Local Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Plans

Innovative, community-driven solutions are at the heart of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative. CDC therefore funded priority jurisdictions (state and local health departments) to develop innovative, locally tailored plans that lay the foundation for scaling up the key strategies of the initiative in a way that will address meets unique local needs, and reduces health disparities, and achieves health equity in each community. For example:

• Diagnose: Over 80% of jurisdictions plan to promote and increase access to HIV self-tests, and conduct testing via mobile testing units and/or in non-traditional settings including churches.
• Treat: Over 60% of jurisdictions will expand telemedicine services that allow patients to access medical services remotely, especially in rural areas, and rapidly engage in care and start treatment within seven days of diagnosis.
• Prevent: Over 70% of jurisdictions will start or expand programs to connect people to PrEP services and establish or expand SSPs, where legally permissible, using innovative delivery options such as mobile testing units and peer-delivery systems.
• Respond: At least half of the jurisdictions will develop plans to respond to HIV outbreaks by establishing a dedicated workforce and improving the use of real-time information to direct resources to the communities that need them most.

Each plan is based on local epidemiology and social determinants data, and developed and implemented in collaboration with partners, including people living with, and at risk for, HIV. If funding is expanded and sustained, EHE can make history—and end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. once and for all.

Community engagement is paramount to the success of these plans and involves the continual collaboration of key collaborators and broad-based communities working together to identify strategies to increase coordination of HIV programs throughout their jurisdiction in achieving the goals of the EHE initiative.

CDC will continue working with each jurisdiction to modify their plan, where needed, to meet the HIV prevention needs of their communities and address current service challenges and disruptions due to COVID-19. CDC will also continue to provide guidance and share creative community-based solutions as we partner with communities to help them address new and evolving challenges.

The table below reflects the recipients of EHE funding under PS19-1906: Strategic Partnerships and Planning to Support Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States – Component B: Accelerating State and Local HIV Planning. Each award recipient listing also links to the jurisdiction’s current EHE plan and/or EHE planning documents if their website has been developed.

A high level summary of the plans [PDF – 931 KB], as they were submitted on December 2020, is available.