[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91-98]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4630-FA-19]
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program; Announcement
of Funding Award FY 2001
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 2001
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The notice
announces the selection of 22 renewal applications, three new project
applications, and three technical assistance applications under the
three 2001 HOPWA national competitions which were announced under the
Super Notice for HUD's Housing Community Development and Empowerment
Programs and published in the Federal Register on February 26, 2001.
The notice contains the names of award winners, describes grant
activities and provides 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. To provide service for persons who are hearing-or-speech-
impaired, this number may be reached via TTY by Dialing the Federal
Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-TTY, 1-800-877-8339, or 202-708-
2565. (Telephone numbers, other than ``800'' TTY numbers are not toll
free.) Information on HOPWA, community development and
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consolidated planning, and other HUD programs may also be obtained from
the HUD homepage on the World Wide Web. In addition to this competitive
selection, 105 jurisdictions received formula based allocations during
the 2001 fiscal year for $229.372 million in HOPWA funds. Descriptions
of the formula programs is found at www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/aidshousing.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the HOPWA program
competition was to award project grants for the renewal continuing
activities or for new projects that provide housing assistance and
supportive services. Grants are made 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 purpose of the technical
assistance competition was to select qualified providers to support the
national goal for the sound management of the HOPWA program.
Under this year's competition HUD was required to renew all
existing grants that were expiring in 2001 and if funding remained
after funding eligible HOPWA renewal projects, HUD would consider
applications for new HOPWA projects. A total of $21.5 million was
awarded to the 22 eligible renewal grants. The remaining amount of $3.9
million, plus $107,526 in recaptured funds was made available to the
three highest rated HOPWA competitive applications for new projects.
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 2001. The competition was announced in a Super
Notice for HUD's Housing Community Development and Empowerment Programs
published in the Federal Register on February 26, 2000 (66 FR 12223).
Each application was reviewed and rated on the basis of selection
criteria contained in that NOFA.
Public Benefit
The award of HOPWA funds to the 22 renewal projects, three new
projects and three Technical Assistance awards 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 2,777 low-income people with HIV/AIDS and their families. In
addition, an estimated 2,985 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 25 applicants
also documented that the Federal funds awarded in this competition,
$25.5 million, will leverage an additional $38 million 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 149 percent.
A total of $25.5 million was awarded to 25 organizations to serve
clients in the twenty-four listed States and $1.9 million for technical
assistance activities across the nation.
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 publishing details concerning the
recipients of funding awards, as follows:
FY 2001 HOPWA Renewal Awards by State
Alabama
AIDS Alabama, Inc. of Birmingham will receive a HOPWA renewal grant
for $899,180 to continue the Alabama Rural AIDS Project (ARAP) to: (1)
Outreach to eligible HIV positive, low-income persons; (2) link them
with medical and supportive services, and (3) house (ultimately
permanently) those HIV-positive, low-income persons who are homeless or
marginally housed in the state's 35 most rural counties. ARAP will
house 300 low-income, homeless persons with HIV/AIDS and 300 additional
family members and provide 1,400 persons with supportive services over
the three years of the project. AIDS Alabama will partner in this
project with AIDS Services Centers of Anniston, AIDS Action Coalition
of Huntsville, Montgomery AIDS Outreach, Mobile AIDS Support Services,
East Alabama AIDS Outreach of Auburn, and West Alabama AIDS Outreach of
Tuscaloosa. All partners are members of the AIDS Service Organization
Network of Alabama. For information contact: AIDS Alabama, Inc. P.O.
Box 55703; 3521 7th Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35222. Mr. Randall H.
Russell, MSW, LGSW Executive Director; Phone: (205) 324-9822; Fax:
(205) 324-9311; E-mail: [email protected].
Arizona
The Pima County, Community Services Department will receive a HOPWA
renewal grant in collaborative effort of Pima County and two project
sponsors: the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF), and the City of
Tucson. The project is designed to create a continuum of care for
people who are low-income and HIV+, and their families, by filling gaps
in both housing and services in Tucson and Pima County. Recognizing the
importance of stable housing, the two primary goals of the Positive
Directions project are: (1) to increase independence through
subsidized, supportive housing; and (2) to maximize self-sufficiency
through intensive, personalized services. The project addresses these
through three key components: transitional housing; long-term rent
subsidies; and support and referral services through intensive case
management. For information contact: Pima County, Community Services
Department, 32 North Stone Avenue, Suite 1600, Tucson, AZ 85701; Gary
Bachman, (520) 740-5205 or by E-mail: [email protected].
