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Just days before more than 10,000 peo- Project, who deliver great results for people
pie converged upon downtown’s Pioneer living with HIV/AIDS. And, the Portland
Courthouse Square for the 25th Annual Housing Bureau has a strong team writing
AIDS Walk Portland, the office of Port- these grant applications.”
land Housing Commissioner Nick Fish an-
Specifically, the new funding will sup-
nounced that SI.37 million in new funding port a collaborative project forged by CAP
had been awarded to the Portland Hous- and WorkSource Portland Metro—which
ing Bureau to support homeless people is funded by Worksystems, Inc.—in an
living with HIV/AIDS.
initiative called Spring
The funds come from
board to Stability, Self-
the U.S. Department
Sufficiency and Health
of Housing and Urban
(S4H). The initiative
Development (HUD),
provides rent assistance,
and are expected to be
case management and
available in early 2012.
employment
services,
Along with Los An
including employment
geles, Dallas and Boston,
training. In addition, the
Portland is among only
grant will help CAP’s
eight communities in the
housing program for
nation to receive funds
people living with HIV/
through HUD’s Housing “Portland is a national
AIDS in Oregon and
Opportunities for Persons leader in working with
Southwest Washington
With AIDS (HOPWA)
to develop housing plans
people living with HIV/
program, part of the
and find homes for up to
Obama administration’s AIDS who are experiencing 60 more people per year,
National
HIV/AIDS homelessness.”
^ *s a nati°nal dis-
Strategy and the Federal
-N IC K FISH, PORTLAND 8race that PeoPle llv ~
Strategic Plan to Prevent
HOUSING COMMISSIONER ing with
HIV/AIDS
and End Homelessness.
experience high levels
A total of 46 projects were considered dur- of unemployment and homelessness,” Fish
ing the competitive funding process.
says. “This new funding will help us quickly
So what’s the secret to Portland’s success? stabilize people’s housing with flexible rent
“This award signals HUD’s recognition assistance and then connect them to ‘main-
that Portland is a national leader in work- stream’employment and benefits services to
ing with people living with HIV/AIDS who help them access the income they need to be
are experiencing homelessness,” Fish says, self-sufficient.”
“Portland has strong partnerships with com-
Commissioner Fish’s office reports that
munity organizations like Cascade AIDS more than 600 people living with HIV/AIDS
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