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The Division of Licensing Administration has created tutorials to assist with the electronic payment of application, certificate, fines, and appeals fees. A different tutorial has been designed for each program office and payment type. The tutorials give step-by-step instructions for completing the payment of fees for each office.
A new applicant tutorial has also been created. This tutorial will give applicants step-by-step instructions to complete and submit the Application for a Certificate of Compliance (HS633) to become a licensed provider of a human services setting. The HS633 has been revised, and the updated version is available here.
The following tutorials can be accessed on the Application for Human Services License website as well as viewed below:
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 24-099. This bulletin is to provide a list of current Agency With Choice (AWC) Financial Management Service (FMS) organizations available to support participants and surrogates who have chosen to self-direct some or all of their Participant Directed Services (PDS) using the AWC FMS model under the Consolidated, Community Living, and Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS) waivers. Please view the announcement for additional details.
Medication Administration System Upgrade Overview for Trainers
Friday, October 25, from 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Audience: Medication Administration Trainers
The Medication Administration system upgrade will go live on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 9:00 am. To become acquainted with the changes, a webinar will be held for Med Admin Trainers to learn how to create new student classes (including Practicum Observer classes), view grader reports of their students, and enter observation and remediation scores.
This webinar will be recorded and posted on the Medication Administration platform if you are unable to attend the live session.
Happy Autumn! Please share these important workshops and Good Life Groups with your network! Register for upcoming events at PA Family Network’s website.
Support Groups
LifeCourse Workshops
Waiver Workshops
The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) has shared their success story publication, The Story, highlighting teachers and nurses. We hope you enjoy reading about these individuals’ journeys!
Make sure you check out the social channels (OVR on Facebook; OVR on X; OVR on LinkedIn; and OVR on Instagram) in the coming weeks for highlights of these stories as well!
The Office of Developmental Programs has shared this important announcement from the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA DOH) related to possible exposure to an individual positive for measles.
On October 11, the Pennsylvania DOH was notified by the New Jersey DOH that Pennsylvania residents could have been exposed to measles.
The New Jersey Health Department’s confirmed measles case is a resident of Monmouth County who presented with measles following recent international travel. The individual developed a rash and was subsequently confirmed to have measles via positive measles PCR results. He visited several healthcare facilities and public venues while infectious for measles.
DOH notes that anyone who visited the following New Jersey locations during the specified dates and times may have been exposed and should contact a health care provider immediately to discuss potential exposure and risk of developing the illness.
Potentially exposed individuals, if infected, could develop symptoms as late as October 29, 2024.
When to Suspect Measles
Consider measles as a diagnosis in anyone with a febrile rash illness lasting three days or more, a temperature of 101ºF (38.3ºC) or higher, and clinically compatible symptoms (cough, coryza, and/or conjunctivitis), particularly if the patient was potentially exposed to a case of measles or has recently traveled to an area with an on-going measles outbreak and are not fully vaccinated.
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), which recognizes the contributions of people with disabilities to the workplace and economy as well as raising awareness about disability employment issues and ensure that people with disabilities have access to good jobs.
In the spirit of NDEAM, the U.S. Department of Labor has introduced the “Situations and Solutions Finder,” a new tool aimed at aiding employers and employees with disabilities in understanding a variety of workplace accommodations. The Situations and Solutions Finder is an AskJAN feature that provides access to more than 700 accommodation scenarios shared by Job Accommodation Network users that employers and workers with disabilities can explore.