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>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M DAVID VOSS AND IT IS
PLEASURE TO YOU HERE TODAY AND
DECEMBER 1ST IS WORLD AIDS DAY
AND THERE IS A PROCLAMATION
TAKING ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT DAY
AND LOOKING AT THE APPROACH TO
FIGHTING *** AND CARING FOR
PEOPLE LIVING WITH ***/AIDS.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PANEL HERE
TODAY, AS ABOUT PARTNERS AND THE
CITIZENS AND CHANGING THE WORLD
TO BE
IT IS A GREAT DAY.
WE ARE WORKING ON THIS EPIDEMIC,
WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO
SOMETHING, WE HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE HOUSING AND WE KNOW IT
WORKS.
SO TO BEGIN THE
TO HAVE THE REVEREND SAY SOME
COMMENTS AND THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE YOUR
EYES, BUT BOW YOUR HEADS.
FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU NOW,
THANKI
THANKING YOU FOR THE UNITY OF
THIS DISEASE, I ASK THAT YOU
HELP US COME TOGETHER TO HELP
THE HOMELESS AND THOSE WHO HAVE
*** OR AIDS AND HOMELESS, AND
GIVE US
BEYOND OURSELVES SO WE CAN HELP
OTHERS AND HELP US CHANGE THIS
SITUATION, HELP US IMPROVE THE
LIFE OF THOSE WHO ARE GOING
THROUGH AS WELL AS GIVE US
ENOUGH INFORMATION TO TEACH
OTHERS TO KEEP THEM
CROSSING INTO THAT PATH.
I ASK THAT YOU BLESS AND KEEP
US.
I THANK YOU, AMEN.
>> AS I SAID, ONE OF THE THEMES
IS ABOUT HUD STAFF.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
PROGRAMS, BUTS, WE HAVE FAMILY
MEMBERS AND LOVED ONES THAT WE
HAVE LOST TO AIDS AND DEALING
WITH IT.
WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER TODAY
SOMEBODY WHO WAS HERE AT HUD
WHEN I STARTED.
ALBERT SULLIVAN, HE WAS A MAN
LIVING WITH AIDS AND HE TALKED
TO THE SECRETARY AT THE
BEGINNING AND TOLD THE GROUP
WHAT IT W
THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS
DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAND AIDS IN A
WAY THAT IS PERSONAL AND FROM
THE '90s WE HAVE OPERATED THE
PROGRAMS AND DID A LOT WITH THE
EFFORTS AND ALBERT STOOD UP AND
TALKED ABOUT IT AND
BOARDS AND HE'S PASSED AWAY NOW
AND HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL THING
AND ON HIS OWN AND IT NEEDED
COURAGE AND IT HADDED TO THE
MIX.
BUT I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE
SECRETARY, THIS HERE HE GAVE US
A CHALLENGE, HUD SHOULD BE THERE
ON DAY ONE AND WITH THE
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND THE
PEOPLE RETURNING FROM PEACE
CORPS AND I WAS PART OF
TEAM, AND WE LOOKED AT THE
RESUMES AND LOOKED AT PEOPLE, SO
MANY PEOPLE IN THE PEACE CORPS
HAS THE DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF
SPREADING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
*** AND AIDS
VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE SCHOOLS
AND THE PERSONAL LIVES.
IT IS AMAZING.
WE HAD INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES
AND OOIRM FORTUNATE TO HAVE NEW
PEOPLE JOINING THE TEAM AT HUD
AND MANY HUD IS
THE PEOPLE WITH A PERSONAL
COMMITMENT TO AIDS AND THAT IS
HELPING US AS WE GO FORWARD AND
HELPING US WITH THE ISSUES HERE
AND IN HEALTHCARE.
TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE PICTURES YOU
ARE
PICTURES FROM MOESUMBEAK.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION,
AND THANK YOU TO THE GUESTS.
I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND SHARE
WORDS OB MY EXPERIENCE.
RECENTLY JOINED HUD AFTER
SPENDING
BEAK.
SOME ARE OF THE HOSPITAL AND THE
TOWN AND THE PEOPLE I WORKED
WITH.
