HIV/AIDS Bureau Policy Notice 99-02, 70781 [E6-20556]
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note that this priority will not be given
to applicants applying for the Planning
opportunity of the High Poverty
Counties grant opportunities as
Planning grant applicants may not have
a defined service area, and will not be
providing health services through the
grant funding. More detailed
information about the funding priority
will be included in the funding
opportunity guidance.
DATES: Please send comments no later
than COB January 5, 2007. The
comments can be e-mailed to
DPDGeneral@hrsa.gov or mailed to Ms.
Preeti Kanodia, New Access Point
Coordinator, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Parklawn
Building, Room 17–61, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Comments will be incorporated, as
appropriate, into the final guidance for
the FY 2007 New Access Points in High
Poverty Counties funding opportunity,
subject to the availability of FY 2007
funds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Preeti Kanodia, Division of Policy and
Development, Bureau of Primary Health
Care, Health Resources and Services
Administration. Ms. Kanodia may be
contacted by e-mail at
DPDGeneral@hrsa.gov or via telephone
at (301) 594–4300.
Dated: November 29, 2006.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6–20558 Filed 12–5–06; 8:45 am]
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HUMAN SERVICES
Proposed Policy: HRSA HAB Policy
Notice-99–02, Amendment # 1
Health Resources and Services
Administration
HIV/AIDS Bureau Policy Notice 99–02
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of opportunity to provide
written comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau
(HAB) Policy Notice 99–02 entitled, The
Use of Ryan White CARE Act funds for
Housing Referral Services and Shortterm or Emergency Housing Needs,
provides grantees with guidance on the
use of Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS
Resources Emergency (CARE) Act funds
for short-term and emergency housing
assistance for persons living with HIV/
AIDS. The current policy does not
establish a time limit for such assistance
under the Ryan White CARE Act. An
amendment to Policy Notice 99–02 is
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proposed, which places a cumulative
lifetime period of 24 months on shortterm and emergency housing assistance
under the Ryan White CARE Act.
This proposed amendment results
from an Office of Inspector General
audit encouraging HRSA to clarify the
definition of short-term housing and
emergency housing assistance. This
amendment will help align the HRSA
definition of short-term housing with
the widely accepted program standard
used by the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Continuum of
Care Homeless Assistance Programs and
the Housing Opportunities for Persons
with AIDS program. This policy
becomes effective March 1, 2007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed amendment to HRSA HAB
Policy Notice 99–02 establishes a
cumulative lifetime period of 24 months
use of Ryan White CARE Act funds for
short-term and emergency housing
assistance. Such assistance is limited to
a time period totaling a cumulative
lifetime period of 24 months per
household. HRSA is seeking comments
only on the proposed amendment to
HRSA HAB Policy Notice 99–02 notated
in bold text below.
DATES: Submit written comments no
later than February 5, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to HRSA, HAB, Division of
Science and Policy, Attention: LCDR
Gettie A. Butts, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Room 7–18, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LCDR Gettie A. Butts, via e-mail:
GButts@hrsa.gov or by writing to the
address above.
Document Title: The Use of Ryan
White CARE Act Funds for Housing
Referral Services and Short-term or
Emergency Housing Needs.
The following policy establishes
guidelines for allowable housing-related
expenditures under the Ryan White
CARE Act. The purpose of all Ryan
White CARE Act funds is to ensure that
eligible HIV-infected persons and
families gain or maintain access to
medical care.
A. Funds received under the Ryan
White CARE Act (Title XXVI of the
Public Health Service Act) may be used
for the following housing expenditures:
i. Housing referral services defined as
assessment, search, placement, and
advocacy services must be provided by
case managers or other professional(s)
who possess a comprehensive
knowledge of local, State, and Federal
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housing programs and how they can be
accessed; or
ii. Short-term or emergency housing
defined as necessary to gain or maintain
access to medical care and must be
related to either:
a. Housing services that include some
type of medical or supportive service (a
listing of supportive services can be
found at https://hab.hrsa.gov/reports/
data2b.htm) including, but not limited
to, residential substance abuse or mental
health services (not including facilities
classified as an Institute of Mental
Diseases under Medicaid), residential
foster care, and assisted living
residential services; or
b. Housing services that do not
provide direct medical or supportive
services but are essential for an
individual or family to gain or maintain
access to and compliance with HIVrelated medical care and treatment.
Necessity of housing service for
purposes of medical care must be
certified or documented by a case
manager, social worker, or other
licensed healthcare professional(s).
B. Short-term or emergency housing
assistance is understood as transitional
in nature and for the purposes of
moving or maintaining an individual or
family in a long-term, stable living
situation. Such assistance is limited to
a cumulative lifetime period of 24
months per household. Short term or
emergency assistance must be
accompanied by a strategy to:
i. Identify, relocate, and/or ensure the
individual or family is moved to a longterm, stable housing; or
ii. Identify an alternate funding source
for support of housing assistance.
