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Michigan HIV/AIDS Council (MHAC)

The Michigan HIV/AIDS Council is the statewide advisory council for planning both prevention and care activities. The mission of MHAC is to represent the diversity of those affected by HIV/AIDS in Michigan, maintain parity among prevention and care issues, and to develop and sustain a statewide comprehensive plan(s) for HIV/AIDS prevention and care.

Photo: left to right, MHAC 2008 community co-chairs Holly Joseph and Paula Sirls; and Debra Szwejda, MDCH-DHAS-HAPIS Manager and chair.

 

 

 

 

Other Resources:

  • The CDC Guidance for HIV Prevention Community Planning, July 10, 2003.

  • This link to the Michigan page on statehealthfacts.org, a free website operated by the Kaiser Family Foundation, includes new and cumulative AIDS cases, AIDS case rates, persons living with AIDS, AIDS deaths, HIV infections, HIV testing statistics and policies, additional AIDS-related state policies, Ryan White funding and funding for HIV prevention, and AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, including budget, client, and expenditure data.
     
  • For the most up to date Michigan statistics, see the MDCH Stats.

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council Needs Assessment Findings:
FINAL Title II Needs Assessment

• Injection Drug Users (report)
• Commercial Sex Workers (report)
• Men who have Sex with Men (report)
• Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (report)
• Women Living with HIV/AIDS (pdf of slides)
• Homeless Living with HIV/AIDS (report)

 

Community Planning Around the State

The Washtenaw HIV/AIDS Coalition has developed a draft Blueprint to Address HIV/AIDS in Washtenaw County and local resource materials for target audiences.

 

Target Audience Planning Groups

African American AIDS Advisory Committee (A4C)
The African American Advisory Committee was formed to help eliminate the health disparities of HIV/AIDS among African Americans in Michigan. They plan on accomplishing this mission through raising awareness and advocating for culturally competent policies and activities to address the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on African American communities. More on this committee; and when they will next meet.

HIV & STD Adolescent Networking Committee -This statewide committee is for adults and youth. Meetings provide an opportunity to network with professionals in youth serving agencies and is now an advisory committee representing adolescents and youth for MHAC. A subcommittee plans the annual Teen Peer Education Conference. For general information on this committee, contact Laurie Bechhofer (517) 335-7252 or Chairperson Ardith Alderdyce at aaardith@sbcglobal.net or (734)484-9865. 

Michigan Persons Living with HIV/AIDS - The current structure for PWA is a partnership between the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention Section (HAPIS) of the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) and a PLWH/A Advisory Group for the purpose of planning and implementing needs assessment and related activities throughout the state. This advisory group is open to any PLWH/A living in Michigan who has an interest in assisting us in this critical activity. With the assistance of this core group we envision holding a minimum of three forums in three different locations in the state in order to provide an opportunity to hear directly from the community. If you are interested, please complete the registration form (PDF Document) and fax it to Debbie Davis at (517) 241-5911.
  • Also, The Michigan Positive Action Coalition, or Mi-Poz, is a group of engaged, concerned Michigan citizens taking their stories and concerns directly to policy makers. Currently, it is under the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project (MAPP) umbrella of programs. http://www.aidsprevention.org/poz.htm

 

MHAC Meeting Summaries and Materials

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council March 20, 2008 Meeting

Michigan's HIV/AIDS Council will keep its current community co-chairs following the unopposed nomination of Paula Sirls at the March 20 meeting in Eaton Rapids. The meeting also welcomed ten new members and ten new advisors.

  •  HPLS Report by Lisa Taton-Murphy;  HPLS volunteer letter and application form Note: this is an interactive form that you may fill in, print and then fax or mail.
  •  CAREWare Update - Becki Bishop (Note: This is a PDF file, please download the latest Adobe® Reader®.  
    With this latest reader, when you open the PDF file, you will see in the options column on the bottom left an icon with 2 overlapping dialogue boxes. If you click on this you will be able to read Becki's commentary on each slide.)

 

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council November 15, 2007 Meeting

  • Detroit Recover Project - Andre Johnson
  • LINKS 2 Program Presentation - Walter Washington
  • Deaf and Hard of Heating Program - Terry Tauger, MSW

     

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council September 20, 2007 Meeting

 

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council June, 2007 Meeting

 

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council March 23, 2007 Meeting

 

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council November 15, 2006 Meeting

See a report on the meeting in Michigan News - November

PowerPoint Presentations and documents

 

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council September 13, 2006 Meeting

The Michigan HIV/AIDS Council met on September 13.  This advisory body to MDCH, with statewide representation for both care and prevention professionals and community members reflecting the demographics of the epidemic in Michigan, updated its membership application for 2007 membership. This is now due on October 13 for qualified applicants. Fourteen membership slots are open with an emphasis on need for representation by young African American MSM and IDU.

The Comprehensive Plan & Needs Assessment Committees reported on the summer’s activities including the community open forums and assessment surveys collection from persons living with HIV/AIDS around the state. A final report will be available at the November meeting.

