Glossary of Terms: H
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HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons Living With AIDS)
A program administered by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development which provides funding to support housing for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. HOPWA has many programs funded in LA County to help provide housing and supportive services to this population.
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Housing Case Manager
A Housing Case Manager was the former name of what is now known as a Housing Specialist. A Housing Specialist can help you find and maintain appropriate housing, apply for housing benefits such as HOPWA to help pay for move-in expenses. They can refer you to supportive services to help you maintain stable housing.
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Housing Specialist
A Housing Specialist can help you find and maintain appropriate housing, apply for housing benefits such as HOPWA to help pay for move-in expenses. They can refer you to supportive services to help you maintain stable housing.
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Housing First
Housing First (from the National Alliance to End Homelessness): A “housing first” approach rests on two central premises: 1) Re-housing should be the central goal of our work with people experiencing homelessness; and 2) Providing housing assistance and follow-up case management services after a family or individual is housed can significantly reduce the time people spend in homelessness. Case management ensures individuals and families have a source of income through employment and/or public benefits, identifies service needs before the move into permanent housing, and works with families or adults after the move into permanent housing to help solve problems that may arise that threaten their tenancy including difficulties sustaining housing or interacting with the landlord and to connect families with community-based services to meet long term support/service needs.
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Housing Plus
Refers to housing where residents are encouraged to accept support services necessary to help them maintain their housing. The term is another way of referring to “permanent supportive housing,” but puts the emphasis on “housing plus intensive service” for people with serious disabilities.
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HUD (US Department of Housing and Urban Development)
A federal department active in a variety of national housing programs including urban renewal and public housing.
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HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
HIPAA was enacted by the U.S Congress in 1996. Title II of HIPAA defines numerous offenses relating to health care and sets civil and criminal penalties for them. It also creates several programs to control fraud and abuse within the health care system. However, the most significant provisions of Title II are its Administrative Simplification rules. Title II requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to draft rules aimed at increasing the efficiency of the health care system by creating standards for the use and dissemination of health care information.
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Healthy Families
The federally subsidized health insurance program administered by the State of California for the provision of comprehensive health services (including medical, dental and vision care) to children ages birth through 19th birthday from low income families.