Progress
Accomplishments
The HRSA SON Index development effort achieved the following from 2005-2007:
- Development of a SON collaborative framework to guide the development process and assure internal and external opportunities for input.
- Engagement of national experts, federal staff, grantees, consumers and other key stakeholders in both the development and the vetting process.
- Utilization of existing research and analyses to identify, evaluate and apply similar efforts toward a defensible SON Index.
- Development of the draft SON Index.
- Engaged an objective, independent contractor with broadly acknowledged impartiality and expertise to conduct future investigations into a new SON Index.
- Assured that the proposed SON Index has not provided incentives for jurisdictions to reduce local resource contributions to HIV/AIDS care.
- Collected and applied current epidemiologic data from jurisdictions, for the purposes of testing the allocation impact of the index.
- Included time for community input, so as to allow sufficient time for analysis and commentary by interested parties.
Timeline
1996 – 2000
- Ryan White CARE Act as reauthorized provides framework for defining severity of need, guiding ongoing efforts by HRSA to refine methods for defining severity of need.
2000
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Language in Ryan White 2000 Amendments calls for IOM study of better measures of severe need.
2003
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IOM Report Measuring What Matters published.
2004
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HRSA/HAB begins severity of need recommendations from IOM report, forms HAB SON Workgroup.
2005
- SON Framework developed and contractor retained to guide SON development process.
- Contractor convenes SON panels and Collaborative meeting held.
2006
- SON Specialists’ Panels Final Meeting
- Key National Stakeholders Meeting and 2nd Collaborative Council Meeting
- Contractor conducted supplemental studies to strengthen SON Index
2007
- HRSA convened 3rd Collaborative Council Meeting (August)
- SON Specialists’ Panels Webcast (October)
- Activated SON Background Materials on HRSA/HAB Website (October)
See also: Current and Future Activities
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