California
In Los Angeles, the West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation
will receive a HOPWA renewal grant for $630,535. Funds will be used to
continue the Los Angeles Consortium for Service-Coordinated AIDS
Housing, a collaboration of four nonprofit agencies providing
permanent, supportive housing to very low-income persons living with
HIV/AIDS. The three other partner agencies are the Hollywood Community
Housing Corporation, Project New Hope and the Skid Row Housing Trust.
Funding supports an Enhanced Management Model program, as well as
expand services that promote long-term residential stability with
residential and vocational service coordinators and an on-site learning
program focused on computer skills. The project makes use of life
skills development, and employment training and placement opportunities
with permanent affordable housing to reach residents in at least 468
units at 26 sites over this
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grant period. For information contact: West Hollywood Community Housing
Corporation, 8285 Sunset Blvd., Suite 3 West Hollywood, CA 90046. Mr.
Lee Meyers, Director of Resident Services; Phone: (323) 650-8771 x13;
Fax: (323) 650-4745; E-mail: [email protected].
The County of San Diego, Department of Housing and Community
Development (DHCD) will receive a HOPWA renewal grant for $308,116 to
continue the La Posada Project. DHCD works with the County Health and
Human Services Agency and the Office of AIDS Coordination. The project
provides service enriched housing opportunities throughout San Diego
County to homeless and very low-income HIV positive women and their
children who have not participated in either the HIV or the homeless
service delivery systems. The program provides operating costs,
addiction services coordination, resident services coordination, and
longitudinal outcome evaluation. The original grant supported the
rehabilitation of 24-units in apartment complexes, which focus on needs
for women and their children. The project will also continue to provide
services to a minimum of six to twelve families at Fraternity House,
Inc., a licensed residential care facility, and 12 families at La
Posada Apartments with services from South Bay Community Services. An
additional 100 clients will receive out-patient addiction counseling
and recovery services and case management support through Stepping
Stone of San Diego, Inc. For information contact: County of San Diego
Department of Housing and Community Development, 3989 Ruffin Road, San
Diego, CA 92134-1890. Ms. Marilee Hansen, Housing Program Analyst;
Phone: (858) 694-8712; E-mail: diego.ca.us">[email protected]diego.ca.us.
In San Francisco, Lutheran Social Services of Northern California
will receive a HOPWA renewal grant for $1,014,080 to continue The
Bridge Project, a six-agency collaboration that provides transitional
housing while addressing the complex service needs of indigent,
multiply-diagnosed clients living with HIV/AIDS. The goals of the
Bridge Project are threefold: (1) Increase the quantity and quality of
housing for homeless, multiply-diagnosed persons with HIV/AIDS; (2)
Provide direct access to health care, substance abuse counseling,
mental health care, and benefits counseling for underserved multiply-
diagnosed populations, and (3) Deliver these services through an
integrated system of care which is cost-effective and meets the complex
needs of the multiply-diagnosed client. With success in achieving its
original goals, a renewal grant for one of the Multiple Diagnosis
Initiative (MDI) Projects from HUD will enable this partnership to
continue providing stable housing to current number of participants.
For information contact: Lutheran Social Services of Northern
California, 433 Hegenberger Road, #103 Oakland, CA 94621; Mr. Kevin
Fautaux, Director, San Francisco Office; Phone: (415) 581-0891 ext. 103
Fax: (415) 581-0898; E-mail: [email protected].
In San Francisco, the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, Housing
Services Affiliate will receive a HOPWA renewal grant for $692,648 to
continue the operation of Positive MATCH. As one of the Multiple
Diagnosis Initiative (MDI) Projects, this effort has provided a
nationally significant model of integrated services and care for
homeless multiply diagnosed mothers and children living with HIV. The
innovative network of services and housing provides a specialized
continuum of care for families that comprehensively addresses the needs
of the family prior to and after the death of the infected parent. The
project is an innovative collaborative project between a housing
developer and four social service agencies skilled at providing social,
legal, and mental health services for multiply diagnosed homeless women
with HIV and their children. In October of 2001, the collaborative will
complete the rehabilitation of the seven unit multi-bedroom permanent
housing facility. Positive MATCH is seeking renewal funding to continue
the provision of the integrated and replicable continuum of care that
ensures permanent exits from homelessness. For information contact:
Housing Services Affiliate-Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, 515
Cortland Ave., San Francisco, CA 94110. Ms. Mary Dorst, Housing Project
Manager; Phone: (415) 206-2140 ext. 147; Fax: (415) 648-0793; E-mail:
[email protected].
