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limit, but Division of AIDS Services and Income DIVISION OF AIDS SERVICES CASELOAD 1995-2002 aber had Support MW 36 : through Projection The Department provides a full range of 32 leral law services to individuals with AIDS, as defined 28 \ J- ssistance in Public by the Centers for Disease Control, or with 24 Si! dditional advanced HIV-illness, as defined by the New S § 20 of effort. York State AIDS Iiistitute. Client needs may w | 16 include Public Assistance, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) ® 12 and Social Security Disability Insurance 8 lion low- (SSDI), housing, home care, substance abuse, 4 ! primary mental health Counseling and treatment, 0 s, dental. employment, vocational rehabilitation and 95 , 96 97 , 98 99 00 01 02 / referrals to other social services in the^_ , Fiscal Year community. The caseload is projected to / itures for reach 28,921 by June 2001, and is expected to grow by 7.1% to 30,986 by June 2002.

The Department provides emergency transitional housing for formerly'homeless clients, permanent housing y factors for more stabilized clients' in congregate facilities and scattered-site apartments, and rent supplements for individuals and families to maintain their own apartments. Transitional, congregate and scattered-site housing is provided through contracts with community-based agencies that also provide case management services to clients. :rease of j The Department has operating contracts for 1,537 congregate supportive housing units and houses clients in another: 97 units that are operated with non-City funds. An additional 801 units are in construction or design Under the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and will come on line through 2003. The Department operated 2,090 traditional scattered site units and also began the implementation of a new scattered site housing model in 2001. Through the use of 19 performance-based contracts, the Department anticipates acedures placing over 2,000 additional clients in apartments by the end of 2001.

, The Department will complete the upgrade of its computer network to facilitate referrals, housing placements, 1 parents and case management services for all clients, FACTORS/Help Works software will link the Department with its isurance contracted vendors throughout the City. FACTORS/Help Works will allow the Department to connect clients ligibility with available housing opportunities and services more effectively. ' ivities to f, allows In addition to critical case management services, financial and medical benefits, housing, and other services. : Budget / the Department’s support system includes the Work Opportunity Program, initiated in April 1998 through a contract ions and with Mobilizing Talents and Skills (MTS). This voluntary program affords clients the opportunity to enter or return to the workforce, and to attain the highest level of self-reliance possible. Clients participate in vocational 1 rehabilitation activities, develop marketable skills, and find employment while retaining necessary support services sstablish through a customized transitional benefits program. The program has served 814 individuals and made 162 job has also placements since its inception. / s. MAP f Health

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