IT IS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, ON THE
EAST COAST OF THE CONTINUE TENT.
IT HAS 11 Y
THESE ARE THE PICTURES OF THE
WORLD AIDS DAY I ATTENDED THERE.
IT IS ONE OF THE 15 FOCUS
COUNTRIES AND IT WAS
IN 2003 AND THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION IS SUPPORTS AND
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT.
WITH THE FUNDS IT EXPANDED THE
MEDICAL CARE WITH THE LIFE
SAVIN
DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
I WORKED WITH 25 *** POSITIVE
PEER EDUCATORS.
AS A TEAM, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE FINDING THOSE THAT
ABANDONED THE TREATMENT AND
TRIED
TO THE CARE.
ACCESS OF THE HOUSING IS PUT LOW
ON THE PRIORITIES, GENERALLY
ACCEPTED THAT A FAMILY WOULD
TAKE YOU IN, THAT IS NOT ALWAYS
THE CASE, BECAUSE OF THE L
THE SPACE AND STIGMA.
ACCESS TO THE SAFE, AND STABLE
AND COMFORTABLE HOUSING IS A
PROBLEM AND THAT MAKES OUR JOB
OF GETTING THEM TO COME BACK TO
HOSPITAL DIFFICULT.
WE HAD A CLIENT NAMED
HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AIDS AND
WAS UNABLE TO WALK.
HE ARRIVED TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT
HAD NO FAMILY IN THE CITY AND
BUMPED BETWEEN THE FRIENDS AND
THE HOSPITAL WARDS AND THE WARDS
ARE NOT MEANT FOR THE LONG TERM
THE FAMILY REFUSED TO COME AND
TAKE CARE OF HIM AND BRING HIM
HOME.
HE CONTINUED TO STAY IN THE
HOSPITAL AND BUMPED FROM WARD TO
WARD.
THE HOSPITAL AND THE LOCAL HOME
BASED CARE ORGANIZATION
PARTNERED TO RENT
HE COULD BE STABLE AND NEAR THE
TREATMENT.
THE PEER EDUCATORS CREATED A
SCHEDULE TO CHECK ON HIM EVERY
DAY.
HE BEGAN TO GET BETTER AS HE WAS
GETTING THE TREATMENT AND WAS
ABLE TO BEGIN THE
THE CANCER.
WITHOUT A HOME, THIS WOULDN'T BE
ABLE TO OCCUR.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY
CASES.
THEY HAVE NO HUD.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, ADD HUD WE HAVE A
PRIVILEGE OF WORKING AS A TEAM,
OFTEN THE THING WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE A
THE REST OF THE TEAM.
IN THE LAST YEAR WE ARE
ESPECIALLY CHALLENGED TO STOP
THAT PRACTICE AND THINK ABOUT
HOW THE TEAM OVERALL CAN CREATE
SUCCESSES.
AND THAT I THINK IS THE MESSAGE
A YEAR AGO THAT THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY TOOK TO THE WHITE
HOUSE MEETING ON THE
HOUSING AND WE BROUGHT IN THE
PEOPLE AND RESEARCHERS AND
PROGRAM PERSONS AND ADD VOE
CO-KATES AND THEY HAVE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT THAT, AND WORKING
TOGETHER TO MAKE THE THIN
AND THINKING ABOUT THE TEAM
APPROACH.
WE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO HAVE
THE LEADERSHIP IN THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS AND IN YOUR
PRIOR WORK ADD HUD AND THE
HOUSING AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IN LOS
ANGELES YOU HAV
THINGS, ESPECIALLY A RESEARCH
PROJECT, BUT I WANTED TO WELCOME
YOU TO AS SOMEBODY THAT IS
CONTINUING THE BIG THEME,
LEADERSHIP AND TEAM WORK.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME TO THE WORLD AIDS
DAY.
TODAY THESE THEME IS BUILDING ON
SUCCESS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO IN THE END
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY
WELCOMING JEFF SINGER, THE
PRESIDENT OF THE HEALTHCARE AND
THE HOMELESS.
