November Meeting Announcement

Community First Choice (CFC) Council Meeting

The CFC Council collaborates with the Department on the design and implementation of a CFC option in Colorado. The CFC Council needs the input from Coloradans with disabilities, Coloradans 65 years or older and advocates to help ensure CFC is implemented in a way that best meets Colorado’s needs. Everyone is welcome!

CFC Council meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., through May 2023. These meetings are open to the public.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. MT

Meeting Focus: CFC Member Eligibility, Data Collection, and Quality Assurance

Join via Google Meet

Join via Phone:

1-260-230-1249, PIN: 719 313 221#

Meeting information will be posted on the Community First Choice Stakeholder Opportunities webpage.

Reasonable accommodations for the meetings will be provided upon request for persons with disabilities. Auxiliary aids and services for individuals with disabilities and language services for individuals whose first language is not English may be provided upon request. Please contact John Barry at john.r.barry@state.co.us or the Department's 504/ADA Coordinator at hcpf504ada@state.co.us at least one week prior to the scheduled meeting to make arrangements.

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** December CFC Council Meeting has been Canceled **

The December CFC Council meeting has been canceled due to conflicts with the Joint Budget Committee and the holidays. CFC Council meetings will resume January 2023.

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Prior Meeting Materials

Oct. 5, 2022

• Agenda

• Webinar Recording

• Meeting Notes

• Presentation

The CFC Council meeting schedule for 2022-2023 with topics to be discussed for those specific meeting dates is outlined below. CFC Council meeting topics are subject to change and are intended to give a general idea of what to expect to be discussed at specific meetings.

CFC Draft Timeline

CFC is a complex program to implement, and to assist stakeholders with understanding the different factors that impact CFC, the Department has released a CFC Draft Timeline (see also the text only versions available in both English and Spanish).

• CFC DRAFT Timeline - July 2022

• CFC DRAFT Timeline - Text Only - July 2022

• CFC DRAFT Timeline - Text Only - Spanish - July 2022

CFC Listening Sessions

Purpose: CFC Listening Sessions are informal opportunities for stakeholders to learn more about CFC by asking questions, sharing experiences and talking with Department staff. No new policy or technical processes will be announced during these listening sessions; however, these are great opportunities to speak with the Department about questions or ideas you have around CFC. Any new information discussed during listening sessions will be discussed in the CFC Council meeting and published on the CFC Stakeholder Opportunities webpage.

All interested stakeholders and the public are welcome to attend.

CFC Listening Sessions will be on the second Wednesday of each month.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. MT

Join Via Google Meet

Join via Phone:

1-513-464-9325, PIN: 949 690 025#

Meeting information will be posted on the Community First Choice Stakeholder Opportunities webpage.

For more information or if you would like to receive a calendar invitation for these ongoing meetings, please email the CFC team at hcpf_cfc@state.co.us.

CFC Volunteer Opportunities

The Department is interested in working together with CFC stakeholders to improve community partnerships and diversify stakeholder input by building community resources by and for CFC stakeholders.

Current Focus – As of August 2022

• Non-Native English Speaker (NNES) Community Engagement

• CFC Community Outreach

• CFC Communication Toolkit

• CFC Parent Outreach

• CFC Stakeholder Engagement & Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Initiative

• CFC Stakeholder Ideas

Read the CFC Volunteer Overview for more details about this role and current opportunities.

Want to Get Involved, ask Questions or Provide Feedback?

If you have any feedback or questions for the CFC team, please email hcpf_cfc@state.co.us, complete the CFC Feedback Form, or call Jordan Larson at 303-866-3580 for assistance.