Virtual Training Sessions Available!
The New York State Department of Health and its partners are excited to announce the next set of person-centered planning virtual training opportunities. Over the next several months, we will offer six person-centered training topics on a rolling basis. Each topic will present a unique set of concepts, skills, ideas, and discussions related to person-centered thinking, planning, and practice; we encourage you to participate in all that interest you. Each session will involve two hours of instructor led presentation and interactive group discussion held on Zoom.
Current Training Registration Links (as of 8/2024):
Learning Institutes – Click Here
Module Trainings – Click Here
Initiative Overview
Who is this for? All the learning opportunities and trainings listed here are offered at no-cost for people who are providing, using, and overseeing home and community-based services in New York.
What are home and community-based services? They include, but are not limited to: personal care, home health aides, homemaker services, adult day health care, social adult day care, respite, case management, habilitation, day treatment, rehabilitation, psychosocial rehabilitation, employment/vocational services, and other services that reduce cost and help prevent individuals from needing nursing home or other institutional care.
When? These learning/training opportunities are offered several times throughout the year. Click the learn more button below or the registration links above to view the latest offerings.
Click the learn more button below to view initiative resources including fact sheets, recorded virtual training sessions, supporting materials and more!
About the HCBS Final Rule and Compliance
New York State’s HCBS for individuals with disabilities and disabling conditions, including physical, behavioral, developmental, age-related, or cognitive/intellectual, take place in a variety of settings such as private homes, group homes, scatter site apartments, adult care facilities, day habilitation sites, adult day health care centers, and social adult day programs. Regardless of where individuals receiving HCBS live or receive services, or through which service system they are accessed, all HCBS recipients are required to have Person-Centered Service Plans/Recovery Plans/Resident Care Plans/Life Plans/etc., that afford them informed choice of services, supports, and residences in compliance with the Person-Centered Planning standards of the HCBS Final Rule. Participation in training through this Statewide Training Initiative can demonstrate efforts to come further into alignment with these standards.