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

Announcement:

• REMINDER: Direct Care Workers Satisfaction and Engagement Survey!

Memo:

• HCBS Transition Services Setup Expenses Increase

General OCL Meetings:

• REMINDER: Host Home Oversight Stakeholder Meeting

ARPA-Related Meetings:

• NEW: ARPA 1.05 Provider Informational Webinar

• ⚠️ MEETING DATE CHANGE: Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Value and Awareness Action Group 

Announcement

REMINDER: Direct Care Workers Satisfaction and Engagement Survey!

We want to hear from the direct care workforce to understand their satisfaction with wages, compensation, benefits, career advancement, training and job fulfillment.

The survey cycle begins Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, and will remain open for at least 30 days. This year’s survey questions incorporate feedback from the first survey. All data collected is confidential. The data collected will be used to support workforce initiatives and provide data for future analysis, budget projections, policy planning, stakeholder engagement and improve quality assurances.

The survey will be available by email and survey link. If you are a direct care worker and want to take part, please contact email hcpf_dcworkforce@state.co.us to request a link.

Memo

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

• Informational Memo - HCBS Transition Services Setup Expenses Increase (Nov. 17, 2023): The purpose of this Informational Memo is to inform the public of increase in allowable Transition Setup expenses that will take effect as of Jan. 1, 2024.

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: Host Home Oversight Stakeholder Meeting

This is the second stakeholder meeting relating to House Bill 23-1197 Host Home Oversight. Interested stakeholders may include members, advocates, caregivers, case management agencies, community centered boards, families, home and community-based services providers and waiver recipients. This meeting will focus on current and proposed recommendations for Host Home Provider onboarding and screening requirements as well as Host Home Provider training, and further training recommendations.

Finally, there will be time to introduce Mission Analytics, who will be assisting with the Host Home Oversight project to provide an overview of the stakeholder survey results as it relates to the first stakeholder meeting, and how these items will correlate and be implemented within smaller focus groups for this project.

Meeting information will be on the Host Home Oversight Stakeholder Workgroup page.

The meeting will be held:

Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023

1 to 2:15 p.m. MT

Join via Google Meet

Join via Phone:

413-461-9713, PIN: ‪272 073 641#

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: ARPA 1.05 Provider Informational Webinar

This webinar will provide information to prospective applicants about the ARPA 1.05 Provider Grant. This grant is intended to provide training opportunities and incentives for workers to gain higher-level skills that would promote greater retention within the HCBS workforce. This webinar will review the grant eligibility and application process. All interested stakeholders are welcome.

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

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

Meeting ID: 993 1700 7314, Passcode: 396389

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⚠️ MEETING DATE CHANGE: Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Value and Awareness Action Group

The Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Value and Awareness Action Group meeting originally scheduled for Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, at 1 p.m. MT has been rescheduled for the following Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

This meeting is now scheduled for Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, at 1 p.m. MT. Please direct any questions to HCPF_DCWorkforce@state.co.us. Thank you!

The meeting will now be held:

Friday, Dec. 1, 2023

1 to 2 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

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

Meeting ID: 969 40536000, 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.

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

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