Two technical assistance opportunities are available from the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS). The first focuses on person-centered thinking, planning, and practice. The second focuses on home and community-based services (HCBS) and addressing rights restrictions for people receiving support.
Individualized Technical Assistance
Since 2018, NCAPPS has provided over 6,500 hours of technical assistance to states to implement person-centered thinking, planning, and practice.
NCAPPS is accepting applications on a rolling basis through September 2024 to provide free short-term technical assistance to states experiencing significant challenges implementing person-centered planning consistent with the final HCBS Settings Rule requirements.
Questions can be sent to ncapps@hsri.org.
Apply for person-centered technical assistance.
HCBS Modifications and Rights Restrictions Learning Collaborative
New deadline: Applications due Friday, April 26, 2024
People receiving HCBS, including people with disabilities and older adults, have the right to dignity and respect and the freedom from coercion and restraint, among other basic human rights. However, sometimes, to ensure the health and safety of the person and others, a person’s rights may need to be modified in HCBS settings. In these instances, as outlined by the final HCBS Settings Rule, the modification of the person’s rights must be supported by a specific assessed need that is justified and documented in the individual’s person-centered plan. States may also refer to these “modifications” as “restrictions” or “rights restrictions.”
In response to states' continued need for assistance with modifications, NCAPPS will bring together state-led teams of human service agency representatives, service providers, case managers, advocates, and other community partners across the country from April to September 2024 to engage in peer-to-peer learning around modifications.
Teams will pursue a common aim to improve processes for documenting and implementing modifications in compliance with the person-centered planning requirements of the final HCBS Settings Rule within provider-owned and controlled settings while promoting individual rights and preventing coercion. Teams will explore how to clarify roles and responsibilities among service providers and case managers, balance risk with ensuring the welfare of the person, document informed consent, minimize the intensity and duration of modifications, use person-centered planning tools, and ensure the appropriate documentation and oversight of modifications.
Questions or application extension requests can be sent to ncapps@hsri.org.
Apply for technical assistance by April 26.
NCAPPS is an initiative from the Administration for Community Living and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that helps states, tribes, and territories implement person-centered thinking, planning, and practice.