| Goal
|
To
meet the social and support service needs of children, youth, and families
with or at risk for HIV/AIDS. |
| Objective
#1 |
Stabilize
the crisis situation and provide needed services to runaway and homeless
youth.
|
|
Action
Steps
|
Provide
shelter and immediate services including diagnostic medical services and
education and prevention related to HIV/AIDS.
|
|
Description
|
Runaway
and Homeless Youth Program.
|
|
Resources
|
FY95
|
FY96
|
FY96
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
* HIV services
integrated into overall budget
|
|
Populations
Served
|
Runaway
and homeless youth at risk for HIV.
|
|
Constituency
Involvement
|
A network
of more than 500 grantees, both public and private.
|
| Objective
#2 |
Provide
foster care and adoption services to abused, neglected, or otherwise needy
children including those with HIV/AIDS. |
|
Action
Steps
|
Provide
diagnostic and treatment services, counseling for children, parents, extended
family, foster and adoptive parents, and others relevant to HIV/AIDS. |
|
Description
|
Child
Welfare Services Program. |
|
Resources
|
FY95
|
FY96
|
FY96
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
| *
HIV services integrated into overall budget |
|
Populations
Served
|
Children
in foster care and those placed in adoption, their parents, and extended
families. |
|
Constituency
Involvement
|
National,
professional, advocacy, and service organizations such as the Child Welfare
League of America, American Public Welfare Association, National Association
of Social Workers, and 56 State/Territorial grantees. |
| Objective
#3 |
Support
health and social services for abandoned infants and young children who
have been drug-exposed and/or have HIV/AIDS. |
|
Action
Steps
|
Provide
foster care, health services, counseling and other social services. |
|
Description
|
Abandoned
Infants Assistance Program. |
|
Resources
|
FY95
|
FY96
|
FY96
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
| *
HIV services integrated into overall budget |
|
Populations
Served
|
Abandoned
infants and young children who have been drug-exposed and/or have HIV/AIDS. |
|
Constituency
Involvement
|
Public
and private providers of these services, grantees, and national resource
agencies. |
| Objective
#4 |
The
Head Start Program provides comprehensive child development services to
children, including those with HIV/AIDS, their parents, and families. |
|
Action
Steps
|
Services
to Head Start families may include prevention and education, identification,
and intervention related to HIV/AIDS; children with HIV/AIDS are enrolled
in the on-going Head Start program. |
|
Description
|
Head
Start Program. |
| Resources |
FY95
|
FY96
|
FY96
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
| *
HIV services integrated into overall budget |
Populations
Served |
Low
income pre-schoolers and their families, including pregnant women. |
Constituency
Involvement |
National
Head Start Association and related early childhood development organizations,
such as National Association for the Education of Young Children.
|
| Objective
#5 |
Support the independence, productivity, and
integration into the community of persons with developmental disabilities. |
| Action
Steps |
Support grantees; twenty-seven of the current
51 grantees operate within university-associated pediatric HIV/AIDS clinics. |
| Description |
University Affiliated Program. |
|
Resources
|
FY95
|
FY96
|
FY96
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
| *
HIV services integrated into overall budget |
|
Populations
Served
|
Developmentally disabled persons, including
those with HIV/AIDS. |
|
Constituency
Involvement
|
National network of grantees; national advocacy
organizations related to HIV/AIDS and developmental disabilities. |
