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CDSS RELEASES ALL-COUNTY INFORMATION NOTICE (ACIN) INFORMING COUNTIES OF RECIPIENT/PROVIDER TRAINING VIDEOS TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH, CHINESE AND ARMENIAN

View ACIN I-32-13.

DHCS RELEASES DRAFT ENROLLMENT MATERIALS FOR ELIGIBLE CAL MEDICONNECT BENEFICIARIES

View Cal Duals summary.

View draft Cal MediConnect enrollment notices.

View draft Cal MediConnect Health Plan Guide.

View comment template.

NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZENS LAW CENTER (NSCLC) WILL HOLD A WEBINAR ON THURSDAY, JUNE 20 FROM 10:00-11:00AM ON THE BASICS OF WHAT ADVOCATES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COORDINATED CARE INITIATIVE

View NSCLC info on webinar.

Register for webinar here.

CDSS RELEASES ALL-COUNTY LETTER (ACL) INFORMING COUNTIES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF TEMPORARY 8% CUTS TO IHSS SERVICE HOURS RESULTING FROM FEDERAL COURT SETTLEMENT AND MANDATED IN SENATE BILL 67

View ACL 13-47.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES (DHCS) HOLDS A STAKEHOLDER CALL ON JUNE 6 TO DISCUSS PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE LEGISLATION THAT AUTHORIZED THE COORDINATED CARE INITIATIVE (CCI); THESE CHANGES ARE 'TRAILER BILL' LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE MAY BUDGET REVISION

Register for June 6 stakeholder call.

View proposed trailer bill language.

View fact sheet on proposed trailer bill language.

LOS ANGELES CONGRESSIONAL CONTINGENCY SENDS LETTER TO CMS ADMINISTRATOR DETAILING CONCERNS WITH CALIFORNIA DUAL ELIGIBLES DEMONSTRATION; POINTS RAISED INCLUDE TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION, PLAN READINESS

View congressional letter to CMS.

View press release from Congresswoman Linda Sanchez.

HELP OUR PARTNERS AT DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA WITH THEIR INVALUABLE ADVOCACY EFFORTS BY PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON THEIR SERVICES

Take DRC survey.

IHSS COALITION ISSUES RESPONSE TO DRAFT ALL-COUNTY LETTER (ACL) FROM CDSS REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF UPCOMING SERVICE REDUCTIONS

View IHSS Coalition response letter.

View draft ACL.

GOVERNOR BROWN SIGNS SB 67, WHICH OFFICIALLY IMPLEMENTS TERMS OF IHSS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

GOVERNOR RELEASES MAY REVISIONS TO 2013-14 BUDGET

View full summary of May budget revisions.

View health & human services budget section.

View HHS Network press release on budget revisions.

OUR PARTNERS AT THE ARC HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF ADVOCACY; VIEW THEIR WEEKLY MEMO FOR THEIR LATEST PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE

View The Arc memo for the week of June 17.

IN A JOINT LETTER TO CMS AND DHCS, FORTY ONE ORGANIZATIONS (INCLUDING MANY IHSS COALITION MEMBERS) SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT CAL MEDICONNECT PROGRAM FOR DUAL ELIGIBLES

View joint letter. 

CDSS AND DHCS ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS INVOLVING IHSS SERVICE REDUCTIONS; PRESENT 3.6% CUTS WILL INCREASE TO 8% ON JULY 1, 2013 AND DECREASE TO 7% ON JULY 1, 2014

View notice of settlement agreement.

View settlement agreement.

View order granting final approval of settlement.

View joint DHCS/CDSS press release.

View litigant's press release.

View news article.

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE/MEDICAID SERVICES ENTER INTO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES REGARDING COORDINATED CARE INITIATIVE;

View MOU.

View MOU fact sheet.

View NSCLC summary.

GENWORTH HAS RELEASED THEIR 2013 COST OF CARE SURVEY, WHICH EXAMINES COST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOME CARE PROVIDERS, ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES,
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND NURSING HOMES

View national data.

View data for California.

THE CMIPS II TIMESHEET TRAINING VIDEO HAS BEEN UPDATED; UPDATED COPIES OF THE DVD WILL BE MAILED TO THE ELEVEN (11) COUNTIES UTILIZING CMIPS II SO FAR, ONE COPY FOR EACH COUNTY AND EACH PUBLIC AUTHORITY; WE PROVIDE YOU THE DIRECT LINK TO CDSS TO VIEW THE VIDEO

View CMIPS II timesheet training video.

