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ur House of Portland, a residential care
facility for people living with AIDS, has
been awarded a $1.3 million federal grant from
the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
; opment’s Office of AIDS Housing. It was one of
only seven organizations nationally to receive
competitive funding this year.
“We feel very fortunate,” development direc
tor Joe Jefferson told Just Out. “This grant legit
imizes for us what has been a two-year process of
assessing the current housing and service needs
of people living with AIDS.”
Pam Negri, HUD public affairs officer, said:
“Their program recognizes the need to provide
supportive services to help persons living with
HIV/A IDS continue to live independently as
well as providing facility-based housing for those
needing on-site sub-acute care. Our House pre
sented a solid application, which met all the cri
teria for the grant— a demonstrated need with a
plan to address that need, leverage other
resources and demonstrate results.”
The money will he used to launch the
organization’s Neighborhood Housing and Care
Program, which will add 25 new units of afford
able housing— with on-site direct care— to the
city’s housing inventory in the next three years.
Additionally, the funds will he used to renovate
and expand the 45-year-old Our House facility,
which provides 24-hour nursing for people liv
ing with advanced AIDS.
Jefferson said Our House had recently iden
tified a gap in housing and health services for
people living with AIDS who could live in
dependently hut also need active health man
agement care. “We found that one out of three
patients discharged from Our House would
return because of a lack of appropriate care.
[The new program] will fill this need by weaving
together stable housing and health services.”
Jefferson stressed that the HUD grant will fund
only expanded Our House services, while state
contract and private contributions will continue to
pay for existing services. Our House will sain
launch a major campaign to raise an additional $2
million needed for the Neighborhood Housing and
Care Program. It hopes to break ground for the
affordable housing units in approximately one year.
Early Treatment of HIV Act, which would allow
states to extend Medicaid benefits to those who
are living with HIV hut do not have an AIDS
diagnosis.
“This conference is the single most important
gathering in the nation for youth affected by
HIV, youth working toward prevention and our
allies,” said conference co-chairman Sean Cox,
executive director of the Portland-based non
profit For Us Northwest, which serves children
affected by HIV/AIDS. "I stepped up to he a co-
chair because this conference was integral to the
formation of For Us Northwest. It will serve as a
similar catalyst for other youth in the audi
ence...we’re looking forward to sharing our
knowledge.”
With more than half of 40,000 U.S. HIV
infections each year incurring in people younger
than 25, the conference provides a way for
youth “to he leaders and to show that you can
still live powerfully with the virus,” co-chair
woman Amanda Schnell says. Peer-led work
shops and interactive breakout sessions will pro
vide the anticipated 600-plus attendees with an
opportunity to identify and share the most effec
tive and timely resources in the fight against
HIV among young people.
“There will he an emphasis on action this
year,” Schnell told Just Out. She said a youth-
driven “activism room” will he set up to give
conferencegoers immediate actions to take, such
as writing letters to members of Congress.
Amanda Schnell says the Ryan White
National Youth Conference on H IV and
A ID S will emphasize action
Q ueer Y outh F ind
S trength in N umbers
bout 150 queers and allies came together
for the Oregon Queer Youth Conference
on Jan. 31 at Catlin Gabel Schrxil.
The event drew kids from towns throughout
the state, including Medford, The Dalles, Philo
math, Corvallis, Springfield, Eugene and
PfuK'nix. Workshops covered topics such as
“Talking with Bigots,” “New Labels, No Labels:
Why Isn’t L G B T Enough?” and “Mango?
Tango! Breaking the Social Tabtxis of Contact
Through Dance.”
“A lot of the youth who came had never
been in a room with 150 queer and queer
positive people,” conference organizer Melissa
Shepherd told Just Out. “I heard that from quite
a few people. It’s just a mind-blowing experience
when you’re 16 to walk into the r<xim. That in
itself made it worthwhile."