOPWA goals 
that were established by HUD in the 1999 SuperNOFA.
    AHW will provide assistance to help communities establish and 
enhance their Comprehensive Strategies for HIV/AIDS Housing, especially 
within the context of updating the five-year Consolidated Plan. In 
addition, the collaboration will promote the Sound Management of HOPWA 
Programs to uphold the public trust and coordinate activities that 
provide National HOPWA Information to help clients and communities 
better connect to available assistance. In connection with other 
providers, the AHW team will also be involved in helping grant 
recipients make Use of HUD Information Management Tools, including new 
information technology in reporting on program accomplishments. AHW is 
the prior recipient of the National HOPWA TA grant that was awarded in 
the 1997 competition and was the prime organizer for three national 
conferences on AIDS housing. Bailey House and the AIDS Housing 
Corporation are also recipients of HOPWA funds as Special Projects of 
National Significance that were awarded in prior competitions. Bailey 
House is offering management support to 75 AIDS organizations in New 
York City and collaborates with the World Institute for Disabilities in 
developing vocational education projects for persons with HIV/AIDS. AHC 
is a provider of housing development and technical assistance 
activities through out Massachusetts and in other communities in New 
England.
    Under the 1999 grant, the AHW team will provide outreach to housing 
and service providers and governments in undertaking comprehensive 
needs assessment and planning, and will provide grantee program 
training, community consultations, host national and regional AIDS 
housing conferences and meetings, develop a Leadership Institute for 
AIDS housing providers, and disseminate information in publications and 
via the internet. The team will work with other consultants to provide 
specialized knowledge in program evaluations, fiscal system design and 
implementation, board and organizational development for nonprofits, 
and needs assessments and planning expertise. Communities in every 
State are expected to benefit from the project activities and 
prospective clients and the public will gain greater knowledge of the 
HOPWA program. This collaboration also will network with the 
Cooperation for Supportive Housing, the National Supportive Housing 
Technical Assistance Partnership and the Enterprise

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Foundation, to draw upon the expertise and resources of theses 
providers of Supportive Housing and HOME technical assistance. The AIDS 
Housing of Washington collaboration will make its available resources 
to HOPWA grantees and program sponsors on a nation-wide basis over a 
three year period. For information, contact: Donald Chamberlain, 
Director of Technical Assistance, AIDS Housing of Washington, 2025 
First Avenue, Suite 420, Seattle, WA 98121; Telephone No: (206) 448-
5242, Fax No: (206) 441-9485, Email: [email protected], Website: 
www.aidshousing.org.

Center for Urban and Community Services, Inc.

    The Center for Urban and Community Services, Inc. (New York City), 
in conjunction with its partners, the Hudson Planning Group (New York 
City), the Corporation for Supportive Housing (offices in New York and 
eight other States), Lakefront SRO (Chicago), and the Barry University 
School of Social Work (Miami Shores, FL), will also be awarded funds 
for HOPWA technical assistance activities. The grant of $250,000 will 
enable this team to focus technical assistance to HOPWA grantees, 
project sponsors and potential recipients over a one-year period. Based 
on their current project operations, the CUCS team will target HOPWA 
program activities to communities in the States that are East of the 
Mississippi River.
    The organizations will primarily address two of the National HOPWA 
goals: helping communities create Comprehensive Strategies for HIV/AIDS 
Housing and facilitating the Sound Management of HOPWA Programs. The 
project will assist communities in updating their five-year strategies 
under their Consolidated Plan, including undertaking needs assessments 
through surveys of consumers. These five organizations will work 
together with other housing and health care providers to better 
integrate program operations, supportive services, property and 
financial management, operational capacity development, facility 
development and community planning in assisting the client population 
eligible under HOPWA. CUCS is currently providing technical assistance 
for programs that provide assistance to persons who are homeless under 
the Supportive Housing Technical Assistance grant with the Corporation 
for Supportive Housing and the Hudson Planning Group is a recipient of 
a HOWPA Special Project of National Significance for managed care 
activities in New York. For information, contact: Suzanne Wagner, 
Director of Training and Technical Assistance, Center for Urban 
Community Services, Inc., 120 Wall Street, 25th Floor, New York NY 
10005 Telephone No:(212) 801-3313, Fax No: (212) 635-2191, Website: 
www.cucs.org.

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Total for all 22 program grants.........................     $22,464,110
Total for 2 Technical Assistance grants.................       2,000,000
 
    Total...............................................      24,464,110
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    Dated: February 22, 2000.
Cardell Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 00-4641 Filed 2-25-00; 8:45 am]
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