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

Announcement:

• Age-Friendly Communities: Places to Grow Up & Grow Older

Friday Feature:

• The Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Webpage

Meetings:

• Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC) Monthly Stakeholder Meeting – Corrected Date

• Older Adults Stakeholder Meeting – Corrected Date

Announcement

Age-Friendly Communities: Places to Grow Up & Grow Older

We are excited to invite you to a two-part, age-friendly community series hosted by LinkAGES and the Lifelong Colorado Initiative. Age-friendly, or livable, communities are places where people want to grow up and grow older. This two-part series (Sept. 22 and Oct. 20) will explore age-friendly communities through an intergenerational lens.

As our communities grow proportionally older, will yours be prepared?

Join LinkAGES and the Lifelong Colorado Initiative to learn about planning that can be done to prepare your communities and families, and to hear about examples from around Colorado. Learn more and register.

Note: You’ll need to register for each webinar separately (see the drop-down box under the date and time section).

We look forward to seeing you in these meetings!

The Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Webpage

This week OCL is featuring the Direct Care Workforce Collaborative Webpage.

About the Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC)

The purpose of the DCWC is to work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify and move forward strategies to support the recruitment and retention of Colorado's direct care workforce. This group intends to meet quarterly on the second Wednesday of the month. The next DCWC meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 10-11:30 a.m. MT.

The DCWC has also established three Action Groups, intended to reinforce the DCWC purpose and vision:

1. Compensation & Benefits Action Group
2. Training & Career Advancement Action Group
3. Value & Awareness Action Group

The DCWC achieved a major milestone at its June meeting: Attendees representing all regions of the state were in attendance. Over the past three months, the Department Workforce Unit and the DCWC Co-Chair have met with more than 10 different groups across the state. In these meetings, we highlighted the work and mission of the DCWC and invited interested members of the public to join the Collaborative.

The next meeting will be on Sept. 14. It will include updates on several DCW initiatives. In the near future, we will share some of the talent and effort the members of the Value and Awareness Action Group have been working on.

The DCWC page provides information about DCWC and Action Group meetings, resources, and contact information.

We hope you'll bookmark the DCWC page and share this resource with your organizations and networks.

Meetings



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

The dates for the next meetings of the two groups below, listed in the prior communication, were incorrect. Our apologies for this! Please see the correct dates: 

PDPPC Monthly Stakeholder Meeting - Corrected Date

The PDPPC is a collaborative between stakeholders and the Department, focusing on issues related to Participant-Directed Programs - Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) and In-Home Support Services (IHSS). All interested stakeholders are welcome.

More information is on the PDPPC webpage.

The next meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022

1-4 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free) 877-853-5257

 Meeting ID: 969 4053 6000, Passcode: 115140

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Older Adults Stakeholder Meeting - Corrected Date

The purpose of the Older Adult Stakeholder meeting is to inform older adult stakeholders about the Department's work, to gather feedback, and to identify opportunities for collaboration. All interested stakeholders are welcome.

This group will also help provide important input into our Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) initiatives, which will invest in Innovative Models of Service to support adults as they age.

This meeting will be held:

Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022

10-11 a.m. MT

Webinar Link

Join by Phone:

1-240-763-0113, PIN: ‪844 293 789#

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Reasonable accommodations for all 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 athcpf504ada@state.co.usat least one week prior to the meeting to make arrangements.