1999 HOPWA Competitive Grants

Pioneer Civic Services, located in Peoria, will receive $515,592 for development and operations costs for permanent housing units in connection with health care and other services provided by the Heart of Illinois HIV/AIDS Center. The team will also collaborate with the Health Department, the Central Illinois Friends of PWA and Pioneer Properties in offering assistance. The housing includes the acquisition and rehabilitation of two 2-unit duplexes and the use of vouchers for four scattered-site units to create additional flexibility for housing options. The project will make available intensive case management intervention to support persons living with HIV/AIDS to better achieve stability and independence. A community program development coordinator will also work to facilitate strategic planning to expand future resources for this population The project will serve approximately 78 persons living with AIDS and their families. For information, contact: Helena M.Crum, Director, 1318 S. W. Adams Street, Peoria, IL 61602; (309) 673-9418.

Traveler's and Immigrant Aid/Chicago Connections will receive $1,286,000 to continue operation of the First Step Program, which provides recovery support and housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS with substance abuse and mental illness in Chicago. The program offers 15 units of transitional housing for persons with HIV/AIDS in recovery programs. As a renewal of their 1995 HOPWA grant, the Program establishes First Step, a recovery home providing case management, individual and group counseling, and day health providers and access to other support offered by Rafael House, a licensed drug and alcohol treatment provider. A comparative assessment of different service models employed in working with this population will be conducted by the Mid America Institute on Poverty. The program will serve about 120 residents over three years. For information, contact: John Groseclose, 208 S. LaSalle, Suite 1818, Chicago, IL 60604; (773) 989-1935.

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