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

Announcements:

• Technical Assistance (TA) Call for Case Management Agencies – Supports Intensity Scale (SIS)

• Trauma-Informed Training Sessions: Feedback Requested, Recordings Available

Announcements

Technical Assistance (TA) Call for Case Management Agencies – Supports Intensity Scale (SIS)

OCL will hold a TA call for all Case Management Agencies to:

• Discuss implementation of the revised Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) and Support Level Rules

• Provide guidance on standardized forms

The call will be held:

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

10:30 a.m. to 12 p.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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Trauma-Informed Training Sessions: Feedback Requested, Recordings Available

OCL thanks all those who recently participated in one of our trauma-informed training webinars presented by HCPF and Dr. Karyn Harvey!

Training Recordings and Request for Participant Feedback

We ask stakeholders who attended a training, or who viewed the recording, to respond to a brief survey for the session they attended. Please see links below. Please take a moment to give us your feedback: we strive to provide content that is valuable to our communities, and your responses help guide us in that effort.

Below are links for the training recordings and participant surveys. Thanks for attending the training, for viewing the recording, and thanks for filling out the survey!

General Trauma-informed Care of Persons with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) for Direct Care Workers

Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. MT:

Recording

Participant Feedback Survey Link

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. MT

Recording

Participant Feedback Survey Link

Trauma-Informed Care of Persons with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) for Providers

Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 1 to 3 p.m. MT

Recording

Participant Feedback Survey Link

Trauma-Informed Care of Persons with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD), and Self-Care, for Complex Case Professionals

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

1:30 to 3:30 p.m. MT 

Recording

Participant Feedback Survey Link

This training series is part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Project 1.05, “Establish a Training Fund.” Please send any questions or comments to Cody Hickman.

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 can be found on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

ARPA-Related Meetings can be found on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

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