All committees are open to the public and you can attend virtually through Zoom while social distance measures are in place. If you would like to be on the Interested Parties Mailing List for any or all committees, and receive an email prior to each meeting with the documents that will be used in that meeting, please email the Planning Council administrator Karen Chung at kchung@kingcounty.gov. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities provided with advanced request.

Needs Assessment, Priority Setting, & Resource Allocation Committee (NAPSRA)

• Meets every fourth Thursday of the month virtually through Zoom.
  This committee conducts needs assessments, prioritizes services, and allocates Ryan White Part A funds to service categories.

System of Care Committee (SOC)

• Meets every fourth Monday of the month virtually through Zoom.
  This committee creates standards of care and measures for these standards for all service categories, and creates the comprehensive plan.

Membership/Operations Committee

• Meets every third Thursday of the month at 5:00 pm to7:00 pm virtually through Zoom.
  This committee writes bylaws and policies and brings on new Council members. They are actively seeking membership currently.

+Caucus

• Meets every first Thursday of the month at 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm virtually through Zoom.
  The +Caucus builds a supportive community around people living with HIV and provides a place for people living with HIV to learn more about the Council and provide input from lived experience on the work of the Council. Download a brochure to learn more.

• PLEASE NOTE

• 2021 Service Units
  
  
• Planning Council Bylaws
  
  
• Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need
  
  
• Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan
  
  
• Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
  
  
• Seattle TGA HIV Planning Council Membership Application
  
  
• Emergency Financial Assistance
  
  
• Seattle TGA Ryan White Program Standards
  • Early Intervention Services
  • Food Bank/Home Delivered Meal Services
  • General Standards
  • Housing Assistance/Housing-Related Services
  • Medical Transportation Services
  • Non-Medical Case Management
  • Oral Health Care
  • Outpatient Ambulatory Health Services - Treatment Adherence
  • Psychosocial Support

Creation

The Seattle HIV/AIDS Planning Council was created by the King County Executive on August 11th, 1992. The Council was formed in response to the requirement of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resource Emergency (CARE) Act, Title I.

The Planning Council today

The Planning Council prioritizes and allocates Ryan White Part A funding for services in King, Island and Snohomish counties.

Council composition

There are specific membership slots defined by the Ryan White legislation, including the requirement that 33% of members be unaligned people living with HIV who are consumers of services.

Planning Council duties

For Ryan White Part A care services funding, the Planning Council's duties are to:

• Assess King, Snohomish and Island County's HIV/AIDS service needs
• Establish priorities for the allocation of funds
• Allocate funds to service categories
• Develop a comprehensive care plan
• Establish operations to make planning tasks function smoothly
• Assess the efficiency of Public Health in rapidly allocating funds to areas of greatest need
• Confirm that the services procured by Public Health fulfill the allocation plan created by the Council

The Council also allocates percentages of a community funding pool to services for each of the priority populations.