New HRSA Funding Opportunity Supports Replication of Housing Interventions in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to Improve Outcomes for People with HIV

Two new funding opportunities support the implementation, adaptation, replication, evaluation, and dissemination of effective, evidence-based and evidence-informed housing interventions in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) to decrease health and housing disparities and improve health outcomes along the HIV care continuum. The two related Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) were issued by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), which administers the RWHAP. This initiative supports the new National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s call to better address the social and structural determinants of health, including housing instability or homelessness, that impede access to HIV services and exacerbate HIV-related disparities and to develop and scale up effective, evidence-informed interventions that address such intersecting factors.

A summary of each NOFO is provided here with links for more information and details on upcoming technical assistance meetings for applicants.

HRSA-22-031: Supporting Replication (SURE) of Housing Interventions in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program – Implementation and Technical Assistance Provider

The purpose of this funding announcement (HRSA-22-031) is to support a single organization that will serve as the Implementation and Technical Assistance Provider (ITAP) to provide technical assistance to up to 10 sites (“implementation sites”) implementing and adapting housing-related evidence-based interventions, evidence-informed interventions, and emerging strategies (collectively, “intervention strategies”) for the following three key populations of people with HIV experiencing unstable housing: 1) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) people; 2) youth and young adults (ages 13-24); and 3) people who have been justice involved (i.e., people impacted by the justice system).

Read more about the opportunity on HRSA’s website. Access the NOFO at grants.gov.

HRSA-22-032: Supporting Replication (SURE) of Housing Interventions in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program – Evaluation Provider

The purpose of this funding announcement (HRSA-22-032) is to support a single organization that serves as the Evaluation Provider and uses the HRSA HAB implementation science framework (HAB IS) to evaluate housing-related evidence-based interventions, evidence-informed interventions, and emerging strategies (collectively, “intervention strategies”) for the following three key populations of people with HIV experiencing unstable housing: 1) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) people; 2) youth and young adults (ages 13-24); and 3) people who have been justice involved (i.e., people impacted by the justice system).

Read more about the opportunity on HRSA’s website. Access the NOFO at grants.gov.

Each NOFO contains information on pre-application technical assistance webinars, scheduled for Monday, December 13, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET (Implementation and Technical Assistance Provider), and Tuesday, December 14, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET (Evaluation Provider).  

The due date for applications is Wednesday, February 23, 2022.