HE'S RECEIVING AN AWARD OVER A
MILLION DOLLARS TODAY TO HELP US
WITH HRPAP AND THE OTHER THINGS.
WE ARE TALKED A L
STARTING WITH THE USE OF HRPAP
AND HELPING THE PEOPLE WITH ***
GET OFF THE STREETS AND STAY OFF
THE STREETS.
THAT GETS TO WHAT DAVID YOU WERE
SPEAKING ABOUT, HOW TO LEVERAGE
ALL OF THE THINGS WE AND DO ALL
OF THE MONEY WE HAVE AND THI
BROADLY ABOUT THE SUCCESS AND
FOR THAT, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE
HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS.
WHEN THE MEETING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, WHEN I SPOKE TO THE FOLKS
ABOUT LOOKING AT THE
PROGRAMS, THE FIRST FIVE
MINUTES, FOLKS WERE A LITTLE
CONCERNED.
I SAW THE LOOK ON THE FACES OF
THE LOOKOVER CONCERN THAT MEANT
A RESTRAKS OF THE COMMITMENT.
IT DOESN'T.
I TELL YOU IN MY OWN
PROFESSI
YOU LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF
LEVERAGE, YOU GET MORE, BUT ONLY
IF YOU LOOK.
RIGHT.
SO AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO
AGREE FOR JUST THAT PERIOD OF
TIME TO NOT BE AFRAID OF WHAT
THE OUTCOME WILL BE AS WE
LOOK LOOK IF WE ACTUALLY
PARTNERED TODAY.
THE ORGANIZATION AND THE WORK
YOU ARE DOING ALONG WITH THE
STAFF TODAY, AND WELCOME TO ALL
AL
THE GUTS TO BE WILLING TO LOOK
AT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF YOU
PARTNER AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU
LOOK, AND PARTNERSHIP TAKES
TIME, SO IT IS A COMMITMENT AND
I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT IN
BALTIMORE AND
SERVING OVER 6 THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING THE
SUPPORT.
ALMOST 11 THOUSAND HOMELESS
PERSONS WITH
SHELTERED IN THE HOUSING BECAUSE
OF THE THE WORK YOU ARE DOING.
LEVERAGE, HOME SUPPORTS 400 ***
POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR
FAMILIES WITH
SYSTEMS.
WHETHER IT BEING SOMEONE WHO IS
SUPPORTED BY AND SHELTERED BY
THE HOUSING PROTECTIONS, BY
RECEIVING H
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS,
THROUGH THE PUBLIC HOUSING AND
OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS.
AS THE STIGMA OF AIDS TRANSFORMS
TO SOMETHING ELSE, IT BECOMES
LESS NECESSARY AND PERHAPS
IMPORTANT FOR THE
BE SEG RI INVESTIGATED AND
CHALLENGES US BECAUSE THAT MEANS
THAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
LIVING WITH ***/AIDS ARE IN
OTHER PROGRAMS AND PERHAPS
HARDER TO
WITH THE SUCCESS ON ONE HAND, IT
IS HARDER TO IDENTIFY THEM AND
MAKING SURE THEY ARE GETTING THE
SUPPORT THEY NEED.
I REMEMBER IN LOS ANGELES HAVING
A DISCUSSION WHEN FUNDING
***/AIDS
SEGREGATING AND HOW TO SPREAD
THEM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND
WHAT SPECIAL ASSISTANT DO THE
PEOPLE NEED.
SO THAT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT I
WAS HAVING, I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT
EIGHT
PROGRESSED.
SO WE CONTINUE TO ENTE GRATE.
THIS MARKS THE 25 YEAR
ANNIVERSARY THAT THORSED TO
HOPPRA.
BUT DAVID IS PART OF
I FEEL SO FORTUNATE TO BE HERE
TODAY.
FOR ME, I'M A HOUSER, I WAS A
HOUSER BEFORE I CAME, AND I'M A
HOUSER NOW.
AND TODAY, BUILDING ON THE
SUCCESS, I FEEL I'M STANDING ON
THE SHOULDERS OF
HARD WORK.
