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AID Atlanta and Hope Atlanta would get nearly $10 million under HUD plan
The committee-backed $24.03 million package is scheduled for council consideration Nov. 2, with funding proposed for shelter renovations, street outreach and housing programs.
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Nearly $10 million would go to AID Atlanta housing programs and Hope Atlanta’s HOPWA program under a $24.03 million federal-grant proposal scheduled for Atlanta City Council consideration Nov. 2.[1][2]
The proposed split is $5,446,004.30 for AID Atlanta and $4.5 million for Hope Atlanta. Both appear in the $14.65 million Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS budget, which also includes $1.16 million for a project called “Food as Medicine: Medically Tailored Meals for PLWHA.”[1][2]
The Community Development/Human Services Committee unanimously recommended ordinance 26-O-1588 as amended on Oct. 27. The amendment adds four exhibits containing the detailed funding schedules. The packet lists full-council consideration as pending at the Nov. 2 meeting at 1 p.m.; the committee recommendation is not final council approval.[2][3]
Our October 13 preview covered the four grant programs and proposed contracting powers. The added schedules show the projects behind those program totals, including $1,261,650.81 for renovation of the Salvation Army Center of Hope and $660,000 for Gateway Center facility improvements intended to increase homeless-services capacity and accessibility. Both are listed in the Community Development Block Grant budget.[1][2][3][4]
A separate Emergency Solutions Grant schedule proposes $236,738.65 for the Center of Hope shelter program, $100,000 for Intown Cares street outreach and $100,000 for the Fulton Domestic Violence Shelter-PADV.[1]
Not every dollar has a named project in these exhibits. About $3.29 million is labeled “TBD” across the block-grant, HOME and HOPWA schedules. That includes $1.52 million—three-quarters of the HOME budget. The schedules do not identify projects for those entries.[1]
This is a proposed step toward using an existing federal award, not a new grant announcement. The ordinance says Atlanta received HUD’s award notification April 6. It would authorize the mayor or a designee to execute recipient agreements, subject to receipt of the funds. The reviewed records do not establish that those contracts have been signed or payments made.[2][4]
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