STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: September 11, 2019
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Community Care
EXECUTIVE: Nadia Chandler-Hardy
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the (1) acceptance of a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Competitive Grant (Grant No. TX-H190007, CFDA No. 14.241) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in an amount not to exceed $746,853.00, to provide housing placement, rental assistance, and supportive services for ex-offenders on parole and living with HIV/AIDS for the period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2022; (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $746,853.00 in the FY 19 HOPWA Competitive-Permanent Supportive Housing 19-22 Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of grant funds as reimbursement from HUD in an amount not to exceed $746,853.00 in the FY 19 HOPWA Competitive-Permanent Supportive Housing 19-22 Fund; and (4) execution of any and all agreements and other documents required by the grant - Not to exceed $746,853.00 - Financing: Competitive Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Grant Funds
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BACKGROUND
HUD administers the HOPWA Program to provide housing for persons with HIV/AIDS. The HOPWA Program includes both formula entitlement grants and competitive grants.
In 2006, the City of Dallas was awarded an FY 2006 HOPWA Competitive Grant from HUD in the amount of $721,000.00, to provide housing placement and rental assistance for ex-offenders with HIV/AIDS for the period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009. In 2009, the grant was renewed as a permanent supportive housing project at level funding for an additional three years through December 31, 2012. In 2012, the grant was renewed a second time with an increase in funding to $746,853.00 for an additional three years through December 31, 2015, which was subsequently extended to September 30, 2016.
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