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Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan 67 As the largest city in the metropolitan area, which includes both Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, the City of Oakland serves as the local HOPW A grantee and contracts with the Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department for HOPW A administration in Alameda County. The Oakland eligible metropolitan area (EMA) has received a HOPW A formula allocation since 1992. The grant for the two-county area was $1.8 million in FY 2005, a decrease from the approximately $2 million in FY 2003 and FY 2004. HOPW A (HIV/AIDS) funds for the Oakland EMA are allocated between Alameda County and Contra Costa County proportionally based on the percentage ofHIV/AIDS cases reported in the two counties for the Oakland EMA. The City retains two percent of the grant to cover costs of grant administration and reporting. The balance of the grant (98 percent) is divided between Alameda and Contra Costa Counties based on the percentage of AIDS cases in the two counties (which averages out to lower 20 percentile for Contra Costa County and higher 70 percentile for Alameda County). The Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department solicits proposals through an annual Request for Proposals process. By 2004, HOPW A had provided funding for the development of 71 units of permanent supportive housing for families and 120 units of permanent supportive housing for individuals.76 HOPW A also funded emergency shelter capacity for 1 family and 18 adults, as well as transitional housing for 9 families and 24 single adults and 10 residential care facility beds.77 During the FY 2003-2004 fiscal year, HOPW A also funded the AIDS Housing and Information Project (A HIP) at Eden I & R, which answers phone inquiries about housing and services, provides housing-search related trainings to providers countywide, and produces bimonthly housing availability updates. In FY 2003-2004, AHIP provided housing information and referral to 290 people with HIV/AIDS and their family members in response to more than 275 phone calls.78 In addition, Alameda County also has a HOPW A Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) grant for Project Independence, now in its second renewal, which the Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department applied for and administers. The Project Independence program provides case management and a partial rent subsidy for permanent housing for people living with HIV/AIDS. The total budget for FY 2003-2006 is about $1.2 million. Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emeraencv (CARE) Act The Ryan White CARE Act, enacted in 1990, was named after Ryan White, an Indiana teenager whose courageous struggle with HIV/AIDS and against AIDS-related discrimination helped educate the nation. It represents the largest dollar investment made by the federal government specifically for the provision of services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Ryan White funds are intended to help communities and states increase the availability of primary health care and support services, and increase access to care for underserved populations. The Alameda County Public Health Department Office of AIDS Administration administers Ryan White Title I funds in Alameda County, and the Collaborative Community Planning Council 76 Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan: Companion Materials, 10. H1V/A1DS in Alameda County: F-xpanded Version, Table CM-40: "Permanent Housing for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Alameda County," ~. 10.21. 7 Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Housing Plan: Companion Materials, 10. H1V/AIDS in Alameda County: Expanded Version. Table CM-39: "Emergency and Transitional HIV/AIDS Housing in Alameda County," p. 10.20; Table CM-41: "Residential Care Facility for People Living with HlV/AIDS in Alameda County," p. 10.22. 78 City of Oakland, CAPER Narrative 2003/2004; HOPW A Program Narrative.