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TOMORROW: Benchmarks' Friday Webinar
We have great news!
Dave Richard, Deputy Secretary, NC Medicaid, Division of Health Benefits has agreed to join our Benchmarks' Friday Membership Webinar once per month to provide updates from Medicaid, including transformation, important provider updates, initiatives and news.
Tomorrow, Dave Richard will join us from 8:30 am thru 9:00 am and we very much hope you will be able attend.
Date: Friday, August 21, 2020
Time: 8:30 am thru 9:30 am
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HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON COVID-19
August 20, 2020
Associated Handouts from Today's Meeting
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Medicaid Bulletin #122 and Two New Medicaid Bulletins Now Available
SPECIAL BULLETIN COVID-19 #122: NC Medicaid Will Reimburse Providers for COVID-19 Testing for Uninsured North Carolinians; Applications Available
Effective Sept. 1, 2020, NC Medicaid will begin reimbursing COVID-19 testing costs for uninsured individuals enrolled in the NC Medicaid Optional COVID-19 Testing (MCV) program. This option was made available to all states through Section 6004(a)(3) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Testing providers are encouraged to download paper applications to be completed, collected and mailed to NC Medicaid at the address on the form. More Information
Two New Medicaid Bulletins Available as of Aug. 18, 2020
The NC Division of Health Benefits (DHB) has recently published two new Medicaid Bulletin articles dated Aug. 18, 2020:
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The Direct Care Worker Story Project
Our growing collection of direct care worker stories captures the profound experiences of this workforce-and workers' essential relationships to their clients and residents.
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Lenders began submitting their Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness decisions to the Small Business Administration (SBA) on Monday, August 10. In its July 23 Procedural Notice, the SBA laid out instructions for lender submission of PPP loan forgiveness decisions to the SBA and SBA loan forgiveness reviews.
On June 23, 2020, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (the "Staff") issued Disclosure Guidance: Topic 9A (the "Guidance"), providing guidance on operations, liquidity, and capital resources disclosure that companies should consider in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Guidance supplements the Staff's previous guidance on the need to provide and proactively update disclosures to enable investors to evaluate the current and expected impacts of COVID-19 (reported on here).
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AI Algorithm May Help ID Homeless Youth at Risk for Substance Abuse
Psych Central - August 18, 2020
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm developed by a research team from the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State could help predict susceptibility to substance use disorder among homeless youth and suggest personalized rehabilitation programs for these highly vulnerable individuals. For the project, the research team built the model using data collected from approximately 1,400 homeless youth, ages 18 to 26, in six U.S. states. They discovered that adverse childhood experiences and physical street victimization were more strongly linked to substance use disorder than other types of victimization, such as sexual victimization, among homeless youth.
Using New Tools to Stay Connected
Spending time as a family is crucial to strengthening and maintaining family bonds and, ultimately, reunification. When in-person contact isn't possible, family time through video or streaming services is a valuable alternative. These two new publications can help families and child welfare professionals navigate the move to virtual family time.
New Resources to Support Virtual and Remote Workforce Needs
Changing to remote work can have its own challenges. Child welfare professionals and agencies can use the resources in Virtual and Remote Workforce Needs for further guidance on making this shift. Find tips on virtual supervision and case management, hosting successful video visits with young children, and more.
"All-In" Foster Adoption Challenge Update
As we work locally toward making sure all children can have safe, permanent families, work is also being done at the national level. There is a newly signed executive order (EO) to support the "All-In" Foster Adoption Challenge! The EO addresses three primary objectives:
- Improving partnerships
- Improving resources
- Improving oversight
A new blog post outlines the details on the new EO and shares more about the actions governors across the country are taking to continue to support the children in their state still looking for a permanent family.
Learn more about the "All-In" Foster Adoption Challenge!
NEW on the Podcast: Creating a Family First Prevention Plan
Curious about what other jurisdictions are doing to design and implement prevention plans and services that follow the Federal Family First Prevention Services Act? Listen to how Utah and Washington, DC, analyzed their strengths and weaknesses-including what programs already in place that could be enhanced-to inform their prevention plan development.
