April 5, 2024
 

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


Announcements:


  • 🚩DATE CHANGE: Care and Case Management (CCM) System Trainings


  • To Be Rescheduled: Children's Buy-In Program Stakeholder Engagement Opportunity


  • Host Home Provider Oversight Project Updates


  • Free Self-Care Training for Direct Care Workers


General OCL Meetings:


  • FINAL REMINDER: LTHH Policy Team Office Hours Begin Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Announcements

🚩 DATE CHANGE: Care and Case Management (CCM) System Trainings


Greetings to all Case Management Agencies!


Please note the date change for the June training event in this series. See below.


Please note the date change for the third training event in this series. See below.

Your input has been invaluable, and in response, we’re excited to offer a series of Care and Case Management (CCM) system trainings to enhance your learning and mastery All Case Managers are encouraged to attend.


Upcoming Training Sessions:


Wednesday, April 17, 2024

10 to-11 a.m. MT

Focus: Program Card Demonstration, Learning Resources Overview, and Q&A session. 


Wednesday, May 15, 2024

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Focus: Service Plan, Care Plan and Bridge Interface Demonstration, Learning Resources Overview, and Q&A session.


DATE CHANGE:

Thursday, June 20, 2024

(moved to Thursday due to the Juneteenth holiday)

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Focus: Queues and Tasks Demonstration, Learning Resources Overview, and Q&A session. 


Wednesday, July 17, 2024

10 to 11 a.m. MT

Focus: To Be Determined


Additional sessions will be announced in due course. For any questions, please email crodriguez@assurecare.com.


Registration is mandatory and the sessions will not be recorded. We look forward to your participation!
Register Here via Webex

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To Be Rescheduled: Children's Buy-In Program Stakeholder Engagement Opportunity


Thank you to those of you who attempted to sign on for the Children's Buy-In Program Stakeholder Engagement Opportunity that was scheduled for Thursday, April 4, 2024, at 10 a.m. MT.


We apologize for the unforeseen technology problem that prevented participants from signing in. We will soon share updated meeting information with everyone soon. We hope you can join us.


If you have any questions, please email Nancy Brenes at nancy.brenes@state.co.us.


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Host Home Provider Oversight Project Updates


HCPF is modifying the format and cadence of the Host Home Provider Oversight Project stakeholder meetings. The Host Home Provider Oversight Project has shifted to a workgroup format to work on the issues and topics stipulated within House Bill 23-1197. Developing and incorporating these workgroups allows for a more focused conversation with stakeholders and ensures that equal representation of several groups, such as advocates and providers, are included in these discussions.


The workgroups will report periodically to the larger group on their meetings and progress. Below is an overview of the workgroups, entities involved, timeline, and cadence of future meetings:


Workgroup #1: Host Home Provider Database

This workgroup will recommend tracking host homes and excluding problematic providers from remaining in the system. The first meeting will be held the week of April 15, 2024. The date will be announced when scheduled.


Workgroup Members:


Workgroup #2: Grievance and Complaint Process

This workgroup will evaluate the current grievance process and provide recommendations for improvements. The first meeting will be held at the beginning of May, the date will be announced when scheduled.


Workgroup Members:


Workgroup #3: Enforcement of Regulations

This workgroup will examine current regulations and how those regulations can be more effectively enforced. The first meeting will be held at the end of May, the date will be announced when scheduled.


Workgroup Members:


Workgroup Members will report to the larger stakeholder group on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Please contact the workgroup members with any concerns and recommendations.


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Free Self-Care Training for Direct Care Workers


Building Your Self-Care "Toolkit!"

April 11, 2024


We at the Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) and Maximus understand that the work of a Direct Care Worker can be both rewarding and challenging, sometimes leading to a variety of feelings or emotions such as stress, burnout, exhaustion, sadness, frustration, and loss…to name just a few.


This presentation was crafted through conversation with the DCWC Value and Awareness co-chairs, Pascale Adou and Brooklynn Riehl, and is being offered by partnering with Maximus. It will focus on understanding the importance of self-care, the value of building and maintaining connections with others, and provide a variety of relaxing and enjoyable activities you can place in your “ToolKit” and pull out to do whenever you have a few minutes to do something special for yourself. Lastly, we will facilitate a mindfulness meditation activity and wrap up with time for a few questions. Speakers include Lori Crawford, LCSW, Clinical Program Manager at Maximus, and Emily Isaacs, Clinical Implementation Manager at Maximus.


Please reach out to HCPF_DCWorkforce@state.co.us with any questions. Thank you!


The training will be held:

Thursday, April 11, 2024

4 to 5 p.m. MT
Sing up Here for the Training!

General OCL Meetings

Please find a general OCL meeting announcement listed below. Information about these and other OCL meetings is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

FINAL REMINDER: LTHH Policy Team Office Hours Begin Tuesday, April 9, 2024


The purpose of the LTHH Policy Team Office Hours is for advocates, providers, members, case managers, and other interested stakeholders to receive training, information sharing and technical assistance in an open forum working directly with HCPF staff. A record of questions and answers asked during Office Hours will be made available for future reference. All interested stakeholders are welcome.


LTHH Policy Team office hours will be held through all of 2024 on the second Tuesday of the month at 1 to 2 p.m. MT, beginning Tuesday, April 9, 2024. All of the meetings are posted on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.


For more information, email homehealth@state.co.us.


LTHH Policy Team office hours will be held:

2nd Tuesday of the month, through all of 2024

1 to 2 p.m. MT


Join via Google Meet


Join via Phone:

1-321-430-0021 PIN: 928 613 877#

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.


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

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