AND ERICA YOU ARE PART OF THAT
HISTORY, TOO, WE ARE SO HAPPY TO
HAVE YOU AND OTHERS JOINS, IT IS
WHAT MAKING US A TRUE
YOU HAD THE TRUE EXPERIENCE AND
BROUGHT THAT HOME AND OTHERS
LIKE YOU.
IT REALLY ENRICHES US IN WAYS
THAT ARE YET TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
AS WE HIGHLIGHT 20 YEARS YOU ARE
HELPING US MOVE FORWARD TO THE
FROM THE HEIGHTENED
CONSCIOUSNESS AND YOU BRING
THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING
AND AGREEING TO COME INTO THIS.
IT IS DIFFICULT, ISN'T IT?
I SAY THAT WORKING IN A
GOV
MORE TO DO THIS WORK.
AND THOSE FOLKS WHO MANAGE A WAY
TO CARRY THAT EXTRA WEIGHT WITH
GRACE, SUCCEED.
SO WHETHER YOUR OWN
FIND A WAY TO CARRY IT.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE PUBLIC
SERVICE WORK.
IT HAS IT BURDENS, BUT
INCREDIBLE GIFTS.
WHEN EWE FEEL THE WEIGHT, FIND A
WAY TO C
LIGHTER FOR YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
SO THE PRESIDENT TELLS US THAT
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUILD AND
REFOCUS THE EXISTING EFFORTS AND
DELIVER BETTER RESULTS
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IT COULDN'T BE MORE TRUE.
SO MUCH WORK, SO MUCH MAKING IT,
ALMOST WORK WITH THE SPIT AND
GLUE FOR SOME OF THE YEARS, AS
YOU BUILT THE KIND OF
RECOGNITION AND CREDIBILITY THAT
YOU
COULDN'T EVEN BE CLEARER NOW
THAT WE WORKED ON A FEDERAL, A
NATIONAL PLAN, ON ***/AIDS
STRATEGY.
I WAS THRILLED TO WATCH AS THIS
PROGRESSED AND BE ABLE TO PART
OF THE EFFORTS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, T
WAS A FUNDAMENTAL STONE IN THE
PLAN.
WE ARE NOT JUST SPEAKING HOUSERS
AND FISSIONS AND HOUSERS AND IT
IS BEGINNING, AND YOU CAN COME
THROUGH THE ISSUE OF HEALTH,
RIGHT, AND NOT UNDERSTAND THAT
HOUSING IS HEALTHCARE, RIGHT, WE
CAN MISS THAT, RIGHT.
WE CAN ALSO MISS THAT IF WE ARE
PROVIDING THE HOUSING, THAT
CONNECTING THE SERVICES IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY IS IMPORTANT.
S
END UP IN THE SAME PLACE, MAKING
SURE THAT THE ENTIRE PERSON IS
HELPED.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
I THINK THAT THE OUTCOME HAS
JUST BEEN LOVELY.
AND I CONGRATULATE TO THE FOLKS
AT THE WHITE HOUSE THAT WORKED
BRINGING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT IS POWERFUL TO SEE THE
ADVOCATES COMING TO THE WHITE
HOUSE AND ALL OF THE SPECIAL IDs
AND ALL OF
TO GO TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
BUILDING, TO RECOGNIZE IT IS
IMPORTANT ENOUGH.
NOT JUST MYSELF, BUT OTHERS IN
THE WHITE HOUSE, IN THE URBAN
AGENDA THERE ALL TOGETHER TO
LIFT AND ASSIST AND TO HE
COORDINATE.
IN THE END, YOU KNOW, JUST
BEAUTIFUL WORK.
WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
HOUSING IS HEALTHCARE.
IT IS ALSO THE FOUNDATION TO A
BETTER LIFE.
IT IS SHOWN IN STUDY AFTER
STUDY.
WHEN I WAS ASKED WHILE IN LOS
AGENCIES THAT TESTED, CAN YOU
IMAGINE, A STUDY ON WHETHER
HOUSING HELPS THE PEOPLE WITH
***/AIDS, REALLY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STUDY FOR
THAT?
