Minnesota Council for HIV/AIDS Care & Prevention
Mission, Vision, Principles

Mission
The mission of the Minnesota Council for HIV/AIDS Care & Prevention is to:

• Establish priorities for the allocation of Part A and Part B funds of the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 within the thirteen county Transitional Grant Area (TGA) and the state of Minnesota. In other words, the Council is responsible for deciding which services are most needed for people with HIV and how much funding will be used for each of those service areas.
• Develop and prepare the comprehensive HIV service plan for the Minneapolis/St. Paul thirteen county TGA and the state of Minnesota. This plan defines short and long term goals for organizing and delivering services.
• Assure community participation in the gathering of information related to needs and service priorities.
• Assess the efficiency of the system the grantees use to distribute funds. This includes evaluating how quickly contracts with service providers are signed, how quickly the grantee pays the providers, whether the funds were used for services identified as priorities by the Council and whether all the funds were spent.
• Participate in developing a Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need (SCSN). Representatives of the Council must participate with representatives of all the other Parts of the legislation in developing a Coordinated Statement of Need. The purpose of the SCSN is to encourage all of the Ryan White programs to work together and to avoid the duplication of services.

Vision
The vision of the Minnesota Council for HIV/AIDS Care & Prevention is to extend and improve the quality of life for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS in an accessible, fair, compassionate, flexible and efficient manner, regardless of age, gender, culture (including language), sexual orientation and means of transmission. This will be addressed through:

• Developing and evaluating an effective system for assessing current and emerging needs;
• Reviewing existing Council related systems and insuring that measures for accountability are included;
• Establishing funding priorities;
• Building the capacity of all health and social service providers;
• Responding comprehensively through the coordination of prevention, HIV health and support services and housing;
• Advocating when appropriate regarding HIV related issues in the state of Minnesota and the TGA.

Principles

• We value cultural diversity, inclusion, parity, and expertise.
  
• We expect and will pursue diversity of membership.
• We are all advocates for reducing/preventing disease.
• We have a responsibility to bring forth voices from the communities we represent. These voices, along with data, drive overall priority prevention and needs in the state. 
• We are a community planning group, not a direct action or advocacy organization.