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

Announcement:

• SURVEY DEADLINE EXTENDED: National Core Indicator (NCI) State of the Workforce Survey-IDD - Deadline Extended to Monday, July 31, 2023

OCL Stakeholder American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Meetings:

• NEW MEETING TIME: Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Compensation and Benefits Action Group

OCL Stakeholder Meeting Recordings:

• Have You Missed a Meeting of Interest to You?

Announcement

SURVEY DEADLINE EXTENDED: National Core Indicator (NCI) State of the Workforce Survey-IDD - Deadline Extended to Monday, July 31, 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.

Please note the extended deadline for this survey: Monday, July 31, 2023.

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.

NEW MEETING TIME: Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Compensation and Benefits Action Group

The DCWC Compensation and Benefits Action Group has voted to change their meeting time from a 1 p.m. start time to a 9 a.m. start time, while keeping the meeting dates unchanged.

The next meeting of this group is Friday, July 21, 2023, from 9 to 10 a.m. MT. Future meetings of this group will also take place at 9 to 10 a.m. on the third Friday of every two months. (The next meeting following the July meeting will be held on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.)

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

The next meeting will be held:

Friday, July 21, 2023

9 to 10 a.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

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

Meeting ID: 969 4053 6000, Passcode: 115140

OCL Stakeholder Meeting Recordings

Have You Missed a Meeting of Interest to You?

These recordings are posted on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement YouTube channel as well on HCPF program-related webpages. There may be other recordings of interest to you on the channel, so please go to the channel and explore. The most recent meeting recordings are at the bottom of the page.

Below are links to recently uploaded OCL meeting recordings:

• ARPA 1.05 Provider Grant Informational Webinar #7 - June 29, 2023

• Private Duty Nursing Rule Review Workgroup - June 29, 2023

• Remote Supports Meet the Providers Questions and Answers - June 28, 2023

• Care and Case Management (CCM) System Training: Critical Incident Management - June 21, 2023

• Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) - June 14, 2023

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.

📅 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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