IACHA New Member ORIENTATION GUIDE

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IACHA New MemberORIENTATION GUIDE
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Welcome to IACHA!

• As a new member, you will be provided the
  following
• On online tutorial (you are viewing this now!)
• A mentor (a current IACHA member who will assist
  you during your first year)
• An IACHA membership manual
• A meet and greet on the Thursday prior to your
  first meeting to meet you mentor and ask
  questions
• In addition to your mentor, you also have support
  from the IACHA Coordinator, Lynsey Winters Juel.
• lynseyjuel_at_gmail.com
• [phone]

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Funding and Support Flow Chart
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CDC Requirement Community Planning
Remember, the CDC from the previous slide? They
fund HIV prevention activities!

• As directed by the CDC, community planning is a
  requirement of the HIV Prevention Cooperative
  Agreement.
• CDC provides guidance for community planning
  bodies to help with assigned HIV Prevention tasks
  (http//www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/funding/PS12-1201/p
  df/HIV_Planning_Guidance.pdf)

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IACHA History Lesson

• In 1994, Idaho embraced a community planning
  process to assist in the development of a plan
  targeting HIV prevention efforts to those
  populations at greatest risk for HIV transmission
  (at this point, known as the Idaho Prevention
  Planning Group)
• In 2003, this group expanded to address the
  care-related needs of people living with HIV and
  AIDS (at this point, known as the Idaho Care and
  Prevention Council)
• In 2007, to better integrate the spectrum of
  concerns and issues related to HIV and AIDS, the
  council once again underwent a name change,
  becoming the Idaho Advisory Council on HIV and
  AIDS (IACHA)

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IACHA Purpose and Function

• IACHA uses a community planning process
• (the responsibility for developing a
  comprehensive HIV plan involves state and local
  agencies, non-governmental organizations, and
  representatives of communities and groups at risk
  for HIV infection and/or already infected)
• IACHAs decisions are based on several sources of
  data including the following
• Epidemiological profiles of those infected in
  Idaho
• Population and community-specific needs
  assessments
• Studies of what interventions have proven to be
  successful in reducing HIV and caring for those
  living with HIV and AIDS
• Number of clients in HIV care

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IACHA Purpose Function Continued

• In regards to HIV prevention, members work in
  partnership with FPSHP to complete the following
  
• Assess prevention needs in the state
• Determine the populations most at-risk of HIV
  infection
• Recommend effective prevention strategies to
  reach these populations
• Addressing the needs of HIV care in Idaho, IACHA
  members work with FPSHP to complete the
  following
• Determine unmet needs
• Identify gaps in service for people living with
  HIV/AIDS
• Prioritize resource allocation

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IACHA Membership

• The IACHA Membership Committee is charged with
  ensuring inclusion, parity and representation of
  the membership.
• Ideally, IACHA membership includes the following
  
• Persons infected with HIV
• Persons representing populations at risk of HIV
• HIV care and prevention providers
• Health department representatives
• Educators
• Persons with expertise in behavioral science,
  substance abuse, corrections, health planning,
  epidemiology and evaluation

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IACHA Member Expenses

• Funding for transportation to meetings, lodging
  and per diem are covered by FPSHP
• Costs to attend meetings are reimbursed by
  submitting a travel voucher to Lynsey Winters
  Juel 

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IACHA Structure

• Membership may include up to 26 people with
  membership terms of three years and the option to
  reapply
• The Community Co-Chair is elected by the members
• The HW Co-Chair is appointed by FPSHP
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• IACHA meets three times per year
• 3 two-day face to face meetings (usually
  February, May and September)
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• IACHA has three standing committees
• Reducing HIV incidence
• Increasing access to care and optimizing health
  outcomes
• Reducing HIV-related health disparities
• Administrative Committee (comprised of co-chairs
  and chairs of above committees)

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Idahos Seven Health Districts
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Stats HIV and AIDS in Idaho Source Idaho
HIV/AIDS 2010 Epidemiologic Profile