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Tomorrow! Friday: August 21, 2020
Benchmarks Friday Membership Webinar featuring Dave Richard and Karen McLeod
Time: 8:30 am thru 9:30 am
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New: Monday August 24, 2020
Joint DMHDDSAS and DHB (NC Medicaid) COVID-19 Update Call For BH/IDD Consumers, Family Members and Community Stakeholders
Time: 2:00 pm
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New: Tuesday: August 25, 2020
Project AWARE: A Spectrum of Opportunity in School Based Mental Health Service Provision
Time: 11:30 thru 12:30 pm
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Tuesday: August 25, 2020
Addressing Emotional Health Needs of People with IDD During a Pandemic: A Model Demonstration Project to Promote Engagement and Comfort During a Crisis
Time: 2:00 pm thru 3:00 pm
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New: Tuesday: August 25, 2020
Webinar: Successful Approaches to Creatively Engage with Older Adults during COVID-19
Time: 3:00 pm
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Wednesday: August 26, 2020
QuitlineNC: Supporting Patients to Become Tobacco Free During COVID-19
Time: 12:00 pm thru 1:00 pm
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Wednesday: August 26, 2020
Time: 2:00 pm thru 3:00 pm
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Wednesday: August 26, 2020
Rural Development Hubs Webinar
Time: 2:00 pm thru 4:00 pm
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Thursday: August 27, 2020
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Webinar Series
4 Part Series (Aug. 27, Sept. 3, Sept. 10, Sept. 17)
Includes CEOs & Contact Hours-Free of Charge
Time: 9:00 am thru 4:45 pm
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Thursday: August 27, 2020
INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS
Time: 10:00 am thru 11:00 am
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Thursday: August 27, 2020
Complimentary Webinar: COVID-19 Q&A Webinar for Behavioral Health Care Accreditation
Time: 1:30 pm thru 3:00 pm EST
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New: Thursday: August 27, 2020
Compassionate Approaches to Crisis Webinar Series
Time: 2:00 pm
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Thursday: August 27, 2020
Time: 2:00 pm thru 3:00 pm
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New: Friday: August 28, 2020
Partners' Provider Council
Time: 9:30 am
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Tuesday: September 1, 2020
Community Support Safeguards During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Time: 8:00 am thru 9:00 am
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New: Wednesday: September 9, 2020
Partners Quarterly Provider Webinar
Time: 1:00 pm
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New: Wednesday: September 9, 2020
Reduction of Stigma in our Communities
Time: 3:00 pm thru 4:00 pm
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Thursday: September 10, 2020
Benchmarks' Child Welfare Webinar feat: Karen McLeod & Lisa Cauley
Time: 8:00 am thru 9:00 am
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Monday: September 14, 2020
Western NC: Regional Policy Institutes
Time: 9:00 am thru 11:30 am
Deputy Secretary Juvenile Justice, Billy Lassiter
Advocacy 101: Adam Sotak, NC Child Legislative Panelists:
Terry Van Duyn - Buncombe
Representative Sarah Stevens -Alleghany/Surrey/Wilkes Counties Include:
Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Macon, Jackson, Swain, Haywood, Transylvania, Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Yancey, McDowell, Rutheford, Cleveland, Lincoln, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell, Avery, Watagua, Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yancey, Catawba, Alexander, Iredell, Yadkin, Davie, Stokes, Forsyth
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New: Thursday: September 17, 2020
Partners Mental Health/Substance Use Provider Information Session
Time: 4:00 pm
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New: Thursday: September 18, 2020
MEDICAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (MCAC) TELECONFERENCE MEETING
Time: 10:30 am thru 12:30 pm
Call: 866-390-1828
Access Code: 4586030
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New: Tuesday: September 22, 2020
Partners Innovations-I/DD Provider Information Session
Time: 4:00 pm
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New: Friday: September 25, 2020
Western NC: Regional Policy Institutes
Time: 9:30 am
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Monday: September 28, 2020
Central NC: Regional Policy Institutes
Time: 9:00 am thru 11:30 am
Keynotes: Deputy Director, Child Welfare Services Lisa Cauley
NC Child Welfare Family Advisory Council - Gina Brown
Advocacy 101: Melea Rose-Waters, Prevent Child Abuse NC
Counties Include: Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union, Rowan, Rockingham, Caswell, Person, Guilford, Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery, Cabarrus, Stanly, Alamance, Lee, Moore, Anson, Richmond
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Tuesday: October 6, 2020
Eastern NC: Regional Policy Institutes
Time: 9:00 am thru 11:30 am
Keynotes: Deputy Secretary, Behavioral Health & Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - Kody Kinsley
Associate Director, NC Families United - Stacy Justiss
Advocacy 101: i2i Center for Integrative Health
Legislative Panelists:
Senator Don Davis - Greene/Pitt
Representative Donna White - Johnston
Counties Include: Vance, Warren, Halifax, Northampton, Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, Harnett, Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland, Robeson, Bladen, Harnett, Sampson, Duplin, Wayne, Pender, New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Onslow, Jones, Lenoir, Greene, Pitt, Carteret, Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico, Hyde, Dare, Washington, Martin, Bertie, Currituck, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Gates, Hertford, Camden, Chowan, Tyrell
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Saturday: October 10, 2020
Save The Date: NAMI's 2020 Annual Conference
Virtual and Free
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Monday: October 26, 2020
Triangle: Regional Policy Institutes
Time: 9:00 am thru 11:30 am
Keynotes: Youth Transition Program Director, NC Families United - Lacy Flintall
MomsRising - Sheila Arias
Advocacy 101: Beth Messersmith, MomsRising
Legislative Panelists:
Senator Valerie Foushee - Chatham/Orange
Senator Natalie Murdock - Durham
Representative Verla Insko - Orange
Counties Include: Wake, Johnston, Chatham, Orange, Durham, Franklin, Granville
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Please click on each of the following links to view details sent out from each LME/MCO.
Benchmarks' wants to be sure to make the following list handy for our members to visit and suggests a peek at least once per week to find information that may be pertinent to your agency and contracts.
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