93.452: Health Improvement for Re-entering Ex-offenders Initiative (HIRE) HIV/AIDS

93.452

Inactive

HHS Immediate Office of the Secretary (IOS) [HHS]

Sept. 12, 2019

Aug. 24, 2017

The HIRE Program seeks to improve the HIV/AIDS health outcomes of ex-offenders re-entering the mainstream population (Re-entry Population) by supporting community-based efforts to ensure their successful transition from state or federal incarceration back to their communities. It is expected that applicants will ensure that ex-offenders returning to their communities from incarceration or detention are sufficiently prepared to: maximize their chances for successful reintegration; seek to eliminate the structural and medical barriers to reintegration that are necessary to preserve public safety; acknowledge the roles that families and communities play in the reentry process and ensure that they are sufficiently prepared to take on those responsibilities; and collect the data needed from pre-release and post-release prison medical reports to better evaluate the effectiveness of the project and assist ex-offenders affected by HIV/AIDS.

B - Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)

To qualify for funding, an applicant organization must: be located within one of the five targeted states with the highest incidence of inmates known to be infected with HIV or of inmates to have confirmed AIDS in state and federal prisons at year end 2008: Florida, New York, Texas, California, or Georgia. Furthermore, the organization must have a minimum of five years’ experience in: a) providing services to the re-entry population; and b) implementing HIV/AIDS-related health and support services. Additionally, the eligible organization must be a: • Private nonprofit community-based, minority-serving organization which addresses health, human or correctional services; or • Public entity (local government) which addresses health, human or correctional services; or • Tribal governmental entity which addresses health, human or correctional services; or • Faith-based organization which provides comprehensive pre-release, transitional or reentry services.

The HIRE Program places primary focus on the reentry populations in five targeted states, with special emphasis on the following reentry subpopulations: substance abusers, men who have sex with men, and individuals impacted by mental health disorders.