What is HIV Prevention Planning?
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designed HIV Prevention Community Planning to increase community involvement in prevention planning, improve the scientific basis of program decisions and target resources to those communities at highest risk for HIV transmission and/or acquisition. Top of Page What do the planning groups do? Washington State has six Regional HIV Prevention Planning Groups and one State HIV Prevention Planning Group. More than 100 state residents are involved in HIV Prevention Community Planning through participation on one of the six Regional HIV Prevention Planning Groups and/or the State HIV Prevention Planning Group. Each planning group is responsible for undertaking a rigorous, CDC-defined planning process to produce a multi-year Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan. These plans guide the use of federal, state, and other resources for HIV prevention in Washington State. HIV prevention community planning is a collaborative process. Health departme
