The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) is a grant-funded program that provides housing funding for non-profit agencies that specialize in assisting Hoosiers with AIDS/HIV and their families. The HOPWA program is available within 77 of Indiana's 92 counties and is based on the number of Hoosiers with AIDS/HIV and is only awarded to those agencies that show as a part of their mission a focus on servicing these Persons. The remaining counties receive their funds through Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Louisville. There are specific requirements your non-profit must adhere to in order to receive the HOPWA funding.

2024-2025 HOPWA Program

• Request for Applications (RFA)
• Link to Request for Applications (Survey Monkey)
• HOPWA FY 2024 RFA Application (PDF format)
• Request for Applications Workbook

Reference Materials

• HOPWA Claims Narrative Form
• HOPWA Program Income Report
• HOPWA Financial Management 201: HOPWA Online Module (HUD Exchange)
• HUD Equal Access Rule Training

  All funded partners should review the HUD Equal Access Rule training:

  • HUD Equal Access Rule Training Session May 2024
    • Passcode: pB=p9rb=
  • Equal Access Rule Slide Presentation
• Certificate of Attendance - Regional Planning Council on the Homeless
• Certificate of Consistency - Indiana Consolidated Plan
• HOPWA Rental Assistance Guide Book
• HUD Fair Market Rents
• STRMU Guidebook

Webinar Materials

• 2024 HOPWA Webinar Slides
• 2024 HOPWA Webinar Recording
• HOPWA RFA Webinar Recording
• HOPWA RFA Webinar Slides
• 2023 HOPWA Kickoff Webinar Slides
• 2023 HOPWA Kickoff Webinar Recording

VAWA Documents

• Sample Lease Addendum
• Notice of Occupancy Rights Under VAWA
• Model Emergency Transfer Plan
• Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking, and Alternate Documentation