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The Office of Community Living (OCL) within the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) has the following information to share below:
Announcements:
- Join Stakeholder Forums to Discuss Hospital Community Benefit
- National Core Indicator (NCI) State of the Workforce Survey-IDD: Deadline Friday, June 30, 2023
- Apply Now to Become a Member of the Nursing Home Innovations Grant Board: Deadline Friday, June 30, 2023
- Group In-Reach Implementation Survey for Stakeholders: Deadline Friday, June 16, 2023
General OCL Meetings:
- Case Management Redesign (CMRD) Rule Revision: Home and Community-Base Service Benefits and Service Rules Part Two
- Children’s Disability Advisory Committee (CDAC)
- OCL Update Webinar: All Stakeholders
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-Related Meetings:
- Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC)
- Older Adults Stakeholder Meeting
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Join Stakeholder Forums to Discuss Hospital Community Benefit
HCPF, in partnership with the Colorado Health Institute (CHI), is seeking feedback on how nonprofit hospitals should prioritize their community benefit investments.
We invite you to join one of the two stakeholder feedback sessions listed below. We are seeking feedback from community-based organizations and advocacy groups, local public health agencies, and health care providers outside of hospital and health systems, including home and community-based service providers, behavioral health providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and others. A separate session will convene hospitals and health systems.
Session #1 will be held:
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
9 to 10 a.m. MT
Register for Session #1
Session #2 will be held:
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
4 to 5 p.m. MT
Register for Session #2
Both meetings will take place virtually. Please register to receive details and materials prior to the meetings. The same information will be shared at both meetings.
CHI will facilitate these sessions and is accepting written feedback or questions in advance at focusgroups@coloradohealthinstitute.org.
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National Core Indicator (NCI) State of the Workforce Survey-IDD:
Deadline Friday, June 30, 2023
HCPF launched the NCI State of the Workforce Survey (formerly known as the Staff Stability Survey) in mid-March, for agencies providing services to individuals enrolled in the Supported Living Services (SLS) and the Developmental Disabilities (DD) waivers. The NCI State of the Workforce Survey is conducted across the country and will help Colorado measure improvement in the quality and stability of the workforce of direct support professionals assisting adults with Intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Agencies included in the survey sample received the link via email, to complete the NCI State of the Workforce Survey online. Each agency will only fill out one survey about their direct care workforce. We ask that the survey be completed by Friday, June 30, 2023.
HCPF thanks agencies for assisting us with completing this mission-critical work. It will help evaluate the stability of staff and services provided to the members we serve. For more information, please visit HCPF’s NCI Survey webpage.
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Apply Now to Become a Member of the Nursing Home Innovations Grant Board: Deadline Friday, June 30, 2023
The Nursing Home Innovations Grant Board reviews and makes grant approval recommendations for projects funded by Civil Money Penalty funds. The projects focus on innovative ways to improve the quality of life and quality of care for nursing home residents. Your experiences, knowledge and insight may help support these projects.
The Board is looking for five representatives: one who is a resident of a nursing facility, three who are long-term care employees, and one representative from the business community.
To Apply
To apply to become a member of the Board, please fill out the application at the Colorado Boards and Commissions webpage ("Apply Now" box on the bottom of the page and select "Nursing Home Innovations Grant Board"). The application deadline is Friday, June 30, 2023.
For More Information
For more information about the Nursing Home Innovations Grant Board, please visit HCPF's Nursing Home Innovations Grant Board webpage. If you have questions, please contact Richard Clark at Richard.Clark@state.co.us.
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Group In-Reach Implementation Survey for Stakeholders:
Deadline Friday, June 16, 2023
In March 2022, the Department of Justice sent HCPF a letter regarding shortcomings within the state's Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) system and transition services for individuals currently residing in a nursing facility setting. As part of the BA-07 Budget Request, HCPF requested funds to proactively implement Group In-Reach in the Nursing Facility setting.
