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

Message from OCL:

• Honoring our Veterans

Meetings:

• Evening Community First Choice (CFC) Virtual Family Information Session

• Please Register in Advance for the Older Adults Stakeholder Meeting

Memos:

• Colorado Care and Case Management System Training

• Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Final Rule — Individual Transition Plan (ITP) guidance for Case Managers

Message from OCL

Honoring our Veterans

Today is Veterans Day - an important holiday to honor those who have served in all branches of our United States military. As such, Department offices will be closed.

To all of you who are veterans, the Office of Community Living thanks you for your service.



Thank you for having sacrificed time, comfort, strength, ambition, health and

prosperity for the peace and safety of family, friends, co-workers, your fellow

Americans and so many who you'll never even meet. We are sincerely grateful for

your selfless service and your readiness to make the greatest sacrifice on behalf of your country.

To our stakeholders who are family members of those who have served, thank you for your support through their service as well.

Meetings

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

Evening Community First Choice (CFC) Virtual Family Information Session

Collaboration with Community Organizations

The Peak Parent Center, Family Voices Colorado, Parent to Parent of Colorado and the Department are collaborating to host an evening CFC information session focused on families of individuals with disabilities. The shared intention is to conduct engagement at a more convenient, accessible time for families.

About this Meeting

In this session, you can expect to learn more about the CFC Option, a new program being developed by the Department, to expand access to valuable services such as Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) and In-Home Support Services (IHSS), beyond the current Home and Community-Based Service waivers.

We will provide an overview and reviewing key details of CFC followed by an open forum. This presentation will focus on how CFC relates to children with disabilities and families of individuals with disabilities.

All interested stakeholders are encouraged to attend.

Please Register in Advance for this Meeting

Registration is required to attend this virtual meeting. Registration will be available until the beginning of the meeting. However, we recommend registering in advance to avoid technical difficulties.

The meeting will be held:

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. MT

Register Here

If you are unable to attend this meeting

The meeting recording will be made available on the Family Voices Colorado Website and the CFC Stakeholder Opportunity Page.

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Please Register in Advance for the Older Adults Stakeholder Meeting

The Department is asking stakeholders interested in attending the Older Adult Stakeholder meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2002, to register in advance.

Background

The Department has an opportunity under the ARPA initiative 4.07 - New Systems of Care Grants to identify and pilot innovative systems of care that recognize and leverage the needs and capabilities of various populations. The Department has contracted with Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) to study successful initiatives implemented by other states. PCG is currently conducting an environmental scan of evidence-based practices that could be used to develop innovative systems of care pilot programs that:

• Pair older adults with college students (or similar) who need affordable housing

• Provide college credits for college students employed as HCBS providers

• Provide low/no cost child care to HCBS direct support professionals (DSPs)

• Provide total compensation packages for DSPs

As part of the environmental scan, PCG in collaboration with the Department identified seven to eight programs across the country to conduct an in-depth analysis to gain information regarding the program reimbursement models; available program data demonstrating effectiveness of the program; and a description of the program components. After completing the in-depth analysis, PCG will draft an Environmental Scan Findings Report and submit to the Department.

About this Meeting

The Department recognizes the importance of stakeholder engagement to inform the grant development process. As such, PCG in collaboration with the Department will conduct a virtual stakeholder meeting to share the findings of the environmental scan and solicit feedback from stakeholders.

Please Register in Advance

The Department asks interested stakeholders to Register in advance prior to the meeting, to help us prepare for the meeting. We ask stakeholders to register, if possible, by 5 p.m. MT on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022.

Reminder: The meeting access information has been updated on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement webpage. You can copy it from there onto your individual calendar.

The meeting will be held:

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. MT

Register

In addition to attending this meeting, stakeholders will also have the opportunity to provide feedback via a survey that will be distributed after the virtual meeting.

We appreciate your willingness to provide feedback and thank you for your continued partnership as we look to create new and innovative systems of care for Coloradans.

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Reasonable accommodations 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.

Memos

Please find new memos and a related document listed below. The memos and document are also on the Department's 2022 Memo Series Communication webpage. Viewing the Memo Series webpage will show other memos of interest.

• Informational Memo - Colorado Care and Case Management System Training (Nov. 10, 2022): The purpose of this Informational Memo is to notify Case Management Agencies (CMAs) of the training timeline for the launch of the Colorado Care and Case Management (CCM) operating system.

• Operational Memo - HCBS Settings Final Rule-Individual Transition Plan (ITP) Guidance for Case Managers (Nov. 10, 2022): The purpose of this Operational Memo is to provide case management agencies (CMAs) with an Individual Transition Plan (ITP) tool to support individuals who receive HCBS at settings that have been determined noncompliant with the HCBS Settings Final Rule. This memo also provides related guidance for CMAs and announces an associated technical assistance session. Case managers with Community Centered Boards (CCBs) and Single Entry Points (SEPs) may be affected by this memo.

• Attachment - Individual Transition Plan (ITP) Tool

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