From the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Listserv, 12/16/22
On December 6, HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau released a new program letter detailing Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part A guidance for planning councils and planning bodies on supporting people with lived experience in their planning work. Community input process is a requirement in the RWHAP legislation and is implemented in the RWHAP Part A as Planning Councils (PCs) or Planning Bodies (PBs). It is important to meaningfully engage people with lived experience in PCs and PBs to identify and address barriers to accessing RWHAP services and their intended outcomes, to develop program and policies that are more responsive the needs of people with HIV, and to improve outcomes and help with efforts for people with HIV who can benefit from RWHAP services.