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:

• REMINDER: OCL Winter Update for All Stakeholders

• In-Person Reception: Remote Supports Meet and Greet

• Webinar: Remote Supports Presentation and Question and Answer Session

• Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC)

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-Related Meetings:

• Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Value and Awareness Action Group

General OCL Meetings

Please find a general OCL meeting announcement listed below. Information about these and other OCL meetings is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

REMINDER: OCL Winter Update for All Stakeholders

This webinar is open to 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 (OCL).

During this webinar, we will look back at the past six months of OCL work and look forward to the next six months. A focus will be on the upcoming legislative session and the recently completed Joint Budget Committee presentation and budget requests.

Webinar documents are located on the OCL Webinar Page.

The meeting will be held:

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024

9:30 to 11 a.m. MT

Register via Zoom

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In-Person Reception: Remote Supports Meet and Greet

Join us to learn more about Remote Supports. We will host a reception prior to a presentation on how to access the new service Remote Supports to use technology and live-virtual support to live more independently for stakeholders, case management agencies, and HCPF staff. The reception will be a casual time to mingle and talk with Remote Supports Providers and HCPF Staff. Light refreshments will be provided.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

10 to 11 a.m. MT

In-Person Meeting Location:

303 E. 17th Ave., Conference Room 7B

Denver, CO 80203

Please RSVP - Space is Limited

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Webinar: Remote Supports Presentation and Question and Answer Session

Join us to learn more about Remote Supports. We will host a presentation on how to access the new service Remote Supports to use technology and live-virtual support to live more independently for stakeholders, case management agencies, and HCPF staff. This meeting will include a questions and answer period.

For more information, see the Remote Supports webpage or email Kacey Wardle at Kacey.Wardle@state.co.us.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

11 to 11:45 a.m. MT

Join via Google Meet

Join via Phone:

1-650-735-3981, PIN: ‪628 979 656#

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Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC)

The PDPPC is a collaboration between stakeholders and HCPF, focusing on issues related to Participant-Directed Programs, which include Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) and In-Home Support Services (IHSS).

PDPPC Meeting Schedule:

The PDPPC will meet during January through October 2024, on the 4th Wednesday of the month. Meetings will begin at 1 p.m. MT.

If stakeholders request meetings to occur, The PDPPC will meet during November and December 2024, on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, due to holidays. Meetings will begin at 1 p.m. MT. Please note these two dates will be Nov. 20 and Dec. 18, 2024.

All interested stakeholders are welcome to attend.

PDPPC information, including meeting documents and recordings, can be found on the PDPPC webpage. This webpage also contains contact information for the PDPPC stakeholder co-chairs (who are not HCPF staff) and HCPF staff.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

1 to 4 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

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

Meeting ID: 969 4053 6000, Passcode: 115140

Online Attendance Link

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) Value and Awareness Action Group

This Action Group 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 every other month on the fourth Friday of the month from 1 to 2 p.m. MT.

For more information, please check out the Direct Care Workforce Collaborative webpage, or email HCPF_DCWorkforce@state.co.us.

The meeting will be held:

Friday, Jan. 26, 2024

1 to 2 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

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

Meeting ID: 969 4053 6000, Passcode: 115140

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