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Item Terminology and Definition Research Memo(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and PolicyTo meet Hoosiers’ home and community-based services needs, Indiana’s direct service workforce will be proficient in core competencies with options to pursue professional development opportunities including specialized on-the-job training and academic study. Direct service workers’ training credentials will be portable across HCBS settings and employment arrangements to ensure high quality and reliable supports and services as well as administrative efficiency.Item Home and Community Support Professionals: Core Competencies(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and PolicyTo meet Hoosiers’ home and community-based services (HCBS) needs, Indiana’s direct service workforce will be credentialed, demonstrating proficiency in core competencies with options to pursue professional development opportunities including specialized academic and on-the-job training. Direct service workers’ credentials will be portable across HCBS settings and employment arrangements to ensure quality and reliable supports and services.Item Indiana Direct Service Workforce Plan(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and PolicyTo better understand the HCBS landscape, FSSA has been intently engaging for several years with individuals with lived experiences. This includes hosting more than 70 listening sessions with individuals and families supported through the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services and the Division of Aging. Feedback from these sessions clearly pointed to the desire of individuals to be supported in living a life of their own design, with the support of a Direct Service Workforce to help them realize their goals. Using this feedback as a centering principle, FSSA began a more focused effort in 2021 to study the Direct Service Workforce shortage so that the state is best positioned in the coming years, especially as managed long-term services and supports is implemented in 2024. The effort has included direct input from individuals with lived experiences, DSWs and other stakeholders, and engaging the Indiana University School of Medicine Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy for a review of information and deep research that were critical in informing the recommended next steps.Item State Competency and Definition Comparison(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and PolicyItem HCSP Career Interest Survey(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and PolicyItem State Direct Service Workforce Training Parameters Research(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and PolicyItem HCSP Career Interest Survey: Key Findings(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and PolicyItem Indiana DSW Regulatory Review: Inventory of Findings(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and PolicyThe Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy conducted a comprehensive review of all statutes, rules, and policies that currently govern Indiana’s Direct Service Worker (DSW) workforce and identified seven (7) distinct DSW roles in Indiana. This report includes a high-level summary of each of these roles followed by detailed, sourced table of our findings.Item Indiana DSW Plan Strategy Session(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, MadisonThe purpose of this document is to present a summary of the July 26th meeting including information gathered from participants.Item Indiana DSW Tasks and Roles Table(Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, 2024-10-29) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and PolicyThe Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy has prepared the DSW Tasks and Roles Table as part of an in-depth regulatory review aimed at supporting and informing the development of a Direct Service Workforce State Plan for Indiana. This Table includes 134 tasks which 1) may be performed by or one or more DSW types or 2) which DSWs are explicitly prohibited from performing in the State of Indiana.