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

Announcements:

• Joint Resolution for Direct Care Workforce Appreciation Week

• REMINDER - DATE CHANGE: Care and Case Management (CCM) System Trainings

• To Be Rescheduled: Children's Buy-In Program Stakeholder Engagement Opportunity

Memo:

• National Core Indicator – State of the Workforce Survey

Announcements

Joint Resolution for Direct Care Workforce Appreciation Week

The Direct Care Workforce Collaborative Leadership Team is proud to announce the Direct Care Worker Appreciation Week Joint Resolution (HJR-1022), sponsored by Representative Mary Young, Representative Monica Duran, Senator Jessie Danielson, and Senator Tony Exum. This Resolution names April 7 through April 13, 2024, Direct Care Worker Appreciation Week, and further names the first full week of April every year Direct Care Worker Appreciation Week.

The Joint Resolution was acknowledged by both the House and Senate on Monday April 8, 2024. The full resolution language and additional information can be found on the Colorado Legislature website.

Thank you to all who made this Resolution a possibility, but most importantly, thank you to Colorado's direct care workforce!

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REMINDER - DATE CHANGE: Care and Case Management (CCM) System Trainings

Greetings to all Case Management Agencies!

Please note the date change for the June training event in this series. See below.

Please note the date change for the third training event in this series. See below.

Your input has been invaluable, and in response, we’re excited to offer a series of Care and Case Management (CCM) system trainings to enhance your learning and mastery All Case Managers are encouraged to attend.

Upcoming Training Sessions:

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

10 to-11 a.m. MT

Focus: Program Card Demonstration, Learning Resources Overview, and Q&A session. 

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Focus: Service Plan, Care Plan and Bridge Interface Demonstration, Learning Resources Overview, and Q&A session.

DATE CHANGE:

Thursday, June 20, 2024

(moved to Thursday due to the Juneteenth holiday)

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Focus: Queues and Tasks Demonstration, Learning Resources Overview, and Q&A session. 

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Focus: To Be Determined

Additional sessions will be announced in due course. For any questions, please email crodriguez@assurecare.com.

Registration is mandatory and the sessions will not be recorded. We look forward to your participation!

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To Be Rescheduled: Children's Buy-In Program Stakeholder Engagement Opportunity

Thank you to those of you who attempted to sign on for the Children's Buy-In Program Stakeholder Engagement Opportunity that was scheduled for Thursday, April 4, 2024, at 10 a.m. MT.

We apologize for the unforeseen technology problem that prevented participants from signing in. We will soon share updated meeting information with everyone soon. We hope you can join us.

If you have any questions, please email Nancy Brenes.

Memo

This memo and other memos of interest are on HCPF's 2024 Memo Series Communication webpage.

• Informational Memo - National Core Indicator – State of the Workforce Survey (April 11, 2024): The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) is conducting the National Core Indicators (NCI) State of the Workforce Survey, formerly known as the Staff Stability Survey, for Program Approved Service Agencies (PASAs). This Informational Memo provides an overview of why HCPF is conducting and who is targeted by the survey. The intended audience for this memo includes Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Service Providers, Provider Agencies, Long-Term Home Health Agencies, and Case Management Agencies.

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.us or the 504/ADA Coordinator at hcpf504ada@state.co.us at least one week prior to the meeting to make arrangements.

📅 General OCL Meetings are on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar.

📅 ARPA-Related Meetings are on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar.

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