[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2496-2499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-866]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4364-N-04]
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program; Announcement
of Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 1998
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this notice announces
the funding decisions made by the Department under the Fiscal Year 1998
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The notice
announces the selection of 20 applications under the 1998 HOPWA
national competition which was announced under the Super Notice for
Targeted Housing and Homeless
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Assistance Programs and published in the Federal Register on April 30,
1998 (63 FR 23988). The notice contains the names of award winners and
the amounts of the awards.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Vos, Director, Office of HIV/
AIDS Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 7212,
451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1934.
The TTY number for the hearing impaired is (202) 708-2565. (These are
not toll-free numbers). Information on HOPWA, community development and
consolidated planning, and other HUD programs may also be obtained from
the HUD Home Page on the World Wide Web. HOPWA program information is
found at http://www.hud.gov/cpd/hopwahom.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the competition was to award
grants for housing assistance and supportive services under two
categories of assistance: (1) Grants for special projects of national
significance which, due to their innovative nature or their potential
for replication, are likely to serve as effective models in addressing
the needs of low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their
families; and (2) grants for projects which are part of long-term
comprehensive strategies for providing housing and related services for
low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families in areas
that do not receive HOPWA formula allocations.
The HOPWA assistance made available in this announcement is
authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), as
amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub. L.
102-550, approved October 28, 1992) and was appropriated by the HUD
Appropriations Act for 1998. The competition was announced in a Notice
of Funding Availability (NOFA) published in the Federal Register on
April 30, 1998 (63 FR 23988). Each application was reviewed and rated
on the basis of selection criteria contained in that Notice. A total of
$20,150,000 was awarded to the 20 highest rated applications in their
ranked order.
Public Benefit
The award of HOPWA funds to these 20 projects will significantly
contribute to HUD's mission in supporting projects that provide safe,
decent and affordable housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS and
their families who are at risk of homelessness. The projects proposed
to use HOPWA funds to support the provision of housing assistance to an
estimated 3,570 persons living with HIV/AIDS and an additional 2,536
family members who reside with the HOPWA recipient. In addition, an
estimated 10,706 persons with HIV/AIDS are expected to benefit from
some form of supportive service or housing information referral service
that will help enable the client to maintain housing and avoid
homelessness. The recipients of this assistance are expected to be
very-low income or low-income households. These 20 applicants also
documented that the Federal funds awarded in this competition, $20.15
million, will leverage an additional $31,429,047 in other funds and
non-cash resources, including the contribution of 200,738 hours of
volunteer time in support of these projects valued at $10/hour. The
leveraged resources will expand the HOPWA assistance being awarded by
156 percent.
A total of $20.15 million was awarded to these 20 organizations to
serve clients in the eighteen listed States.
FY 1998 HOPWA Competitive Grants
Chart 1. Awards for Projects That Are Part of Long Term Comprehensive
Strategies (Non-Formula Areas)
Maryland
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Health AIDS
Administration will receive a $1,100,000 grant. The Maryland Rural
HOPWA Initiative will combine rent subsidies, case management, drug
assistance and other supportive services in a comprehensive program to
prevent homelessness and encourage independent living. The program will
serve 152 people with HIV/AIDS and 123 family members in the 12 more
rural counties in the eastern and western parts of the State. The
program will reach an additional 330 people through supportive
services.
New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Office
of Community Support and Long Term Care, will receive a $875,000 grant.
The Department will work with Merrimack Valley AIDS Project and Harbor
Homes to provide case management, housing, and access to affordable
housing to people living with HIV/AIDS. An estimated 186 persons with
AIDS and 70 family members will receive housing assistance and access
to services.
Vermont
The State of Vermont Housing and Conservation Board will receive a
$1,106,362 grant to continue to provide supportive services as well as
affordable housing and intensive case management in underserved and
rural areas to very low-income people living with HIV/AIDS and their
families. The grant will provide support for long-term rental
assistance for 45 households, and short-term emergency assistance to
alleviate financial crises related to housing and utilities with
linkage to 15 service sponsors.
West Virginia
The State of West Virginia Office of Economic Opportunity will
receive a $863,273 grant. This grant will serve approximately 250
people with AIDS and 300 family members through housing and social
services by creating a state-wide continuum of care collective for low-
income people with HIV/AIDS. The program will help maintain persons in
their own homes or offer sponsored housing options. An additional 400
people with AIDS will receive outreach social services such as housing
contacts and assistance, transportation, HIV/AIDS education and hospice
care.
Chart 2. Awards for Special Projects of National Significance
Alabama
The AIDS Task Force of Alabama, Inc., will receive a $1,118,150
grant. The Alabama Rural AIDS Project will identify people living with
AIDS in rural parts of the state and link them with medical care,
supportive services, and/or housing. The program will employ seven
community outreach workers, provide rental assistance and develop 10
housing units in 35 rural counties. The grant will serve 600 people
with housing assistance and help 1,400 others connect to outreach
services.
Florida
The City of Key West Community Development Office will receive a
$1,150,000 grant. In partnership with AIDS Help, Inc., the City of Key
West will provide continued direct rental assistance to people with
AIDS in Monroe County. The program will maximize independent living
with a continuum of care and encourages maximization of self-
determination through a re-employment program. The re-employment
program is planned in conjunction with a state emergency insurance
program that pays for medical assistance for those successful in
returning to full employment. This grant will serve nearly 900 people
including individuals and family members.
