March Foundations

Washington State Health Care Authority sent this bulletin at 03/02/2023 09:15 AM PST

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Foundational Community Supports (FCS)

In this issue

March Trainings 

DBHR's Supportive Housing Learning Community call

Understanding the social determinants of health in the context of Supportive Housing services   

  • Wednesday, March 8 
     9:30 a.m. 

     Register

Job developers Community of Practice call 

Support Planning: Working with families and other natural supports 

  • Thursday, March 9 
     9 - 10 a.m. 

     Register       

Supported Employment Supervisor Learning Collaborative 

In this session, supervisory strategies for supporting practitioner self-care will be explored as a mechanism for promoting staff and workplace wellness.    

  • Monday, March 13 
     2 p.m. 

     Register

Supported Employment monthly topical webinar

Registered Apprenticeship 101: Learn about the core components and benefits of Registered Apprenticeship.

  • Thursday, March 16 
     8:30 a.m. 

     Register

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) virtual fidelity reviewer training

Training and review of FCS program for current and interested providers of FCS

Monday, March 20 and Tuesday, March 21 

9 a.m. - 2 p.m. 

  • Training will be presented virtually, and will be completed in two sessions. Please register for both part 1 and part 2.

  • Part 1: Register
  • Part 2: Register

Supportive Housing  monthly topical webinar

Mapping Washington's Supportive Housing resources for people experiencing behavioral health challenges  

  • Thursday, March 23    8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

    Register

Buried in Treasures Learning Community 2022

Supporting people to address hoarding behaviors 

  • Tuesday, March 28 
     10 a.m. 

     Register

Live captioning available: Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART) services, or live closed captioning, are available for these events, on demand. Scheduling CART services requires a three-week lead-time. To request this accommodation, please submit a request to dawn.miller@hca.wa.gov as soon as possible. If you make your request less than a week in advance of the event, our language access manager cannot guarantee that a CART writer will be available.

Supportive Housing Lead Fidelity Reviewer Certification training

This is a group photo of three participants from the Fidelity Reviewer conference in February 2023

Left to Right: Veronica Navarro, Meaghan Blair, Kerri Gustafson

FCS staff spent time in Seattle February 21 - 23 to facilitate the first ever Washington state Health Care Authority's (HCA) Supportive Housing Lead Fidelity Reviewers training. This is something we  have been envisioning for a couple years, and we finally made it happen with the help of our amazing partners at Advocates for Human Potential! We are so proud of this great group of folks who got certified.  

Thank you to Pioneer Human Services for hosting and to our facilitators Pat Tucker and Nicky Stevens from Advocates for Human Potential for facilitating the training. We're grateful to the following organizations and individuals for their participation:

  • Consistent Care (Meaghan Blair, Kerri Gustafson, Veronica Navarro)
  • Pioneer Human Services (Jennifer McPherson, Dry Hoyt)
  • Vancouver Housing Authority (Kacee Cohen)
  • New Horizons Care Center (Holly Sturm)
  • Lifeline Connections (Mark Nienabler)
  • King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (Charolette Lefler)
  • Kitsap Mental Health (Tau Galeai)
  • Catholic Community Services (Shawna McNeil)

This three-day training utilized a mix of didactic presentation, large-group activities, and small-group activities for each concept to engage participants, encourage sharing of diverse ideas, and allow participants to start building a network of peers. We hope everyone left the training with a much fuller understanding of how to ensure model fidelity and how to teach colleagues to accurately implement the evidence-based practice (EBP).

Foundational Community Supports group picture at a certification training in February 2023

Supportive Housing Lead Fidelity Reviewers training attendees

Free Online IPS Practitioner Skills course

Learn the fundamentals of the IPS model and how to effectively provide top notch services to individuals on your caseload. Throughout this course, we will explore specific strategies, concepts, and skills that IPS specialists can use to best support and assist job seekers to reach their individualized employment goals.

Because this online course is interactive, you will receive personalized feedback to enhance your skillsets even further. You can ask pointed questions about techniques for specific client scenarios, employer networking experiences, and other newly learned concepts.

Participants may work on the course at any time of day or night, though sections of the course will shut down as the course progresses.

  • Courses will begin Monday, May 1 and run through Monday, July 31.
  • Registration will open on Monday, March 27.

Please send your interest to Employment_Assistance@hca.wa.gov for early registration.