C. Housing funds cannot be in the
form of direct cash payments to
recipients or services and cannot be
used for mortgage payments.
D. The Ryan White CARE Act must be
the payer of last resort. In addition,
funds received under the Ryan White
CARE Act must be used to supplement
but not supplant funds currently being
used from local, State, and Federal
agency programs. Grantees must be
capable of providing HAB with
documentation related to the use of
funds as payer of last resort and the
coordination of such funds with other
local, State, and Federal funds.
E. Ryan White CARE Act housingrelated expenses are limited to Titles I,
II, and IV and are not an allowable
expense for Title III.
Dated: November 29, 2006.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6–20556 Filed 12–5–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
HIV/AIDS Bureau Policy Notice 99-02
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of opportunity to provide written comments.
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SUMMARY: The HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Policy Notice 99-02 entitled,
The Use of Ryan White CARE Act funds for Housing Referral Services and
Short-term or Emergency Housing Needs, provides grantees with guidance
on the use of Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE)
Act funds for short-term and emergency housing assistance for persons
living with HIV/AIDS. The current policy does not establish a time
limit for such assistance under the Ryan White CARE Act. An amendment
to Policy Notice 99-02 is proposed, which places a cumulative lifetime
period of 24 months on short-term and emergency housing assistance
under the Ryan White CARE Act.
This proposed amendment results from an Office of Inspector General
audit encouraging HRSA to clarify the definition of short-term housing
and emergency housing assistance. This amendment will help align the
HRSA definition of short-term housing with the widely accepted program
standard used by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs and the Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program. This policy becomes
effective March 1, 2007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed amendment to HRSA HAB Policy
Notice 99-02 establishes a cumulative lifetime period of 24 months use
of Ryan White CARE Act funds for short-term and emergency housing
assistance. Such assistance is limited to a time period totaling a
cumulative lifetime period of 24 months per household. HRSA is seeking
comments only on the proposed amendment to HRSA HAB Policy Notice 99-02
notated in bold text below.
DATES: Submit written comments no later than February 5, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to HRSA, HAB, Division of
Science and Policy, Attention: LCDR Gettie A. Butts, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Room 7-18, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Gettie A. Butts, via e-mail:
GButts@hrsa.gov or by writing to the address above.
Proposed Policy: HRSA HAB Policy Notice-99-02, Amendment 1
Document Title: The Use of Ryan White CARE Act Funds for Housing
Referral Services and Short-term or Emergency Housing Needs.
The following policy establishes guidelines for allowable housing-
related expenditures under the Ryan White CARE Act. The purpose of all
Ryan White CARE Act funds is to ensure that eligible HIV-infected
persons and families gain or maintain access to medical care.
A. Funds received under the Ryan White CARE Act (Title XXVI of the
Public Health Service Act) may be used for the following housing
expenditures:
i. Housing referral services defined as assessment, search,
placement, and advocacy services must be provided by case managers or
other professional(s) who possess a comprehensive knowledge of local,
State, and Federal housing programs and how they can be accessed; or
ii. Short-term or emergency housing defined as necessary to gain or
maintain access to medical care and must be related to either:
a. Housing services that include some type of medical or supportive
service (a listing of supportive services can be found at https://
hab.hrsa.gov/reports/data2b.htm) including, but not limited to,
residential substance abuse or mental health services (not including
facilities classified as an Institute of Mental Diseases under
Medicaid), residential foster care, and assisted living residential
services; or
b. Housing services that do not provide direct medical or
supportive services but are essential for an individual or family to
gain or maintain access to and compliance with HIV-related medical care
and treatment. Necessity of housing service for purposes of medical
care must be certified or documented by a case manager, social worker,
or other licensed healthcare professional(s).
B. Short-term or emergency housing assistance is understood as
transitional in nature and for the purposes of moving or maintaining an
individual or family in a long-term, stable living situation. Such
assistance is limited to a cumulative lifetime period of 24 months per
household. Short term or emergency assistance must be accompanied by a
strategy to:
i. Identify, relocate, and/or ensure the individual or family is
moved to a long-term, stable housing; or
ii. Identify an alternate funding source for support of housing
assistance.
C. Housing funds cannot be in the form of direct cash payments to
recipients or services and cannot be used for mortgage payments.
D. The Ryan White CARE Act must be the payer of last resort. In
addition, funds received under the Ryan White CARE Act must be used to
supplement but not supplant funds currently being used from local,
State, and Federal agency programs. Grantees must be capable of
providing HAB with documentation related to the use of funds as payer
of last resort and the coordination of such funds with other local,
State, and Federal funds.
E. Ryan White CARE Act housing-related expenses are limited to
Titles I, II, and IV and are not an allowable expense for Title III.
Dated: November 29, 2006.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6-20556 Filed 12-5-06; 8:45 am]
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