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External Program Review Committee (EPRC) minutes

Date: Nov. 2, 2023

DSD liaisons: Stacie Enders, Linda Wolford and Ari Dionisopoulos

Type: Whole committee

Attendees: Antonina (Toni) Puente, Kim Frost, Dan Baker, Laura Daire, Melanie Eidsmoe, Victoria Anderson, Lindsay Nash, Jodi Greenstein and Stacy Danov

Not present: Danielle Bishop and Susie Haben

Agenda items

Additional information about this meeting is available in the meeting agenda.

Public comments

There were no public comments shared during this meeting.

Vote

Vote to approve the committee meeting minutes from October 2023:

· Jodi Greenstein: yes

· Kim Frost: yes

· Laura Daire: yes

· Melanie Eidsmoe: yes

· Stacy Danov: abstain

· Victoria Anderson: yes

· Lindsay Nash: yes

· Dan Baker: yes

· Antonina Puente: yes

Updates to share

Direct care workforce shortage

· The traditional PCA training stipends are still available. DHS continues to advertise that opportunity, particularly to underrepresented communities. The grant managers recently learned they have until June 2024, not March 2024, to distribute the remaining grant funds.

· The SEIU retention bonuses are currently being distributed.

· The Disability Services Division will know its legislative priorities in a few weeks, so more information will be shared with the committee in December.

Discussion

Review of annual recommendations

2023 Goal 2: Simplify and organize online DHS materials and training resources related to positive supports or intervention services

· Five more topic page drafts were completed this past month, though there are many left to develop.

· The new psychotropic medication manual is complete but we are still waiting on the related forms to be developed and linked into the manual before announcing it.

2023 Goal 3: Explore ways to improve access to positive support services

· The request for proposals (RFP) for the Intervention Services Study has been posted online. The deadline to apply is Nov. 27, 2023. More information can be found at: Aging and disability services announcement: RFP for intervention services study.

Other

In order to better protect the privacy of individuals, when reporting data on groups of 10 or fewer people, we no longer should give exact numbers about those people but should instead say “10 or fewer people.”

Closed discussion

The subcommittee that reviews requests for approval held a closed discussion due to the need to share private health information.

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