We are interested in learning more about how your agency is involved in community planning activities and processes.
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In what way(s) is the Health Planning Council involved, if at all, in the following in community/state planning activities?
- HUD Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plans
- HUD Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Planning
- Public Housing Agency Plans – 5-Year Plans and Annual Plans
- RWHAP HIV Planning Council - Comprehensive Plans and Needs Assessments
- CDC HIV Prevention Community Planning Group – Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plans
- State Mental Health Planning Council – Comprehensive Mental Health Services Plans
- Online planning forums for program clients and other people living with HIV
- Other HIV housing related community planning activities
FOLLOW UP:
- How frequently do you communicate with other agencies, including both federal agencies and non-profit organizations, regarding community planning activities? With which agencies, in particular?
- Do you work with the River Region Human Services, in particular, on community planning?
- Do these efforts require cooperation or coordination with each other? Please explain.
- Have you and other agencies, such as the River Region Human Services, developed shared goals and/or protocols as part of these planning efforts. Please explain.
- To facilitate this collaboration, have you made system-wide changes in the ways in which you are involved in community planning activities?
- Do you share resources with other organizations, such as the River Region Human Services, to facilitate community planning activities? Please describe.
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Have you participated in or conducted a community-level needs assessment or census related to stable housing and health outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS?
IF YES:
- When, and how often, have such community-level needs assessment efforts occurred?
- Who conducted the needs assessment? What other agencies were involved?
- What methods were used to assess community-level HIV housing and health care needs?
- What issues did the most recent community-level needs assessment explore?
FOLLOW UP:
- What barriers to stable housing and health outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS have been identified at the community-level?
- What strategies, if any, have been implemented to address these barriers at the community-level?
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One of the IHHP grant requirements is to develop an integrated housing plan at the community-level.
FOLLOW UP:
- Have you heard of this grant requirement? Do you know whether the Sanford Housing Authority will be involved in that activity?
- What has been done to develop and implement this community plan? What has been accomplished so far?
- How does this new integrated housing plan differ, if at all, from other community planning efforts?
- Please describe any additional policy work the Health Planning Council does to support HIV housing system development and integration.
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