STATE OF WASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

Aging and Long-Term Support Administration

Home and Community Services Division

PO Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600

H17-037 – Information

May 22, 2017

TO: / Home and Community Services (HCS) Division Regional Administrators
Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Directors
Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) Regional Administrators
FROM: / Kathy Morgan, Director, Home and Community Services Division
Don Clintsman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Developmental Disabilities Administration
SUBJECT: / Reminder of upcoming webinar trainings on implementing the 2017-2019 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the State of Washington and the Adult Family Home Council.
PURPOSE: / To prepare field staff to implement changes that will take effect July 1, 2017, dependent upon adoption of the CBA in the 2017-2019 biennial budget.
BACKGROUND: / These changes have been agreed to in the 2017-2019 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the State of Washington and the Adult Family Home Council.
Changes include: rate changes related to community integration, community integration mileage reimbursement, medical mileage reimbursement and changes to the ETR process for AFH rates.
WHAT’S NEW, CHANGED, OR CLARIFIED: / Information was sent to each region and AAA in April about upcoming webinars. This MB is a reminder to sign up for this training. These webinars include information for all staff who work with AFH clients, who assess clients for AFH placement, supervisors, and all other interested workers.
The Webinar will:
§  Provide background information on Community Integration (CI)
§  Explain what this means for field staff, AFH providers and DSHS clients
§  Answer questions on how to assess for and authorize CI as well as the CI mileage reimbursement in CARE
§  Explain medical mileage reimbursement for AFHs and provide information on how to assess for and authorize in CARE
§  Explain the ETR process for AFHs
§  Answer questions from the field
ACTION: / HCS: Register forone of the following webinars.The information covered will be the same for all three. The dates and times along with the links for the webinars are listed below: (Recommended to present each webinar for staff to view in one conference room in each office.)
May 23, 2017 8:30 AM PDT at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8864089401812270849
Jun 7, 2017 10:00 AM PDT at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7445001420888328193
Jun 20, 2017 1:30 PM PDT at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2342142667612491265
DDA: Register for one of the Community Integration (CI)/AFH Council CBA change webinars in LMS. All staff are encouraged to attend one of the times that works for them. If you have any difficulties signing up for the class, please contact your regional LMS coordinator.
The Course: DSHS DDA Community Integration in AFH Settings/AFH Council CBA Change has been added to LMS and a class session has been created for each of the three webinars. Each class contains a link to enroll within its affiliated webinar viewing.
RELATED REFERENCES: / H17-030 Procedure
CARE Change Control Information
ATTACHMENT(S): / N/A
CONTACT(S): / Jacqueine Echols, HCS CFC Program Manager
(360) 725-3216

Kelly Hampton, DDA AFH/CH/AL/ARC Program Manager
(360) 407-1514