Small Business Ownership by People With Disabilities: Challenges and Opportunities — Webinar on July 28
RCPA Member APA Survey Overview
Disability Pride Pittsburgh to Celebrate 32nd Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act — July 23
Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART) — Free DEI Webinar Tomorrow, July 19
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Time: 11:30 am – 12:45 pm EDT
Sponsor: The College for Behavioral Health Leadership
Offered in partnership with the American Association for Community Psychiatrists
This webinar is open to all.
This webinar will introduce participants to the Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART), an innovative self-directed quality improvement tool developed by the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP) to assist community mental health organizations in addressing structural racism. The presenters will describe the process by which SMART was developed, including its grounding in input from community mental health providers and existing health inequity frameworks. The domains and items of SMART, as well as its application process, will be outlined. Presenters will also provide lessons from on-the-ground applications of SMART in diverse community mental health settings.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe the relevance of and importance of addressing structural racism in the community mental health setting;
- Understand the 5 domains of the Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART), including literature evidence supporting the selection of SMART’s domains and items; and
- Understand the on-the-ground experience of applying SMART in diverse community mental health settings.
Harrisburg Partnership Teaches Workplace Skills to Young People With Disabilities: RCPA Member Goodwill Keystone Area Quoted
Federal PHE Extended to October 13, 2022
The Biden administration on Friday, July 15, 2022, extended the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for another three months. US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra officially renewed the declaration, extending it through October 13, 2022. The extensions include the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) standards governing the delivery of services via telehealth.
If you have additional questions, please contact your RCPA Policy Director.
Direct Service Workforce Webinar on July 18
ADvancing States and NASHP are hosting a webinar on Direct Service Workers and Direct Service Professional initiatives. Speakers from Missouri and Indiana will share initiatives taking place in their states. The webinar will include information on a direct support professional apprentice program, a value-based purchasing model for training direct support professionals, and a direct service worker Advisory Board.
This webinar will be held on Monday, July 18 at 4:00 pm ET. Register here.
ODP Implementing New Data Collection Mechanism for CPS Program Data
A message from Deputy Secretary Ahrens:
Dear Administrative Entity Staff and Providers,
The purpose of this message is to notify Administrative Entities (AE) and providers of Community Participation Supports (CPS) that as of July 15, 2022, the routine reporting to AEs and/or the applicable regional office of ODP on the operating status of CPS programs is no longer required. ODP is initiating a new mechanism for data collection on the status of CPS programs.
Going forward, ODP will periodically issue a brief survey to providers to collect information on areas of program operation, including but not limited to:
- Current capacity;
- Infection control strategies;
- Barriers to individuals who were served prior to COVID resuming service;
- Total number of individuals waiting for service; and
- Barriers to program expansion.
The frequency of these surveys is dependent on changes in pandemic and workforce dynamics but will not exceed once a quarter.
ODP will also provide a list of individuals currently authorized for CPS services who have not utilized CPS services at the time of the survey being released. The survey will ask specific questions related to why the individual has not utilized the CPS service as authorized. The first provider survey is targeted for release August 1, 2022. CPS providers will have up to 30 days to complete the survey. Raw data from the survey will be provided to AEs. Summary data will be shared with stakeholders.
Please note: For CPS providers who still have locations closed, we ask that you complete the survey and notify the appropriate AE and/or ODP regional office prior to any program reopening.
Additionally, any program closure should be reported in EIM per the ODP Incident Management Bulletin.
Thank you for your cooperation as we seek to use more efficient methods of collecting program information in order to improve access for those in need of services.
ODP will be sharing this notice on ODP’s Provider Listserv and with the Provider associations. To ensure all CPS providers are aware, AEs, please ensure the CPS providers in your area receive this notice.
Please direct questions to the appropriate regional CPS lead.
ICF Task Force Meeting to be Held on July 19, 2022
Referring Children to the County ID/A Programs Bulletin Training Now Available on MyODP
ODP Announcement 22-081 announces that the Department of Human Services (DHS) collaborative training for the Referring Children to the County Intellectual Disability and Autism (ID/A) Programs bulletin is now available on MyODP.
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