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

Announcements:

• Stakeholder Survey on Gaps and Barriers to Respite Care Services in Colorado - Deadline Friday, March 17, 2023

• Participant-Directed Programs Survey: Financial Management Services (FMS) for Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) - Deadline Friday, March 31, 2023

OCL General Meetings:

• Participant-Directed Programs Training and Operations Contractor Request for Proposal (RFP) Stakeholder Meeting

ARPA-Related Meetings:

• Creating Equitable Access within Colorado’s Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) - Join us on April 4, 2023, from 12 to 2 p.m. via Zoom

• Creando acceso equitativo dentro de los servicios basados ​​en el hogar y la comunidad de Medicaid (HCBS) de Colorado - Acompañenos este 4 de abril de 2023 de 12 a 14 hs a través de Zoom

Announcements

Stakeholder Survey on Gaps and Barriers to Respite Care Services in Colorado - Deadline Friday, March 17, 2023

HCPF is contracting with Public Consulting Group, LLC (PCG) to complete an Evaluation of Respite Care Services with the goal of understanding respite care service utilization and the gaps and barriers in access to respite care services under Medicaid in Colorado. PCG is engaging with stakeholders to hear directly from community organizations and advocates, respite care providers, consumers, families, caregivers and state agency staff about their experience with respite care in Colorado.

If you are a stakeholder with experience and knowledge to contribute to these important conversations about the direction of respite care in Colorado, we ask you to share your experience.

Please complete our online Respite Care Survey by Friday, March 17, 2023.

Your participation is valued, and the insight gained from this survey will further PCG’s understanding and evaluation of the respite programs and help us make stronger recommendations to the state to expand the utilization and effectiveness of respite care to more communities, families, and individuals in the state of Colorado.

If you have any questions related to our Respite Care Study, or to participate in the survey in alternate ways, please contact Kaitlyn Crone at PCG.

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Participant-Directed Programs Survey: Financial Management Services (FMS) for Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) - Deadline Friday, March 31, 2023

In preparation for the Request for Proposal for FMS contractors that will be posted in the fall of 2023, HCPF is providing stakeholders an opportunity to share what is important to them in FMS for the CDASS benefit.

We are reaching out to CDASS members and their families, case managers, attendants, connectors, and other advocates to ask for your input pertaining to:

• The most important elements of high-quality FMS

• What members need from an FMS to be successful in CDASS

• What should continue or stop with how FMS has been provided for CDASS

The survey has five questions and responses to this survey are anonymous. Please complete this survey by Friday, March 31, 2023. Access the survey electronically here. If you would like to provide your feedback in another way, please call 303-866-3504. Thank you in advance for your participation.

General OCL Meetings

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

Participant-Directed Programs Training and Operations Contractor Request for Proposal (RFP) Stakeholder Meeting

This is a meeting for Participant-Directed Programs (PDP) stakeholders to provide feedback about the services provided by Financial Management Services (FMS) contractors for Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) members.

This is a meeting for PDP stakeholders to provide feedback about the services provided by a Training and Operations contractor for Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) and In-Home Support Services (IHSS) members. HCPF's PDP team seeks to contract with one contractor through a request for proposal (RFP) process with services starting July 1, 2024.

Members, families, advocates, caregivers, Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) providers, and Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) stakeholders may be interested in this meeting. All interested stakeholders are welcome to attend.

Meeting information is also on the PDP webpage.

The meeting will be held:

Monday, March 13, 2023

5 to 7 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

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

Meeting ID: 993 1700 7314, Passcode: 396389

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 & Calendar webpage.

Creating Equitable Access within Colorado’s Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)

HCPF is working with stakeholders to identify barriers and increase equity across home and community-based services programs. In February, we reached out to you all with a survey request, and nearly 350 providers and 140 members and caregivers responded. Your responses are helping us identify barriers and solutions for awareness, enrollment and use of HCBS services. Thank you!

Now, HCPF and the Office of Community Living want to share those results with you and create a space for you all to brainstorm more solutions based on the data. We also want to provide more background about where we are headed with equity work within HCBS programs and what you can expect in the coming months and years.

Please register by March 27, 2023, to receive an invitation to participate via the Zoom meeting platform. This work has been supported by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) 3.01 Equity Study.

You can also find more information about the project here.

The meeting will be held:

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

12 to 2 p.m. MT

Register Here

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Creando acceso equitativo dentro de los servicios basados ​​en el hogar y la comunidad de Medicaid (HCBS) de Colorado

HCPF está trabajando con las partes interesadas para identificar barreras y aumentar la equidad en los programas de servicios basados ​​en el hogar y la comunidad. En febrero, nos comunicamos con todos ustedes solicitando ayuda en responder a una encuesta, y casi 350 proveedores y 140 miembros y cuidadores nos ayudaron a contestarla. Sus respuestas nos ayudan a identificar barreras y soluciones para la concientización, inscripción y uso de los servicios de HCBS. ¡Gracias!

Ahora, HCPF y la Oficina de Vida Comunitaria quieren compartir esos resultados con usted y crear un espacio para que todos ustedes hagan una lluvia de ideas sobre más soluciones basadas en los datos. También queremos brindar más información sobre hacia dónde nos dirigimos con el trabajo de equidad dentro de los programas de HCBS y qué puede esperar en los próximos meses y años.

Regístrese antes del 27 de marzo de 2023 para recibir una invitación para participar a través de la plataforma de reuniones Zoom. Este trabajo ha sido respaldado por el Estudio de Equidad 3.01 de la Ley del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense (ARPA).

Por favor regístrese a través de este enlace aqui. También puedes encontrar más información sobre el proyecto aqui.

La próxima reunión será:

Monday, March 13, 2023

12 a 14 hrs MT

Registrar aqui

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.

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