Connecticut
The City of Bridgeport, Central Grants Office, will receive a HOPWA
renewal grant for $1,312,821. The City will be coordinating with seven
(7) project sponsors, in continuing support to 50 households under one
of the Multiple Diagnosis Initiative (MDI) Projects. Under the
Bridgeport AIDS/HIV Housing Initiative, the seven project sponsors
include Prospect House, Bethel Recovery Center, and Alpha Home who are
the housing providers; Helping Hand Center, Catholic Family Services,
and Evergreen Network who are support service providers, and the
Connecticut AIDS Residence Coalition which provides technical
assistance and resource identification services. Based on the number of
people served from the original HOPWA grant, these organizations
anticipate that it will provide emergency services to a minimum of 175
multiple diagnosed persons with HIV/AIDS, and provide housing services
to 60 multiply diagnosed individuals and families, through the
project's unique Transitional Living Program (TLP). For information
contact: City of Bridgeport, Central Grants Office, 999 Broad Street,
Bridgeport, CT 06604; Kathleen Hunter, Assistant Director, Social
Services; Phone (203) 576-8475, Fax (203) 567-8405; E-mail:
[email protected].
District of Columbia
The Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc. of Washington, DC will receive a
HOPWA renewal grant for $1,139,255 to continue the Bridge Back Program
a residential treatment facility for multiply diagnosed men and women
with HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and persistent mental illness. DC
Bridge Back offers six months of intensive addiction treatment,
medical, and psychosocial services for up to eight residents at a time.
Bridge Back is a safe and supportive link back to appropriate housing
in the community for people living with HIV/AIDS who suffer from severe
substance abuse and chronic mental illness. Staff and clients work
collaboratively to establish a treatment plan while in the program, and
a discharge plan including appropriate housing and accessibility of
supportive services in the community upon leaving the program. For
information contact: Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., 1407 S. Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20009. Ms. Mary L. Bahr, Associate Executive Director;
Phone: (202) 797-3515; Fax: (202) 797-3504; E-mail: [email protected].
Florida
The City of Key West Community Development Office will receive a
HOPWA renewal grant for $1,188,500 to continue their housing voucher
program for persons living with HIV/AIDS in Monroe County. The City
partners with AIDS Help, Inc. in providing assistance to clients in
this high cost housing market. This Special Project of National
Significance was modeled after HUD's Section 8 program with support to
provide for independence and self-determination for clients. The
program serves an estimated 50 households each year through tenant-
based rental assistance and residency in housing facilities.
Additionally, for disabled
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persons who experience improved health due to medical treatment
advances, support from other sources includes back to work training in
collaboration with the Florida Keys Employment and Training Council.
For information contact: City of Key West Community Development Office,
1403 12th Street, Key West, FL 33040. Ms. Lee-Ann Broadbent, Program
Administrator; Phone: (305) 292-1221; Fax (305) 292-1162.
Georgia
The City of Savannah, Community Planning and Development Division,
will receive renewal funding of $1,229,636 to continue operating
Project House Call. The City partners with Union Mission, Inc., and two
project partners--Georgia Legal Services Program and Hospice Savannah--
and operate activities within the 10-member Savannah-Chatham AIDS
Continuum of Care. Assistance is based on the use of a 10-unit
community residence and short-term housing payments for 75 households.
Under the original grant, this program prevented homelessness for 213
unduplicated individuals with HIV/AIDS who enrolled in Project House
Call and received the provision of home-based services. The program
provides services in the homes of PLWA/A's who might not otherwise have
access to services within the Chatham/Effingham County areas. Project
House Call is a lifeline for the population it serves, linking them
with primary medical care, legal services, transportation assistance,
substance abuse counseling, group therapies, and hospice services. For
information contact: Community Planning and Development Division,
Office of the City Manager, P.O. Box 1027, Savannah, GA 31402. Ms.
Taffanye Young, Director; Phone: (912) 651-6520; Fax: (912) 651-6525;
E-mail: [email protected].
Illinois
Cornerstone Services, Inc., of Joliet, will receive a HOPWA renewal
grant of $789,160 to continue to provide scattered site permanent
housing with supportive services for 16 households with persons living
with HIV/AIDS who also have mental illness and who may be homeless. The
program is located in Joliet and Cornerstone has partnered with the
AIDS Ministry of Illinois (AMI), Stepping Stones (substance abuse
treatment center) and Metro Infectious Disease Consultants (MIDC) to
provide persons with HIV/AIDS and mental illness by offering a
comprehensive array of services promoting choice, dignity, and the
opportunity to live and work in the community. For information contact:
Cornerstone Services, Inc., 777 Joyce Road, Joliet, IL 60436. Ms. Bette
J. Reed Phone: (815) 741-6743; Fax: (815) 723-1177; E-mail:
[email protected].
