1999 HOPWA Competitive Grants

Nationwide Technical Assistance

AIDS Housing of Washington, Inc.
AIDS Housing of Washington, Inc., (based in Seattle), along with Bailey House, Inc., (New York City) and the AIDS Housing Corporation (Boston) is awarded $1.75 million to provide national HOPWA technical assistance to nonprofit organizations and State and local governments in planning, operating and evaluating housing assistance for persons who are living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The grant covers a three-year period.

Under the 1999 grant, the AHW team will provide outreach to housing and service providers and governments in undertaking comprehensive needs assessment and planning, and will provide grantee program training, community consultations, host national and regional AIDS housing conferences and meetings, develop a Leadership Institute for AIDS housing providers, and disseminate information in publications and via the Internet. The team will work with other consultants to provide specialized knowledge in program evaluations, fiscal system design and implementation, board and organizational development for non-profits, and needs assessments and planning expertise. Communities in every State are expected to benefit from the project activities and prospective clients and the public will gain greater knowledge of the HOPWA program. This collaboration also will network with the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the National Supportive Housing Technical Assistance Partnership and the Enterprise Foundation, to draw upon the expertise and resources of theses providers. For information, contact: Betsy Lieberman, Executive Director, AIDS Housing of Washington, 2025 First Avenue, Suite 420, Seattle, WA 98121; (206) 448-5242.

Center for Urban and Community Services, Inc.
The Center for Urban and Community Services, Inc. (New York City), in conjunction with its partners, the Hudson Planning Group (New York City), the Corporation for Supportive Housing, (offices in New York and eight other States), Lakefront SRO (Chicago), and the Barry University School of Social Work (Miami Shores, FL), has been awarded $250,000. The grant will enable the team to focus technical assistance to HOPWA grantees, project sponsors and potential recipients over a one-year period. The CUCS team will target HOPWA program activities to communities in states east of the Mississippi River.

These five organizations will work together with other housing and health care providers to better integrate program operations, supportive services, property and financial management, operational capacity development, facility development and community planning in assisting the client population eligible under HOPWA. For information, contact: Tony Hannigan, Executive Director, Center for Urban Community Services, Inc., 120 Wall Street, 25th Floor, New York NY 10005 (212) 801-3313.

Content Archived: January 20, 2009