To provide rental subsidies and support services to hopwa eligible households

This $1,520,103 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program will provide rental subsidies, support services, and housing information to low-income households impacted by HIV/AIDS in Maui County.

The prime recipient, Maui Aids Foundation Inc., will utilize the funding to deliver tenant-based rental assistance to 30 households, short-term rent/mortgage/utility assistance to 18 households, supportive services to 186 households, and housing information services to 489 households. Maui Aids Foundation is partnering with subrecipients Malama Pono Health Services and Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation to implement these HOPWA-funded activities from June 2024 through June 2027. This award builds on Maui Aids Foundation's prior HOPWA Formula Grant funding received in 2020 to support housing and services for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.

Activities

Tbra, strmu, supportive services and housing information services

Expected outcomes

Tbra are 30 households, strmu 18 households, supportive services-186 households, housing information services-489

Intended beneficiaries

Low income households with HIV

Subrecipient activities

Malama pono health services (MP): tbra- 7 households, strmu-6 households, supportive services 69 households, housing information services- 195 households. Hawaii island HIV/aids foundation (HIHAF)-tbra-23 households, supportive services-240 households, strmu-21 households and housing information services-690 households