Kentucky
The Division of Community Development for the Lexington-Fayette
Urban County Government will received $1,362,860 to continue the AVOL
AIDS Housing Program. This program provides housing, related case
management, education and referrals, as well as transitional and
supportive housing services for persons living with HIV/AIDS in Central
and Eastern Kentucky. Activities are based at two housing facilities,
Rainbow Apartments and Solomon House. Rainbow Apartments is a
transitional housing program designed to respond to persons with HIV/
AIDS who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and in need of a
spectrum of supportive services while they work through issues that may
have contributed to their homelessness. Solomon House is a community
residence for individuals who require personal care, supervision and
supportive services following an acute medical episode or who are in
the advanced stages of their illness. Over the three year grant period,
this program will serve 75 persons with HIV/AIDS through the housing
facilities and an additional 300 individuals will receive housing
information services. For information contact: Division of Community
Development, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, 200 East Main
Street Lexington, KY 40507. Ms. Irene Gooding, Grants Manager; Phone:
(859) 258-3079; Fax: (859) 258-3081; E-mail: [email protected].
Louisiana
UNITY for the Homeless of New Orleans will receive a HOPWA renewal
grant for $1,216,896 to continue a program by six sponsor agencies,
working within the community's extensive and well-established homeless
continuum of care system to provide an integrated range of services and
housing for persons with HIV/AIDS and their families who are homeless
or at risk of becoming homeless. The Sponsors are the New Orleans AIDS
Task Force, Project Lazarus, Children's Hospital FACES, Volunteers of
America, Belle Reve and United Services for AIDS Foundation. The range
of assistance to be provided includes: case management, mental health
counseling, outreach services, day services, specialized employment
services for person able to return to work, in-home and center-based
respite care and residential substance abuse treatment for 18
individuals and two families. Direct housing support includes:
residence at a care facility for 24 persons who are at the end stage of
their illness, short-term rent, mortgage, utility assistance for 60
persons, and emergency shelter for 30. These AIDS housing efforts are
also integrated with other homeless assistance programs operated by 45
agencies and coordinated through the City's continuum of care. For
information contact: UNITY for the Homeless 2475 Canal Street, Suite
300 New Orleans, LA 70119; Ms. Margaret Reese, Executive Director;
Phone: (504) 821-4496 ext.107; Fax: (504) 821-4709; E-mail:
[email protected].
Massachusetts
The AIDS Housing Corporation of Boston will receive a grant of
$928,752 to continue SHARE 2000+, a cooperative partnership designed to
meet the needs of HIV/AIDS housing programs and consumers in Greater
Boston. SHARE 2000+ consists of four components: the Direct Care Relief
Program, the Staff Development Program, the Donations Assistance
Program, and the Staff Training Program. First funded in 1995, the
program design is an innovative approach to capitalizing on existing
expertise in the HIV/AIDS provider community and sharing resources to
augment the efficiency and capacity of HIV/AIDS housing programs. Over
the course of the grant period, SHARE 2000+ will provide services to
980 individuals and offer 4,000 hours of relief staffing. Share 2000+
consists of four core program components, representing four non-profit
human service agencies: Direct Care Relief Program: Justice Resource
Institute/JRI Health; Donations Assistance Program: Massachusetts
Coalition for the Homeless; Staff Development Program: Victory
Programs, Inc.; and Staff Training Program: AIDS Action Committee. For
information contact: AIDS Housing Corporation, 29 Stanhope Street
Boston, MA 02116. Joe Carleo Executive Director; Phone: (617) 927-0088
x31; Fax: (617) 927-0852; E-mail: [email protected].
Maryland
The City of Baltimore, Department of Housing and Community
Development, Office of Homeless Services will receive a HOPWA renewal
grant for $1,363,136 to continue Back to Basics (B2B), a comprehensive
case management program serving families in the Baltimore, MD who are
dealing with the
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issues of HIV/AIDS, who are newly diagnosed (or newly disclosing their
HIV status), who are in crisis, and who voluntarily elect to
participate in an intensive case management program. Begun with the
support of a 1998 SPNS grant, the goal is to empower families by
helping them initially to meet their basic needs, such as food,
clothing, and housing. Over time, help will be extended to develop
client resources and skills to access the necessary healthcare and
services to function as a unit, to maintain housing and economic
stability in a safe environment and to live productive lives, for as
long as possible. For information, contact: Baltimore Office of
Homeless Services, 417 E. Fayette Street Room 1211 Baltimore, MD 21202.
Ms. Leslie Leitch Director, Phone: (410) 396-3757; Fax: (410) 625-0830;
E-mail: [email protected].