CUHW FINALIZES AN AGREEMENT WITH HUMBOLDT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGARDING PAY AND BENEFITS FOR 1,400 CAREPROVIDERS

View news article.

View General Counsel's complaint.

View complete fact-finding report.

View resolution by Eureka City Council supporting wage increase.

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE HAS RELEASED ITS ANALYSIS OF BOTH THE 2013-2014 HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET AND THE COORDINATED CARE INITIATIVE UPDATE

View budget analysis.

View CCI update.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY PUBLIC AUTHORITY HAS PREPARED AN AN ATTRACTIVE, USER-FRIENDLY IHSS CAREGIVER HANDBOOK

View caregiver handbook.

CDSS HAS RELEASED "IHSS UNIFORM STATEWIDE PROTOCOLS FOR PROGRAM INTEGRITY ACTIVITIES"; DOCUMENT WAS THE FOCUS OF A DECEMBER 10 TELECONFERENCE FOR STAKEHOLDERS

View program integrity document.

View IHSS Coalition response to document and process.

GOVERNOR RELEASES 2013-14 BUDGET PROPOSAL; CALLS FOR DELAYED PHASE-IN OF COORDINATED CARE INITIATIVE, ASSUMES STATE WILL ULTIMATELY PREVAIL IN COURT CASE INVOLVING PROPOSED 20% ACROSS-THE-BOARD IHSS CUTS

View CDCAN overview of budget proposal.

View Governor's 2013-2014 full budget summary.

View full Health & Human Services section of 2013-2014 budget.

View LAO overview of 2013-2014 budget.

View California Budget Project summary of 2013-2014 budget.

View UDW preliminary IHSS overview of 2013-2014 budget.

View HHS Network of California media coverage report.

LISTEN TO A KPFA "PUSHING LIMITS" RADIO INTERVIEW ON THE MANAGED CARE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FEATURING CICA ADMINISTRATOR JOHN STANSBURY AND ALAMEDA COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR MICHELLE ROUSEY

Listen to 11/30/12 KPFA radio interview.

FEDERAL JUDGE RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES DOES NOT HAVE TO ALTER ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY BASED ADULT SERVICES

View California Healthline article.

CDSS ISSUES LETTERS TO COUNTIES PROVIDING AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE REFUNDED AS A RESULT OF INCREASED FEDERAL FUNDING FROM COMMUNITY FIRST CHOICE OPTION

View CFCO letters to counties 1-24.

View CFCO letters to counties 25-58.

ANOTHER BREACH OF SECURITY INVOLVING CAREPROVIDERS' PERSONAL DATA HAS OCCURED; IN THE COURSE OF POSTING INFORMATION REGARDING EXPANSION OF MEDI-CAL SERVICES IN 25 COUNTIES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF CAREPROVIDERS WERE INADVERTENTLY POSTED ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE (INFO ON PREVIOUS INCIDENT NOW VIEWABLE HERE ).

View notification letter from DHCS.

View notification letter for all county welfare directors from CDSS.

View frequently asked questions (FAQs) document.

View list of counties affected (thank you CAPA).

View CDSS document showing IHSS data shared with managed-care health plans.

View KCRA story and video

UDW HAS RELEASED AN UPDATED VERSION OF THEIR FACT SHEET ON THE NEWLY CREATED STATEWIDE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT

View UDW fact sheet.

CDSS RELEASES FINAL REPORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING IHSS PROGRAM INTEGRITY/FRAUD PREVENTION; CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT DRAFT VERSION NOT BEING DISTRIBUTED TO WORKGROUP MEMBERS BEFORE RELEASE

View CDSS report and recommendations.

View announcement letter.

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE RELEASES WEBLINK CONTAINING SUMMARY AND UPDATE OF IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF CHANGES TO IHSS PROGRAM SINCE 2009-10 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

View LAO weblink on IHSS.

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The IHSS Coalition and its members have a history of effective, high-profile public events that convey to legislators and the general public the true values of California's unique, progressive, and cost-effective home care system.  The message from these events is powerful because it represents all stakeholders--consumers, careproviders, advocates and program administration.