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Seeking Citizen Input: Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (Click Here)


Code Enforcement Task Force Meeting
Meeting #36 will be held on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 3:00pm at the Lincoln Street Parking Garage (ground floor conference room). Click the link above to view the agenda.

Stay healthy during this flu season. Click here to get the latest information and safety tips on the H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)

City Newsroom
Nov 10-30, 2009
Street Repairs

Nov 11-23, 2009
New Evidence in Homicide

Nov 13-08, 2010
Dream Keeper Scholarship Nominations Are Now Being Accepted

HOUSING OPPORTUNITES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA)
 
The HOPWA program addresses the needs of low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families by providing emergency and permanent housing assistance and related supportive services. The HOPWA entitlement amount for FY 2008-09 is $1,138,000 for the City of Columbia and the surrounding six counties of Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland, and Saluda.
 
For more information, email Jonathan Artz or call (803) 545-3379.
 
Click here to view the HOPWA Budget FY2008/2009
 
All City of Columbia HOPWA grant awards are made through a competitive application process based on client needs, gaps in service, and ability of the agency to successfully implement the program. The City expects all funding requests to be of high quality, demonstrate financial reasonableness, and adequately fulfill a gap in services.
 
Please click here to see if any Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
for the HOPWA program are currently available.
 
The following organizations and agencies currently receive funding from the City's HOPWA program:
 
*         Columbia Housing Authority
*         Healing Properties
*         USC - Office of Supportive Housing                  
*         Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services
*         Upper Savannah Care Services
*         The Cooperative Ministry
 
HOPWA FUNDING IS NOW AVAILABLE
Please click here to download the application.


For general information on the HOPWA program, please visit
HUD's website by clicking on the logo below: