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Durham public health providers press city on HOPWA spending during CAPER hearing
Summary
At a public hearing on the city's CAPER, an HIV provider alleged lack of transparency and delays in HOPWA allocations; staff said funding was reallocated, periods of performance vary by program year, and provider changes and market conditions limited tenant-based rental assistance.
Dr. Haley Cunningham, an HIV provider and co-chair of the Coalition to End the HIV Epidemic in Durham, told the city council during a public hearing on the city's Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report that community providers were not notified and faced barriers to HOPWA services. "As of February, 2 years of funding remained untouched," she said, and she alleged the request-for-proposals process and internal decisions left community organizations out of funding and service delivery.
City staff responded that the CAPER documents HUD-prescribed reporting for multiple grant programs, and that the…
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