WE DID.
AND NO SURPRISE,
SO HERE WE ARE.
NOW TYING IN THE EFFORTS BEYOND
THE FEDERAL AIDS AND ***
STRATEGY TO THE HOMELESS
STRATEGY.
ISSUES.
SO TO THE STAFF THAT WORKED
SEPARATELY ON THIS, AND MY
COLLEAGUE THAT IS SENSITIVE TO
ARE THERE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL
MEETING WITH THE FOLKS WITH
***/AIDS FOR THE PLAN.
WE HAVE COME THIS FAR AND DUE TO
THE EFFORTS NOT UNLIKE THOSE OF
THE MAN
DISCUSS THE PERSONAL STORY OF
HIM.
THEY LIVE WITHIN THE SKIN OF THE
BUILDING.
THE ONE THAT IS BEAUTIFUL THAT
YOU CAN'T SEE.
BUT AS WE TRANSCEND THE WAY WE
DO BUSINESS, AS HUD IS WORKING
ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AS WE
TALK ABOUT THE PLATFORM FOR THE
HOUSING STABILITY.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TO
LINK THE CLIENTS, AND I WOULD
SAY ONE THING
WHO ARE OUR CLIENTS?
FOR THIS HUD, OUR CLIENTS ARE
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED OUR HELP.
AND WHEN YOU DEFINE YOUR
QUESTION, YOU GET A DIFFERENT
ANSWER.
RIGHT.
IF THE CLIENTS ARE ONLY THOSE
THAT WE
YOU ALL KNOW THAT CHANGES.
RIGHT.
WHEN YOU SIGN A CONTRACT WITH
THE STATE OF MARYLAND OR THE
CITY OF BALTIMORE, IF THEY ON
THE SEE YOU AS A CLIENT, THE
DISCUSSION IS ONE WAY.
THE TABLE, WHAT IS IN THAT
CONTRACT CHANGES, HOW YOU DO THE
WORK CHANGES, FOR US IT IS THE
SAME WAY.
WHEN THE CLIENTS ARE THE ONES
THAT NEED OUR
THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF BEING HERE
TODAY AND IT IS A GREAT THING
WORKING WITH SECRETARY DONOVAN
THAT NEVER FORGETS THAT AND
SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH THE THOSE
THAT SHARE THE VISION.
NOT EVERYONE
RIGHTS LAWYER ON AND TAKE THAT
RISK AND FINDING OUT WE ARE NOT
SO NUTTY AND DOING THE WORK IS A
REALLY GOOD FOUNDATION STONE FOR
SOLVING THE PROBLEMS.
I'M GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR TAKING
THAT RISK AND SURROUNDING
HIMSELF WITH GREAT PARTNERS.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RESULTS
AND CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR CASE.
IF WE CAN'T
DONE, IT IS EASY TO SAY WE DON'T
NEED THE FUNDING OR MAYBE THE
RULES CHANGED TO ACCOMMODATE THE
REAL CHANGES.
EVALUATION IS IMPORTANT FOR THAT
REASON.
IT HELP US MAKE THE
HELPS STEP AWAY FROM THE
PERSONAL SUBJECTIVE VIEWS AND
THAT'S WHY I'M HAPPY TO WORK ON
THE EVALUATION TOOLS AND IT IS
SOMETHING WHEN WE ARE NOT HERE,
RIGHT, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
PARTICULARLY IF WE ARE TIED.
SO HER HERE THE RECOGNIZE THE
PARTNERS IN BALTIMORE,
HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS.
WE ARE USING THE HOUSING AS A
THE MODEL IN HOUSING FIRST, IT
IS OFFERING MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE TO SERVE POPULATIONS IN
DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE.
I COME FROM LOS ANGELES, THE
BIGGEST HOMELESS POPULATION, I
ADD HOW HARD IT IS, AND I KNOW
HOW HARD IT IS, AND FOR ALL OF
YOU DOING THIS WORK, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR WAY TO
LET IT GO.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK
WE KNOW THAT YOU USE THE
FUNDING, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE
THINGS, TOGETHER MAKE FOR A
SPECTRUM OF SERVICES THAT HAVE
TRUE COLOR AND TRUE
THAT ACTUALLY WORK TO KEEP
SOMEBODY OFF OF THE STREETS
MAYBE FOREVER.
