Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2000. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
PRnewswire - October 18, 2000
The grants are part of HUD's Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program, which is distributing about $232 million total in fiscal year 2000.
Ninety percent of the funds are distributed to cities and states by a formula based on the number of AIDS cases reported. HUD uses statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in allocating these funds.
The remaining 10 percent of HOPWA grants -- the funds announced today -- are awarded as competitive grants to test new ways of providing housing, health care and other support services to people with HIV/AIDS. Some 22 such grants were announced today for non-profit groups and state and local government agencies in Alaska, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming.
"Finding a safe and affordable home is the single greatest barrier to proper health care for people with HIV or AIDS," Cuomo said. "At a time when our nation's economy is soaring, we cannot turn our backs on our neighbors who live with these ailments. These grants are the federal government's way of partnering with organizations whose selfless work provides hope on a daily basis to the people who need it most."
In addition to providing housing assistance, the HOPWA program also helps many communities establish strategic AIDS housing plans, better coordinate local and private efforts, fill gaps in local systems of care, and create new housing resources.
The HOPWA funds awarded today may be used for a wide array of housing, rental assistance, support service and program planning and development costs. Activities can include the acquisition, rehab or construction of community residences, rental assistance and short-term payments to prevent homelessness.
Cuomo requested that this year's grants reach more of the under-served populations in the country. As a result, groups applying for the HOPWA funding were encouraged to target racial and ethnic minority populations, women, and people living in rural areas.
For example, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago will receive $1.3 million to develop scattered site apartments and provide an array of support services, such as HIV counseling, outreach, child care, substance abuse treatment and mental health services primarily to African-Americans in the Greater Roseland section of Chicago.
HUD received a total of 62 applications from groups in 28 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, requesting more than $68 million in federal assistance. Complete project summaries of the grants are available on the HUD website at http://www.hud.gov/news.html.
SOURCE U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Web Site: http://www.hud.gov/news.html
001018
PR001020
Copyright © 2000 - PRNewswire. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission. Reproduction of this article (other than one copy for personal reference) must be cleared through PRNewswire, Permissions, 810 Seventh Ave., 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10019 http://www.prnewswire.com.
AEGiS is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit, tax-exempt, educational corporation. AEGiS is made possible through unrestricted funding from Boehringer Ingelheim, Bridgestone/Firestone Charitable Trust, Elton John AIDS Foundation UK, the National Library of Medicine, AIDS Walk of Orange County, and donations from users like you.
AEGiS presents published material, reprinted with permission and neither endorses nor opposes any material. All information contained on this website, including information relating to health conditions, products, and treatments, is for informational purposes only. It is often presented in summary or aggregate form. It is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or other medical professionals. Always discuss treatment options with a doctor who specializes in treating HIV.
Copyright ©1980, 2000. AEGiS. All materials appearing on AEGiS are protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other laws and are the property of AEGiS, or the party credited as the provider of the content. .