Summer Heat Safety: ODP Health Alert
Carol Ferenz
REMINDER: RCPA Member Use of Electronic Systems Survey
RCPA is looking to gather information regarding your organization’s experience with electronic data systems and is requesting your assistance. This short survey asks questions regarding systems used for Time, Attendance, and Payroll; Electronic Health Records; Service Data Collection; Medication Management; and Billing services.
If you haven’t completed this survey yet and are willing to do so, please complete it by close of business Friday, June 24, 2022. We will be closing the survey at that time.
Thank you to those who have participated already.
Our goal is that, with your responses, we will be able to provide your colleagues with this helpful information! Please note that RCPA will only share de-identified, aggregate data with members. We will not release any individual data unless given explicit permission to do so.
ODP Services Overview Quick Guide Now Available
ODP Announcement 22-071 serves to inform readers that the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) Services Overview is now available. This quick guide gives an overview of ODP, program eligibility, who to contact to establish eligibility, and what happens after.
Printable versions in English and Spanish are available. The quick guide is also available on the MyODP and Department of Human Services (DHS) websites.
“Collect, Share, Act” Measurement-Based Care Webinar on July 21
Labor Department Cracks Down On Subminimum Wage For People With Disabilities
ANCOR’s 2022 Policy Summit & Hill Day Registration Now Open
Policy Forum: “Are Large Institutions for People with IDD a Thing of the Past?”
Institute on Community Integration (ICI) Policy Forum:
Thursday, June 23, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Central Time
Register here
Join Mary Sowers, Celia Feinstein, and Sherri Larson on June 23 for a Policy Forum webinar on deinstitutionalization. The large, state-run institutions that housed people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are closing as people with disabilities increasingly live in the community. The seventeen states that have already closed their institutions have found ways to support all people with IDD, regardless of age or type or intensity of support needs, in home- and community-based settings. Policy initiatives and technical assistance efforts should help the remaining states to do the same. Julie Bershadsky will moderate. Registration is free but required.
The Policy Forum is a bi-monthly web-based presentation and facilitated discussion exploring research published in the most recent Policy Research Brief. Please visit the website, z.umn.edu/icipolicyforum, for details and to view previous forums. The Policy Forum and Policy Research Brief are produced/published at the University of Minnesota by the Institute on Community Integration.
View or download Policy Research Brief: Are Large Institutions for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities a Thing of the Past?
ODP Transition to Independent Living Payments
ODP Announcement 22-068 is intended to provide guidance to all stakeholders who participate in the process of transitioning an individual from residential habilitation service to supported living or lifesharing. ODP is pleased to announce the availability of transition to independent living payments. These payments are directed towards providers of residential habilitation, lifesharing, and supported living programs to incentivize exploration and movement to supported living or lifesharing living programs.
Data, Data Everywhere Member Webinar Recording and Materials
Final Acts of Love
Curtis and his wife, Lisa
Final Acts of Love
Curtis Upsher is remembered for his many years of service as a pioneer as an original, founding member of The Black Student Union at Millersville University, and as an avid supporter of the autism community.
His legacy continues in his final acts of love as an organ donor.
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