1999 HOPWA Competitive Grants

The Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation will receive $1,078,955 to provide housing assistance in cooperation with the treatment and care programs of AIDS Care Ocean State. In adapting prior efforts, grant funds will be used to rehabilitate a building to create Sober House, a sheltered environment providing intensive supportive services that address the challenges of relapse, including support following detox treatment. Six additional rental units will be made available to expand prior HOPWA funded housing programs. This program will serve an estimated 100 persons throughout the state over three years and 10 additional families/persons through the leasing program. For information, contact: Susan Boddington, 44 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903; (401) 457-1286.

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