The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) is cooperating with the National Direct Services Workforce Center in looking for volunteers to take part in a focus group about direct service workers (DSWs). -- April 30 or May 1 -- Participants will receive either a $25 Visa cash card or a $10 Starbucks gift card. -- The deadline to volunteer is close of business April 28. More info @ http://www.dads.state.tx.us … [Read more...] about DADS Recruiting Volunteers for Focus Group in Austin
HCS Providers: Additional Life Safety Documentation Kept in Four-person Homes
DADS Information Letter 14-19 (Revised): Additional Life Safety Documentation Kept in Four-person Homes Beginning April 1, 2014, HCS program providers must ensure that the required documentation related to life safety requirements is available in all four-person residences at all times. Including: · documentation of the most recent evacuation scores (e-scores) completed for the home; · if the home has a sprinkler system, documentation that there is a heat detection system in the attic … [Read more...] about HCS Providers: Additional Life Safety Documentation Kept in Four-person Homes
DADS Accepting Nominations for 2014 Vision Awards
Do you know a volunteer providing exemplary service to an older person or an individual with a disability? Please nominate that individual or group for the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) 2014 Vision Awards. Nominations are accepted until 5 p.m., May 2. … [Read more...] about DADS Accepting Nominations for 2014 Vision Awards
Consumer Directed Services Budget Workbook Revisions to Accommodate Rate Changes for the CBA Program
The purpose of the letter is to provide direction to Financial Management Services Agencies (FMSAs) on updating Consumer Directed Services (CDS) employers’ budgets to accommodate the new payment rate, effective March 1, 2014, for Community Based Alternatives (CBA) Personal Assistance Services (PAS). The Health and Human Services Commission approved rate can be found in Information Letter No. 14- 16. The rate change for CBA PAS requires a service authorization change. By May 30, 2014, the … [Read more...] about Consumer Directed Services Budget Workbook Revisions to Accommodate Rate Changes for the CBA Program
Additional Life Safety Documentation Kept in Four-person Homes
DADS has issued the following Information Letter(s): Information Letter 14-19: Additional Life Safety Documentation Kept in Four-person Homes The Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) annually conducts unannounced visits of each residence in which foster/companion care, residential support, or supervised living is provided to ensure that each residence complies with DADS Waiver Survey and Certification Residential Checklist, in accordance with DADS rule at Texas Administrative … [Read more...] about Additional Life Safety Documentation Kept in Four-person Homes