The session will provide a narrative timeline on the development of cross titles (Part B, C, and D - totaling more than $1.5 million) collaboration among three human services agencies in a rural nine-county section of southeastern North Carolina. The session will highlight the development of complimentary services with each Ryan White provider, reducing cost and maximizing consumer service capacity, engaging and securing buy-in from other regional providers--including those involved in HIV primary or specialty care, prevention, identification and education--fostering community support, and developing joint quality initiatives to measure quality of care and improve consumer recruitment and retention.
Learning Objectives:
- This workshop will enable participants to understand the nature of cross- collaboration and strategies to foster collaborations, particularly in rural areas. Participants will be guided in comparing and contrasting collaborations in rural an urban settings, as well as in developing incentives to bring multiple parties into a collaborative model.
- Participants will learn how to develop "synchronicity" between prevention and care services within a region or service area, and how to effectively link the two services into a seamless continuum of care.
- Participants will be guided in developing a regional CQI initiative for collaborations, planning for HIV services funding, and streamlining Ryan White and other funding to maximize benefits and reduce costs (and service duplication).