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Audience:

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is excited to announce the Second Annual Pediatric Capacity Building Institute (PCBI). PCBI is geared toward professionals across child-serving systems that are interested in learning more about how to support young people with complex needs and their families in PA and in initiating system change.

Purpose:

The PCBI offers a unique nine month, in person, multi-disciplinary, interactive learning opportunity across the entire service partnership. The Institute’s overall goal is to increase the administrative and clinical capacity across all systems to better support these youth and their families. The PCBI curriculum will accomplish this by promoting and strengthening:

  • Clinical knowledge and understanding among participants from local, regional, and state government;
  • Clinical expertise of providers – specific to individuals with both mental/behavioral health and developmental disabilities;
  • Engagement of those with lived experience;
  • Local, regional, and state understanding of complex needs planning (organizing/facilitating/philosophy of approach);
  • Each system’s understanding of other system’s available resources, processes, setting/service types, rules, and funding; and
  • Networking across systems and regions.

The Institute will also encourage participants to explore ways to improve and change their local systems of support for children and their families. Individuals who have completed prior institutes have used this new knowledge to strengthen existing programs and create fresh approaches that achieve the best results.

PCBI will approach these objectives from an individual and systemic perspective through training, integration of knowledge into practice, and opportunities to build a statewide cohort to work together to effect change and build capacity.

Requirements:

The Pediatric Capacity Building Institute emphasizes the participation and collaboration of all participants. Structured group work participation and 100% attendance are required. Only the confirmed participant can attend PCBI; no substitutions are permitted after confirming attendance.

Interest Survey: To be considered for participation in Year 2 PCBI, please complete and submit this interest survey by October 9, 2024. Participants will be notified of their status by November 1, 2024, via email.

Discussion:

PCBI will be facilitated by two Co-Directors: Jonathan McVey, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the PA Department of Human Services and Paul DiLorenzo, ACSW, MLSP, a consultant to the Department. PCBI participants will hear from a variety of seasoned and successful speakers and practitioners who are implementing practical approaches to complex situations. The format of all sessions is designed to be highly interactive.

PCBI also strives to incorporate the lived experience of these children and families to ensure that supports and services offered are meeting the needs of families across PA. Finally, PCBI participants will join a growing network of individuals who are exploring fresh pathways to supporting children and families who are attempting to manage highly complicated situations.

The curriculum includes topics such as:

  • Infant Mental Health & Child Development
  • Trauma / Vicarious Trauma
  • Resiliency
  • Cross System Knowledge & Multisystem Planning
  • Change Management
  • Education in Non-educational Settings / Early Intervention
  • Psychiatric Diagnosis / Psychopharmacology
  • Communication / Sensory Needs
  • Diversity and Culturally Competent Support
  • Therapies / Services / Programming / Evaluation / Assessment
  • Understanding the Child and Family – Biopsychosocial Approach
  • Relational Health and Permanency Session Information, Requirements, and Confirming

Session Information, Requirements, and Confirming Attendance:

PCBI will accept 50 participants for the Year 2 Cohort. As such, each interested person must submit an interest survey by October 9, 2024. Participants will be notified of their selection status by November 1, 2024.

PCBI will meet once a month for nine months between March 2025 and November 2025, with one backup session reserved in December 2025. Each month, there are consecutive two-day sessions, in person, in Harrisburg.

The specific dates, times, and location are provided below. Participants, who are selected, will be required to register and submit a registration fee. The registration fee for the Pediatric Capacity Building Institute will be approximately $600 to $900 (we are waiting for an initial estimate), which must be paid prior to the first session in March. As a part of your paid tuition, coffee and a breakfast snack each morning, lunch, and an afternoon coffee break with snacks will be provided. Dinner will be on your own.

2025 Session Dates:

  • 3/12 – 3/13
  • 4/9 – 4/10
  • 5/14 – 5/15
  • 6/11 – 6/12
  • 7/9 – 7/11
  • 8/13 – 8/14
  • 9/10 – 9/11
  • 10/8 – 10/9
  • 11/12 – 11/13
  • 12/10 – 12/11 – Back up

Daily Schedule:

  • Session Day 1: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
  • Session Day 2: 8:30 am – 2:30 pm

Location:

Weather permitting, all sessions are held in person at the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) at 6340 Flank Drive Harrisburg, PA 17112. In the event of inclement weather affecting a session, a virtual option will be made available.

Hotel Reservations:

Participants can reserve a room using the list of local hotels found on PaTTAN’s website. No group rate is available.

Informational Webinar:

An informational webinar outlining the Pediatric Capacity Building Institute Informational was held on September 12, 2024. View the recording on the DHS website.

More information can be found here.

Please email DHS if you have any questions.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) shared the reissued communication Invitation to Apply for the Capacity Building Institute Year 7 (CBI7). The last day to submit an interest survey to join the Year 7 Cohort is now June 23, 2023.

Each person must complete the CBI Year 7 Interest Survey by June 23, 2023, in order to express interest and confirm their ability to attend all sessions. There are a limited number of spaces available for participants. All applicants will be notified through email in mid-July as to their admission status.

Please review the communication for additional information relating to cost and attendance.

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We invite and encourage all Human Service Providers in Pennsylvania to participate in the RCPA workforce survey. The statewide survey examines workforce topics for a diverse range of programs, including Mental Health, IDD/Autism, Brain Injury, Drug & Alcohol, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRF), and others. The survey responses seek to gather data related to hiring, retention, vacancy rates, pay structures, vaccinations, and COVID-19 impacts on programs as well as access to care associated with the pandemic. The workforce survey will close on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.

The survey was developed for Legislative and State Stakeholders that requested RCPA to quantify the impact of the pandemic on our workforce so that we might effectively lobby for the welfare of the agencies that support and serve individuals with disabilities and health issues. RCPA has made the survey available to providers across Pennsylvania, not just RCPA members. Please be assured that response data will be de-identified and aggregated for reporting by an independent research entity, and your individual data will be shared with no one.

We thank you in advance for your time in completing this survey and would ask that you share this information with your colleagues, fellow leaders, and Human Resources teams. The more information collected, the more we will be able to provide to stakeholders, which will affect not only RCPA members, but all providers within the Commonwealth.

Please review the Master List of survey questions, which includes all service line areas, questions on the program operations, and vaccinations, to assist in your survey responses. A copy of the results of this survey will be available to all participants at the conclusion of the study. Please complete the survey here.

If you have any questions, please contact RCPA Director of Children’s Services Jim Sharp.

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ODP Announcement 21-011 serves as an invitation to interested parties to apply for the Capacity Building Institute (CBI). Directed by Dr. Greg Cherpes, Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) Medical Director, and Dr. Beth Barol, CBI offers the opportunity for a select group of professionals to come together to learn with a faculty of national experts and speakers. CBI training is presented by the co-directors of the institute in conjunction with an array of highly experienced practitioners and innovators in the field.

The Capacity Building Institute offers 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 Year 5 will meet twice a month from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm beginning in April 2021 and ending in December 2021. Information on how to express interest in participating, sessions, and requirements are detailed in the announcement.

 

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