Opportunity Information: Apply for FR 6400 N 11
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Competitive Grant: Housing as an Intervention to Fight AIDS is a discretionary grant opportunity from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that treats stable housing as a frontline, evidence-based tool for improving HIV outcomes and helping end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The program is framed as a direct contribution to major national and community efforts such as Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America, the HIV National Strategic Plan, and local "Getting to Zero" style initiatives. The underlying idea is straightforward: when people living with HIV have safe, stable housing, they are more likely to stay engaged in medical care, adhere to treatment, and achieve viral suppression, which improves individual health and reduces new transmissions. Through this competition, HUD aims to fund local projects that can demonstrate how housing, paired with services and strong coordination, functions as a structural intervention that moves communities closer to ending the epidemic.
This funding is authorized under the HOPWA Special Projects of National Significance authority at Section 854(c)(5) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(5)). In practical terms, that means HUD is looking for projects that go beyond routine service delivery and instead produce models that can be learned from, evaluated, and replicated elsewhere. HUD emphasizes exemplary and innovative project qualities, including strong community-level coordination across housing and healthcare systems, improved data collection and data use, culturally competent service delivery, and a deliberate, systemic approach to advancing equity for underserved communities. The intent is not only to help participants locally, but also to generate a place-based model that could inform policy and program design nationally.
Applicants are expected to build projects around six required objectives. First, grantees must implement and document innovative housing and supportive service models for low-income persons living with HIV and their families, with an emphasis on approaches that could be replicated in other jurisdictions. Second, projects must increase alignment with existing or emerging local HIV elimination strategies by explicitly elevating housing as a core intervention rather than a secondary support. Third, HUD wants improved coordination among local housing providers and HIV service and healthcare partners, including better use of community resources that may already exist but are fragmented or underutilized. Fourth, projects must raise the quality and quantity of data collected and used for decision-making, focusing specifically on the relationship between stable housing and positive health outcomes, while also tracking and addressing racial equity. Fifth, grantees must assess and document practices that improve equitable access and ensure culturally competent housing and services for populations experiencing service gaps, meaning groups that are underserved, harder to reach, or disproportionately impacted. Sixth, projects must prioritize sustainability by designing approaches that are effective and equitable and that can continue after the grant ends, rather than disappearing when the period of performance is over.
Funding under this notice is provided as a one-time, non-renewable grant. Award funds can be used to support housing assistance and supportive services for eligible beneficiaries, as well as the coordination and planning activities needed to make multi-partner efforts function smoothly. Grantees may also use funds for grants management and administration, which is particularly relevant here because HUD signals that reporting expectations are more intensive than what many HOPWA recipients experience under traditional program reporting. The ceiling for an individual award is up to $2,250,000, and HUD anticipated making approximately 18 awards under this competition.
A defining feature of this opportunity is its evaluation and dissemination focus. Grantees are required to collect client-level data and, at the end of each operating year, produce a programmatic HIV Housing Care Continuum Model. This requirement pushes projects to move beyond anecdotal success and instead show, with concrete data, how housing stability connects to care engagement and health outcomes over time, and how those outcomes differ across populations in ways that may reflect inequities. At the end of the overall grant period, each grantee must also develop a Housing as an Intervention to Fight AIDS (HIFA) Model that captures promising practices and lessons learned about using housing as a structural intervention. HUD intends to share these HIFA Models publicly so that communities across the country can adopt, adapt, and improve upon what was learned, strengthening national and local strategies to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Administratively, this opportunity was listed under Funding Opportunity Number FR 6400 N 11 and CFDA 14.241. It was posted with a creation date of April 14, 2021, and an original application deadline of July 6, 2021 (11:59:59 PM Eastern). Eligibility is described broadly as "Others" with additional clarification expected in the full eligibility text, signaling that potential applicants may include a range of organizations depending on HUDs specific criteria in the full notice. Overall, the grant is designed for communities ready to combine housing assistance, supportive services, cross-system coordination, and rigorous data practices into a cohesive, equity-centered approach that can demonstrate measurable impact and leave behind a usable model for others.Apply for FR 6400 N 11
- The US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Competitive Grant: Housing as an Intervention to Fight AIDS" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.241.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 14, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 06, 2021 The application deadline is 115959 PM Eastern Standard time on. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 18 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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FAQs: FY 2020 HOPWA Competitive Grant - Housing as an Intervention to Fight AIDS (HIFA)
1) What is this grant opportunity?
This is the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Competitive Grant: Housing as an Intervention to Fight AIDS (HIFA), a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It is designed to treat stable housing as a frontline, evidence-based intervention that improves HIV outcomes and helps communities move toward ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
2) What is the central purpose of the HIFA competition?
The core idea is that safe, stable housing helps people living with HIV stay engaged in care, adhere to treatment, and achieve viral suppression. The competition aims to fund local projects that can demonstrate, with data, how housing plus supportive services and coordination can function as a structural intervention that advances HIV elimination goals.
3) How does HUD frame this program in relation to national and local HIV efforts?
