Title:
Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) Grant Application
Summary
ACTION:
1) Request permission to submit a grant application totaling $36,000 for a one-year period (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020) to the Carolinas CARE Partnership to provide housing case management and short term rent, mortgage and utility payments to prevent homelessness of qualified persons living with HIV/AIDS; and
2) If awarded, recognize, receive and appropriate awarded funds
Staff Contact: Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Health Director
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
The Mecklenburg County Health Department is requesting approval to apply for funding from Carolina Care Partnership for one year (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020). Grant funds will be used to support:
1. Housing case management for qualified clients living with HIV/AIDS
2. Short-term rent, mortgage, and utility payments to prevent the homelessness of the tenant or mortgagor of a dwelling.
The grant application is due March 22, 2019.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
Increase in other revenue and expenses for FY20 - $36,000