Wilson questions on HIV/AIDS housing programs modernization
Wilson asks about updating Ryan White and HOPWA programs. John Rojas describes federal modernization changes to funding formulas, the HASA representative on the Ryan White Planning Council, and ongoing monitoring of federal budget developments.
There are programs, now just pivoting to support with folks with HIV and AIDS, there's programs like the Ryan White Part A housing and HIV emergency shelter allowance that are really important ways to connecting people with HIV and AIDS to housing.
But they're established a long time ago, usually in the height of the epidemic.
And how can we update these programs for the needs of the present?
Yeah, I'm going to defer there.
Yeah, thank you.
So good morning, John Rojas.
You're right, a lot of the programs were created, Ryan White I believe was created in 1991, the Ryan White Part A grant, HAPWA equally in 1992.
Both Ryan White and HAPWA, the Housing Opportunity Persons Grades through the
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development have modified and revised their programs recently.
HOPPO most recently did a HOPPO modernization.
In the past, they used to calculate how they gave money to eligible metropolitan statistical areas through AIDS only, not including
persons with HIV, and that was changed.
Also, in the past, they used to use statistical calculations, including persons who were deceased, instead of including persons who were living and newly diagnosed, but not AIDS diagnosed.
So luckily, that changed, and it really did change the portfolio of the services.
Actually, New York City took a hit, and probably not to popularly say this, but it should have more appropriately
divvied up the money to localities across the country who really did need the money more based on a growing number of cases in other states.
So there are...
On the federal level modernization and updates to the
So the programs on the local level, the HIV AIDS versus administration, HASA, has a participant who sits on the HIV Ryan White Planning Council.
That's the executive deputy commissioner, Jacqueline Dudley.
She sits on the Ryan White Part A Planning Council and gives input as overseeing HASA and the services that we provide on how we can update the services, including the aging population of folks living with HIV and AIDS.
Thank you.
And then just one question about LGBTQ youth.