We hope that
everyone is enjoying this beautiful spring and has had a chance to take a break
from the intense work that you do on behalf of your patients and clients.
In
this issue we report on important planning and service delivery work and
introduce you to our new Quality Management Coordinator, Emily Dale.
Emily Dale
Also, don’t
miss Thuan Tran’s report on the African
American Gay/Bi/MSM workgroup and the summit that they convened in April. This
workgroup will help inform how we use Ryan White and state HIV prevention resources
to meet the needs of one of the most disproportionately impacted
populations in our community.
Thank you
for attending the Hennepin County contracted providers meeting in May and for providing
us with feedback on the meeting.
We also appreciate your work in providing
quality client-level data through CAREWare reporting for the annual Ryan White Services Report (RSR) that
we submitted to HRSA in March. Nationwide, 99% of Ryan White grantees and
subgrantees submitted their RSR data on time. Each grantee will now receive RSR
summary report that assesses the impact of Ryan White Program funding across the
country.
Preliminary CAREWare data for 2014 indicate that 83 percent of Minnesota’s
Ryan White Program recipients were up-to-date on their HIV medical care, a statistic which
attests to the incredible success of our Minnesota HIV service providers. An
updated list of Hennepin County Ryan White contracted providers is included. Watch for our next Request for Proposals
(RFP) for most of the services we fund to be released in early September.
Finally, we
ask for your help in promoting the Planning Council’s 2015 Consumer Needs
Assessment. Data from the assessment will inform HIV services
planning for the next five years. Make sure your clients are adequately
represented in this assessment, especially those from
disproportionately impacted communities. Please see Sirry Alang’s piece on the assessment and how you and your clients can be involved.
Brett Burnham, a doctorate student at Columbia University, is interning with the Ryan White Program this summer.
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African
American gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gay/bi/MSM)
experience a disproportionate burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. African
Americans accounted for 20 percent of new infections in 2014 while making up
only four percent of the total population (Minnesota Department of Health,
2014). Overall, male-to-male sex continues to be the greatest transmission risk,
accounting for 66 percent of new cases.
The National
Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC), Minnesota HIV Services
Planning Council, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Minnesota Department
of Health and Hennepin County Ryan White Program have engaged HIV care and
prevention experts to develop a response to this community health crisis.
This
capacity building effort would not be possible without the involvement of
community leaders on the workgroup. A special thank you to: Michael Hargrave,
MN HIV Services Planning Council; David (Midnight) Tomlinson, MN HIV Services
Planning Council; Antoine Jefferson, African American AIDS Task Force; Rev.
DeWayne Davis, All God’s Children MCC; Bill L. Larson, Allina Health; Belinda
Charleston-Green, Minnesota AIDS Project; William Grier, Hennepin County Public
Health Red Door Clinic; Kevin Moore, Pillsbury United Community; and Valerie
Smith-Brown, Youth and AIDS Project.
OMHRC
conducted a community assessment that included key informant interviews in
January and group discussions during the February summit. The findings will guide improvements in HIV prevention, treatment and
supportive services for African America gay/bi/MSM in Minnesota. Through
individual interviews with members of this community, we gained insights on how
to provide culturally appropriate services, increase health care access and
retention, and decrease health care barriers. The key informant interviews were
designed to gather data for the final report, inform the development of the
African American gay/bi/MSM Sexual Health Summit on HIV, and spur targeted
action among summit participants.
OMHRC
conducted 20 interviews with African American gay and bisexual men; 16
participants were living with HIV/AIDS. Interviews focused on participants’
experiences as an African American gay/bi man; access to medical information
and care, especially HIV-related; provider/client interactions; prohibitive and
facilitating factors for access to health services; and recommendations for
improving health and well-being.
Click here for a summary of the community
assessment results.
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The
Minnesota HIV Services Planning Council collects survey data about the needs of
people in Minnesota living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The results inform how the council prioritizes services, allocates Ryan White Part A and B funds -- and which
federal grant applications we apply for. The 2015 Needs Assessment Survey has
just been launched, and it's important that your clients participate. In the
past, the Planning Council has struggled to collect enough responses from PLWHA
who are African-born, Latino/a, African American, or are youth. The survey is
available at: http://mhspc.e2community.com/
We expect
the survey to take clients approximately 30 minutes to complete, and they
will receive a $10 gift card for completing it.
Please help spread the word about the survey by:
- Posting
fliers and distributing survey business cards
- Allowing
a Planning Council ambassador to conduct surveys at your agency
- Reinforcing
to your clients how important it is that their voice is heard
If you are
interested in receiving promotional materials (fliers and business cards) or
having a Planning Council ambassador at your agency, support group, or event to
assist with conducting the survey, please contact Sirry Alang, sirry.alang@hennepin.us or Carissa Weisdorf, carissa.weisdorf@hennepin.us. Or call 612.596.7894 or 888.638.3224.
We are also
looking forward to the new community planning body for HIV prevention and
treatment services that will be seated in 2016.
Here are some updates and steps in the process:
- Direct Stakeholders (Planning Council and CCCHAP) decided to create a new planning body that plans for both prevention and
treatment. CDC and Ryan White Part A and B grantees have secured resources for
this effort and have created a project definition.
