[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]
[FR Doc No: 01-32191]


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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 
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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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