• On Monday, OPWDD issued the requirement for all agencies to submit the CFR-2A, supplemented by an additional COVID-19 related question. The CFR-2A schedule is to be completed based on information contained in your agency's interim May 31, 2020 financial statements, and must be submitted by July 20, 2020 to CFR@opwdd.ny.gov. To download the Excel spread sheet click here. OPWDD identified, in red, the reporting differences from annual CFR-2A - to download the CFR Instruction Manual click here.

• If the agency is attesting for visitation to ALL of its certified residences (as outlined in the COVID-19: Interim Visitation Guidance), you may put in the first line of the attestation document that you are applying it to a note that it applies to all of the agencies sites. You do not need to list Program Address and Operating Certificate Numbers for each program.

• If the agency is attesting for visitation to some of its certified residences, you must complete the Program Address and Operating Certificate Numbers for each of the agencies sites that will be participating.

• It is not necessary to send your agency visitation policy/procedures with the agency attestation, unless there is an additional restriction in it that requires notice to and approval by OPWDD. 

• If the agency policy/procedure includes additional restrictions that require notice to and approval by OPWDD, please copy the specific restriction into the body of the email and explain it within the email. Also attach the agency policy/procedure document. This will facilitate the review process.

• Information to operationalize the OPWDD guidance for your agency without additional restrictions does not require OPWDD review (e.g. identifying specific visiting hours or days, specifying what location in the home/property will be used).