PART C - Planning Grants

The Part C Planning Grant program funds eligible entities in their efforts to plan for the provision of high-quality, comprehensive HIV primary health care services in rural or urban underserved areas and communities of color.

Planning grant funds are intended for a period of 1 year. Planning grants support the planning process and do not fund any service delivery or patient care.

Eligible applicants must be public or private nonprofit entities that are or intend to become a comprehensive HIV primary care provider. Current Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services and Part D Program grant recipients are eligible only if they are proposing to open a new program. Faith-based and community-based organizations are also eligible.

• Identifying key stakeholders and engaging and coordinating with potential partners in the planning process
• Gathering a formal advisory group to plan for the establishment
  of services
• Conducting an in-depth review of the nature and extent of the need for HIV primary care services in the community (including a local epidemiological profile, an evaluation of the community’s service provider capacity, and a profile of the target population)
• Defining the components of care and forming essential programmatic linkages with related providers in the community
• Researching funding sources and applying for operational grants