About Group In-Reach
The purpose of Group In-Reach is to educate individuals living in a nursing facility and their natural supports (family, guardians, friends or caregivers) about community-based living options, waivers and supports in a group setting. The first year, Group In-Reach will be completed by the internal HCPF In-Reach coordination team. After this first year, HCPF will request stakeholder feedback about:
- Whether Group In-Reach should continue
- Which agency would be best to assume management of the Group In-Reach program after the first year of this project
About the Survey
HCPF is now conducting a stakeholder survey to collect additional feedback regarding Group In-Reach implementation and ensure the In-Reach team is providing members with extensive, correct and pertinent information to support making an informed decision regarding their community living options. The survey deadline is Friday, June 16, 2023.
We thank all survey respondents for helping us ensure that Group In-Reach is helpful to members, their natural support and agency staff.
Take the Survey
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Please find a general OCL meeting announcement listed below. Other OCL meeting information is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage. | |
Case Management Redesign (CMRD) Rule Revision: HCBS Benefits and Service Rules Part Two
This meeting is part of a series of Case Management Redesign (CMRD) rule revision stakeholder feedback meetings. More information can be found on the CMRD webpage.
The meeting will be held:
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
9 to 11 a.m. MT
Join via Zoom
Join via Phone:
(Toll-free) 1-877 853-5257
Meeting ID: 873 9014 4539, Passcode:597847
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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 the second Wednesday of the month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. MT.
The meeting will be held:
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. MT
Join via Google Meet
Join via Phone:
1-650-667-2698, PIN: 194 068 900#
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OCL Update Webinar: All Stakeholders
Beginning with this webinar, OCL is combining the Disability Community and Providers webinars into one session with an audience of all interested stakeholders - members, family, friends, advocates, providers, case management agency staff, other state staff, and anyone else interested in the work of the Office of Community Living.
We are extending this webinar from 60 to 90 minutes. Finally, we will begin a new schedule for these webinars, offering these longer, combined audience updates twice annually - one in the Summer (June) and one in the Winter (January).
Webinar documents are located on the OCL Webinar Page.
The meeting will be held:
Thursday, June 15, 2023
9:30 to 11 a.m. MT
Register via Zoom
| American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-Related Meetings | Please find an ARPA-related meeting announcement listed below. Other ARPA-related meeting information is on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage. | |
Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC)
The DCWC works collaboratively with stakeholders to identify and move forward strategies to support the recruitment and retention of Colorado's direct care workforce. This group intends to meet quarterly on the second Wednesday of the month.
The meeting will be held:
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
10 - 11:30 a.m. MT
Join via Zoom
Join via Phone:
(Toll-free) 1-877-853-5257
Meeting ID: 993 1700 7314, Passcode: 396389
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Older Adult Stakeholder Meeting
The purpose of the Older Adult Stakeholder meeting is to inform older adult stakeholders about the HCPF's work, to gather feedback, and to identify opportunities for collaboration. All interested stakeholders are welcome.
The Older Adults Stakeholder will be focusing its meetings on updating older adult stakeholders on the following American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)initiatives. If you have interest in any of these initiatives, please join us:
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ARPA Initiative 4.01: Residential Innovation - (Includes Innovative Models of Care Grant) HCPF is contracting with a vendor to conduct a models of care analysis, including stakeholder engagement, to develop recommendations about innovative services that could be considered to enhance community residential services for adults as they age.
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ARPA Initiative 4.02: Promote Single Occupancy - HCPF is developing a one-time grant program to incentivize residential providers to promote individualized rooms in residential environments where people do not have to share bedrooms.
The meeting will be held:
Thursday, June 15, 2023
10 to 11 a.m. MT
Join via Google Meet
Join via Phone:
1-443-606-2203, PIN: 505 443 051#
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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.
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Want to Sign up for OCL and HCPF Communications?
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you can sign up here.
See a list of all HCPF newsletters you can subscribe to.
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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
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