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FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon
Director of Community Development
DATE: December 6, 1994
SUBJECT: Contra Costa County Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) Contract with City of
Oakland
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECONDJENDATIONS
AUTHORIZE the Director of Community Development or his designee to enter into a contract with the
.City of Oakland, effective December 1, 1994 to November 30, 1996, which will result in the provision
of$528,066 in federal funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for housing and
supportive services for people with HIV/AIDS.
FISCAL "ACT
No General Fund impact. HOPWA funds are provided to Contra Costa County from the Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)through the City of Oakland, as administering agent.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
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_RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR_RECOMiVIE ATION BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON DFCW604 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED ,/OTHER_
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
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AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Kathleen Hamm
646-4208 ATTESTED DEC M1 %
cc: County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
County Counsel THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Community Development Dept. AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Rusty Kielch, AIDS Program, Health Services Q
Cities of Antioch, Concord, Richmond, Walnut Creek BY DEPUTY
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625, approved November 28, 1990)
authorized the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program(HOPWA)to provide States
and localities with resources to devise long-term comprehensive strategies for meeting the housing
needs of persons with HIV/AIDS and related diseases.
Approval of the contract with the City of Oakland will provide $528,066 to the County as
administering agent on behalf of Contra Costa's Entitlement Jurisdictions (the County and Cities of
Antioch, Concord, Richmond, and Walnut Creek). In accordance with the County's previously
submitted HOPWA application, $118,000 will be used to provide support services for people with
HIV/AIDS including benefits assurance counseling and housing advocacy, $400,000 will support the
development of one or more group homes for people with HIV/AIDS, and $10,088 will provide
program administration. The supportive service funds will maintain existing contracts with Benefits
Assurance and Housing Advocates, thus providing uninterrupted service to clients. The housing
funds will be allocated through a competive application process to be initiated in December, 1994,
with recommendations for specific projects to the Board of Supervisors in March, 1995.
Representatives from the AIDS Project of Contra Costa and the Entitlement Jurisdictions will
participate in the review process. These efforts continue the County's goals of addressing the housing
and supportive service needs of people with HIV/AIDS in Contra Costa.
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