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

OCL Stakeholder Meeting Recordings:

• Have You Missed a Meeting of Interest to You?

Upcoming OCL General Stakeholder Meetings:

• NEW: Public Town Hall Meeting - HCBS Settings Final Rule Heightened Scrutiny Determinations

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.

OCL Stakeholder Meeting Recordings

Have You Missed a Meeting of Interest to You?

These recordings are posted on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement YouTube channel as well on HCPF program-related webpages. There may be other recordings of interest to you on the channel, so please go to the channel and explore. The most recent meeting recordings are at the bottom of the page.

Below are links to recently uploaded OCL meeting recordings:

• CCM System Training VILT 4: Supervisor Specific Topics - March 8, 2023

• CMRD Rule Revision - Case Management Agency Requirements and Functions - April 11, 2023

• Supported Employment Stakeholder Engagement Meeting - April 20, 2023

Upcoming OCL General Stakeholder Meetings

Please find a general OCL meeting announcement listed below. Other OCL meeting information is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

NEW: Public Town Hall Meeting - HCBS Settings Final Rule Heightened Scrutiny Determinations

HCPF will host this public town hall meeting to allow interested stakeholders to comment on HCPF’s determinations relating to this second batch of settings subject to heightened scrutiny. Interested stakeholders may include individuals receiving services at these settings; their family members, friends, and advocates; advocacy organizations; providers that own or operate the settings; and others. All are welcome. It is not necessary to have a direct personal connection to a provider or setting to comment on it. If a commenter has such a connection, it is not necessary to disclose it.

The meeting will be held:

Monday, May 15, 2023

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Join via Google Meet

Join via Phone:

1-513-468-1239, PIN: 974 027 424#

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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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