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Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services
2023
- Meeting requirement guidance for case managers and providers (09/20/2023)
- Quality on-site provider review (09/13/2023)
- Appendix K and end of public health emergency (5/11/2023)
- Paid family caregiver PHE unwind FAQ (05/10/2023)
- Liberty of Indiana to support Division of Aging with incident reporting (01/27/2023)
- Indiana direct support professional training: Core A and Core B, 2023 training dates (01/26/2023)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services site visit (01/23/2023)
2022
- Innovation pilot project update (12/21/2022)
- BDDS | Direct support professionals open future learning platform (11/03/2022)
- Vaccine mandate clarification for intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual\developmental disabilities or supervised group living settings (05/06/2022)
- Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services leadership update (02/17/2022)
Bureau of Disabilities Services
- Bureau of Disabilities Services Provider Mandatory Training Schedule (07/25/2023)
- Waiver Provider Survey (excluding Case Management) (06/08/2023)
- BDDS Mandatory Provider Training: Trauma-Informed Care (06/01/2023)
- Day habilitation and pre-vocational services extended requirements to use modifiers (05/16/2023)
- Day Habilitation and Pre-Vocational Services (05/01/2023)
- Building Bridges meetings (04/24/2023)
- Innovation Pilot Project Webinars (04/25/2023)
- BDDS Mandatory Training: Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation (04/03/2023)
- Teamwork recording and materials available (02/01/2023)
- Mandatory BDDS training: Supporting individuals with dual diagnosis (01/30/2023)
- BDDS monthly webinar for providers and case managers (12/29/2022)
- Mandatory BDDS Provider Training: Teamwork (12/07/2022)
- BDDS Portal 2.0 will go-live on Nov. 21, 2022 – BDDS and Aging provider systems unavailable at certain times (11/14/22)
- Building Bridges – November and December meeting dates (11/15/2022)
- Home- and community-based services rate review webinar (10/31/2022)
- BDDS monthly webinar for providers and case managers (10/26/2022)
- Mandatory BDDS provider training: Access to personal resources (10/03/2022)
- Quality on-site provider review update (09/30/2022)
- Home-and community-based services rate review virtual kickoff meeting Oct. 3 (09/26/22)
- National core indicators project and survey information (09/06/2022)
- Waiver redesign update and feedback sessions (08/03/2022)
- BDDS monthly webinar for providers and case managers (7/19/2022)
- Provider emergency plan policy (7/18/2022)
- HCBS Final Rule Non-Residential Transition Plan Implementation follow up (6/21/2022)
- HCBS Innovation Pilot Projects application period now open (6/17/2022)
- Innovation Pilot Project guide (Updated 7/7/2022)
- Empowering individuals training materials available (6/13/2022)
- Mandatory BDDS HCBS provider training: Guardianship and decision making (6/7/2022)
- Appendix K and code waiver updates (5/17/2022)
- Unwinding of the Appendix K flexibilities and Code Waivers (5/17/2022)
- BDDS Monthly Webinar for Providers and Case Managers (5/13/2022)
- Interest form for Leadership Network on Employment Innovation opens May 2 (5/2/2022)
- Interest Form for Employment Transformation Collaborative opens April 25 (04/25/2022)
- Building Bridges April meetings (03/14/2022)
- Waiver amendment and 1915 (b)(4) application update (12/29/2021)
- Approved 1915 (b)(4) application
- CIH amendment (effective 01/01/2022)
- FS amendment (effective 01/01/2022)
- Supervised group living temporary add-on for direct support professionals wage increase (11/18/2021)
- Direct support professionals rate increase – billing (11/17/2021)
- COVID-19 reporting requirements reminder (10/05/2021)
- Provider rate increase implementation plans guidance and webinar (08/11/2021)
- Direct support professionals rate increase – Billing (08/06/2021)
- Provider direct support professionals rate increases and the Family Supports waiver cap increase (07/26/2021)
- Corrected: Provider implementation requirements: 14% rate increase for direct support professionals rate wages (07/08/2021)
- Provider implementation requirements: 14% rate increase for direct support professionals rate wages (06/28/2021)
Bureau of Quality and Improvement Services
- Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment Model Demonstration Project grant (09/27/2022)
- Decision making and guardianship recording and materials available (08/03/2022)
- Mandatory BQIS training: A focus on modifications under the Home-and Community-Based Services Settings Rule (08/02/2022)
- Mandatory provider training schedule (05/27/2022)
- Emergency plan feedback (05/10/2022)
- Provider reverification for accredited providers (04/14/2022)
- Behavior supports training recording available (04/13/2022)
- Mandatory training for providers: Empowering individuals (04/13/2022)
- BQIS mandatory training on behavior supports additional date added (03/11/2022)
- Bureau of Quality Improvement Services mandatory training on behavior supports (02/14/2022)
- Indiana direct support professional training: Core A and Core B, 2022 training dates (02/03/2022)
- Bureau of Quality Improvement Services training on honoring rights (12/17/2021)
- Provider reverification process for accredited providers (10/13/2021)
First Steps
- Upcoming changes to the First Steps program (05/26/2020)
- Public comment: Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
2021
- Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services leadership transition (04/30/21)
- Reminder: Community Connections for People with Disabilities Grant Round 02 (04/22/21)
2020
- We Are in This Together! Video message & COVID-19 Rapid Response Toolkit (11/25/2020)
- Community Connections for People with Disabilities webinar recording now available (10/29/2020)
- Community Connections for People with Disabilities application now available (10/23/2020)
- Community Connections for People with Disabilities grant webinar (10/20/2020)
- New training opportunity – Enhancing person centered outcomes through the LifeCourse Framework (08/07/2020)
- Extension for Stateline funding changes (08/06/2020)
- DDRS state funded services and program changes (07/13/2020)
- New Electronic Visit Verification Resource Available (06/08/2020)
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Task Force agenda (05/15/2020)
- DDRS Advisory Council May meeting canceled; Save the date for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Task Force (05/12/2020)
- DDRS Advisory Council April meeting canceled; Provider and case manager webinar scheduled (04/09/2020)
- FSSA launches Hoosiers Serving Hoosiers service to connect job seekers with ways to support Hoosiers needing direct support services and child care (03/30/2020)
- Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services offices to close to the public to protect the health and safety of clients and staff (03/20/2020)
- 2019 novel coronavirus (03/10/2020)
- Reminder – DDRS Advisory Council Meeting (01/13/2020)
- State of the State American Sign Language livestream (01/13/2020)
2019
- Incident Reporting – Data, requirements and best practices (10/29/2019)
- Priority category for military families added to Family Supports Waiver (09/24/2019)
- Reminder: HCBS non-residential transition plan content (07/22/2019)
- Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Redesign Project for BDDS (03/20/2019)
- Clarification of 40 hour rule for family caregivers (02/22/2019)
- Case Management Rate Study Final Report (01/14/2019)
2018