March 30, 2022
The Office of Community Living (OCL) within the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (Department) has the following information below:

Announcement:

  • Two Days Left to Apply - Members Needed to Join the Community First Choice Council

Memos:

  • REMINDER: Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Rate Increase Continuation

  • Risk Factor Determination & Process Flow for the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS)

  • National Core Indicator - Staff Stability Survey

  • Colorado Case Management Assessment, Support Plan & System Soft Launch Training

  • Case Management Rate Change

  • Overview of Support Level Review (SLR) Processes and Revised Request Form

Meetings:

  • Single Entry Point (SEP) Case Manager Home Modification Training

  • Community Centered Board (CCB) Case Manager Home Modification Training

  • Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Listening Session

  • Transitions Stakeholder Advisory Council
Announcement

Two Days Left to Apply -
Members Needed to Join the Community First Choice Council

The Department needs your help to develop and launch the Community First Choice Option (CFC). CFC is a national health care program that will support Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program) members with disabilities to be more independent and live in their community by providing expanded access to home and community-based services.

Please consider applying for the CFC Council, which will be a diverse group of individuals with disabilities, adults 65 and older, or their representatives. The CFC Council will help design and start CFC through regularly scheduled CFC Council meetings, recommendations to the Department, and participation in policy discussions on CFC and its potential effects.

CFC Council meetings will be held via webinar and call-in using Google Meet. The main Council meeting will be held on the first Wednesday of each month, and will likely have opportunities to participate in smaller ad hoc workgroups. The monthly time commitment is estimated to be about five hours with the design and launch work of the Council estimated to last one year.

The Department is dedicated to the full inclusion and diversity of our members, which includes race, color, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, creed, political beliefs, and disability. We encourage all interested Health First Colorado members and stakeholders to apply, especially:

  • People with disabilities, their parents, people 65 and older, or their representatives

  • Rural, frontier, and urban disability community members

  • Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)

  • Those familiar with home and community-based services

  • Those familiar with consumer-directed services

  • Those familiar with the experiences of people with disabilities or older adults

The Department is accepting applications for 10 CFC council positions. Applicants may submit the CFC Council Member Application Form or contact Jordan Larson, CFC Policy Advisor, at 303-866-3580.

Please help us spread the word by sharing this flyer in English or this flyer in Spanish within your organization or networks.

Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2022 (This Friday).

Stay up to date with CFC! Please sign up for the CFC Updates Email List or you can email us.
Memos

Please find a reminder and new memos listed below. These memos are also on the Department's 2022 Memo Series Communication webpage. Viewing the Memo Series webpage will also show other memos of interest.



  • National Core Indicator (NCI) - Staff Stability Survey (March 29, 2022): The purpose of this memo is to inform stakeholders that Department will soon be conducting the NCI Staff Stability Survey for Program Approved Service Agencies (PASAs). This Informational Memo provides an overview of why the Department is conducting the survey and who is targeted by the survey. The intended audience for this memo includes Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services Providers, PASAs, and CCBs.
Meetings

Please find meeting announcements listed below. Other meeting information is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement webpage.

SEP Case Manager Home Modification Training

The Division of Housing, in conjunction with the Department, will be holding a home modification training in early April which will outline the process to utilize ARPA funding for home modifications, as well as the general home modification process. This training will be live and will provide the opportunity for case managers to ask home modification related questions throughout the training and at the end during an open Question & Answer segment.

Interested stakeholders include Case Management Agencies and Single Entry Point agencies.

For more information, see the Home Modification Benefit webpage.

The meeting will be held:

Tuesday, April 5, 2022
10-11:30 a.m. MT

Join by Google Meet:

Join by Phone:
1-617-675-4444, PIN: ‪546 824 125 9214 #

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CCB Case Manager Home Modification Training

The Division of Housing, in conjunction with the Department, will be holding a home modification training in early April which will outline the process to utilize ARPA funding for home modifications, as well as the general home modification process. This training will be live and will provide the opportunity for case managers to ask home modification related questions throughout the training and at the end during an open Question & Answer segment.

Interested stakeholders include Case Management Agencies and CCBs.

For more information, see the Home Modification Benefit webpage.

The meeting will be held:

Thursday, April 7, 2022
10-11:30 a.m. MT

Join by Google Meet:

Join by Phone:
1-617-675-4444, PIN: 976 635 693 3456 #

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EVV Listening Session
 
EVV listening sessions are bi-monthly informal opportunities for stakeholders to bring questions to the Department about EVV implementation. No new policy or technical processes will be announced in these listening sessions. New information will be discussed in the general stakeholder meeting and published on the EVV Stakeholder Workgroup webpage.

Please email EVV@state.co.us to have a calendar invitation sent for this ongoing session.

For more information, see the EVV Stakeholder Workgroup webpage.

The next sessions will be held:

Thursday, March 3, 2022
10-11 a.m. MT

Join by Google Meet:

Join by Phone:
1-208-715-5308, PIN: ‪438 295 119 #

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Transitions Stakeholder Advisory Council
 
The primary function of this council is to provide guidance and recommendations regarding operational policy and procedural changes to the Transition Services Program and to create solutions to streamline community transitions. The council will analyze barriers to transitions and provide recommendations for improved practices. All interested stakeholders are welcome.

April Topic:  Member Rights

The panel originally scheduled for the March meeting will present this month.


The next meeting will be held:
Thursday, April 7, 2022
2:30-4:30 p.m. MT
 
Join by Google Meet:

Join by Phone:
+1 347-480-3624 PIN: 515646803#

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Reasonable accommodations 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 notify John Barry at 303-866-3173 or John.R.Barry@state.co.us or the 504/ADA Coordinator at hcpf504ada@state.co.us at least one week prior to the meeting to make arrangements.
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