Delaware HIV Planning Council Overview
The mission of the Delaware HIV Planning Council of the Delaware HIV Consortium is to eliminate the spread of HIV/AIDS and to create a seamless continuum of care for all people infected and affected in Delaware, by:- Preventing new and secondary infections, diagnosing existing infections at the earliest possible stage through testing and counseling programs and developing early intervention for existing infections to decrease morbidity and mortality
- Linking HIV prevention, testing and counseling, early diagnosis, access to care and the provision of quality treatment services
- Engaging and including individuals from every sector of our community in our planning process, particularly those persons whose lives have been directly touched by HIV/AIDS
The Planning Council has set goals for ensuring our mission is met.
- We will develop the Delaware Comprehensive HIV Plan for prevention and treatment services, by:
- Determining the size and demographics of the epidemic in Delaware
- Determining the needs (met and unmet) of those who are identified as high risk for HIV and those already infected, especially among the underserved and minority populations
- Establishing priorities for prevention and treatment services to identified high-risk and infected populations
- Making recommendations in the prevention and treatment systems to best meet the prioritized needs within the state
- We will periodically assess the recommendations made in the Delaware Comprehensive HIV Plan for their effectiveness, prioritization and relevance to the current environment and emerging trends.
- We will promote the statewide coordination and collaboration of service providers in order to make effective services available and accessible for those persons who need them.
- We will respond to HIV service issues, trends and events as they are identified, by communicating those strategies whenever possible and appropriate to key stakeholders.
It is the intention of the Delaware HIV Consortium to create a community-planning group that reflects the diversity of the epidemic. To that end, the Council includes community- and faith-based organizations, public health officials, service providers, individual community members and people infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS. The Delaware HIV Planning Council has made it a point to recruit other members of the community including behavioral scientists, research scientists, epidemiologists and program/outcome evaluators.
The Planning Council Meetings are held at the Dover Sheraton, 1570 N. DuPont Highway, Dover. New member Orientation Meetings may be conducted prior to Planning Council Meetings, beginning at 11 a.m. A pre-Planning Council Meeting lunch is served from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.; the Council Meeting is held from 1:00 p.m. to 3 p.m.; and work group breakouts, if conducted, are held from 3:00 p.m. to 4 p.m.
2008 Planning Council Meeting Schedule:
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Planning Council Executive Board Meetings are held at the Thomas Collins Building, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 540 S. DuPont Highway, Dover from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
2008 Planning Council Executive Board Meeting Schedule:
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
If you are interested in attending a meeting of the Planning Council or becoming a member, please contact the Delaware HIV Consortium at 302-654-5471.