Planning Priorities and Allocations

The PP&A Committee is charged with the following responsibilities:

• Conducting continuous, ongoing needs assessment activities and related collection and review as the basis for decision-making, including gathering expressed need data from consumers on a regular basis, and reporting regularly to the Commission on consumer and service needs, gaps, and priorities. 
• Overseeing development and updating of the comprehensive HIV plan and monitoring implementation of the plan. 
• Collaborating with the Standards & Best Practices (SBP) Committee to develop and define directives for implementation of services and service models.
• Recommending to the Commission annual priority rankings among service categories and types of activities and determining resource allocations for Part A, HIV prevention, and other HIV -related funding. 
• Ensuring that the priorities and implementation efforts are consistent with needs, the continuum of HIV services, and the service delivery system.
• Monitoring the use of funds to ensure they are consistent with the Commission’s allocations. 
• Recommending revised allocations for Commission approval, as necessary.
• Coordinating planning, funding, and service delivery to ensure funds are used to fill gaps and do not duplicate services provided by other funding sources and/or health care delivery systems. 
• Developing strategies to identify, document, and address “unmet need” and to identify people living with HIV who are unaware of their status, make HIV testing available, and bring them into care. 
• Collaborating with DHSP to ensure the effective integration and implementation of the continuum of HIV services.
• Reviewing monthly fiscal reporting data for HIV-related expenditures by funding source, service category, service utilization and/or type of activity. 
• Monitoring, reporting, and making recommendations about unspent funds. 
• Identifying, accessing, and expanding other financial resources to meet Los Angeles County’s HIV service needs.
• Carrying out other duties and responsibilities, as assigned by the Commission or the Board of Supervisors.