IDD Training
DSP Transformational Change: Strengthening Person Centered Service Delivery within the HCBS Settings Rule (April and May 2026)
This workshop is designed for DD Providers, Direct Support Professionals, and Intensive/Support Coordinators recognizing their valued role in supporting the people who are using the NOW/COMP waivers. We are recommending 2 - 3 DSPs from each provider agency in each region served to take information back and mentor others within their organizations.
Each workshop will be limited to 60 participants and will start promptly at 9:30am and end at 4:00pm each day. Registration will begin at 9:00am.
This series of one-day interactive workshops are intended to provide the attendees with a better understanding of the intent and expectations of the Medicaid HCBS Settings Rule. The Transformation Change workshop will be offered 7 times across the state as an opportunity to learn and gain ideas to shift HCBS from a systems-framework to a more individualized framework where the person who uses services is at the center of his/her life, determining preferences, having autonomy, and making choices that work for them. A deeper understanding of the purpose of the Rule and how to implement will create the “shift” to more person-centered practices in our daily work. Furthermore, through our better understanding of the foundation of person-centered practices in service provision, the people we work for will begin to realize their individual role and live out their dreams versus the usual, traditional manner in which services have been considered, discussed, and provided.