The 2023 – 2026 Inland Empire Comprehensive HIV Needs Assessment presents data on HIV service needs, barriers, and other factors influencing access to care for people living with HIV (PWH) in the Riverside/San Bernadino TGA (RSBTGA) as determined through a consumer survey, focus groups, and key informant interviews. The Comprehensive Needs Assessment is the main avenue of consumer input into the design and evaluation of HIV Services in a community. Data are used to help set priorities for the allocation of HIV care services funding, in the development of the comprehensive HIV plan, and in designing annual service implementation plans. The last Needs Assessment was conducted in 2014.

This report is to be considered an interim, targeted Needs Assessment intended to support the Inland Empire HIV Planning Council (IEHPC) in its 2022-2023 Priority Setting and Resource Allocation process (PSRA) and to provide a guidepost by which future HIV services funding may be determined. The IEHPC Needs Assessment process has suffered from stops and starts over the past several years, in part due to COVID, and in part due to the complexity of the process to develop one. This report is the result of months of work by the IEHPC Support Staff and many others to collect data through a survey tool and analyze it. The work is completed for the available data, and as noted in the Data Limitations section, the consultant has attempted to minimize some data deficiencies through other resources.

This comprehensive Needs Assessment is funded by the Ryan White Part A for the Riverside/San Bernardino California Transitional Grant Area