Ryan White Consortium 6

TERMS AND ACRONYMS

CARE ACT

  • Is the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency ACT.  The primary legislation designed to address the health and support services needs of people living with HIV enacted in 1990 and reauthorized in 1996.
CONSORTIUM/HIV CARE CONSORTIUM

  • Is the regional planning entity established by many State grantees under Part B of the CARE Act to plan and sometimes administer Part B Services, an association of public and non-profit health care and support service providers that develops and delivers services for PLWHs under Part B.  (We are one of 9 Consortium making up the Ohio Consortia).  
GRANTEE
  • Another term for the recipient of the CARE Act funds.  For Part B the Ohio Department of Health is the designated grantee.  They establish the plan for the state of Ohio.
HOPWA
  • Is Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS.  This program, administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, provides funding to support housing for PLWH's and their families.    
HRSA
  • Is Health Resources and Services Administration; the agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which is responsible for administering the CARE Act.  
Needs Assessment
  • Is a systematic process designed to determine the current status and unmet needs of a defined population or geographic area with regard to a particular program area such a HIV/AIDS or a broader issue area such as health.  Usually focuses on the extent of need, available services, service gaps by populations segment and geographic area. 
QA

  • Is Quality Assurance; a broad spectrum of evaluation activities aimed at ensuring compliance with minimum quality standards when delivering services.  
PART A
  • Refers to CARE ACT funds allocated directly to urban areas hit hardest by HIV/AIDS (Cleveland)
PART B
  • Refers to CARE ACT funds going to states to be utilized for direct care. 
PART C
  • Refers to CARE ACT fund for Early Intervention and Primary Health Care services.  
PART D
  • Refers to CARE ACT funds for pediatric care, including women, infants and youth.  
Programs under OHIO Part B:

TPA:  is the Third Party Administrator is a contracted agency (Nationwide) responsible for paying providers, reporting categorical spending to ODH. 

Financial Set Aside:  is the amount of money allocated to a consortium based upon reported Ohio AIDS cases.  For Consortium 2, (1997) it is $495.283.00 based on 20.34% of AIDS Cases. 

HIPP:  refers to the HIV Health Insurance Premium Payment Program, a program through ODH to make direct payments to continue private health insurance for PLWH.

CDC:  refers to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the federal agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services that administers HIV/AIDS prevention programs; responsible for monitoring and reporting of infectious diseases; administers AIDS surveillance grants and publishes epidemiological reports.

Subcommittees:  are small groups of Consortium members assembled for a project specific assignment of task.  These groups provide opportunities to participate and contribute to the mission of the Consortium.      

BYLAWS:  are a set of internal rules that guide the management of the Consortium.  Typically, these rules define: procedures, relations/duties of members and powers/duties of officers. 

ASO:  refers to AIDS Service Organization; an organizations which provides medical or support services primarily or exclusively to populations infected with and affected by HIV.

EPIDEMIOLOGIC PROFILE:  a description of the current status and projected future spread of an infectious disease in a specified geographic area; one of the required components of a needs assessment. 

CASE MANAGEMENT:  is a method of providing services whereby a professional social worker asses the needs of the client and arranges, coordinates, monitors, evaluates and advocates for multiple services to meet the specific client's complex needs.

ASSESS POINT:  is an agency or provider positioned in the community to provide; referral enrollment of full service case management. 

SPEND DOWN:  is a policy through the Department of Human Services (Welfare) that requires the recipient of some public benefits to spend certain assets before that benefit can be continued.