BALTIMORE EMSA’S HOPWA GRANTEE

MAYOR’S OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES

HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAM

7 E. REDWOOD STREET, 5TH FLOOR

BALTIMORE, MD 21202

HOPWA PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR: LAKEYSHA VAUGHN

OFFICE: 410-396-4887 FAX 410-539-1091

EMAIL: LAKEYSHA.VAUGHN@BALTIMORECITY.GOV

HOPWA BALTIMORE EMSA TYPES OF FUNDING

• HOPWA IN THE BALTIMORE EMSA IS FUNDED UNDER TWO CATEGORIES

• CATEGORY 1: FORMULA

• ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM ISSUED BY HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) BASED ON CUMULATIVE CASES OF

AIDS

• UNDER THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH MODERNIZATION ACT, THE WAY IN WHICH HOPWA FUNDS ARE

DISTRIBUTED HAS CHANGED.

• BASED ON THESE RECENT CHANGES, THE BALTIMORE EMSA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A HEAVILY IMPACTED AREA.

HOPWA BALTIMORE EMSA TYPES OF FUNDING• CATEGORY 2: COMPETITIVE

• THE BALTIMORE EMSA RECEIVES TWO COMPETITIVE AWARDS

• HOUSING AND HEALTH – TBRA PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY MOHS – HSP

• HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

• ASSIST 50 HOUSEHOLDS ANNUALLY WITH TBRA

• AIRS AT THE DOOR

• MOHS GRANT ADMINISTRATOR

• EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT, TBRA, SHORT-TERM HOUSING, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROVIDE TO PLWHA RE-ENTERING FROM

PRISON

THE BALTIMORE EMSA

• JURISDICTIONS

• BALTIMORE CITY

• BALTIMORE COUNTY

• ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

• CARROLL COUNTY

• HARFORD COUNTY

• HOWARD COUNTY

• QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY

CURRENT AWARDS

Type of Award Grant Award Dates Allocation

Formula EMSA 7/1/17-6/30/2018 $8,441,433

Competitive H&H 4/1/2016-3/31/2019 $1,405,950

Competitive ATD 5/1/2018-4/30/2021 $1,424,500

HOPWA FISCAL YEAR 2018 FUNDING

Jurisdiction Allocation Services Provided

Baltimore City $5,889,826 TBRA, STRMU, PHP & Support

Services

Anne Arundel County $571,977 TBRA & Support Services

Baltimore County $1,371,064 TBRA & STRMU

Anne Arundel County $58,880 TBRA & Support Services

Harford County $201,874 TBRA

Howard County $294,400 TBRA

Queen Anne’s County $23,412 TBRA

PERSONS SERVED

Jurisdiction # of Persons Served

City of Baltimore TBRA - 417 units, 731 people

STRMU – 110 households

Support Services – 1,341

Anne Arundel County 35 units, 55 people

Baltimore County 81 units, 174 people

Carroll County 19 households

Harford County 16 units, 26 people

Howard County 20 units, 29 people

Queen Anne’s County 2 units, 5 people

AGENCIES FUNDED FY2018

Agency Services

AIRS People on the Move – Employment Development Prog

Don Miller House – 24hr care for medically fragile

patients

Chase Brexton Health Services Case management, STRMU, Outreach, and Medical

services

GEDCO Case management (ended 3/31/2018)

Healthcare for the Homeless Case management

Joseph Richey House Hospice

Movable Feast Meal delivery services, Nutritional education

Project Plase STRMU, Case management, Medical services

University of MD STRMU, Case management, Employment services

(new)

FY2017 DEMOGRAPHICS FOR EMSA

• 699 HOUSEHOLDS SERVED WITH HOUSING ASSISTANCE

• GENDER

• MALE – 344

• FEMALE – 346

• RACE

• BLACK 645

• WHITE – 52

• NATIVE AMERICAN 1

HOUSEHOLD AREA MEDIAN INCOME

Percentage of AMI Households Served with Housing Assistance

0-30% 623

31-50% 57

51-80% 19

RECENT CHANGES

• POSITIVE

• IN FY2018 THE CITY’S HOPWA PROGRAM HAS PARTNERED THE STATE’S RYAN WHITE PART B PROGRAM

• MOHS RECEIVED A $2.2 MILLION AWARD FROM PART B FOR HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PLWHA

• THIS PARTNERSHIP WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO UTILIZE MORE ITS HOPWA FUNDS FOR HOUSING AND RYAN WHITE FUNDS

FOR ELIGIBLE SUPPORT SERVICES

• THE CITY’S HAP PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE WAITING LIST TO GET PLWHA HOUSED

• ONCE WAITING LIST IS EXHAUSTED, COORDINATED ACCESS WILL BE UTILIZED

CHANGES TO COME

• NEGATIVE/POSITIVE

• THE BALTIMORE EMSA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A HEAVILY IMPACTED AREA DUE TO THE MODERNIZATION ACT

• OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE CITY WILL LOSE APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION IN HOPWA FUNDS

• THE PARTNERSHIP WITH RYAN WHITE PART B, WILL HELP WITH THE LOSS OF FUNDS

• THE EMSA WAS THOUGHT TO BE LOSING $1 MILLION FOR FY2018; HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT THE CASE

• THE EMSA’S FY2019 AWARD IS $8,417,340

QUESTIONS?