Many special presentations were made at the day long meeting and most are available to review as PowerPoint presentations (see below). These include the HIV Surveillance Section update on lab reporting of HIV recently mandated by Michigan law and the just released 2006 Epi Profile; a report on the HIV+ Women’s Survey; and the new adherence training curricula. The meeting also included a report on this summer’s Michigan case management conference and the national HIV Prevention Leadership Summit. There was a report on MAPPs new social marketing campaign for prevention of Methamphetamine use among the LGBT population, and an interesting activity on youth involvement for members. Youth have been an illusive group to involve in community planning. There was a fruitful discussion on the issue of youth parity and a resulting sign-up sheet for a Youth Involvement Advisory Workgroup.

PowerPoint Presentations and documents

 

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council May 17, 2006 Meeting

PowerPoint Presentations and documents

 

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council March 22, 2006 Meeting

 

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council November 9, 2005 Meeting

New members for 2006 selected by the membership committee were approved.
The Comprehensive Plan & Needs Assessment Committees gave recommendations for evidence-based prevention interventions for the identified four prioritized populations approved at the September meeting: persons living with HIV/AIDS (HIV+), men who have sex with men (MSM), injection drug users (IDUs), and high risk heterosexuals (HRH). The members approved the recommended interventions.
The meeting’s presentations included a report on Michigan’s first Hepatitis C Conference held in Ypsilanti, which was attended by approximately 280 and attracted the diverse audience that the planning committee had hoped to bring together to network. Gospel Against AIDS Executive Director Rosalind Andrews Worthy reported on the Detroit Summit for the CDC model program rollout for Business Responds/Labor Responds to HIVAIDS.

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council September 1, 2005 Meeting

PowerPoint Presentation

Michigan HIV/AIDS Council May 12, 2005 Meeting

PowerPoint Presentations

March 17, 2005 Meeting

Meeting Notes

PowerPoint Presentations

Supplemental Materials

 

November 10, 2004 Meeting

PowerPoint Presentations

September 1, 2004 Meeting

This was a meeting of change, and loss of valued MHAC members. Sammye Stamper opened the meeting with an introduction to his new Community Co-Chair Paula Sirls. He also recognized the passing over the summer of Schawne Parker, ED of CHOW, Inc., who had been a Community Co-Chair for the first three years of MHAC. After lunch the group received the sad news that MHAC member, Fredericka (Fredie) Shay had just passed away that morning. Dr. Shea, who co-founded the WSU AIDS Education and Training Center, was a nationally recognized pioneer in HIV/AIDS education for health care professionals. It was announced that Michigan Advocates Exchange (MAX) would be closing on September 30, and founding ED Kendra Kleber would be leaving the state. Kleber was recognized at the meeting for all the work that she has done in Michigan for the legal rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Reports were given by Mark Peterson on national  “AIDS Watch”, Jan Koopman on the national HIV Prevention Leadership Summit, and the Michigan PWA 2004 Steppin’ Out Conference by Paula Sirls. Special presentations were made by Eve Mokotoff on the HIV Testing Survey (HITS), results of a  CDC 2002 testing survey; and Laurie Bechhofer on changes in Michigan law regarding HIV and sex ed in the schools (SB 943, Public Act 165 of 2004  and HB 5478, Public Act 166 of 2004) and the State Board of Education Policy.

The actions that were taken at the meeting included revising MHAC Policies and Procedures on procedures for meetings and increasing the number of members on the Executive Committee. It was reported that the Comprehensive Plan Committee recommended that the 2005 Plan be accepted as part of the CDC application.

 

April 7, 2004 Meeting

Presentations and documents:

Brenda Stoneburner follow-up: A question came up at the MHAC meeting regarding the Drug Trends Report, these can be accessed through the ODCP website and are updated each June and December.  The most recent one is dated December, 2003.
 
Website address is  www.michigan.gov/odcp, click on the "Treatment Section" box, and the Drug Trends Report is one of the options.

Approved documents:

 

January 14, 2004 Meeting

Once again a winter travel advisory prevented many from attending this meeting. Presentations were kept brief and without a quorum no actions were taken.

DHAS News Reported at the Meeting

 

September 4, 2003 Meeting Notes

PowerPoint (and other) Presentations and documents

 

April 2003 Meeting

PowerPoint Presentations

  • Juvenile Justice Youth Risk Behavior Survey results of a survey that was conducted in the Spring of 2002 of all of the youth in the FIA/BJJ juvenile justice facilities.
  • CHOW – LINKS information about the LINKS Coalition program (Linking Individuals into Networks Knowledge & Services.)
  • University of Michigan Title III. The program now offers dental assistance to their clients. The center is collaborating with HARC to provide HIV testing. They also offer free mental health services.
  • Health Delivery, Inc. provides high quality health care to individuals and community groups in Saginaw, Bay and other nearby counties.
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