Resources for HCBS Providers

Find useful resources for Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Providers

Stakeholder Engagement

• Direct Care Workforce Collaborative - this stakeholder group meets bi-monthly to identify and move forward strategies to support the recruitment and retention of Colorado's direct care workforce.
   
• Office of Community Living Stakeholder Engagement page

Resources

Funding Opportunities

• House Bill HB 21-1264 Stimulus Funding
   
• Informational Memo IM 21-052 - Provider Relief Funding
   
• Ready to Rise Collaborative Stimulus Outreach (Communications Toolkit)

Articles

• Older Americans Act: The Foundation of the Aging Services Network
   
• Collaborating to Address HCBS Workforce Challenges in MLTSS Programs
   
• House Education & Labor, Ways & Means Reconciliation Legislation Memo
   
• We Will Ride: 43 years after the 'Gang of 19' protests
   
• Colorado’s Direct Care Workforce
   
• Direct Care Workers In the Time of COVID-19
   
• Federal Policy Priorities for the Direct Care Workforce
   
• American Jobs Plan
   
• It’s Time to Care: A Profile of America’s Direct Care Workforce

Things to Watch

• Care Documentary
   
• Invaluable: The Unrecognized Profession of Direct Support Documentary

Workforce Development

• Find Quality Child Care

• Letter from Gov. Polis: Notice of New Base Wage Requirement for Direct Care Workers - December 15, 2021

• Base Wage Requirement for Direct Care Workers Frequently Asked Questions - December 2021 

• Draft Rule for Stakeholder Input: 8.511 Base Wage Requirement for Direct Care Workers (eff. Dec. 10, 2021)

  • Base Wage Requirement for Direct Care Workers Presentation - November 17, 2021

  • Base Wage Rate Increases - DRAFT - November 17, 2021

• Direct Care Worker Base Wage Attestation Form - March 2022

• Direct Care Worker IRSS Per Diem Attestation Form - March 2022

• Staff, Recruitment, Retention, & Training Strategies for Community Human Services Organizations

• The DSW Core Competency Project

• A Blueprint for Reforming Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports and Creating Good Caregiving Jobs

• Colorado Job Quality Framework

• Staff Wellness

• Supporting Your Staff

• PHI Workforce Data Center

• Coverage of Direct Service Workforce Continuing Education and Training within Medicaid Policy and Rate Setting - A Toolkit

• Overviews of Workforce Challenges and Effective Improvement Strategies

• Workforce Development Through No Wrong Door (NWD) Systems/ADRCs

Other Resources

• HCPF American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Page
   
• HCPF Memo Series Communications
   
• HCPF Provider Resources
   
• Home & Community Based Services Authorities
   
• HCBS Business Acumen Center
   
• HCBS Conference (Advancing States)
   
• Other Long-Term Services and Supports Programs

Contact Us

HCPF_HCBS_Questions@state.co.us