Title I Ryan White CARE Act Fiscal Impact Assessment
Period of Performance: 12/02 – 05/03
POI assessed the impact of Title I funds on the HIV care system in Broward
County Florida by: (1) synthesizing evidence-based studies about the impact of
health and social support services on patients to assist allocation decisions,
(2) providing benchmark data about the distribution of Title I funds by service
categories allocated by other Title I EMAs, (3) assessing the likely impact of
the reduction or flattening of funds on the HIV care system, (4) evaluating the
impact of changes in HIV funding on the maintenance of effort of the Title I
grantee, (5) identifying other resources that might be drawn upon to support
HIV care, and (6) determining if greater efficiencies and other systemic
changes might be adopted to optimize future HIV funding. POI undertook the
following activities to achieve these goals: (1) conduct a literature review
regarding the findings of studies designed to measure the impact of health and
social support services on persons with HIV infection; (2) created an Excel
database to track the trends in allocations by assistance category for all
Title I EMAs; (3) used SPSS to analyze trends in allocations by assistance
category; (4) created Excel databases to assess the impact on Title I funds on
organizations and personnel funded by this mechanism and analyzed the data
using SPSS; (5) designed an interview instrument and interview grantee,
Planning Council staff, Planning Council members, subgrantees, local policy
makers, and agencies receiving funds from other sources; (6) created tabular
summaries of the data using Excel and SPSS; (7) used MS Graph Charts and
PowerPoint to prepare graphic presentations of the findings; and (8) prepared a
report for the client.
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