- An integrated planning workgroup consisting of grantees and staff from the Planning
Council and CCCHAP meet biweekly to build the process.
- The workgroup has talked to other jurisdictions, reviewed the HRSA and
CDC community planning requirements, and identified requirements within the
Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA). This information will be used to create
bylaws for the new planning body.
- Integrated planning updates and standing agenda items of the Planning Council and CCCHAP were created.
- Facilitated conversations were conducted at the Planning Council and CCCHAP meetings to get feedback.
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Contract management services has a new manager
The contract management services Area Manager, Dawn
Davis, has recently accepted a promotion to Senior Department Administrator.
Jessica Simon-Koch has accepted a promotion to Human Services Area Manager to
fill Dawn’s position. We wish Dawn the best in her new endeavors and
welcome Jessica to contract management!
New survey
We’ve updated our provider satisfaction survey for
contracted providers. The new survey can be completed in just a few minutes. Watch for the next quarterly survey in June. If you’d like to connect before
then, email hsphpartners@hennepin.us.
Contracting information sessions
We offer contracting information sessions to support the ability of contracted providers to meet contracting
requirements. Pre-registration is required. To pre-register, email hsphpartners@hennepin.us with the names of attendees,
their email addresses and a contact telephone number. You will receive a
follow-up email confirming your registration.
HSPHD
financial reporting: using the budget workbook
Learn about budget reporting standards and how to
use the Contract Management Services budget workbook. This session is intended
for financial and accounting staff at organizations that have a current
contract with the Human Services and Public Health Department. No need to RSVP to this session.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Brookdale Library
6125 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Brookdale Library map
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Early
Intervention
- Hennepin County
Public Health Clinic - Part A
Emergency Financial Assistance
- Minnesota AIDS Project - Part A and Part B
Food Bank/Home-Delivered Meals
- Aliveness - food shelf & on-site meals - Part A
- Minnesota AIDS Project - food vouchers - Part A and Part B
- Open Arms - home delivered meals - Part A
- Rural AIDS Action Network - food vouchers - Part B
Health Education/Risk Reduction
- Hennepin County Public Health Clinic - Part A
- Minnesota AIDS Project - Part A
- Rural AIDS Action Network - Part B
- West Side - Part A
Health Insurance Premiums
- Minnesota AIDS Project - Part A and Part B
Home & Community Based Health
Housing - Rental Assistance
- Minnesota AIDS Project - Part A and Part B
Legal
- Minnesota AIDS Project - Part A and Part B
Medical Case Management (MCM)
- African American AIDS Task Force - Part A
- Allina - Part A
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of MN - Part A
- HealthPartners - Part A
- Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation - Part A
- West Side - Part A
MCM - Adult Foster Care
MCM - Treatment Adherence
- Allina - Part A
- HCMC - Part A
Medical Nutrition Therapy
- Aliveness - Part A and Part B
- HCMC - Part A
Medical Transportation
- African American AIDS Task Force - Part B
- Aliveness - Part B
- Allina - Part B
- HealthPartners - Part B
- HCMC - Part B
- Hennepin County Public Health Clinic - Part B
- Minnesota AIDS Project - Part B
- Rural AIDS Action Network - Part B
- Sub-Saharan African Youth & Family Svs of MN - Part A
- West Side - Part B
Mental Health
- Hennepin County Public Health Clinic - Part A
- HCMC - Part A
- Rural AIDS Action Network - Part B
- Sub-Saharan African Youth & Family Svs of MN - Part A
- West Side - Part A
Oral Health
Outpatient & Ambulatory Medical Care
- HealthPartners - Part A
- HCMC- Part A
- West Side - Part A
Outreach
- Aliveness- Part A and Part B (peer)
- Hennepin County Public Health Clinic - Part A
Psychosocial Support
- African American AIDS Task Force - Part A
- Hennepin County Public Health Clinic - Part A
- Sub-Saharan African Youth & Family Svs of MN - Part A
- West Side - Part A
Substance Abuse Treatment - Outpatient
- Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation- Part A
- Minnesota AIDS Project - Part A
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Hennepin County’s new Ryan White
Quality Management Coordinator, Emily Dale, started work on March 9. Emily is
excited to share her expertise in global health, public health, and quality
improvement. Emily will focus on managing the Part A quality management plan by
facilitating QI efforts with Ryan White providers, and by coordinating the Quality
Management Advisory Committee (QMAC).
Emily conducts a QI project in China for her old job with Children's HeartLink.
The quality management program is in
full swing for FY2015! QMAC met in February and April, discussing where MN
services fall on the MN HIV Treatment Cascade and what implications the cascade
and services will have on QMAC 2015 quality goals. Emily interviewed QMAC
members to plan for 2015 QMAC activities, and brought the results to the QMAC
discussion in April.
A huge thank you goes out to all
providers for submitting their individual FY2015 QI work plans by the April 15
deadline.
Emily’s QI Tip of the Month:
“Perfection” is NOT the goal. The goal is “Progress.”
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