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Kitsap HIV case management describes client housing and support work; staff warn HOPWA funding is at risk
Summary
HIV medical case management staff told the board they serve clients across multiple counties, maintain high rates of antiretroviral coverage and viral suppression, and rely on federal HOPWA housing funds that could be at immediate risk if HUD funding is reduced.
Kitsap Public Health District’s HIV medical case management program told the board April 3 that it provides comprehensive case management and peer navigation to people living with HIV across several counties, achieves high antiretroviral coverage and viral‑suppression rates among enrolled clients, and relies on federal housing funds that district staff said are directly at risk from broader federal funding uncertainty.
"The immediate risk is housing through HOPWA, because HOPWA is housed under HUD. And so because HUD is at risk, HOPWA is at risk," said Ashley Duran, program supervisor for HIV Medical Case Management. She said tenant‑based rental assistance and other housing supports funded…
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