1.

Recommending priorities and allocations;

2.

Ensuring that the priorities are consistent with needs and with the service delivery system;

3.

Identifying and recommending solutions for service gaps;

4.

Conducting continuous, ongoing data collection and needs assessment activities;

5.

Gathering expressed need data from consumers on a regular, at least annual, basis;

6.

Reporting regularly to the Commission on consumer and service needs, gaps and priorities;

7.

Conducting strategic planning activities for the Commission;

8.

Recommending service system and delivery improvements to OAPP to ensure that the needs of people living with HIV are adequately met;

9.

Evaluating and designing systems to ensure that other sources of service funding are sufficiently accessed;

10.

Developing strategies to identify, document and address “unmet need”;

11.

Collaborating with OAPP to ensure the effective integration and implementation of the HIV/AIDS continuum of care;

12.

Reviewing monthly fiscal reporting data for Ryan White Part A and B expenditures by funding source and/or service category;

13

Monitoring the administrative mechanism for the expenditure of other non-Ryan White funds;

14.

Making recommendations to the Commission on the monitoring and reporting of unspent funds;

15.

Identifying, accessing and expanding other financial resources to meet Los Angeles County’s HIV service needs;

16.

Advising OAPP on its competitive bidding processes to ensure broad access to and participation by providers and consumers in the process; and

17.

Other duties as assigned by the Commission or the Board of Supervisors.