Oregon Balance of State HIV/AIDS Housing & Services Systems ...

Oregon HIV/AIDS Housing and Services Systems Integration Plan 3
Oregon Statewide Supportive Community Re-entry (OSSCR) project is a statewide initiative that is
administered in areas outside of the Portland metropolitan area by OHOP (within the Portland area,
OSSCR is administered by Cascade AIDS Project). Clients are referred by Oregon Department of
Corrections and local criminal justice agencies, and work closely with OHOP Housing Coordinators
and HIV Care and Treatment Case Managers to develop housing plans that are integrated with other
supportive service and community corrections plans. The OSSCR program includes TBRA funding
for about 55 clients per year, including 20 in the Portland EMA, and 35 throughout the rest of
Oregon.
In 2007, Oregon was again successful in receiving a SPNS award for the new Oregon Housing and
Behavioral Health Initiative (OHBHI), which will serve people living with HIV/AIDS along the
Interstate 5 corridor who have co-occurring mental illness. Outside of the Portland EMA, OHOP
Housing Coordinators will provide housing services and Cascadia Behavioral Health will provide
coordinated mental health and addictions services. (Inside the Portland EMA, these services will be
provided by Cascade AIDS Project.) The OHBHI program includes TBRA funding for about 35
clients per year, including 24 in the balance of state and about 11 in the Portland EMA.
Table 1 summarizes the four current HOPWA grants that comprise the OHOP program. Annual
budgets and TBRA goals are approximate and may vary as grants carry over between years.
Formula HOPWA Grant
Table 1:
Summary of OHOP Grants
Grant Grant Period
Competitive (Prior to Formula
Grantee Status)
OSSCR SPNS
OHBHI SPNS
Every Calendar
Year
July 2005 to June
2008
January 2006 to
December 2008
January 2008 to
December 2010
Annual BoS
Budget
Annual BoS
TBRA Goals
$307,490 26
$442,968 40
$277,658 35
$166,267 24
Source: Information provided by Oregon Department of Human Services, HIV Treatment and Care Program.
Note: No totals are provided as budget periods differ, and TBRA goals may not be cumulative.
HOPWA program strategy is guided in part by the participation of grantees in their local
Consolidated Plans and in Continuum of Care planning, as well as by HOPWA program goals and
rules; these processes are discussed further in “Integration of HIV/AIDS Services and Housing with
Existing Systems,” beginning on page 21 (Consolidated Plan) and page 29 (Continuum of Care).
The Steering Committee guiding this Plan felt that including comparative information from nearby
regions could help Oregon to contextualize various potential program approaches and set
benchmarks to measure success; such information is therefore included here and throughout this
section of the Plan. The Portland EMA contains more than three-quarters of the people living with
HIV/AIDS in Oregon, and received $943,000 (more than three times the formula funding for the
state of Oregon) in HOPWA formula funding in 2007.