The funds will allow those entities to provide permanent and transitional housing along with other support services to more than 200 households living with HIV/AIDS, according to a department press release.
Agencies in Los Angeles; Jacksonville, Fla.; Boston, Ma.; Maine; Albany and Rochester, N.Y.; Portland, Ore.; and Dallas received the HUD grants, part of the department's Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program.
The money is also intended to help the recipients develop cross program approaches to HIV/AIDS care through the creation of an Integrated HIV/AIDS Housing Plan in their areas. The goal will be to coordinate and streamline services across agencies for these individuals and families, according to the department.
"These resources will allow public agencies, nonprofits and housing authorities to forge new partnerships so that together, we can deliver comprehensive housing solutions and services for low-income families dealing with HIV," HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan said in a statement. "These communities will be innovating to more effectively and efficiently assist vulnerable households with HIV and serve as models for others to improve health outcomes and reduce risks of homelessness."