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

Announcements:

• DEADLINE TODAY: ARPA 4.02 Promoting Single Occupancy Grant - Phase 2 - Application Deadline Wednesday, July 5, 2023

• ARPA 3.07 Peer Support Grants for Housing Stability Project: Applications Reopened - Deadline Monday, July 31, 2023

Memos:

• July 2023 Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Amendments and Renewal Approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (June 30, 2023)

• Public Notice for Summer 2023 1915(c) Waiver Amendments

General OCL Meetings:

• Children’s Disability Advisory Committee (CDAC)

Announcements

DEADLINE TODAY: ARPA 4.02 Promoting Single Occupancy Grant - Phase 2

Application Deadline: Wednesday, July 5, 2023

In the midst of a global pandemic, congregate care residential settings providers saw the necessity for single occupancy rooms to prevent the spread of disease and promote independence and autonomy. Through funding provided by Section 9817 of ARPA, HCPF has created the 4.02 Single Occupancy Grant Program to offer payments for providers to convert more space to single occupancy rooms. HCPF has allocated $20 million for these payments, with a maximum of $1 million per awardee.

Eligible organizations can apply by Wednesday, July 5, 2023, using the online application. View the request for applications.

HCPF’s grant is focused on developing new ways Colorado’s home and community-based services residential settings can adapt and provide more independent and health-centered outcomes in a single occupancy setting. HCPF seeks programs that:

• Develop single occupancy from multiple person rooms

• Take steps to mitigate disease transmission in these room conversions

With sustainability and longevity in mind, HCPF is requiring applicants to create a project outline with steps on how this conversion will happen and how once converted, this project will be sustained.

HCPF will evaluate the feasibility and sustainability of the applicant programs and whether the state of Colorado would benefit from these projects long term. Allocation of these funds will require strict reporting and will only be made to programs that include Health First Colorado and CHP+ members.

To submit any questions, email Austin Leffel.

Learn more and start your application today

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ARPA 3.07 Peer Support Grants for Housing Stability Project

Applications Reopened - Deadline Monday, July 31, 2023

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 who can provide billable services aimed at supporting housing stability.

• Support costs associated with building administrative capacity to become a Medicaid provider and successfully provide and bill for Peer Support Services.

The new application deadline is Monday, July 31, 2023.

For more information, see the 3.07 Peer Support Grants portion of the ARPA Grants webpage.

Memos

These memos and other memos of interest are on HCPF's 2023 Memo Series Communication webpage.

• Informational Memo - July 2023 Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Amendments and Renewal Approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (June 30, 2023): The purpose of this Informational Memo is to inform stakeholders that the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver amendments and renewal submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 10, 2023, were approved.

• Informational Memo - Public Notice for Summer 2023 1915(c) Waiver Amendments (July 5, 2023): HCPF invites the public to comment on proposed waiver amendments for Colorado’s 10 HCBS 1915(c) waivers: Persons with Brain Injury (BI), Children’s Extensive Supports (CES), Children’s Home and Community Based Services (CHCBS), Children’s Habilitation Residential Program (CHRP), Children with Life-Limiting Illness (CLLI), Community Mental Health Supports (CMHS), Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH), Developmental Disabilities (DD), Elderly, Blind, and Disabled (EBD), and Supported Living Services (SLS).

General OCL Meetings

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

Children’s Disability Advisory Committee (CDAC)

The CDAC serves in an advisory capacity to HCPF and makes recommendations regarding issues related to benefits for children and youth with disabilities age 20 and younger, provider education interventions and application of standards. All interested stakeholders are welcome.

The CDAC meets on the second Wednesday of the month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. MT.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, July 12,2023

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. MT

Join via Google Meet

Join via Phone:

1-650-667-2698, PIN: 194 068 900#

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 webpage.

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

Looking for Prior OCL Communications?

Do you know about the OCL LTSS Newsletter Archive? On this page, you can:

• Search OCL newsletters back to January 2022

• Subscribe to the newsletter

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