New Hampshire
Harbor Homes, Inc. of Nashau, New Hampshire will receive a HOPWA
renewal grant for $447,057 to continue a HOPWA program that serves
Hillsborough County, with the exception of Manchester. This area has an
estimated 500 persons living with HIV/AIDS. The Southern New Hampshire
HIV/AIDS Task Force, the only HIV/AIDS service provider in the area, is
the designated Project Sponsor. The program will continue to provide
emergency rental and utility assistance and supportive services,
including barrier reduction, to a minimum of 391 persons living with
HIV/AIDS over the three year period of the grant. Preference will be
given to those who are homeless, in imminent danger of homelessness
and/or those with dual or multiple diagnoses. For information contact:
Harbor Homes, Inc., 12 Amherst Street, Nashau, NH, 03064. Peter
Kelleher, Executive Director, Phone (603) 882-3616; Fax (603) 595-7414;
E-mail [email protected].
New Mexico
The Santa Fe Community Housing Trust will receive a HOPWA renewal
grant for $1,286,000 to continue a Reentry Housing Strategies Program
to assist persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWAs) to transition back into
a productive life. The program makes use of homeownership support for
14 households each year and recognizes that for some clients, the
longevity and future life expectancy of PLWAs has changed significantly
with the advent of new medical treatments. The purpose of the reentry
program is to strategize a permanent solution to housing and income
stabilization by assisting people to design their own reentry plan. It
covers job training, educational prospects, and one-on-one counseling
is provided to assist the clients to contact creditor and clean up
credit issues. The reentry program makes homeownership possible and
affordable through a mutual self help savings effort for downpayments
and through leveraging community bank assistance for home purchases.
The Trust issues loans or notes and has leveraging arrangements for
over $8 million through area banks. Under the original grant,
homeownership has been shown to be a significant incentive for clients
in encouraging them to adhere to their difficult medical regimen, to
pursue employment opportunities, and to transition into mainstream
living. For information contact: Santa Fe Community Housing Trust, PO
Box 713, Santa Fe, NM 87504-0713; Ms. Sharron L. Welsh, Executive
Director; Phone: 505 989-3960; Fax: (505) 982-3690; E-mail:
[email protected]
New York
The Hudson Planning Group, Inc. will receive a HOPWA renewal grant
for $451,700 to continue a resource identification program of shared
financial management services for a New York City network of AIDS
housing agencies and other service providers. The project, Management
Services Organization (MSO), is presently serving two housing
providers, Harlem United Community AIDS Center and Housing Works, Inc.,
through shared staff and technology that improves the infrastructure of
nonprofit management. The use of MSO management tools, standard
assessment, operating and reporting procedures, has resulted in more
efficient use of management resources and higher levels of budgeting
and planning advice in making use of financial data. The continuing
project will include support for other non-profit, community based AIDS
Services Organizations (ASOs), such as the Callen Lorde Community
Health Center, the AIDS Day Services Association of New York (VidaCare
subsidiary) and Hope Community, Inc., and is expected to reach nine
providers over the next three years. This shared services model will
also be tested for replication in other communities to promote similar
management collaborations to establish, coordinate and develop housing
assistance resources in those areas. In New York City, approximately
2,500 persons with HIV/AIDS will be served by the agencies
participating in this project. For information contact: Hudson Planning
Group, Inc., 180 Varick St., 16th Floor, New York, NY 10014; Mr. David
Terrio, Managing Director; Phone: (212) 627-7900 x219; Fax: (212) 627-
9247; E-mail: [email protected].
Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation (RIH),
will continue its highly successful operations of a multi-faceted
housing and supportive service program for persons living with HIV/AIDS
(PLWAs) through a HOPWA renewal grant for $1,212,153. The grant
sponsors, House of Compassion (HOC) located in northern RI, and AIDS
Care Ocean State (ACOS) located in Providence will maintain a continuum
of care for single adults and families affected by HIV/AIDS. The
program provides supportive services, housing, and housing information
services. Specific programs include the operation of two group homes,
12 scattered site apartments, and supportive services for all clients
of both agencies. The past HOPWA grant has enabled the development of a
seamless delivery of services ranging from housing referral to
independent living and then supportive housing and related services.
For information contact: Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance
Corporation; 44 Washington Street Providence, RI 02903. Ms. Susan
Bodington, Director of Housing Policy; Phone: (401) 457-1286 Fax: (401)
457-1140 E-mail: [email protected].
