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What's New
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HOPWA Oversight Resource Guide
The Office of HIV/AIDS Housing is please to introduce the Oversight Resource Guide. This resource has been designed to help grantees fulfill their monitoring obligations and to ensure project sponsors understand the standards against which they are being monitored.
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HOPWA Performance Profiles
The Office of HIV/AIDS Housing is pleased to introduce the quarterly HOPWA Performance Profiles.
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HOPWA Sattelite Broadcast/Webcast
(March 12, 2008 ~ 2-3:00 PM):
The Office of HIV/AIDS Housing is pleased to announce a HOPWA program satellite broadcast on the revised HOPWA performance reporting requirements for formula and competitive grantees.
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HUD’s Office of HIV/AIDS Housing is pleased to introduce the following updated HOPWA Performance Reports:
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General Deputy Assistant Secretary announces improved reporting tools for HOPWA Formula and Competitive Grantees
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2008 Performance Reporting, Orientation Paper
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HOPWA Update for 2008, Powerpoint Presentation
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Example of Performance Profile, Excel Spreadsheet
XLS
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HOPWA Revised CAPER
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HOPWA Revised APR
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2008 Formula Grant Allocations
The official 2008 formula grant allocation amounts are now posted on HUD’s web site. The announcement letters of these allocations have been mailed by HUD to the chief elected officials of each formula grantee.
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About
The HOPWA Program
HUD's
Office of HIV/AIDS Housing manages the HOPWA program in collaboration
with 44 state and area CPD offices in providing guidance and program
oversight. The Office works with other HUD offices to ensure that
all HUD programs and initiatives are responsive to the special needs
of people with HIV/AIDS. One of the primary functions of the Office
is to administer the Housing Opportunities for Persons with HIV/AIDS
(HOPWA) program.
The
HOPWA Program was established by HUD to address the specific needs
of persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. HOPWA makes
grants to local communities, States, and nonprofit organizations
for projects that benefit low income persons medically diagnosed
with HIV/AIDS and their families.
HOPWA
Programs
HOPWA
funds are awarded as grants from one of three programs:
- The
HOPWA Formula
Program uses a statutory method to allocate HOPWA funds to
eligible States and cities on behalf of their metropolitan areas.
- The
HOPWA
Competitive Program is a national competition to select model
projects or programs.
- The
HOPWA National
Technical Assistance Funding awards are provided to strengthen
the management, operation, and capacity of HOPWA grantees, project
sponsors, and potential applicants of HOPWA funding.
HOPWA
funding provides housing assistance and related supportive services
as part of HUD’s Consolidated Planning initiative that works in
partnership with communities and neighborhoods in managing Federal
funds appropriated to HIV/AIDS programs. HOPWA grantees are encouraged
to develop community-wide strategies and form partnerships with
area nonprofit organizations.HOPWA funds may be used for a wide
range of housing, social services, program planning, and development
costs. These include, but are not limited to, the acquisition, rehabilitation,
or new construction of housing units; costs for facility operations;
rental assistance; and short-term payments to prevent homelessness.
HOPWA funds also may be used for health care and mental health services,
chemical dependency treatment, nutritional services, case management,
assistance with daily living, and other supportive services.
Many
beneficiaries receive supportive services that are funded by HOPWA
or other related public and private programs. In fact, states and
cities leverage approximately two dollars for every one dollar provided
by the HOPWA program.
The
Background
Since
the beginning of the HOPWA program in 1992, the Federal government
has made available over $ 2.3 billion in HOPWA funds to support
community efforts to create and operate HIV/AIDS housing initiatives.
HUD estimates that the FY2004 HOPWA appropriation of $294.75 million
will provide housing assistance to about 73,700 households. This
number includes family members who reside with the persons living
with HIV/AIDS. More than half of those units (approximately 45,000)
will involve clients who receive small, short-term payments to prevent
homelessness. An additional 25,000 units will involve ongoing rental
assistance payments. Approximately 5,000 units in supportive housing
facilities, single room occupancy (SRO) dwellings, or community
residences also will be developed or operated with HOPWA funds.
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