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

Announcement:

• Stakeholder Opportunity Request for Participation: Community First Choice (CFC) / Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) Implementation Council Workgroup

Friday Feature:

• The 2023 Memo Series Communication Webpage

OCL General Meetings:

• CORRECTION: Residential Habilitation Services and Supports (RHSS) and Supported Community Connections (SCC) Stakeholder Engagement Meeting

Announcement

Stakeholder Opportunity Request for Participation:

Community First Choice (CFC) / Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) Implementation Council Workgroup 

Workgroup begins February, 2023 

Interest Form: CDASS CFC Stakeholder Workgroup Interest Form

Background

Community First Choice (CFC) is an option for states to provide home and community-based services through the Medicaid State Plan. Service plans are person-centered and allow for the services to be self-directed to promote independence in the community. Consumer Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) is a consumer-directed service delivery option that will be available under CFC.

Meeting Purpose

This workgroup will review, prioritize, and investigate key CDASS policy areas in relation to the federally required aspects of the CFC regulations. The CFC/CDASS workgroup will collaborate with the Department to support the implementation of CDASS in the CFC option in Colorado.

This workgroup will report to the CFC Council and the Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC). Participants are encouraged to understand participant direction and have experience with the CDASS service delivery option. 

How to Participate

Stakeholders interested in participating in this workgroup should complete the CDASS CFC Stakeholder Workgroup Interest Form to stay up to date on meeting information.

For More Information

For any questions, please each out to the CFC Team by email hcpf_cfc@state.co.us or by phone at 303-866-3238.

Friday Feature

The 2023 Memo Series Comm Webpage

This week OCL is featuring the 2023 Memo Series Communication webpage.

About the 2023 Memo Series Communication Webpage

With the new year, the Department has created a new memo series communication page for 2023. Through the rest of 2023, this page will contain all memos so far published.

The webpage separates published memos into three groups:

• Policy Memos

• Operational Memos

• Informational Memos

How to Find Prior Year Memo Series Memos

You can find published memos from prior years (2018-2022) on this page.

We hope you'll bookmark the 2023 Memo Series Communication webpage and use it as a handy reference.

General OCL Meetings

Please find general OCL meeting announcements listed below. Other OCL meeting information is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement & Calendar webpage.

CORRECTION: Residential Habilitation Services and Supports (RHSS) and Supported Community Connections (SCC) Stakeholder Engagement Meeting

Note: The OCL newsletter on Dec. 30, 2022, incorrectly stated this meeting had been canceled. Apologies for this error. This meeting is still scheduled, as listed below, and is still posted on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement & Calendar webpage.

The Department is hosting a stakeholder engagement meeting to discuss and receive feedback related to Residential Habilitation Services and Supports (RHSS) and Supported Community Connections (SCC) services being provided by the same direct care provider. At this time, the Department seeks to further engage providers, waiver members, family members, advocates, and case managers through a stakeholder meeting to propose a semi-final revision to the service definitions related to the community integration requirements under RHSS and SCC services.

During this meeting, all interested stakeholders will have the opportunity to provide comments, suggestions and ask questions regarding the proposed service definition changes.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023

1 - 2:30 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Meeting ID: 811 9126 0339, Passcode: 878592

Join via Phone:

Toll-free: 1-833-548-0276

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.

REMINDER: Surveying Members on Case Management Agency (CMA) Attributes

The Department is seeking member feedback through a Member Case Management Agency Survey. This survey provides stakeholders an opportunity to share involvement in the Case Management Agency selection process while maintaining the integrity of the competitive process and state procurement law.

The Department will gather all responses submitted during the procurement inquiry period, which ends on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. 

The Member CMA Survey is available in English here and in Spanish here.

For more information, please see the Case Management Redesign webpage.

Meeting for Members: The Department will host a Member CMA Survey Live Response on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. to help members fill out their surveys. You’ll find meeting information in the OCL Stakeholder Engagement & Calendar webpage.

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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 2021

• Subscribe to the newsletter

• Keep track of OCL announcements, meeting reminders, and memos