Committee Descriptions

The planning council is composed of six standing committees, all of which have representation from the affected/infected community, and an Executive Committee:

Comprehensive Planning Committee (CPC)
This committee's responsibilities include:

• Developing the planning council's three-year comprehensive plan for HIV service delivery.
• Collecting, analyzing and reporting data related to the Baltimore EMA to identify trends and needs to be addressed in planning.
• Overseeing procedures and developing recommendations for the prioritizing of HIV services and the allocation of funds.

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Continuum of Care Committee (COCC)
This committee's responsibilities include:

• Developing/enhancing standards of care for the provision of core medical and support services.
• Providing technical input and recommendations to the planning council on the service delivery of core medical and support services.
• Editing final directives from priority setting and resource allocation events.

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Fiscal Committee (formerly Evaluation Committee)
This committee's responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing procedures to assess how grant funds are spent and the efficiency with which the grantee allocates funds to areas of need within the Baltimore EMA.
• Making recommendations to the planning council on the reprogramming of funds.
• Developing carry-over requests of Ryan White Part A dollars.

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Nominating Committee
This committee's responsibilities include:

• Maintaining planning council membership.
• Overseeing planning council elections.
• Monitoring attendance and verifying conflicts of interest of planning council and committee members.

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People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH/A) Committee
This committee's responsibilities include:

• Providing guidance to the planning council and other committees on service delivery of core medical and support services based on documented need of PLWH/As.
• Creating position papers on emerging issues within the community.

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Executive Committee
As specified by planning council bylaws, the Executive Committee is composed of the planning council chair, vice chair, chairs or representatives of each standing committee, PLWH/A members at large and representatives from the grantee, state Ryan White Part B and D programs. This committee's responsibilities include:

• Acting on behalf of the council in the event of an emergency that does not permit a full planning council meeting to be convened. All actions of the Executive Committee are subject to ratification by the council at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
• Setting the agenda of the full planning council meeting.
• Receiving major deliverables and overall activities of each committee and discussing their readiness to be moved to the planning council for review and/or approval.
• Overseeing the development of the planning council bylaws.
• Overseeing the grievance and internal complain process as outlined in the bylaws.

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Planning Council Support Office

The planning council's administrative affairs are managed by:

The Office of Policy and Community Engagement
1001 E. Fayette St.
Baltimore, MD 21218

Phone: 410.396.1646