The Office of Community Living (OCL) within the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) has the following information to share below:

General OCL Meetings:

• NEW: Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC) – Attendant Care in Hospital Listening Session

• NEW: Stakeholder Engagement Opportunities on Adult Day Services – Dementia Training Requirements

General OCL Meetings

Please find a general OCL meeting announcement listed below. Other OCL meeting information is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement & Calendar webpage.

NEW: Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC) – Attendant Care in Hospital Listening Session

This meeting is a Question & Answer session regarding the Peer Support Grants for Housing Stability (ARPA 3.07) project. All interested stakeholders are welcome.

The purpose of this grant project is to expand access to Peer Support Services for Medicaid members with complex needs and a history of homelessness. Funding shall be awarded to cover costs associated with outreach, engagement, hiring, training, retention, and supervision of Peer Support Professionals that can provide billable services in the context of housing stability. Funding shall also be awarded to support costs associated with building administrative capacity to become a Medicaid provider and successfully provide and bill for Peer Support Services.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

9 - 10:30 a.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free) 1-877-853-5257

Webinar ID: 825 3280 1284, Passcode: 016573

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NEW: Stakeholder Engagement Opportunities on Adult Day Services – Dementia Training Requirements

The Department seeks to engage stakeholders through two meetings to propose regulations requiring dementia training for all Adult Day Services providers. During these meetings, stakeholders will have the opportunity to provide comments, suggestions and ask questions regarding the proposed regulations. All stakeholders interested in this topic are encouraged to attend one or both meetings.

These two meetings will be held:

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

1 - 2:30 p.m. MT

and

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

1 - 2:30 p.m. MT

Both meetings have the same access information:

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free) 1-833-928-4608

Meeting ID: 816 3957 1445, Passcode: 380336 

Need to Make an Accommodation Request for one of our General OCL or ARPA-Related Stakeholder Meetings?

Reasonable accommodations for all OCL and ARPA-related stakeholder 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 notify John Barry at 303-866-3173 or John.R.Barry@state.co.usor the 504/ADA Coordinator at hcpf504ada@state.co.us at least one week prior to the meeting to make arrangements.

Looking for Prior OCL Communications?

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• Keep track of OCL announcements, meeting reminders, and memos