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

Announcement:

• Engage Better with Older Adults Free Training for Colorado HCBS Direct Care Workers!

Memo:

• Participant-Directed Programs 2023-2024 Request for Proposal Awarded Contractors

OCL Stakeholder Meeting Recordings:

• Have You Missed a Meeting of Interest to You?

Announcement

Engage Better with Older Adults Free Training for Colorado HCBS Direct Care Workers!

Engage with® Skills Training Programs, a national non-profit initiative of the Mental Health Association of Maryland, was recently awarded a grant from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to provide evidence-based skills training at no cost to Health and Community Based Services (HCBS) agency staff throughout the State of Colorado.

This funding allows us to offer our live, virtual, skills training program to HCBS agency staff serving older adults aging in place in the State of Colorado free of any charges or fees. In addition, the grant provides for backfill reimbursement for HCBS agency staff who complete the training (up to $90 per participant).

This grant-funded virtual training program is designed to arm your caregivers with a unique set of non-clinical skills, empowering them to foster deeper connections with the older adults in their care.

For more information, or to see the training schedule, please see the grant program information webpage.

Memo

This memo and other memos of interest are on HCPF's 2024 Memo Series Communication webpage.

• Informational Memo - Participant-Directed Programs 2023-2024 Request for Proposal Awarded Contractors (Jan. 19, 2024): The purpose of this Informational Memo is to inform all stakeholders of the Financial Management Services (FMS) contractors and Training & Support contractor that were selected through the 2023-2024 Participant-Directed Programs Request for Proposal (RFP) process. FMS in Colorado provide fiscal and administrative services for Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) through the Fiscal/Employer Agent (F/EA) model. The Training and Support contractor provides training, administrative, and now Information & Assistance services for Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) and In-Home Support Services (IHSS).

OCL Stakeholder Meeting Recordings

Have You Missed a Meeting of Interest to You?

Other OCL stakeholder meeting recordings are located on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement YouTube channel.

• ARPA 1.05 Training Grant Informational Webinar - Jan. 11, 2024

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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