• 1,254 individuals are presumed living with HIV or
  AIDS in Idaho
• The majority of Idaho HIV/AIDS cases are male
• Whites were 76 of diagnoses during 20042009,
  (with a 76 increase in diagnoses among Whites
  during 20042009)
• MSM continues to be the most reported mode of
  exposure (49) during 20042009
• Heterosexual females had twice the proportion of
  Hispanic race/ethnicity and were distributed
  toward younger age groups compared with males 

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Potential Conflict of Interest

• IACHA may have members who are professionally or
  personally affiliated with organizations that
  receive funds from FPSHP for HIV prevention
  and/or care activities
• Because of the potential for conflict of
  interest, IACHA has adopted a disclosure
  statement which all current and future IACHA
  members must complete

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IACHA Guidelines for Success

• IACHA has adopted the following rules to aid in
  keeping the group functioning efficiently and
  effectively during meetings
• Guidelines for all participants (voting members,
  technical assistance providers, guests)
• Meetings will start and end on time
• Follow the agenda stay on task and be
  decision-focused
• Respect differences and opinions
• Respect confidentially
• Refrain from side conversations
• Ask questions to clarify your concerns
• Consider all viewpoints as uniquely valid
• Guidelines for Voting IACHA Members
• Agree to stay for the entire meeting
• Participate fully in discussions and decision
  making
• Decisions of the Council will be by consensus
  (using the Fist of Five approach)
• Respect and support final consensus decisions
  made by the group
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Contact Information

• IACHA Coordinator Lynsey Winters Juel
• Mountain States Group
• 1607 W. Jefferson
• Boise, ID 83702
• [phone]
• lynseyjuel_at_gmail.com
• IACHA Community Co-Chair Chris Bidiman
• 1320 South Mountain View
• Moscow, Idaho 83843
• [phone]
• HIV_at_inlandoasis.org
• IACHA HW Co-Chair Aimee Shipman
• Department of HW
• P.O. Box 83720
• Boise, ID 83720
• [phone]
• Ashipman_at_dhw.idaho.gov

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Helpful Websites

• Mountain States Group IACHA Website
• www.mtnstatesgroup.org/IACHA.htm
• Family Planning, STD and HIV Programs
• www.safesex.idaho.gov
• www.nakedtruth.idaho.gov 
• 2003-2008 HIV Prevention Community Planning
  Guidance (new guidance should be out this fall)
  http//www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/guidelines/index.
  htm

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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

• ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) The states
  program that funds HIV medication for people who
  are HIV and unable to pay for medications
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• CDC (Centers for Disease Control Prevention)
  The CDC, in the U.S. Department of Health and
  Human Services, is the lead federal agency for
  protecting the health and safety of the people of
  the United States. The CDC provides most of the
  funding for HIV prevention and HIV surveillance
  activities in Idaho.
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• Epidemiologic Profile A document that
  describes the HIV/AIDS epidemic in various
  populations and identifies characteristics both
  of HIV-infected and HIV-negative persons in
  defined geographic areas. The epidemiological
  profile serves as the scientific basis from which
  HIV prevention and care needs are identified and
  prioritized for a jurisdiction.
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• HRSA (Health Resources and Services
  Administration) The federal agency within the
  Department of Health Human Services that
  administers and oversees the Ryan White Care Act
  

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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Continued

• HRH (High Risk Heterosexual) An HIV risk group
• IACHA (Idaho Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS)
  Community planning group in Idaho
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• IDU (Injection Drug Users) An HIV risk group
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• MSM (Men who have Sex with Men) An HIV risk
  group
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• PIR (Parity, Inclusion, and Representation) CDC
  mandate which requires IACHA to ensure membership
  reflects the Epi Profile, all members are
  provided the opportunity to speak and all members
  voice the views of the groups they represent
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• FPSHP (Family Planning, STD and HIV Programs)
  The section within the Idaho Department of Health
  Welfare responsible for administering the Title
  X Family Planning Program, the STD Prevention
  Program, Ryan White Part B and AIDS Drug
  Assistance Programs, and the HIV Prevention
  Program.