Washington
The Bailey-Boushay House project of the Virginia Mason Medical
Center will receive a HOPWA renewal grant for $950,000 to sustain
supportive services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Bailey-Boushay
House is a nationally recognized care facility, which has provided
intensive residential nursing health care and adult day care to more
than 2,500 individuals since 1992. The goal of the project is to
maintain and/or improve the behavioral stability of program
participants and residents of the facility, enhancing their ability to
obtain medical treatment and live independently in the community. The
project will support mental health and substance abuse treatment for
residents and program consumers, enhance clinical and management
information systems, and assist the facility in developing capacity to
conduct structured evaluations of the services. For information
contact: Virginia Mason Medical Center, Bailey-Boushay House; 2720 East
Madison Seattle, WA 98112; Ms. Leslie V. Ravensberg; Phone: (206) 720-
3307 Fax: (206) 720-2299 E-mail: [email protected].
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West Virginia
The State of West Virginia, Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO),
will receive $1,085,928 of renewal funds for the continued operation of
HOPWA assistance throughout the State. OEO is the supervising agent of
a non-profit collaborative--the West Virginia Housing and Advocacy
Coalition for People with AIDS, Inc. (Coalition), which consists of
three partners: Covenant House, Inc. in Charleston; Caritas House, Inc.
in Morgantown; and Community Networks, Inc. in Martinsburg. The
Coalition is a statewide non-profit organization created to establish a
comprehensive and effective delivery of services to a homeless
population with special needs associated with living with HIV/AIDS. The
HOPWA program initiatives provide housing, supportive services,
technical assistance, and resource identification to people living with
HIV/AIDS and their family members. This project funding includes the
continued operation of five (5) houses in which people with HIV/AIDS
live, and the continuation of services to a growing number of over 350
persons infected with HIV and their affected family and household
members. For information contact: West Virginia Office of Economic
Opportunity; 950 Kanawha Blvd. E. 3rd Floor Charleston, WV 25301. Mr.
Essa R. Howard Director; Phone: (304) 558-8860 Fax: (304) 558-4210 E-
mail: [email protected].
Wisconsin
The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin will receive a HOPWA renewal
grant for $1,218,576 to continue providing intensive housing case
management, rent assistance, and supportive services to persons living
with HIV disease and who are also diagnosed with chronic drug abuse or
mental illness issues and residing anywhere in the state of Wisconsin.
In it's first two years of operations, ARCW's programs served 134
clients and reduced homelessness, increased adherence to medical,
mental health and substance abuse treatment, reduced criminal behavior,
and improved access to other HIV services. This support improved the
client's quality of life, increased independence and reduced
utilization of emergency medical care. The renewal funding will serve
195 people living with HIV/AIDS and allow for a 28 percent increase in
the number of clients to be served. For more information: AIDS Resource
Center of Wisconsin; P.O. Box 92487 Milwaukee, WI 53202. Mr. Doug
Nelson, Executive Director; Phone: (414) 273-1991; Fax: 414-273-2357;
e-mail: [email protected].
FY 2001 HOPWA New Projects by State
Iowa
The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) is receiving $1,370,000 in HOPWA
funding to create the AIDS Housing Network of Iowa. IFA has partnered
with AIDS service organizations and housing agencies across the state,
including to Siouxland Community Health Center, AIDS Project of Central
Iowa, American Red Cross Grant Wood Area Chapter (Rapids AIDS Project),
Family Service League, Iowa Center for AIDS Resources and Education,
and John Lewis Coffee Shop. Under this grant, eighty-four of Iowa's
counties, including those counties with the highest percentage of AIDS
cases, will be served with housing and related supportive services. The
AIDS Housing Network of Iowa will provide housing assistance to 237
persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families through 218 units of
housing. Housing assistance will be provided through a 150 on-going
tenant-based rental assistance units and 68 short-term emergency
assistance subsidies. Additionally, 177 persons will receive related
supportive services to ensure housing stability. Through the assistance
of the Iowa Coalition for Housing and the Homeless, technical
assistance will be provided to project sponsors and assistance will be
given to the AIDS Housing Network in the development of a long-term
housing strategy to evaluate needs for persons with HIV/AIDS across the
State of Iowa.
For information contact: The AIDS Housing Network of Iowa, c/o Iowa
Finance Authority, 100 East Grand Ave., Suite 250, Des Moines, IA,
50309. Donna Davis, Deputy Director, and Director of Housing Programs-
IFA; Phone: (515) 242-4990; E-mail: [email protected].
Montana (and North Dakota and South Dakota)
The State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
in conjunction with the States of South Dakota and North Dakota will
receive $1,309,501 for a three-year project to create the TRI-STATE
HELP, Housing Environments for Living Positively (TS HELP). TS HELP is
a continuum of housing and related supportive services opportunities
for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families serving all three
states, which do not qualify for HOPWA formula funding. TS HELP is a
partnership between one State agency and four private agencies in North
Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. Overall grant administration will be
undertaken by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human
Services. The Sioux Empire Red Cross in South Dakota, Missoula AIDS
Council in Montana, Yellowstone AIDS Project in Montana, Community
Action Program, and Region VII in North Dakota will serve as sponsors.
