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PBC Information Session for SCOs Part 4 Has Been Rescheduled
The Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) Information Session for Supports Coordination Organizations (SCO) “Part 4: Payment and Billing” is being rescheduled from Monday, September 8, 2025, to Monday, September 15, 2025, at 11:30 am – 1:00 pm.
Please note: If you already registered, you do not have to register again.
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) highly recommends that executive leadership from every SCO attends.
Audience:
Chief Executive Officers (CEO), Chief Financial Officers (CFO), and Chief Operating Officers (COO); although all SCO staff may attend.
Date:
Monday, September 15, 2025, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Addressing Today’s Healthcare Workforce Challenges: Results From a National Study
September ISAC Provider Performance Review Subcommittee Data Now Available
RCPA Member Step By Step, Inc. Welcomes New Vice President of Operations, Eastern Region
Suicide Prevention Month Guide for September
The Jana Marie Foundation, Aevidum, Prevent Suicide PA, STAR-Center at the University of Pittsburgh, and Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Youth Suicide Prevention Grant are pleased to share a resource guide for National Suicide Prevention Month. This September, the week of September 7 – 13 is recognized as National Suicide Prevention Week, with Wednesday, September 10 marking World Suicide Prevention Day. This year’s theme is a continuation from last year’s theme of “Changing the Narrative on Suicide,” with a call to action to “Continue the Conversation.”
The guide provides a variety of suicide prevention resources and activities that you can implement in your organization or community to raise awareness about suicide prevention. This includes infographics, ideas for events, social media posts, virtual backgrounds, a sample proclamation, and more.
We encourage you to share this resource guide with partners in your communities that can work together to save lives.
CI Program Spotlight Quarterly Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 3 Released
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-085. This communication announces the release of a new issue of the quarterly newsletter, The CI Program Spotlight. The CI Program Spotlight, Volume 2, Issue 3, may be found by logging into MyODP’s website and selecting the “CI Program Spotlight Newsletter” link.
Inside Aging September 2025 Newsletter Now Available
FREE Workshop: How to Reignite Your Spark When You’re Overwhelmed
In the last few months, have you thought about leaving the disabilities field?
(You are not alone.)
It’s hard to know what to change when you are feeling overwhelmed and stuck.
This field has turned into a pressure cooker. There’s…
- Pressure to ensure individuals are safe.
- Pressure to juggle staffing coverage when you’re short.
- Pressure from having to add one more thing to do with every phone call, text message, and email.
- Pressure with this week’s unexpected emergencies.
- Pressure from constantly fighting fires.
How do you keep going when you are exhausted and wondering why you still do this?
If all of this feels far too familiar, this workshop is for you.
This workshop from DSP Magnet is free and will help you…
- Feel less alone.
- Reignite that spark and passion for this work.
- Bring some fun back to work.
Apply for a FREE spot in this workshop here!
Applications are due Wednesday, September 24, 2025, by 8:00 pm EST. Completing the application does NOT guarantee a spot in the workshop.
Workshop Details:
Wednesday, October 1
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST
Presented by Scott de Fasselle of DSP Magnet
Will be hosted on Zoom (link to be provided upon acceptance)
You can contact Scott via email if you have any questions.
Invitation to Apply for the Capacity Building Institute, Year 9
Many people feel at a loss as to how to best provide support to individuals with a dual diagnosis (individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Autism with cooccurring mental health issues and challenging behaviors) to lead healthy, happy, and meaningful lives. Current best practices and supportive models that have shown to be most helpful are sometimes beyond the reach of people who work directly with individuals with a dual diagnosis.
The Capacity Building Institute (CBI), presented by the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) and the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS), addresses these issues from an individual and systemic level through training, integration of knowledge into practice, and opportunities to build a statewide cohort to work together to effect change and build capacity. The participants will share individual best practice experiences leading to recommendations to ODP and OMHSAS to facilitate a more effective delivery of services across systems.
The Capacity Building Institute (CBI) provides an in-depth learning opportunity to professionals across the entire service partnership, including direct support staff and supervisors, supports coordinators/case managers and supervisors, agency trainers, managed care organizations, behavior specialists, psychiatrists, professional counselors and therapists, and dual diagnosis treatment teams. CBI participants represent a wide range of agencies, including Direct Support Providers, Supports Coordination, State Hospitals, State Centers, Adolescent Residential Treatment Facilities, Autism Supports, Education, Resources and Training Centers, Administrative Entities, and the Health Care Quality Units.
The Capacity Building Institute will meet for nine, two-day sessions, beginning October 2025 and ending in May 2026. Three sessions will be live/in-person, and six will be live/virtual on Zoom. Tuition is $300. Hotel reservations are your responsibility at the live sessions. To apply for the CBI, please fill out the Capacity Building Institute Year 9 Interest Survey. Applications are due by September 16, 2025.
Please view the flyer for additional information on purpose, meeting dates and times, and training topics.
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