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Action Plan - FY2000 <br /> City of San Leandro <br /> Page 32 <br /> In addition to activities funded with entitlement HOPWA funds, several other aspects of the plan <br /> have been carried out using other funding sources, or at no cost. PROJECT INDEPENDENCE, a <br /> HOPWA Special Project of National Significance provides shallow rental assistance and <br /> accessibility modifications to people living with HIV /AIDS throughout Alameda County. <br /> Through FY 99, its third year, the program had served approximately 210 households. Three <br /> agencies are administering the rental assistance and support service component of this program: <br /> The Ark of Refuge and the AIDS Project of the East Bay in Oakland and the Tri -City Health <br /> Center in Fremont. Approximately one third of the assisted households live within the HOME <br /> Consortium. HCD secured renewal funding in FY 99 for this program to continue through <br /> February 2003. <br /> Alameda County also received funding for 35 additional Shelter Plus Care certificates to be <br /> targeted specifically to homeless persons with AIDS and related disorders. This program is <br /> administered jointly with the City of Berkeley and began operating in August 1997. In its <br /> second operating year, the program provided rental assistance and support services for people with <br /> AIDS as well as their families. <br /> Alameda County HCD has entered into a contract with the City of Oakland for $1,202,400 in FY <br /> 99 HOPWA funds. These funds will be used to continue to provide operating support services in <br /> dedicated AIDS housing within the existing continuum developed under the Multi -Year AIDS <br /> Housing Plan, as well as to fund the development of new units specifically set -aside for tenancy <br /> by People Living with HIV /AIDS and their families in non -AIDS specific, special needs, <br /> mainstream and affordable housing developments. FICD also plans to increase the capacity of <br /> AIDS housing providers through small targeted technical assistance grants. <br /> An emerging issue for HOPWA programs throughout the country is the possible entry/re -entry <br /> into the work force of People Living with FIIV /AIDS who reside in subsidized housing. Since <br /> some are now living longer due to new medical treatments, their continued, long -term residency <br /> decreases the availability of affordable housing to others that may have greater needs. FICD is <br /> participating in the Alameda County HIV Initiative for Employment and Vocational Education <br /> (ACHIEVE) Collaborative, a countywide effort to leverage back -to -work funding from <br /> governmental and private sources for people living with HIV. ACFIIEVE received a small grant <br /> from Bailey House in New York to conduct a needs assessment survey (about their interest in <br /> employment and vocational services) in FY 98. The survey was completed and the results <br /> published in FY 99. L-ICD plans to issue an RFP in FY 00 to support the development of County- <br /> wide services for People Living with HIV /AIDS in subsidized housing seeking to work. <br /> • <br /> • <br />