Housing as Healthcare

Policy, Program, Intervention or other types of research evaluation

City of Fort Lauderdale’s 2015 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA ) HIV Housing Care Continuum for Broward County

Primary Contact(s)

• MD

  Mario DeSantis, M.A.Ed, CPM,

  Housing and Community Development Acting Program Manager
  City of Fort Lauderdale
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Presenting Author(s)

• MD

  Mario DeSantis, M.A.Ed, CPM,

  Housing and Community Development Acting Program Manager
  City of Fort Lauderdale
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Additional Authors(s)

• RW

  Rachel Williams, M.S.

  Acting CDBG and HOPWA Administrator
  City of Fort Lauderdale

Issues : The objectives for this presentation are to:
Describe key aspects of the HIV Care Continuum
Describe building a Housing Care Continuum for Broward County
Understand how housing status impacts outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum
Explain best practices and successful approaches for measuring housing related health outcomes.
Discuss strategies for using this data to improve program design and service delivery and ultimately benefit the clients served.

Description : City of Fort Lauderdale is one of the few municipalities that uses an integrated database that tracks both housing (HOPWA) and health care data (Ryan White). An analysis of this data provided support for the positive impact of stable housing on HIV health outcomes and housing’s role in ending the HIV epidemic. The integrated database provides the City with the capacity to track the impact that stable housing has on HIV health outcomes over an extended period. The Housing Care Continuum data positively supports the role that stable housing plays in stemming the HIV epidemic.

Lessons learned : 1. Understanding key impact of Housing Continuum.
2. Understanding how to build a local Housing Care Continuum
3. Understanding the impact on viral suppression among client' who are engaged in both HOPWA and Ryan White
4.Understand the impact of stable housing and viral suppression by HOPWA activities (Facility Based, project Based, Tenant Based, Short
Term rent Mortgage Assistance (STRMU), Permanent Housing Placement (PHP) and Housing Case Management on HIV Health Outcomes

Recommendations : Develop a plan to integrate ADAP to compare clients who are HIV positive and are receiving HOPWA, Ryan White and ADAP services.
Develop a plan to annually increase HOPWA participants engagement with Ryan White Part A services by 5% annually.
Develop a plan to identify performance indicators for HOPWA programs.
Develop a plan that ties HOPWA performance indicators to City’s HOPWA measures using Clearpoint Strategy software

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe the key aspects of the HIV Care Continuum.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe the key components in building a local Housing Care Continuum.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how the housing status impacts health outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe impact of stable housing along the HIV Care Continuum for the HOPWA and Ryan White programs in Broward County.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe best practices or successful approaches for measuring housing related health outcomes.