MEETINGS: The agenda for each meeting will be available at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting at Public Health, 4041 North Central Avenue, 14th Floor Lobby, Phoenix. Meeting locations vary depending on space availability. Please call Planning Council Support at (602) 506-6321 for the location. The full Planning Council meets once each month on the second Thursday of each month from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

LIAISON: John Sapero, Program Coordinator, Public Health, (602) 506-6321

FORMATION AUTHORITY: Title I of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act as amended and bylaws approved by the Board of Supervisors on March 1, 2006 and amended on April 19, 2006.

COMPOSITION: Article III. Membership, Section 1: Council membership shall include representation as mandated by the Ryan White CARE Act as amended. Council members are appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. (Note: The County Manager is designated to receive and pre-screen all nominations before being forwarded to the Board of Supervisors for approval). The Planning Council shall consists of a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 45 persons residing throughout the EMA. The Council must fill each of the following representation categories:

a. Health care providers, including federally qualified health centers;
b. Community-based organizations serving affected populations & AIDS service organizations;
c. Social service providers, including providers of housing and homeless services;
d. Mental health and substance abuse providers;
e. Local public health agencies;
f. Hospital planning agencies or health care planning agencies;
g. Affected communities, including people with HIC disease and historically under-served groups and
subpopulations;
h. Non-elected community leaders;
i. State government (including State Medicaid agency [AHCCCS] and the agency administering the program under part B [Title II];
j. Grantees under subpart II of part C [Title III;
k. Grantees under section 2671, or, if none are operating in the area, representatives of organizations with a history if serving children , youth, women, and families living with HIV and operating in the area;
l. Grantees under the Federal HIV Program, including but not limited to providers of HIV prevention services; and
m. Representatives of individuals who formerly were Federal, State, or local prisoners, were released from the custody of the penal system during the preceding 3 years, and had HIV disease as of the date on which the individual were so released.

Article III. Membership, Section 6: A council member may request that an alternate be designated. The names of all alternates must also be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for approval. Section 7: Members shall be appointed for three (3) year terms, beginning on the first day of the month following the approval of the Board. Members may be reappointed upon the recommendation of the Membership Committee, endorsement by the Council, and the approval of the Board.

DUTIES AND POWERS: Article II, Section 2. The Council’s responsibilities shall be to a) Determine the size and demographics of the population of individuals with HIV-disease, b) Determine the needs of such population, c) Establish priorities for the allocation of funds within the eligible area, including how best to meet each such priority and additional factors that a grantee should consider in allocation funds under a grant, d) Develop a comprehensive plan for the organization and delivery of health and support services described in section 2604, e) Assess the efficiency of the administrative mechanism in rapidly allocating funds to the area of greatest need within the eligible area, f) Participate in the development of the statewide coordinated statement of need initiated by the State public health agency responsible for administering grants, g) Establish methods for obtaining input on community needs and priorities which may include public meetings, conducting focus groups, and convening ad-hoc panels, and h) Coordinate with Federal grantees that provide HIV-related services within the eligible area.

WEBSITE:http://www.maricopa.gov/Public_Health/ControlPrevention/HIVAIDS/PC/default.aspx