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The Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) will be presenting a live, interactive webinar series on housing issues. This five-session series will be offered twice (see schedule below). The webinars will include targeted content, including question and answer (Q&A) sessions with housing experts and OLTL staff. Each session is scheduled for 90 minutes to allow for interaction and Q&A segments.

The webinar series targets Service Coordinators, Managed Care Organizations, and Service Coordination Entity support staff who assist program participants in securing and maintaining affordable, accessible housing. This series builds on information already provided in the Online Housing Training Modules and the Self-Determination Housing of Pennsylvania (SDHP)/Inglis’s Prepared Renter Program (PREP) curriculum.

This series of webinars is designed to be taken in order. The content in each session builds on prior content. Participants will get the most out of the program by taking all the sessions in order. Although individuals are not required to complete the sessions in order, to keep the sessions focused, the webinar leader may opt to table questions that were covered in prior sessions.

The series will be presented twice:

  • August 16 – September 13 (every Tuesday) from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
  • September 21 – October 19 (every Wednesday) from 9:00 am – 10:30 am

2022 OLTL Housing Series Curriculum

Webinar 1: Understanding and Navigating Housing Nuances

  • 10 Housing-Sector Nuances
  • 3 Main Pathways to Housing Resources

Webinar 2: Recommended Relationships and Resources in the Housing Sector

  • 5 Key Partnerships to Cultivate
  • Top 6 Housing Resources

Webinar 3: Funding Sources and Clarifying Affordability Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  • 6 Kinds of Funding Sources
  • 3 Concepts to Understand About Affordability and Income-based Eligibility

Webinar 4: Legal Issues Related to Housing

  • Criminal Justice System Involvement
  • Fair Housing and Reasonable Accommodation

Webinar 5: Keeping Participants Housed and Landlord Engagement Techniques

  • 6 Key Concepts in Keeping Participants Housed
  • Landlord Engagement Techniques and Resources

To register for the Housing Webinar Series, please go to the OLTL Housing Webinars registration page.

ODP Announcement 22-053 serves to communicate that the Temple University Harrisburg Certified Investigator Program and the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) will be facilitating Forums for Certified Investigators (CIs) and others involved in the incident investigation process, as well as to announce the posting of Q&A documents from past CI Forums on MyODP.

The session date is June 10, 2022, and the topic is “Peer Review Overview.” There will be two sessions available on June 10, 2022, from 10:00 am – 11:30 am and 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm. The same topic will be covered in each session.

Seating is limited, and you can only sign up for one forum session per date. Participants can submit questions via email prior to the session until close of business (COB) the Friday before the scheduled forum on June 3, 2022. Registration for June 10, 2022, is currently open and will close at the end of the day on June 8, 2022.

For any questions regarding registration for the CI Forums, please contact Amanda Black.

ODP Announcement 22-049 provides guidance to Supports Coordination Organizations (SCOs) for a return to in-person individual monitoring as well as Questions and Answers from the webinar held on April 5, 2022.

Please review “ODP Announcement 22-035: Update on ODP’s Expectation for Resuming In-Person Individual Monitoring Conducted by Supports Coordinators” for further information regarding in-person individual monitoring.

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ODP Announcement 22-040 shares that the questions and answers from the webinar the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) recently held to discuss the one-time supplemental payment available to address staff training, credentialing, and business associate programs for employment have been combined into a document for stakeholders.

The Q&A document includes all questions that were asked and answered during the webinar on April 4, 2022. Answers provide detail on what types of programs will be considered for ARPA funds. The document will be updated with any future questions and answers that are relevant to the distribution of funds through ARPA.

Stakeholders may email any questions not addressed.

On April 5, 2022, the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) presented an informational guidance session, including a question & answer (Q&A) period to address the resumption of in-person monitoring of participants by Supports Coordinators. The recording of the session is available here.

Questions regarding the session may be directed to ODP via email.

On April 4, 2022, the Office of Developmental Programs presented a question and answer (Q&A) session on the use of ARPA funding in helping to increase staff qualifications, pay, and recruiting.

The recording of the session is now available. Also available are materials presented during the webinar and a transcription of the questions asked and answered.

Please note: No credit hours or certificates of attendance are being offered for viewing the recording.

Questions may be directed via email.

Harry Bruell, President and CEO of PathPoint in California, is sponsoring a special free film screening on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 1:00 pm PDT (4:00 pm EDT) of the award-winning short film “Under the Lights,” the story of a young man with epilepsy.

Under the Lights is the story of Sam, a boy with epilepsy who is so desperate to feel like a normal kid that he goes to prom knowing that the lights will make him have a seizure. Cinema has historically stigmatized and ignored people with epilepsy, a demographic of 1 in 26 who have almost never been represented authentically on screen and suffer from brutal stigma every day. Under the Lights was written and directed by a filmmaker with epilepsy, Miles Levin, and Miles will participate in a Q&A as part of the film screening.

Please register here and consider involving groups of people that you support and/or clients. Feel free to share this invite broadly and invite friends, family, and community members. This could also be a great class for remote learning. Remember to register!

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American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA): Supplemental Payment to Address Staff Training, Credentialing, and Business Associates Programs for Employment Q&A
WEBINAR RESCHEDULED
Monday, April 4, 2022
1:00 pm–1:30 pm
REGISTER

The webinar previously scheduled for March 31 at 2:00 pm will now take place on Monday, April 4 from 1:00 pm–2:00 pm. If you have previously registered for this webinar, you do not need to re-register.

Join the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) Deputy Secretary Kristin Ahrens and Bureau Director of Policy & Quality Management Jeremy Yale to discuss the recent announcement about the ODP American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) One-Time Supplemental Payment to Address Staff Training, Credentialing, and Business Associates Programs for Employment.