Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a grant of $721,000 to the City of Dallas, through the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) Program.  The grant is a permanent supportive housing renewal grant that will continue providing 28 units of permanent housing for post-incarcerated people who are living with HIV/AIDS.

“I am pleased that the City of Dallas will receive this funding, so that it can continue to provide comprehensive outreach to offenders who are reentering society,” Congresswoman Johnson said.  “Reentry programs strengthen our community and make it safer.”

Project Reconnect, a City of Dallas program that provides outreach to people who have been incarcerated, will receive the funding.

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.