NJHPG COMMITTEES
We are dedicated to providing comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment services in New Jersey.
The New Jersey HIV Planning Group (NJHPG) is a collaborative formed and maintained by the New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Syndemic and Substance Use Services (DSSUS) that combines HIV Care and Treatment with HIV Prevention Planning efforts.
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HIV Planning is a critical process where we work in partnership with the community and key stakeholders to enhance HIV prevention, care, and treatment services in New Jersey.
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC:
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Executive Committee- Provides leadership to the Group
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Governance Committee- Provides structure to the Group
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:
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Strategic Planning Committee
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Priority Setting Committee
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Community Engagement Committee
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Data and Research Committee
Strategic Planning Committee
The Strategic Planning Committee supports the development and maintenance of the statewide Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan in alignment with CDC and HRSA guidance. This Committee is responsible for developing actionable recommendations and refining and assigning activities to the working Committees each cycle. Te addition of the Program Development Sub-Committee marks a shift toward a new path of strategic planning, enhancing its ability to more effectively address the evolving landscape of service delivery.
Priority Setting Committee
The Priority Setting Committee is responsible for understanding and accessing where services are now and where they need to be. The Committee considers:
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what is needed, what is missing, what is lacking, what is cutting edge, what is innovative
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how we can fill in the gaps, and how to do this with a Statewide perspective
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draw from quantitative and qualitative data from and other sources to understand what is needed.
Community Engagement Committee
The Community Engagement Committee works to identify prevention, care, treatment needs, and interventions for high-risk populations; develop outreach strategies to inform and engage communities while meeting them where they are through access and equity and at community events; cultivate/develop future leaders in the community; and build community space, presence & trust.
Data & Research Committee
The Data and Research Committee takes the lead in requesting data from the State and then analyzing and understanding the data received. The Committee is a resource for all other committees and their data needs.
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It plays a role in creating, maintaining, and updating the resource directory. Undertakes an annual process of determining what the needs assessment questions are.