1999 HOPWA Competitive Grants

The City of Baltimore, Department of Housing and Community Development, will receive $1,359,500 for the "At the Door Project" to help transition newly released prisoners with HIV/AIDS by providing stable housing and intensive services to address the high recidivism rate for ex-offenders. Program participants will receive substance abuse treatment and mental health assistance, pre-release planning, housing counseling, peer support, access to medical care, and job training through the collaboration of eight project sponsors: Health Education Resources Organization, Inc. (HERO), Sisters Together and Reaching (STAR), Black Educational AIDS Project, Ecumenical AIDS Resource Services, Offenders Aid and Restoration, Courage to Change, Project PLASE, and Prisoners Aid. The team will offer 150 persons housing assistance and an additional 150 persons will receive supportive service assistance. The program was developed in collaboration with the Maryland State Department of Corrections and other agencies, a focus group of ex-offenders and through a conference on the urgent needs of newly released prisoners and inmates. For information, contact: Leslie Leitch, P.O. Box 236, 417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21202; (410) 396-3757.

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