Words Matter: The Power of Language to Strengthen Services for HIV and Substance Use Disorder
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Resource updated 09/19/2023
This resource explains the history and goals of the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI),describes allowable uses of MAI funds, offers sound practices for planning councils allocating MAI funds, identifies challenges, and gives examples of how planning councils have used MAI funds to support responsive, tailored services,
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Foundational information on a wide range of topics that planning council members need to know about.
Strategies to improve recruitment and retention of new PC/PB members.
Resource updated 01/05/2024
Module in Training Guide: A Member’s First Planning Cycle explaining the concept of a comprehensive system of HIV care and planning body roles and tools for creating and maintaining that system of care.
Module in Training Guide: A Member’s First Planning Cycle explaining the data used to guide planning and how to interpret and apply that information in planning.
Video illustration of the resource allocation process which the Boston EMA Ryan White Planning Council conducts annually.
Resource updated 04/18/2024
Module in Training Guide: A Member’s First Planning Cycle explaining how a planning body can work effectively as a group, according to bylaws and other procedures that outlines, for example, working in committees and running meetings.
Module in Training Guide: A Member’s First Planning Cycle explaining the bylaws and other procedures that are legislatively required in order to create a diverse membership with staffing and a clear relationship with the recipient.
Steps agencies can take to bill for services that enhance their financial sustainability.
Resource updated 10/05/2023
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.
Resource updated 01/05/2024