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services will conduct
an independent evaluation of program outcomes and AIDS Housing of
Washington, HOPWA Technical Assistance provider, will conduct a
statewide HIV/AIDS housing needs assessment. TS HELP will assist
persons living with HIV/AIDS by strengthening and expanding HIV/AIDS
housing and related supportive services by providing 70 tenant-based
rental assistance subsidies, 70 emergency assistance subsidies and
housing coordination services to an estimated 232 individuals living
with HIV/AIDS and their families. A variety of additional services and
resources will be available to 175 persons living with HIV/AIDS and
their families through HOPWA funding and leveraged resources.
For information contact: State of Montana, Department of Public
Health and Human Services, 1400 Carter Drive, Helena, MT, 59620. Jim
Nolan, Project Coordinator; Phone:(406) 447-4260; e-mail:
[email protected].
Oregon
The Health Division of the State of Oregon is awarded $1,370,000 of
HOPWA funding to create the Oregon Housing Opportunities in Partnership
(OHOP) program. OHOP will serve all 31 Oregon counties that are outside
of the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), which receives
HOPWA formula funding. OHOP is a partnership between two State and four
private agencies. The State of Oregon Health Division will serve as
grantee and will work in partnership with the Oregon Housing and
Community Services Department, the HIV Alliance, the Central Oregon
Community Action Agency Network, On Track and the Mid-Willamette Valley
Community Action Agency. The University of Oregon at Eugene will
conduct an independent evaluation of program outcomes. Through
leveraged funds, AIDS Housing of Washington, a nationally recognized
HIV/AIDS technical assistance provider, and Development Solutions
Group, a private consulting firm specializing in affordable housing,
will provide assistance relating to needs assessment and program
implementation. OHOP will provide tenant-based rental
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assistance and housing coordination services to an estimated 225
eligible clients. Through a variety of additional services and
resources 120 persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families will
benefit through increase housing stability.
For information contact: Oregon Department of Human Services,
Health Division, 800 NE Oregon Street, #21, Portland, OR 97232-2162.
Victor J. Fox, HIV Client Services Manager; Phone: (503) 731-4029; FAX:
(503) 731-4608; e-mail: [email protected].
HOPWA Technical Assistance Supplementary: Additionally, HUD awarded
$2.5 million to three applicants under the HOPWA Technical Assistance
programs. The Purpose of the HOPWA Technical Assistance competition was
to award grants that provide support from program operations. HUD
established national goals for these funds: (1) Ensuring the sound
management of HOPWA programs; and (2) targeting resources to
underserved population.
FY 2001 Technical Assistance Awards by State
AIDS Housing of Washington
Under this award, AIDS Housing of Washington (AHW), based in
Seattle, has been selected to receive $1,400,000 to continue the
provision of National HOPWA Technical Assistance activities. AHW has
provided assistance since 1995 and served as a pioneer in developing
collaborations with housing and supportive services organizations for
persons living with HIV/AIDS. AHW will continue its collaboration with
Bailey House, Inc., (New York City), Abt Associates, the Corporation
for Supportive Housing, and the AIDS Housing Corporation (Boston) and
others to provide 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.
AHW will continue core assistance to help communities establish and
enhance their comprehensive strategies for HIV/AIDS housing. In
addition, the collaboration will promote the sound management and
operation of HOPWA programs and coordinate evaluation activities that
improve service delivery. In addition information services will help
clients and communities better connect to available assistance and
report on program accomplishments. This project adds a number of
additional meetings and special initiatives to help assure that AHW and
its partners meet the changing needs of HIV/AIDS housing providers and
HOPWA grantees.
Through a new partnership with AIDS Alabama in Birmingham, AHW will
launch a ``Southern Initiative'' that will bring all the skills,
knowledge and resources of the National Technical Assistance Program to
rural and urban southern parts of this country, with special emphasis
on states comprising the lower Mississippi Delta. The desired outcome
is to create permanent housing units dedicated to house persons living
with HIV/AIDS and their families throughout the Southeast by networking
with special needs housing agencies and support service delivery
systems.
AHW also proposes to create eight to ten AIDS housing needs
assessment plans, including four in the Southeastern States. The
results of the needs assessment plans will help AHW in providing
technical assistance on the full range of issues in AIDS housing
planning, financing, development, operations, and program evaluation.
Activities are being planned for a National HIV/AIDS Symposium in
Summer 2002, a Fifth National HIV/AIDS Housing Conference in June 2003,
and a National Meeting of HOPWA Formula Grantees in Fall 2003.
Outreach and education efforts will continue to be maintained and
expanded on the World Wide Web site. AHW and its partners and
subcontractors will research, and disseminate training resources and
manuals on critical AIDS topics through the website database and
existing curricula materials.
