Planning

The webinar will help planning councils/planning bodies (PC/PBs) and RWHAP recipients identify points of tension and select appropriate approaches to manage and work through those points of tension.

Strategies to improve recruitment and retention of new PC/PB members (e.g., legislatively required membership categories, a recommended process for bringing on new members, establishing consumer trust, ongoing orientations).

Review of the needs assessment process that RWHAP Part A planning councils/planning bodies conduct annually, with a case study on consumer leadership of the needs assessment process.

Information for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) recipients to help them increase understanding and leveraging of the existing housing service system to better serve PLWH experiencing unstable housing.

Strategies to identify roles and responsibilities for implementing your five-year Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan.

Discussion of how programs can use HIV laboratory surveillance data to identify persons who have fallen out of care in order to guide re-linkage efforts (Data to Care).

Editable Word document customizable template for taking effective minutes for your planning council/planning body and committee meetings.

The Directory is a comprehensive list of the 2017-2021 Integrated HIV Care and Prevention plans—with links to publicly available plans—organized alphabetically by state or territory.

Steps for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP) to undertake in preparing for and responding to emergencies in order to ensure there is continued access to HIV medications in disaster situations.

This comprehensive PowerPoint deck was developed by the Southeastern Michigan HIV/AIDS Council to train Planning Body members in the PSRA decision-making process for the Detroit EMA. 

Example of PrEP and PEP Navigation Services Report used to provide updates to the HIV Statewide Advisory Group and Community Health Planning & Strategies Committee (RWHAP Part A).

This sample worksheet provides an Excel-based format for Planning Council members. It will help rank and track both core medical and support service category priorities. Also included are five key criteria to assist with the ranking process.

This sample Excel file links multiple worksheets that display comprehensive priority setting and resource allocation data. Note: since the worksheets contain automated calculation functionality, users should check formulas and modify data inputs.

This document outlines the steps and considerations that the Virginia Department of Health, RWHAP Part B recipient takes into account to develop their annual resource allocation amounts for service categories.

The Primer is designed to help Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part A planning council members understand the roles and functioning of planning councils.

Use this MOA template to outline the agreed-upon scope, structures, and processes for ongoing collaboration between a jurisdiction’s HIV prevention and/or surveillance program and Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.

The Integrated Plan Tracking tool is a spreadsheet containing the Arizona Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan work plan, including details of activities, parties responsible, timelines, and performance measures. It also includes a color coded column tracking the status of activities for users to update and also use for communicating overall activity progress.

Priority setting worksheet to outline priorities for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) service categories as part of the planning process.

Workbooks for RWHAP planning bodies and other entities to self-assess their effectiveness.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services distilled their 130 page Wisconsin Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan into a ten page and one page summary.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services distilled their 130 page Wisconsin Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan into a ten page overview and one page summary.

Data reports, slide decks, and infographics on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP).

This document includes all of the financial and service data which the Philadelphia EMA Planning Council uses in order to make resource allocation decisions for Part A funds.

The Multnomah County (Portland, OR) Part A recipient has a process for working collaboratively with their Planning Council, using a scorecard which shows how funds were allocated and cost and care outcomes.

This article presents lessons learned from implementation of a RA model for evidence-based HIV prevention interventions, with the objective of averting new HIV infections.

This report provides a summary of the federal, state, and local funding sources available to support HIV services within the Boston RWHAP EMA in 2016. Results from the report were used by the Boston EMA Planning Council to make resource allocation decisions.

The report describes the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which certain health care providers to receive significant discounts on certain prescription medications, including HIV medications. The report includes key 340B policies, as well as recent utilization trends and challenges.

The article describes a resource allocation modeling exercise carried out in Iowa in 2012 following a significant decrease in the state’s HIV prevention funding budget.

This factsheet provides an overview of the AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), including their function, budget, eligibility criteria for clients, and involvement with the 340B Drug Pricing
Program.