Allocations Minutes November 9, 2005
The Allocation Committee (AC) met via conference call on November 9, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. to discuss the cuts to the Ryan White allocations in the Austin and Concho Plateau HSDAs, as well as what categories to add the increases for the remaining HSDAs.
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CTHPCA Members present: Eric Todd - Chair, Marla Madison, Janet Cates, Sissy Riffin, Cynthia Juniper, Rita Castro, David Cooper
BVCOG staff present: Christopher Hamilton
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m.
Mr. Todd asked if everyone had a chance to review the information sent by Mr. Hamilton. Everyone has reviewed the materials. Prior to the meeting, Mr. Hamilton sent the committee some recommendations for areas to cut to meet the reduced funding levels in the Austin and Concho Plateau HSDAs.
Ms. Juniper commented that the Title I request for mental health has gone up considerably, and that most of the clients in the rural area were accessing mental health services in the EMA. She also stated that for those clients outside of the EMA, there are other funds available to meet the mental health services needs. She recommended that the $5,000 originally allocated to mental health be moved to health insurance. The committee discussed the proposal and all agreed to move the funds from mental health to health insurance. The committee also agreed to the proposed cuts sent by Mr. Hamilton.
The committee then discussed the proposed cuts to the Concho Plateau. All members agreed with the proposal.
After examining the cuts, the Bryan-College Station, Temple-Killeen, and Waco HSDAs had increases in Ryan White funding. For the Bryan HSDA, Mr. Todd commented that ambulatory care would probably see an increase. The threshold information was brought up and since it was not originally allocated at the threshold, the committee decided to add the $3,636 extra to ambulatory/outpatient medical care. For the Temple HSDA, Ms. Cates suggested the extra $419 be placed in case management to offset some of the increases in staff costs. The committee agreed. For the Waco HSDA, Ms. Riffin suggested that the extra $5,641 be used in some of the other categories such as food bank or transportation. After reviewing the thresholds and the original allocations, the committee decided to place half the amount in food bank ($2,820) and half in transportation ($2,821)
The committee adjourned at 9:17 a.m.
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