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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of April 30, 2024
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This weekly digest is a method to communicate updates, initiatives and policy changes from the Aging and Adult Services Division (AASD) and Disability Services Division (DSD) in a simplified way. We send this announcement every week on Tuesdays.
In this edition
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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DSD messages
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Training and event information
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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Audience: Lead agency and provider staff who enter data in the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) for home care, Alternative Care, Essential Community Supports or waiver service agreements/screening documents
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Effective date: May 1, 2024
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Summary: The DHS SASD Support Team will no longer have an active fax number. DHS will not receive forms sent to the discontinued SASD fax number.
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DSD messages
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Audience: People who receive waiver services, families of people who receive waiver services and other interested parties
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Survey deadline: May 30, 2024
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Summary: DHS seeks community feedback on disability waiver reform through a voluntary survey.
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Audience: Families and caregivers of children with autism and related conditions and self-advocates with autism and related conditions
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Focus group dates: Various
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Survey deadline: May 31, 2024
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Summary: DHS is working with the Courageous Change Collective to gather feedback from community members about EIDBI service quality, experiences with coordinating care, health and safety and rights of people who receive services. DHS will use the feedback to determine possible changes to the EIDBI benefit.
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Audience: Disability waiver case managers
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Summary: DHS is monitoring total statewide enrollment and completion progress for the new disability waiver case manager employment training, Getting to Work: A Case Manager?s Guide to Supporting Employment. All disability waiver case managers must complete the training by Aug. 1, 2024.
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Training and event information
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Audience: Cost report preparers for family providers who deliver DWRS services
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Event date: June 4, 2024
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Summary: The DWRS Cost Reporting Team will host a demonstration and question and answer (Q&A) session about cost reporting for family providers on Wednesday, June 4, 2024.
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