BECAUSE YOU PROVIDE HOLISTIC
CARE TO THE CLIENTS, YOU SERVE
OVER SIX THOUSAND CLIENTS A YEAR
IN BALTIMORE AND
MARYLAND AND ALL WITH THE WRAP
AROUND SERVICES.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
INITIATED A DENTAL CARE PROGRAM
FOR THE PERSONS EXPERIENCING THE
HOMELESSNESS IN MARYLAND, WE
KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET A
IF YOU CAN'T PRESENT HOW YOU ARE
COMING TO WORK.
THESE ARE SO KEY AND WE THANK
YOU FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
CITY AND TO THE COUNTRY AND TO
THE WORLD.
WE LOOK FORWARD ON BUILDING ON
THE SUCCESSES AND I
INTRODUCE JEFF SINGER WHO IS
DOING THIS WORK EVERY DAY AND
SHOWING THE WAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WELCOME
THE HUD TODAY.
HERE IS A SMALL CHECK, 1,265
MILLION 265 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
>> WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
EXTRAORDIN
IT IS HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU
ALL, TO THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
AND DAVID VOSS AND FRED.
IN 1982, A MAN WHO WAS VERY SICK
AND WEAK STAGGERED INTO
HOMELESS UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
HE HAD NOWHERE TO STAY, NO
FRIENDS AND NO HOME.
AND WE PUT UP IN A HOTEL FOR A
COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN FOUND A
THEY TOOK WONDERFUL CARE OF HIM
AND HE PASSED AWAY NOT LONG
AFTER THAT.
ROBERT WAS A FIRST PERSON IN THE
CITY OF BALTIMORE TO BE KNOWN TO
HAVE AIDS.
HOMELESS UNIT.
THE TWO EPIDEMICS OF HOMESLESS
HOMESLESSNESS AND *** HAS GROWN
UP TOGETHER IN THE 80s.
WHAT A DECADE
JANE FONDA WORKOUT TAPES WERE
BROUGHT TO US IN THE 80s.
THEY WERE FUELLED IN PART BY THE
DEVASTATION OF THIS AGENCY, THE
BUDGET OF HUD WAS CUT FROM
$32 BILLION
NO WONDER MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WERE SLEEPING ON THE STREETS.
WAS NO HOUSING FOR THEM.
WE ORGANIZED TO PREVENT THOSE
CONDITIONS.
AN
THAT FUNDS A LOT OF THE
PROGRAMS AND THE RYAN WHITE
CARE ACT AND THE COMMUNITY
HEALTH CENTERS ARE
STRENGTHENED UNDER A NUMBER OF
THE ADMINISTRATIONS AND WE
HAVE A GOOD SET OF SERVICES
THAT ENABLE US TO GO OUT ON
OFF THE STREET AND BACK TO THE
MAIN STREAM.
AND WE HAVE PROVEN WE CAN DO
THAT.
WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT A
RESOURCES AND IT TAKES
PARTNERSHIPS TO CREATE THE
RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS
WITH HUD, WE USE HAS
HUD PROGRAMS, TO THE VOUCHERS
TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING TO THE
MONEY, NOT ONLY PAYS FOR THE
SERVICES BUT PAYS FOR THE
HOUSING COSTS AND THE NEW
HRPAP FUNDS THAT GETS THE
PEOPLE FROM THE STREETS TO THE
APARTMENTS.
WE PAY THEIR RENT.
AND ENDING THE HOMELESSNESS
MEANS PROVIDING THE PEOPLE
WITH THE SERVICES AND GET THEM
INTO THE PERMANENT HOUSING AND
HELPING THEM WITH THAT.
THE AGENCY THAT TOOK IN
MR. DOYLE IS HELPING WITH
THIS.
YOU ARE SUPPORTING
AS WELL.
WE ARE REALLY SO PLEASED TO
CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM.
BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY.
