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

Announcement:

• Listening Sessions: Justice-Impacted Communities

General OCL Meetings:

• CORRECTED START TIME: Soliciting Input and Feedback Regarding the Medicaid Buy-in Programs

• FINAL REMINDER: Soliciting Input and Feedback Regarding the Medicaid Buy-in Programs

• Health Equity Public Meeting: Disability Community Focus

• Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC) Monthly Meeting

• Host Home Oversight Stakeholder Meeting

Announcement

Listening Sessions: Justice-Impacted Communities

HCPF is hosting a series of listening sessions for Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program) members and family members who are impacted by the criminal justice system. HCPF staff want to hear feedback, suggestions, and member experiences to help identify gaps in services and needs of this community. HCPF staff will ask questions about your experience enrolling in Health First Colorado and using your benefits.

Virtual and in-person sessions are available to give as many people as possible the opportunity to join. There also will be opportunities for people to give anonymous feedback.

These meetings can be found on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

Virtual Sessions

Register here for any of the one-hour virtual sessions:

• Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 9 a.m. MT

• Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 9 a.m. MT

• Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 9 a.m. MT

• Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 9 a.m. MT

• Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 9 a.m. MT

• Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 9 a.m. MT

In-Person Sessions

Register here for in-person sessions:

• Sterling: Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 5:30 p.m. MT
• CSU Northeast Regional Engagement Center 304 Main Street, Sterling, CO 80751

• Steamboat Springs: Thursday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. MT
• Old Town Hot Springs Community Center Community Room at 136 Lincoln Avenue Steamboat Springs, CO 80477

• Longmont: Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. MT
• The Reentry Initiative 402 Kimbark Street, Longmont CO 80501

• Colorado Springs: Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 4:30 p.m. MT
• Penrose Aspen Room at Penrose Library 20 N Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Accommodation Requests for these Listening Sessions

Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request. 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 hannah.hall@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

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

⚠️ CORRECTED START TIME: Soliciting Input and Feedback Regarding the Medicaid Buy-in Programs

Please note: Yesterday's correction was in error. Please accept our apologies for this! The correct time for this meeting is 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. MT.

This is an opportunity to hear from our Buy-In members, stakeholders, and partners regarding the Buy-In program. The following topics will be covered:

• Accessibility of the Buy-in programs specifically of the Working Adults with Disabilities program

• Potential Policy Changes

• Premium resumption after COVID Unwind

• Upcoming engagement to create materials for promoting the programs

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023

⚠️11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Meeting ID: 817 6583 0365

Passcode: 274209

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 FINAL REMINDER: Soliciting Input and Feedback Regarding the Medicaid Buy-in Programs

This is an opportunity to hear from our Buy-In members, stakeholders, and partners regarding the Buy-In program. The following topics will be covered:

• Accessibility of the Buy-in programs specifically of the Working Adults with Disabilities program
• Potential Policy Changes
• Premium resumption after COVID Unwind
• Upcoming engagement to create materials for promoting the programs

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023

1 to 3 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Meeting ID: 817 6583 0365

Passcode: 274209

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Health Equity Public Meeting: Disability Community Focus

HCPF is committed to ongoing and sustained health equity for all our members.

The purpose of the health equity public meeting is to provide space for providers, members, and community stakeholders to learn about HCPF’s Health Equity Plan, and to provide input and feedback. Our goal is to establish the current state of health equity, and strategically look at innovative ways to improve health outcomes and decrease health disparities for our members in Colorado.

To achieve better health outcomes, stakeholder engagement is critical.

Feedback from sessions will inform HCPF’s health equity strategy and implementation.

Health equity happens when everyone has equal opportunity to be as healthy as they can be. No one's race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, or preferred language should negatively affect their health care. Health equity work includes removing obstacles to health care access and positive health outcomes.

The meeting will be held:

Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023

12 to 1 p.m. MT

Register Here

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Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC) Monthly Meeting

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

All interested stakeholders are welcome to attend. For more information, see the PDPPC web page.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023

1 to 4 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join by Phone:

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

Meeting ID: 969 4053 6000, Passcode: 115140

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Host Home Oversight Stakeholder Meeting

This is the first stakeholder meeting introducing HB 23-1197 Host Home Oversight. Interested stakeholders may include members, advocates, caregivers, case management agencies, community centered boards, families, home and community-based services providers and waiver recipients, intellectual and developmental disability stakeholders, long-term services and supports stakeholders, and other providers.

The meeting will be held:

Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023

2:30 to 3:30 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Meeting ID: 993 1700 7314, Passcode: 396389

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 are on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

ARPA-Related Meetings are on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

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 2022

• Subscribe to the newsletter

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