From March through December of 2005, the HIV/AIDS Planning Council for the Seattle Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA) conducted a comprehensive needs assessment of Ryan White Care Act (RWCA) funded HIV/AIDS care services in King County.  The comprehensive needs assessment provides a “snapshot” of community services, priorities, and gaps as identified by consumers and providers in 2005.  By nature, needs assessment processes must be ongoing to reflect the changing nature of the service delivery system, treatment advances, funding availability, and epidemic trends.  A similar assessment has been conducted in King County every two years since 1995, allowing for trend analysis of comparable data within this report.  Quantitative epidemiological data, including current infection and case trends, had already been collected and analyzed by Public Health's HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Program and were used in this comprehensive process.

Download the 2005 Needs Assessment (470 Kb, 130 pages)

Past Needs Asssessment reports:

• 2003 Comprehensive Needs Assessment
• 2001 Comprehensive Needs Assessment