Members Present: Cynthia Juniper, Sam Guerrero, Robert Luckey, Chris Benfer, and Sissy Riffin

BVCOG Staff Present: Crystal Crowell and Christopher Hamilton

DSHS Staff Present: Brenda Howell

Christopher Hamilton provided a brief overview of the three-year work plan, including the goals, objectives, and tasks of the plan. The committee discussed whether or not the goals have been accomplished.

Discussion regarding implementation of goal #1 (all HIV/AIDS services will be coordinated to better serve PLWHA):
° The AA ensures through monitoring visits that MOUs are in place at the subcontractor level.
° The AA ensures through monitoring visits that each client has a primary case manager.
° The AA ensures through monitoring visits that a resource/referral directory is available for all case managers.
° The AA is unsure about a directory in Spanish. 211 may have bilingual capabilities for clients, but this will need to be confirmed.
° Thee AA is unsure whether all HSDAs have a providers' network. Some contractors meet regularly with other providers in their service area, but it is unclear whether all HSDAs have that in place.

The committee began discussion about the implementation of goal #2 (expand services to include all needed HRSA service categories). A question was raised regarding the reasonableness of these objectives of expanding all services, especially in light of recent requirements regarding the core service categories. An explanation was given that these are goals that the committee should work toward, but due to funding restrictions, they may never be fully realized.

The committee will work on an implementation plan for the tasks in the comprehensive plan that the AA will draft. The draft implementation plan will include information about who is responsible for the implementation of each task and progress made so far. The implementation plan will be discussed at the next conference call. The committee members should also look at the goals, objectives, and tasks and make notes about what needs to be updated. This will also be discussed at the next committee meeting.

The next meeting of the CPC will be held via conference call on September 8, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. The CPC will discuss needed updates to the current comprehensive plan and the AA will give updates on implementation of the plan. A question was raised about a new chair for the committee since the current chair will be leaving his position on September 1st. The chair was unsure at that time, but stated that he will meet with the AA and will have an answer soon.

The Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting adjourned at 12:15 p.m.