Improving HIV Health Outcomes through the Coordination of Supportive Employment and Housing Services — Demonstration Sites

This announcement solicits applications for fiscal year (FY) 2017 for a new, three-year initiative entitled Improving HIV Health Outcomes through the Coordination of Supportive Employment and Housing Services—Demonstration Sites. HRSA will award up to ten (10) grants of up to $300,000 each per year for three years to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of innovative interventions that coordinate HIV care and treatment, housing, and employment services to improve HIV health outcomes for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured people living with HIV (PLWH) in racial and ethnic minority...

Entities eligible for funding under Parts A – D of Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act as amended by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, including public health departments and institutions of higher education, state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply. The project period for this award is three years; therefore, successful applicants must be able to implement the integrated program intervention quickly. In order to accommodate the accelerated timeline and ensure sustainability, current dually-funded RWHAP and HOPWA grant recipients and subrecipients are encouraged to apply. Entities funded solely through HOPWA or RWHAP with demonstrated commitment and ability to leverage HIV care services from RWHAP or housing services through the HOPWA program are also encouraged to apply. If applicants are not dually-funded, they must partner with their respective local provider of RWHAP and/or HOPWA services through a written agreement (Attachment 4) demonstrating the following: HRSA-17-113 10 o Access to RWHAP HIV care services and HOPWA services for PLWH; o Enrollment of clients and data collection of required client-level data; and o Data reporting to the ETAP If applicants are dually-funded through RWHAP and HOPWA, they must state this and provide a written agreement (Attachment 4) demonstrating the organization’s commitment to the above program expectations.

Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration acajina@hrsa.gov