The program is positioned as a direct contribution to efforts such as Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America, the HIV National Strategic Plan, and local "Getting to Zero" style initiatives. Projects are expected to align housing work with these broader HIV elimination strategies.
4) What legal authority supports this funding?
Funding is authorized under the HOPWA Special Projects of National Significance authority at Section 854(c)(5) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(5)).
5) What kind of projects is HUD looking for?
HUD is looking for exemplary and innovative projects that go beyond routine service delivery. The intent is to produce place-based models that can be documented, evaluated, learned from, and replicated in other jurisdictions.
6) What are the required objectives applicants must build around?
Projects are expected to address six required objectives:
- Implement and document innovative housing and supportive service models for low-income persons living with HIV and their families, emphasizing replicability.
- Increase alignment with local HIV elimination strategies and elevate housing as a core intervention.
- Improve coordination among housing providers and HIV service and healthcare partners, including better use of fragmented or underutilized community resources.
- Improve data collection and data use to show how housing stability relates to positive health outcomes, while also tracking and addressing racial equity.
- Assess and document practices that improve equitable access and culturally competent housing and services for populations experiencing service gaps.
- Design for sustainability so successful approaches continue after the grant ends.
7) Who is the intended beneficiary population?
The focus is on low-income persons living with HIV and their families. The opportunity also emphasizes equitable access for underserved communities and populations experiencing service gaps (groups that are underserved, harder to reach, or disproportionately impacted).
8) What does HUD mean by "housing as an intervention"?
In this context, housing is treated as a structural, evidence-based tool that supports HIV health outcomes. The program emphasizes that stable housing is closely linked to care engagement, treatment adherence, and viral suppression, which can improve individual health and reduce new transmissions.
9) What types of activities can grant funds be used for?
Award funds can be used to support housing assistance and supportive services for eligible beneficiaries. Funds can also support coordination and planning activities needed to operate multi-partner projects, as well as grants management and administration.
10) Is this a renewable or recurring funding opportunity?
No. Funding under this notice is described as a one-time, non-renewable grant.
11) What is the maximum award amount?
The ceiling for an individual award is up to $2,250,000.
12) How many awards did HUD anticipate making?
HUD anticipated making approximately 18 awards under this competition.
13) What is distinctive about the reporting and evaluation expectations?
A defining feature of this opportunity is its evaluation and dissemination focus. HUD signals that reporting expectations are more intensive than what many HOPWA recipients experience under traditional program reporting.
14) What data collection is required?
Grantees are required to collect client-level data. The data focus includes demonstrating the relationship between stable housing and positive health outcomes over time, and tracking differences across populations in ways that may reflect inequities (including racial equity considerations).
15) What is the HIV Housing Care Continuum Model, and when is it required?
At the end of each operating year, grantees must produce a programmatic HIV Housing Care Continuum Model. This model is intended to show, using concrete data, how housing stability connects to care engagement and health outcomes over time.
16) What is the HIFA Model, and when is it required?
At the end of the overall grant period, each grantee must develop a Housing as an Intervention to Fight AIDS (HIFA) Model that captures promising practices and lessons learned about using housing as a structural intervention.
17) Will the models and findings be shared publicly?
Yes. HUD intends to share the HIFA Models publicly so other communities can adopt, adapt, and improve upon what was learned.
18) What does HUD mean by "replicable" and "place-based model"?
HUD is seeking projects that are strong enough to be documented and learned from, producing a local (place-based) approach that can be replicated or adapted by other jurisdictions and potentially inform policy and program design nationally.
19) How important is coordination across housing and healthcare systems?
Coordination is emphasized as a key exemplary and innovative quality. Projects are expected to improve community-level coordination across housing and healthcare/HIV service systems and make better use of existing community resources that may be fragmented or underutilized.
20) How does equity show up in the grant requirements?
Equity is built into the objectives through expectations for culturally competent service delivery, deliberate efforts to advance equity for underserved communities, tracking and addressing racial equity through data practices, and documenting practices that improve equitable access for populations experiencing service gaps.
21) What is the funding opportunity number and CFDA number?
The opportunity was listed under Funding Opportunity Number FR 6400 N 11 and CFDA 14.241.
22) When was the opportunity posted, and what was the application deadline?
The posting included a creation date of April 14, 2021. The original application deadline was July 6, 2021 at 11:59:59 PM Eastern.
23) Who is eligible to apply based on the provided information?
Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with additional clarification expected in the full eligibility text. This suggests a potentially wide range of eligible organizations, depending on HUD's specific criteria in the full notice.
24) What should applicants be prepared to do beyond delivering housing and services?
Applicants should be prepared to run projects that combine housing assistance, supportive services, cross-system coordination, and rigorous client-level data practices. They should also be prepared to document outcomes, produce required models on a set schedule (annual and end-of-grant), and design approaches that can be sustained after the grant period ends.
25) Why does HUD emphasize sustainability?
The grant requires projects to prioritize sustainability so that effective and equitable approaches continue after the grant ends, rather than stopping when the period of performance is over.
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