For information, contact: Donald Chamberlain, Director of Technical
Assistance, AIDS Housing of Washington, 2014 East Madison Street, Suite
200,Seattle, Washington 98122, (206) 322-9444, (206) 322-9298 fax, e-
mail: [email protected], www.aidshousing.org
Center for Urban Community Services, Inc.
The Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS), a non-profit
organization based in New York City, received a National HOPWA
Technical Assistance award of $400,000 to continue the provision of
services throughout the country.
CUCS will continue the Housing Innovation Partnership to support
sound management of AIDS housing programs. The partnership involves
five sponsors: the Hudson Planning Group, a New York based provider
that specializes in community based planning, knowledge of HUD programs
and services, housing development for special needs populations, and
financial management; the Corporation for Supportive Housing, a
national intermediary organization with branch offices located in eight
cities across the country has an array of skills in management
operations of HUD programs, Lakefront SRO, a Chicago based operator of
supportive SROs, with experience in supportive housing development,
management with supportive services delivery; Barry University School
of Social Work, located in Miami, which brings an understanding of the
latest trends in academic theory and research; and Debbie Grieff
Consulting, a Los Angeles based firm, brings substantial experience in
supportive housing development and operations. Technical assistance
training sessions recently were provided in the cities of New York,
Chicago, Atlanta, Memphis, New Orleans and Raleigh-Durham under their
FY1999 HOPWA technical assistance award.
Under this new grant, CUCS proposes to address these priority
technical assistance needs: developing programs and services for people
with multiple diagnosis; adapting programs to serve the changing needs
of people living with the HIV; assisting providers in developing new
housing services; strengthening the management of AIDS housing
organizations and developing innovative solutions to maximize resources
and ensure comprehensiveness. A series of Guidebooks will be produced
on subjects related to HOPWA Program activities. Linkages with project
sponsors throughout the country will be strengthened to coordinate on
site delivery of technical assistance. Outreach and education
opportunities will be increased with the operation of the CUCS ``800''
training /TA phone line which permits underserved populations and
interested persons to raise housing issues as they occur and receive a
one-on-one TA relationship. CUCS will continue to contact HUD field
offices, persons living with HIV/AIDS, grantees, and project sponsors
for insight in addressing housing and supportive services issues.
For information, contact: Suzanne Wagner, Director of Training and
Technical Assistance, Center for Urban Community Services, 120 Wall
Street, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10005, (800) 533-4449, (212)
801-3318, (212) 635-2191/fax, e-mail: [email protected], www.cucs.org
The Enterprise Foundation--Denver
Under this award for $100,000, the Denver Office of the Enterprise
Foundation will support HOPWA
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projects in Colorado and other mountain States. Enterprise will make
use of training and technical assistance materials, state-of-the art
information technology, and hands-on assistance to transfer its
expertise to community-based providers. In Denver, Enterprise will
provide technical support to the City's Housing and Neighborhood
Services Agency which manages HOPWA and Ryan White CARE Act funds in
the Denver metropolitan area and collaborates with the City's HIV/AIDS
Housing Advisory Committee. The support activities include training on:
HOPWA program management, including development of
effective client tracking systems, training on performance reporting
and financial management; and development of program management
handbooks.
Cultural competency, such as training for service
providers to enable more responsive and effective work with diverse
client populations.
Improved service coordination, particularly in helping
residents access needed services from other mental health, drug and
alcohol rehabilitation, and physical health service providers.
Employment support, such as advice in developing effective
back-to work programs that enable residents to start and continue
working while addressing the health care issues that interfere with
their ability to work on a regular schedule, or in certain occupations.
Enterprise will also assess support needed by nonprofits to improve
financial and program management systems, and to strengthen
collaborations among housing and other service providers. The
assistance will be provided by Enterprise-Denver staff and consultants
who have experience in strategic planning, organizational development,
housing development and management, program management and supportive
services for HIV/AIDS populations. Enterprise-Denver will also be
supported by its national office in drawing upon a wide range of
existing Enterprise tools and experience in the development and
operation of affordable housing programs and community-based
development.
For information, contact: Karen Lado, Director, Denver Office, The
Enterprise Foundation, 1801 Williams Street, Suite 200, Denver, CO
80218, (303) 376-5410. William Frey, Interim President, The Enterprise
Foundation, 10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 500, Columbia, MD 21044, (410)
772-2422.
Total for all 22 Renewal Grants......................... $21,544,025
Total for 3 New Project Grants.......................... 4,049,501
Total for 3 Technical Assistance Grants................. 1,900,000
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Total............................................... 27,493,526
Dated: December 21, 2001.
Donna M. Abbenante,
General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Community, Planning and
Development.
[FR Doc. 01-32191 Filed 12-31-01; 8:45 am]
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