THANK YOU SO
I WANT TO BRING UP SOMEBODY
THAT BENEFITTED FROM THE
PROGRAM, MR. MATT
>> I DO HAVE ***, I HAVE AIDS.
I GOT IT IN THE '90s.
WITHOUT THE HELP, I WAS GET
IFFING TROUBLE AND HOMELESS
AND TAKEN FROM THE COMMUNITY,
STREET FOR YEARS.
I BURNT ALL OF THE BRIDGES AND
THEY CONSTANTLY CAME AND GOT
ME AND NEVER GAVE UP ON HIM,
DID EVERYTHING TO THEM, A LOT
OF TIMES, BUT THANK GOD THEY
NEVER GAVE UP ON HIM, I'M
STANDING HERE WITH AIDS AND
HEALTHY, HAVE MY OWN PLACE AND
READY TO GO TO THE WORK FORCE
THEM, I WOULDN'T BE STANDING
HERE.
I WOULD BE IN PRISON, DYING OF
AIDS AND LORD KNOWS DOING WHAT
ELSE, ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE,
THAT COMES WITH THE
HOMELESSNESS.
THERE WERE A LOT
THERE, I LOST MY TRAIN OF
THOUGHT, A LOT OF AA MEETINGS
AND THE SUPPORT GROUPS THAT
HELPED ME OUT AND THE
COUNSELLORS ARE FANTASTIC.
THEY
THEY CAME AND GOT YOU AND
PULLED ME BACK, AND I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHY THEY DID IT.
I COULDN'T DO IT MYSELF.
IF SOMEONE SCREWED ME OVER,
SEE YOU
THEY CONTINUED TO COME AT ME,
AND I'M STANDED HERE AND MY
WHOLE LIFE CHANGED.
I HAVE HOUSING NOW.
[APPLAUSE]
I'M CLEAN.
I HAVE HOUSING NOW.
I HAVE A HOME G
[APPLAUSE]
I'M GIVING BACK A LITTLE BIT
NOW, I DO A FEW THINGS TO GIVE
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL.
THAT IS ABOUT IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT TALK,
AND FOR THE JOURNEY HERE AND
THE GOOD DECISIONS YOU HAVE
MADE IN YOUR LIFE, TOO.
THA
WE HAVE BEEN FINDING IS LISTEN
TO THE CLIENT, TO TALK TO THEM
AND MAKE SURE WE TALK TO THEM.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO SAY.
WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM HERE.
THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE
FOR HUD INVOLVES US IN A WAY
IT IS A PLAT TOMORROW TO
IMPROVE LIFE AND ALL OF THE
PROGRAMS ARE LOOKING AT THIS
AND IT IS EXCITING.
HOUSING AND HEALTH, AND TO
WORK TOGETHER IN THE REST OF
HUD, I TALKED WITH MORE OF THE
PEOPLE AT
THE SERVICE COORDINATION AND
THE PUBLIC HOUSING, THIS IS A
LOT OF TEAM WORK AND IT IS
GOING TO TAKE ENERGY, BUT THE
RESULTS ARE A GOOD STORY, THE
PEOPLE ARE NOT GIVING UP ON
THE CLIENTS THAT NEED YOUR
HELP.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMIT
BEING HERE TODAY AND THE WORK
YOU ARE DOING.
PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST DOING
THEIR JOBS, THE PERSON IS
ANGELA THOM.
HE'S WORKING ON THE
TOOL FOR THE FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT AND WE ARE
LAUNCHING A TRAINING TOOL ON
THE WEB AND UNDERSTANDING THE
IMPORTANT VITAL BUILDING BLOCK
AND CONTROLLING THE MONEY THAT
IS ACCOUNTABLE AND THEY HAVE
KNOWLEDGE, AND THIS IS A BIG
CHALLENGE WITH THE STAFFING
CHANGES AND
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK TO
MAKING SURE WE HAVE A PRODUCT
OF HIGH EQUALITY.
LET ME THANK YOU ALL, TOO, YOU
ARE MAKING THE HUD PRODUCT A
HIGH EQUALITY AND TOGETHER WE
ARE GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]