This committee combines four areas where compliance with Planning Council operations is the focus. This committee will develop and facilitate the management of Planning Council operating procedures, guidelines, and inquiries into members’ compliance with these procedures and guidelines. It will also implement the Open Nominations Process which will require a continuous focus on recruitment and orientation. This committee may also be the place where the Planning Council self-evaluations are initiated and conducted. This committee will not benefit from external member participation except where resolution of grievances is concerned. External members knowledgeable about the area of grievance may sometimes be utilized to promote objectivity in decision making.
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Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Planning Committee This committee will be responsible for assessing HIV/AIDS needs, completing the HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Care Plan, and HIV/AIDS Standards of Care. This committee is the place where definitions and recommendations require a comprehensive understanding of the different HIV/AIDS treatment and service models and approaches to treatment, which can vary among populations and geographical environments. This committee will require four "work groups" for continuous assessment and planning tasks and will benefit from members with expertise who are not Planning Council members, especially where skill and expertise in planning and assessment are not available through council members.
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This committee is responsible for implementing the How to Best Meet the Needs process, developing Standards of Care, creating Outcomes Measures, and making recommendations regarding special topics (such as transportation, housing, and child care) specifically related to Title I Services. The committee must benefit from external membership and expertise.
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This committee will give attention to the comprehensive process of establishing priorities and allocations for each Planning Council year. This committees membership must be guided by skills appropriate to prioritizing and allocating, not be interests in prioritizing and allocating. This committee will be subject to Conflict of Interest standards. Members of this committee will consist of the Planning Council officers and chairs of the standing committees. This committee will be where the Planning Council staffing pattern design and staff recruitment-selection-evaluation is initiated and conducted. The Steering committee will be responsible for the following:
This committee will not benefit from outside the Planning Council membership.
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Priority and Allocations Committee This committee will give attention to the comprehensive process of establishing priorities and allocations for each Planning Council year. This committees membership must be guided by skills appropriate to prioritizing and allocating, not be interests in prioritizing and allocating. This committee will be subject to Conflict of Interest standards and will benefit from the use of external resource persons.
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This committee was designed to acknowledge the collective importance of consumer participation in Planning Council strategic activities. This committee will serve as a place where consumers can safely and in an environment of trust discuss Planning Council work plans and activities. This committee will appoint a consumer to each of the other committees of the Planning council. The committee will consist of HIV+ individuals and their caregivers (friends or family members). All members of the Planning Council who self-disclose as HIV+ are requested to be members of this committee, however membership on a committee for HIV+ individuals will not be restricted to this committee.
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EIIHA: Early Identification of Individuals with HIV/AIDS When Congress reauthorized the Ryan White legislation at the end of 2009, they added the following new responsibilities for the Ryan White Part A program:
Because the new requirements are closely linked to HIV prevention activities, it is recommended that community prevention groups and planning councils work collaboratively in the development of a strategy and that existing strategies be strongly considered as the basis of this new program requirement. Membership of the committee includes members of the Ryan White Planning Council and Houston Prevention Planning Group.
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Project L.E.A.P. Advisory Committee Members of the Project L.E.A.P. Advisory Committee will include members of the Ryan White Planning Council, Houston Prevention Planning Group (PPG) and Project LEAP alumni. Purpose: The Committee is responsible for:
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