Registration for the August Virtual Office Hour (VOH) sessions are now available for Trainers, Primary Contacts, and/or Agency Administrators. If interested in joining, please select the registration link available on the Med Admin Trainer Dashboard. VOH for the August 21, 2025, sessions are listed below.
If you are unable to attend, the next VOH session will be September 18.
RCPA is proud to be at the forefront of developments in health and human services, and we strive to present information covering a wide variety of aspects within the industry. At our 2025 Annual Conference Strive to Thrive, attendees will expand their knowledge of topics impacting their consumers, providers, insurance, IT teams, compliance, and more! Register today to reserve your seat, and view the Registration Brochure for complete details.
For your convenience, we have compiled the list of workshops by topic, highlighting just how much we plan to cover during our stay at the Hershey Lodge! Please note that some workshops may discuss more than one set of topics. Use this as a guide, see what interests you, and make sure you register today!
AI, Data, and Technology:
Autism and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities:
Behavioral, Children’s, and School-Based Health:
Brain Injury:
DHS Offices and Items:
Ethics:
Financial Management, Medicaid, and Value-Based Purchasing:
Government and Advocacy:
Suicide Prevention:
Trauma-Informed Care and Wellness:
Workplace Culture, Leadership, and Management:
View the Registration Brochure for a full listing of each day’s workshops and events as well as how to register!
The Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Subcommittee meeting was recently held on August 6, 2025. During the meeting, a number of presentations were given. Included in this package is a critical update on revalidation with specific dates associated with your agency. ALL communications will be done electronically and could end up in your spam folders. Please review that segment of the presentation and consider reading the transcript for that segment.
Other important updates relate to the CHC procurement stay and an analysis of the impact of OBBB Act on Pennsylvania Medicaid.
Materials Include:
If you have any questions, contact Fady Sahhar.
The Prevention Practitioners Network is hosting an in-person training from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Sunday, September 14, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh to provide clinicians with the first risk assessment and management tool for targeted violence that can be used by mental health professionals working in generalist settings.
Offered in partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital and Eradicate Hate’s Prevention Practitioners Network, the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Strengths, Needs, and Risks: Assessment & Management Tool (T-SAM) offers mental health professionals a collaborative, client-centered approach to assessment and management of risk for both adults and children. An evidence-based, suicide-focused therapeutic framework known as the Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (CAMS) informed development of the T-SAM.
Harm toward others is a known risk, yet mental health professionals working outside of forensic settings have few, if any, tools they can use to assess and manage violence risk to inform risk assessment and treatment planning.
Boston Children’s Hospital will provide eight continuing education credits for licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers. More information, including registration, is available here.
The 31st Annual Gaudenzia “Building a Brighter Tomorrow, Generation to Generation” Women and Children’s Conference will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at the Best Western Premier Central Hotel and Conference Center, 800 East Park Drive, Harrisburg, PA. Registration is scheduled to open by September 2, 2025.
The conference is a collaborative effort with the Chester County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services. The focus of the conference is addressing the significant issues around substance use disorder (SUD), women, pregnant women, and families.
Each year, the conference attracts a multi-disciplinary audience of more than 300 SUD treatment professionals, including doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, case managers, addictions counselors, and other professionals in the addictions field. The Gaudenzia Women and Children’s Conference is known across the region as the leading educational event for this specific demographic.
The conference flyer provides details for those interested in exhibiting or sponsoring this year’s event.
Contact Jackie Felker for more information.
The FFY 2026/27 Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (CMHSBG) Draft Pennsylvania Application is now available for public comment. The CMHSBG is federal block grant funding that assists states in providing community-based services to adults with Serious Mental Illness and children with Severe Emotional Disturbance. This application provides a review of the current strengths and needs in the Pennsylvania mental health system and plans priority areas for improvement. The priorities were developed in consultation with representatives from the Pennsylvania Mental Health Planning Council. The CMHSBG Application public comment period will remain open until August 25, 2025.
Please access the application using the Webbgas Citizen’s login using the below credentials.
Submit any comments on this application to the CMHSBG Resource inbox.
RCPA is open to submitting members’ comments and feedback via our organization’s response to the public feedback process. If you would like to have RCPA submit comments on behalf of your agency, please contact RCPA Policy Associate Emma Sharp with any questions.
The Mental Health Safety Net Coalition (MHSN) is a group of stakeholders participating in a joint advocacy effort to protect and preserve our mental health service delivery system. This week’s communication urges the General Assembly to end the budget impasse to ensure the system’s ability to provide care. Without a budget, community mental health services will not receive any payment, putting vulnerable Pennsylvanians at risk.
The full letter can be read here.
Please contact Emma Sharp with any questions or if you are interested in joining the coalition.
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