Instruction manual for the ADR client level data reporting system.
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) management staff are responsible for delivering quality HIV care in accordance with legislative and program requirements. Areas of responsibility include care standards, data management, fiscal operations, and planning. This website catalogs HRSA resources to support their work, including technical assistance providers. Please use them freely, reach out to your project officer and share your tools with peers across the country.
Basics for Managers/Administrators
- New the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program? Explore Living History, and see the HRSA HAB website for program fact sheets and more.
- RWHAP Parts - are you A, B, C, D, F or all of the above? These pages bring together information targeted to the Part(s) that support your work.
Resources and TA/Training for Managers/Administrators
Explore the following Library topics and websites for resources developed to date. Also, access the Technical Assistance Directory for current projects that deliver support to RWHAP agencies.
- AIDS Drug Assistance Programs - see how ADAP is filling gaps in access to medications and health coverage.
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Clinical Quality Management - HRSA's standards and tools and resources to measure and improve performance.
- Clinical Training - The AIDS Education and Training Centers program is the clinical training arm of HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
- Data and Reporting - whether you are new to this field or an old pro, there are people and resources prepared to help you monitor the efficacy of your RWHAP work.
- Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative - EHE is focused on four pillars: diagnose, treat, prevent, and respond in hard hit jurisdictions.
- Fiscal Management - learn about managing program income, expenses, and third party contracting and reimbursement.
- Health Coverage - learn about enrolling clients in health coverage as well as billing and contracting with payers.
- Innovations in HIV Care: Replication Resources - HRSA-funded innovations are currently catalogued in HIV Care Innovations: Replication Resources and Best Practices Compilation. (Consolidation of these collections is forthcoming.)
- People with HIV & Community Involvement - tools for patient education, models and best practices for peer programs, advisory boards, and patient involvement initiatives.
- Planning - these resources cover all aspects of Ryan White planning and coordination.
- Program & Grant Management - presents tools for recipients and subrecipients in managing their federal funds.
Key Resources
Guidelines and Manuals
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Explanation of reporting requirements, definitions of required data, and instructions about how to report in the RSR.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)Collection of resources focused on providing recipients and subrecipients with ongoing knowledge about the requirements and expectations of implementing a RWHAP Part D program.
- Ryan White Data Support
Manual on the GCMS data-storage system for RWHAP recipients to manage agency RWHAP contracts.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Resources for RWHAP recipients on administering their grants.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Series of manuals for Parts (programs) under HRSA's Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP).
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Federal guidelines for treatment, prevention and care of HIV disease, opportunistic infections, and common co-infections.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Performance measures to help Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program agencies monitor and improve the quality of care they deliver.
Webinars and Training
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Pre-application webinars for Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcements from HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP).
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Webinars on HRSA HAB policy notices and program letters for RWHAP recipients.
Websites
- HRSA
Online portal for grantees of record to report on deliverables identified in their grant award.
Technical Assistance and Training
TAP-in supports the 47 EHE jurisdictions funded by HRSA to strengthen their EHE work plans, promote cross-jurisdictional learning, and ensure jurisdictions have access to the resources they need. Project period: 2020-2025.
- Capacity building for the RWHAP community to navigate the changing health care landscape and help people with HIV to access and use their health coverage to improve health outcomes. Project period: 2022-2025.
TA and training on administration of Ryan White ADAPs and Part B planning and management. Project period: 2022-2027.
- Design, implementation, and evaluation of bundled evidence–informed interventions for Black women with HIV. Project period: 2020-2024.
- The CHAC advises the Secretary, HHS, Director of CDC, and Administrator of HRSA, regarding objectives, strategies, policies, and priorities for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and STD prevention and treatment efforts. /sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/CHAC_Workgroup_Presentations.pdf /sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/CHAC_Agenda_Nov_2022.pdf
- CIE identifies, catalogs, and disseminates evidence-informed interventions that link, re-engage, and retain people with HIV in care, and supports the real-world replication of these interventions to help end the HIV epidemic.
Initiative that created four evidenced-informed Care and Treatment Interventions (CATIs) that are replicable, cost-effective, capable of producing optimal HIV care continuum outcomes, and easily adaptable to the changing health care environment. Project period: 2015-2020.
- The SCP delivers TA aimed at strengthening healthcare system engagement in local EHE efforts by supporting the coordination of planning activities, alignment of funding sources, and program implementation. Project period: 2020-2025.
ESCALATE will focus on reducing HIV stigma through training participants in EHE jurisdictions. Project period: 2020-2024.
Implementation and evaluation of evidence-informed interventions to reduce HIV-related health disparities and improve health outcomes. Focus on transgender women, Black MSM, behavioral health integration, addressing trauma. TA provided to 26 RWHAP agencies. Project period: 2017-2022.
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Support for Part A and B recipients and their planning bodies around integrated HIV/AIDS planning efforts. Project period: 2016-2023.
Adaptation of HRSA HAB SPNS program insights into practical resources. Disseminates T/TA resources.
- Project to facilitate the implementation of Rapid ART initiation in RWHAP provider settings by compiling and disseminating implementation resources nationwide. Project period: 2020-2023.
- Interactive data tool to visualize the reach, impact, and outcomes of the RWHAP. HRSA offers office hours and webinars to help use the tool.
- Initiative documenting best practice strategies and interventions that have been shown to improve HIV outcomes in a "real world" setting and can be replicated by other programs. Project period: 2021-2024.
- SPNS initiative on implementation and evaluation of interventions that accelerate initiation of antiretroviral therapy (Rapid Start). Project period: 2020-2023.
SPNS project that supported the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions that coordinated HIV care and treatment, housing, and employment services. Project period: 2017-2022.
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