- Alameda County Health Care Services Agency: Infant Mortality Reduction Healthy Start
Collaborated in development of proposal that was the only proposal west of the Rockies to be funded. The development of this proposal involved dozens of agencies, numerous coalitions, and several county agencies. Planning lasted months and the proposal was reviewed by several committees prior to its being submitted. G&A was responsible for facilitating many meetings, conducting extensive research, developing the approach, preparing numerous workplans and charts, and writing part of the proposal. It was subsequently funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services. The approach consists of developing four Neighborhood Family Resource Centers at which a wide variety of multidisciplinary, consumer-driven, integrated services were to be delivered with the objective being to empower communities, families, and women to improve their individual and collective health. Funding approved: $38 million.
- Bay Area Black Consortium for Quality Health Care: Neighborhood Family Resource Center
Developed proposal to create the center. Coalition of Bay Area Black Consortium for Quality Health Care, East Oakland Youth Development Center, Summit Hospital, and the Fruitvale Collaborative. Established a family/community center providing a comprehensive array of health and supportive services as well as a forum for community and individual empowerment. $750,000 in funding received.
- Alameda County, Highland Hospital
Developed a One-Stop-Shopping Model of perinatal services for Highland Hospital and wrote proposal that was one of only four funded nationally. $I.5 million in funding received.
- Stanislaus County Department of Health, Maternal & Child Health Services:
Facilitated the planning and development of an innovative and multidisciplinary, community-based teen pregnancy prevention project that required extensive research, numerous community planning meetings, organization of focus groups with teens and the church community, and the development of a complex proposal to the State of California. Funded for $700,000.
In addition to the above projects, Gibson & Associates proposals have received over $54 million in AIDS funding.
- Throughout 1997, G&A has been facilitating the Santa Clara HIV Services Comprehensive Plan with the HIV Services Planning Council. In addition to facilitating the planning, G&A developed a successful Title III proposal to HRSA.
- Developed the Ryan White CARE application for the San Francisco EMA. The proposal was several hundred pages, described in minute detail the operations of San Francisco's AIDS Office, and requested and received the largest award in the EMA's history, over $44 million, a 44% increase in the amount received the previous year. Despite changes in leadership at the AIDS Office, including the departure of the person responsible for spearheading the proposal the last two years, G&A completed the product under budget and several days prior to the due date.
- G&A wrote successful HIV prevention proposals for the Iris Center in San Francisco to provide outreach and support to female addicts in the commercial sex industry. The proposals were submitted to the San Francisco AIDS Office, and a subsequent proposal was developed for the federal Center for Disease Control. In a field dominated by concerns for gay white men, G&A developed successful proposals for services to minority women.
- Facilitated the planning process for the Oakland EMA's Ryan White CARE application. The 1993-94 Oakland EMA proposal was heavily criticized by HRSA (the funding source) and resulted in a reduction in funding level. The proposal developed by G&A was one of only four EMA's in the country to receive an award larger than what was requested. As a result, G&A has been retained to provide planning assistance on an ongoing basis. Funding for over $5 million was approved. In 1996, G&A again facilitated their planning process and the EMA received an allocation of 110% of their request, or over $5.5 million in funding.
- Facilitated planning for developing an integrated and coordinated planning and funding allocation process. Process involves significant system change on the part of both public and private providers involved, as well as county and city government. Process was linked to G&A coordination of development of a comprehensive AIDS Response Plan that was completed in April of 1996. Finally, G&A was been retained to coordinate the development of the 1995-96 Ryan White application for Alameda-Contra Costa County. Proposal was completed on time and an increased allocation was awarded.
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