Engaging with ANCOR — Cheat Sheet for Committees, Groups, and ACC Forums
Building Relationships: Engaging with Employers to Elevate Competitive, Integrated Employment — Webinar August 9
Tuesday, August 9 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET
Register for the webinar.
Join the Disability Employment TA Center (DETAC) as they jointly reflect how grantees can strategically engage with employers to foster and promote an environment of shared trust aimed to enhance competitive, integrated employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Webinar participants will learn about the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Additionally, two DETAC subject matter experts will highlight innovative strategies to measure the level of current partnership engagement with employers and the impact of your direct and indirect employment services.
The webinar will be live captioned. Webinars are recorded and posted with supporting materials on the DETAC website.
Contact DETAC with questions or to request accommodations for the webinar.
L.E.A.D. the Way to Healthy Relationships — Workshops on August 1 and August 9
The PA Family Network invites you to attend this free workshop:
Monday, August 1, 2022
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join PA Family Network Advisors as we plan and problem solve for your loved one with intellectual disabilities and/or autism to have successful relationships. In addition, we are now requiring registration through the same Zoom link prior to the workshops.
See the flyer for more information, including registration instructions.
Roe’s Reversal Endangers Intellectually Disabled People
ODP August Training Calendar Now Available
July 19 ICF Task Force Meeting Information
From Pam Gilbert, Fiscal Manager, PA Department of Human Services, Office of Developmental Programs:
Below are copies of presentation slides from the following segments of our ICF Task Force meeting this morning:
- Kristen Ahrens – ODP Updates;
- Dr. Cherpes – COVID Updates;
- Megan Barber – DOH COVID-19 Planning for LTC facilities/One page information on LTC RISE; and
- Pam Gilbert – ID-46 Example Pages and Notes of Points Discussed.
See the document titled “ICF TaskForce Q and A Log 2022.07.19.”
Note that, after the meeting, ODP decided to revise the Day Program section of the Beneficiary Acuity schedule of the cost report. Changes made were to:
- Use 15-minute units instead of days, consistent with the HCBS waiver fee schedule;
- Eliminate the need to report HCBS fees if that is how services were billed and expenses recorded; and
- Make columns 4 through 11 not applicable for FY 2021/22 to give providers more time to prepare for this level of reporting.
See the file “Revised Beneficiary Acuity page_7.20.22” for illustration.
Finalization and testing of the cost report form is continuing and will be released as soon as possible.
For questions, please email.
Human Rights Webinars: Making A Determination — Recordings Now Available on MyODP
ODP Announcement 22-073 notifies stakeholders that there is now an additional training session available to members of HRTs and HRCs. With the release of Bulletin 00-21-01 “Guidance for Human Rights Teams and Human Rights Committees,” the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) released a 4-part webcast series titled “Human Rights In Depth” to provide information and support for stakeholders involved in implementing the guidance and requirements related to individual rights and restrictive procedures.
The 4 webcasts, which are available on MyODP, provide detailed discussions of the following topic areas:
- Responsibility to Inform and Strategies to Support People to Exercise their Rights;
- How to Make a Determination;
- Human Rights Teams; and
- Human Rights Committees.
Following up on those webcasts, ODP offered webinar trainings to members of HRTs and HRCs to delve more deeply into the process of “MAKING A DETERMINATION.”
The direct link to the Making a Determination course and recordings is here. The navigation path from the MyODP Home page is: Training > Intellectual Disability > Human Rights.
Update: FAQ About Modifications to Medication Administration Course Requirements
ODP Announcement 20-114 explains that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) currently allows staff who are required to take the Standard Medication Administration Training Course (“Standard Course”) to take the Modified Medication Administration Training Course (“Modified Course”) until July 31, 2022.
The Department previously required that staff who took the Modified Course in lieu of the Standard Course complete the Standard Course no later than December 31, 2022. Please be advised that this deadline has been extended to June 30, 2023.
Staff persons may take the Modified Course in lieu of the Standard Course until July 31, 2022. Beginning August 1, 2022, staff persons must take the Standard Course.
CDC Advisers Give OK to Novavax COVID-19 Shot for Unvaccinated Adults
HHS Roundtable Hosted at RCPA Member Children’s Crisis Treatment Center
RCPA member Children’s Crisis Treatment Center (CCTC) hosted the U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra for a roundtable discussion on children’s mental health and the impact of community violence on the afternoon of Friday, July 15, 2022. The roundtable was moderated by Dr. Ala Stanford, who is the Regional Director for HSS, responsible for all of Pennsylvania, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Dr. Stanford is a practicing physician and the founder of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, which focuses on testing and vaccinating Philadelphia residents against COVID-19.
Xavier Becerra is the 25th Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the first Latino to hold the office in the history of the United States. Secretary Becerra was in Philadelphia to promote the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline), which is a network of more than 200 state and local call centers.
“CCTC was proud to be chosen as the organization the Secretary visited. It was wonderful to share with him the work that is being done in Philadelphia around children’s mental health services and highlight the impactful work CCTC provides in our centers, community, and schools,” said Antonio Valdés, Chief Executive Officer at CCTC.
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