The Greater Baltimore HIV Health Services Planning Council brings together people with HIV, community members, service providers, and other stakeholders to help shape HIV services throughout the Baltimore region.
Established as part of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, the Planning Council ensures that community voices, especially the voices of people with HIV, are part of decisions about the services and resources needed across the Baltimore Eligible Metropolitan Area.
We listen to the community, examine local needs and data, establish service priorities, and help determine how Ryan White Part A resources are allocated.
At the heart of our work is a commitment to community voice, meaningful participation, and a responsive system of HIV care.
Our story is not only about where we’ve been. It’s about the people who continue to shape where we’re going.
Our Mission
The mission of the Greater Baltimore HIV Health Services Planning Council is to provide comprehensive, high-quality services to PLWHs in the greater Baltimore eligible metropolitan area (EMA) regardless of their ability to pay.
The planning council will plan for and ensure access to culturally sensitive, high quality, cost-effective services in collaboration with local authorities, providers and consumers of HIV-prevention and care services. The planning council and its advisors will act in a timely and unbiased manner when setting priorities to allocate resources.
Our Vision
The Greater Baltimore HIV Health Services Planning Council will promote a responsive system of excellent, holistic care and prevention services by encouraging balanced participation of professional consumer partners enlightened by trends in the HIV epidemic and ensuring that the needed services are developed and sustained to keep pace with the HIV epidemic.
Our Values
The planning council’s mission and vision reflect the values shared by the council and its committee members, support staff, grantee staff, the administrative agent, care providers, consumers and other stakeholders. Those shared values include:
