Recap from Last Month’s HCBS Conference: ANCOR-led Presentations

Did you miss the 2018 HCBS Conference hosted by NASAUD and wonder what you could have learned? We can help! As a courtesy to our members, we are sharing two presentations given by ANCOR staff during the HCBS Conference, held August 27-30 in Baltimore, MD this year. These presentations are:

• The Direct Support Professional Workforce “Crisis”: How Data Can Inform Retention and Recruitment. Presented by: Esme Grant Grewal, ANCOR’s Vice President of Government Relations; Mary Lou Bourne of NASDDDS; Amy Hewitt of the University of Minnesota; and Jeremiah Coleman of NYS OPDD.
• Managed Long-Term Services & Supports—An Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Perspective. Presented by: Kim Opsahl, ANCOR’s Director of State Partnerships and Special Projects; and ANCOR members Tom McAlvanah of IACNY; Wendy Swager of Soreo In Home Supports and Services, LLC; and Shelly Chandler of IACP. (Slides pending).

More presentations for this year’s HCBS Conference can be found here.