Permanent Supportive Housing

     AHA runs its Permanent Supportive Housing Program in sixteen apartments at Steven Place located in Midtown in the City of Sacramento, and six apartments at Hidden Cove in Oak Park in the unincorporated County. Very low income and homeless Persons Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWH/A) - individuals or families where at least one is infected - live in subsidized apartments where rent and a utility allowance are held to 30% of their income, typically SSI or similar.

     Residents receive social work/case management, education and job preparation and living skills training; and services that might include medication adherence, drug andalcohol and/or mental health treatment, benefits counseling, help with reunification of families, legal services, financial management, payee services, help with dealing with disabilities, and when sick assistance with daily living (bathing, shopping, cooking etc) and transportation to medical appointments.

     Residents can stay for as long as they like, but since independence is a goal, AHA will assist residents to find further suitable housing when ready to leave and will follow them with Case Management for a minimum of one year. For residents whose health declines, AHA’s Residential Care Facility (Avalon) is an option.

     Both facilities were purchased with a mix of the Federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA) funds administered by Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance, private donations, and a HOME funds loan through Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency. Operations and Services are supported with rents and donations, and Federal Ryan White Care Act Funds. The Ryan White Care Act, a Federal program, is administered through Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services.

     Steven Place memorializes the life of Steven Dalton, a well known local artist whose family and friends donated generously to the purchase and rehabilitation of Steven Place and construction of a community room. Hewlett Packard donated computers for the use of residents to the project.