Our Guiding Principles.

Guiding Principles

To improve health outcomes:

• There is a concerted effort to identify, bring into, and maintain in care all persons living with HIV/AIDS who may or may not know their status.

• Consumers are to be treated with dignity, compassion and respect.

• There must be reliable and easily accessible information about treatment, service options, and resources.

• There must be streamlined, equitable access to a comprehensive system of quality services.

• The system will be driven by consumers and advocate for consumer needs.

• Care systems will be revised to meet emerging needs.

• Consumers must receive help with needs that extend beyond those that are specifically HIV-related.

• Services will be structured to encourage consumers to share in the responsibility for their health care.

• There must be outreach to those least able to access care.

• Consumers must be afforded the opportunity to contribute to the planning and delivery of services.

• CARE Act funds will be the funds of last resort.

• The impact of CARE Act funds must be evaluated, and improvements to the quality of service must be made as needed.