ODP Announcement 22-071 serves to inform readers that the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) Services Overview is now available. This quick guide gives an overview of ODP, program eligibility, who to contact to establish eligibility, and what happens after.
Printable versions in English and Spanish are available. The quick guide is also available on the MyODP and Department of Human Services (DHS) websites.
Only a few days remain before the end of the fiscal year, and lawmakers are close to finalizing the state’s 2022/23 General Fund budget. Because of your direct outreach over the last few months, our workforce issues remain among their top priorities.
According to reporting by The Associated Press: “… difficulty in finding workers to care for children, the elderly and disabled has budget-makers eyeing more subsidies for those professions.”
You have been tireless advocates for this issue, making lawmakers understand how this workforce crisis is affecting our most vulnerable individuals and families, as well as the providers and professionals who serve them. Let us build on this momentum.
With budget negotiations about to end, if you haven’t done so already, please contact your state senator and representative TODAY and tell them to increase funding to support human services professionals. And please ask your networks to do the same.
Time is of the essence right now. What happens over the next few days will determine the level of care individuals and families in need receive over the next year, and whether providers and professionals can continue to support them.
USE THIS LINK to learn how you can help. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay informed of our progress. Most importantly, TAKE ACTION TODAY. Tell lawmakers to increase funding to address the workforce crisis facing Pennsylvania’s health and human services. Thank you for your continued efforts and support.
The Department of Human Services (DHS) is pleased to announce new provider enrollment portal enhancements designed to improve a provider’s enrollment experience. Providers will enter the enrollment portal from PROMISe™ using their existing registered login criteria. Upon successful login, providers will have access to these new enhancements:
See the PROMISe Quick Tips update for more information. If you do not have an existing login, please select “Register Now” in the Provider Login box and complete the process options. Additional enhancements are planned and will be communicated through future banner alerts and quick tips.
If you have further questions, please contact RCPA Policy Director Jim Sharp.
Join Mary Sowers, Celia Feinstein, and Sherri Larson on June 23 for a Policy Forum webinar on deinstitutionalization. The large, state-run institutions that housed people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are closing as people with disabilities increasingly live in the community. The seventeen states that have already closed their institutions have found ways to support all people with IDD, regardless of age or type or intensity of support needs, in home- and community-based settings. Policy initiatives and technical assistance efforts should help the remaining states to do the same. Julie Bershadsky will moderate. Registration is free but required.
The Policy Forum is a bi-monthly web-based presentation and facilitated discussion exploring research published in the most recent Policy Research Brief. Please visit the website, z.umn.edu/icipolicyforum, for details and to view previous forums. The Policy Forum and Policy Research Brief are produced/published at the University of Minnesota by the Institute on Community Integration.
View or download Policy Research Brief: Are Large Institutions for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities a Thing of the Past?
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