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ODP Provides Guidance to Lifesharing Providers
ODP has released ODPANN 20-109 – Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Guidance for Providing the Life Sharing Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The purpose of this document is to:
- Provide recommendations to enable Life-Sharing agencies to assist host homes with understanding and applying the guidance;
- Provide recommendations relating to individual participation in facility-based Community Participation Support and other community-based activities during the COVID-19 pandemic;
- Explain what host home household members and substitute care providers should consider during the COVID-19 pandemic and clarify expectations for agencies to support host homes in managing COVID-19 related situations; and
- Clarify what is meant by “suspected to have COVID-19” and “diagnosed with COVID-19.”
ODP CPS Transformation Initiative Survey
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) are working together to secure training and technical assistance for Community Participation Support (CPS) providers. The goal of the training and technical assistance is to provide tools and resources from national experts on how to transform a CPS provider’s service delivery model from a segregated, facility-based model into a community-integrated, competitive employment model. Providers selected for technical assistance will receive 12 hours of technical assistance over a four-month period. Each technical assistance session will be held with selected leadership staff and/or board members from each organization with no more than three persons per organization in attendance. There will be no registration cost to the providers, and all sessions will be held virtually.
ODP and OVR recognize that now more than ever, leadership’s time to dedicate to training and technical assistance is limited. We also recognize that service delivery in CPS facilities is currently down due to the public health emergency. We are interested in securing feedback from providers of CPS services concerning the time frame in 2021 in which this training and technical assistance would be most useful to providers.
Please answer a short survey (less than 1 minute). Please submit one response per CPS provider by December 11, 2020.
Any questions regarding the survey can be directed to ODPs Employment Lead.
ODP Updates Guidance for Testing and Personal Protective Equipment
ODP has issued communication ODPANN 20-068 Update – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Applying Pennsylvania Department of Health Testing and Personal Protective Equipment Guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities’ Residents and Health Care Personnel to Community and Life Sharing Homes. All updates to the communication are in red.
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting Today to Discuss COVID-19 Vaccination Priorities
From ANCOR:
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), under the Center for Disease Control (CDC), is conducting an emergency meeting today. Written public comments will be accepted for the next two days. ANCOR has submitted comments, but we encourage you to submit comments advocating for the prioritization of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and direct support professionals (DSPs) in Phase 1. You may even submit documents you’ve already drafted for your own state advocacy.
How to Submit a Written Public Comment
Any member of the public can submit a written public comment to ACIP. Written comments must be received by December 3, 2020. You may submit comments for the December 1, 2020 ACIP meeting, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-0121, by using the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number.
All relevant comments received will be posted without change to this webpage, including any personal information provided. For access to the docket or to read background documents or comments received, visit this webpage.
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DHS COVID-19 Safety Pledge for Residents in Residential Care
As residents of long-term care facilities make plans for the holidays during the COVID-19 pandemic, their health and safety are a priority of the Pennsylvania Departments of Health, Human Services, and Aging. These departments strongly urge facility residents to not attend any holiday celebrations outside the facility in person because of the higher risk for severe COVID-19 infection for older adults, persons with certain medical conditions, and any person in a long-term care facility. We are asking people who still choose to attend an in-person holiday celebration to take this pledge (and follow through with the actions stated) for their own safety and to protect those around them.
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