Developmental Disabilities Providers:
Please Join Us for the Next
Developmental Disabilities Division Meeting
Thursday, November 18, 2010
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. at CT Nonprofits
(All DDS funded Providers, serving individuals with
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities are welcome!)
Important Topics to Include Strategic Planning re:
→ Follow-Up to Quality Assurance Forum
→ DDS Advanced Planning Process
→ Continuous Residential Supports (CRS) Model
→ Level of Need Process Concerns
!! PROVIDERS: YOUR ATTENDANCE / INPUT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED !!
Agenda on Reverse Side
Directions to the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits
90 Brainard Road, Hartford, CT 06114, 860-525-5080
I-91 North: Take Exit 27. Exit ramp merges – stay in center lane and take a left at first light onto Brainard Rd.
CT Nonprofits is located on the right at 90 Brainard Rd., immediately before McDonald’s.
I-91 South: Take Exit 27. (Please note that exits from this direction are not in descending order – Exit 29, Exit 27, Exit 28.) At end of exit ramp (at light) take a left onto Airport Rd. At next light (over hill,) take a right onto Brainard Road. CT Nonprofits is located on the left at 90 Brainard Rd., immediately after McDonald’s.
I-84 East: Take I-91 South and follow I-91 South directions listed above.
I-84 West: Take Exit 57 (a left exit onto a short extension highway) for Rt. 15 & I-91 South. Stay to the left. Take Exit 87. At the fork bear left toward Brainard/Airport Roads. Exit ramp merges – stay in center lane and take a left at first light onto Brainard Rd. CT Nonprofits is located on the right at 90 Brainard Rd., immediately before McDonald’s.
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Developmental Disabilities Division Meeting
Thursday, November 18, 2010
1. Introductions & Announcements: (Mary Pat Decarlo, Julia Wilcox)
® CT Down Syndrome Congress (CDSC) 25th Annual Convention: ‘Empowering Communities for a Better Future’ Saturday, November 20th, 2010 Hartford Hilton (convention page)
® CT Nonprofits Annual Conference 2010: Monday, 11/22/10; Omni Hotel at Yale, New Haven ‘Vision Focused. Mission Driven: The Power of Nonprofits.’ Have You Registered?
2. Follow-Up to Quality Assurance Forum: (Mary Pat Decarlo, Julia Wilcox)
® Additional Concerns and/or Recommendations from the Membership
® Next Steps: Potential to Reconvene Forum with DDS Staff
3. DDS Advanced Planning Process: (Janice Chamberlain, Julia Wilcox)
® Advanced Planning Document (Document presented to the Trades on 11.03.10)
® Discussion, Concerns and/or Recommendations from the Membership
4. Level of Need Process Concerns: Ongoing Questions, Concerns or Recommendations
5. DDS / Provider Trades Web Cast 11.03.10:
® Billing Audit Expectations (PDF, 371 KB)
® CMS Survey Presentation (PDF, 349 KB)
® Conversion Survey Presentation (PDF,
6. Continuous Residential Supports (CRS) Model: Continued Discussion Re; Questions, Concerns, Recommendations
7. Parent Empowerment Taskforce –Brief Update: (Walter Glomb, Founding Member of the Taskforce)
8. DDS Legislative Rate Study Advisory Committee: (Janice Chamberlain, Paul Rosin, Julia Wilcox)
9. State Government / Public Policy Update: (Ron Cretaro, Public Policy Council Members)
® Commission on Nonprofit Health & Human Services
® Transition Budget: Released Monday 11.15.10
® No FY11 Rescissions – Despite Call for 15% Budget Reduction Options
® CT Nonprofits Weeks at the Capitol: February and April 2011 (Dates upon Confirmation)
Next monthly meeting of the Developmental Disabilities Division: December 16, 2010
90 Brainard Road ♦ Hartford, CT 06114 ♦ Tel: 860.525.5080 ♦ Fax: 860.525.5088 ♦ www.ctnonprofits.org