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Georgia
The City of Savannah Bureau of Public Development will receive a
$1,087,000 grant. Project House Call will support 500 persons with AIDS
with housing assistance and intervention with house visits and
interventions. As a component of the Savannah AIDS Continuum of Care,
this program focuses on prevention of homelessness and preservation of
housing by enabling people living with HIV/AIDS to receive home-based
healthcare to connect clients to supportive services at a central
clinic. Project services include legal services, education outreach,
rehabilitation of homes, education sessions, transportation,
nutritional services, medical assessment and care, discharge planning
from medical facilities, and housing information.
Illinois
Cornerstone Services, Inc., in Joliet will receive a $615,967 grant
to continue to provide independent living options with supportive
services for people with AIDS and mental illness. Sixteen persons with
AIDS will receive permanent housing support. Services will include
intense case management, counseling and mental health services,
substance abuse treatment, daily living skills training, employment
services, crisis intervention, family reunification, education, and
socialization and support groups.
Kentucky
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Community
Development will receive a $1,144,060 grant to provide operational
support for Rainbow Apartments, a transitional living facility, and
Solomon House, a community residence with 24-hour care services. The
program targets the traditionally underserved in the 63-county central/
southeast Kentucky including those just released from jail, alcohol, or
drug recovery programs, people at the end stages of AIDS and those who
require recuperation time.
Louisiana
UNITY for the Homeless in New Orleans will receive a $1,132,412
grant. This multi-service umbrella organization will integrate homeless
people living with HIV/AIDS into its continuum of care for the homeless
population. UNITY provides housing and services to 3,465 people with
AIDS and 550 of their family members. Supportive services provided
include emergency shelter services, transitional rental assistance,
permanent housing, drop-in respite care, case management, education and
outreach.
Maryland
The Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development
will receive a $1,150,000 grant to operate a Back-to-Basics program.
The program will help meet the basic needs of housing, food and
clothing, of 100 families who otherwise would have traditionally fallen
out of services. The program will help connect these families to
necessary health-care and services. The families will gain the
opportunity to build skills and resources to become and remain
independent with linkages to other supportive assistance.
Massachusetts
The AIDS Housing Corporation in Boston will receive a $1,143,261
grant to expand its successful SHARE 2000 program. The Supported
Housing Agencies Resource Exchange is a cooperative partnership which
assists organizations with area needs assessments and evaluations. The
collaboration also supports nonprofits with: direct care relief; staff
development; donations assistance; staff training; and a HomeStart
program to facilitate moving homeless persons into permanent housing.
Approximately 2,000 persons will benefit through this effort.
New Hampshire
Harbor Homes, Inc., in Nashua will receive a $347,548 grant to
serve 90 people with HIV/AIDS who may be multiply diagnosed or
homeless, and 30 family members with short-term housing assistance to
prevent homelessness and long-term access to social services to
maintain housing stability. The program will seek to reach an
additional 110 people to connect them to housing and related services.
New Mexico
The Santa Fe Community Housing Trust will receive a $1,080,000
grant to serve the Santa Fe metropolitan area and address emerging
issues for treating HIV/AIDS as a chronic disability. The program aims
to serve 142 people affected by HIV/AIDS through re-entry housing
strategies, including creating homeownership through an innovative
financing and direct subsidy plan, supporting housing stabilization and
credit counseling for clients, and addressing workplace issues and job
training needs.
New York
Bailey House, Inc., will receive a $979,834 grant to provide a
comprehensive technical assistance project to support 75 New York City
AIDS housing service providers. The program will include support for
projects that operate housing placement assistance and transitional and
permanent housing programs with evaluation and needs assessments,
assistance in establishing vocational education programs, set up of an
collaborative operations resource center and joint purchasing
coalition, use of a consumers training institute to develop life skills
training and the use of stipends to meet capacity needs of
organizations.
Pennsylvania
Calcutta House will receive a $1,055,500 grant to fill the existing
gap between independent living and personal care facilities in
Philadelphia's AIDS Housing Continuum through the development of
Calcutta Community Home. This facility will house eight people at a
time with on-site services and 24-hour support. An estimated 32 people
will be assisted with housing and related services with the goal of
achieving self-sufficiency.
Texas
Harris County Community Development Agency will receive a $901,109
grant to serve the metropolitan Houston area through Project Open
Doors. The project will address a gap in services for youth who are
living with HIV/AIDS. The program will provide outreach, centralized
information and services integration, individualized housing plans,
services, and assessments and counseling to allow for a transition to
less intensive support and family unification for pregnant young women
affected by HIV/AIDS and fighting homelessness.
Washington, DC
The Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., will receive a $1,080,000 grant.
The grant will support the Bridge Back Program, designed to expand and
enhance the existing continuum of housing and supportive services
program for multiple diagnosed individuals living with HIV/AIDS. The
project will seek to expand and optimize housing slots, housing
resources, and related social services and 34 persons will receive
direct housing assistance and 275 will benefit from outreach services.
Washington State
The Spokane County Community Services Department will receive a
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$1,150,000 grant. This grant will help fund the Washington Regionally
Assisted Collaborative Housing program to meet the housing and related
supportive service needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in the 20
counties of eastern and central Washington. The program will serve
approximately 350 people as well as 133 family members. An additional
25 people will receive outreach social services including emergency,
short-term and long-term rental assistance.
Wisconsin
The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin will receive a $1,070,524
grant for a state-wide rent assistance program. This grant will serve
152 Wisconsin residents living with HIV and AIDS who have severe,
chronic, alcohol or drug addiction and/or mental health diagnoses that
lead to problems with maintaining permanent, stable housing. Services
will include drug and alcohol counseling services, mental health
treatment, transportation, job skills training, food and nutrition
assistance and intensive housing counseling.
Total for all 20 grants--$20,150,000
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this
program is 14.241.
Dated: January 8, 1999.
Cardell Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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