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There is an awareness month, week, or day for just about everything. Picking a specific time frame to start conversations around an illness, group, or cause is a great way to raise awareness for that cause. One awareness month we are excited to tell you about is Disability Pride Month. The History of Disability Pride…
Palco Program Spotlight – Colorado
Colorado Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services program (CDASS) In 2019, Palco began partnering with the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) to serve as a Financial Management Services vendor for the Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) program. The CDASS program helps eligible home and community-based waiver participants hire and manage their own attendants…
An Earned Wage Solution for the 21st Century Caregiver
“Accessing my pay when I need it has brought me major stress relief when it comes to putting gas in my car and buying food. I am grateful to the Palco program for having this resource.” – Palco Self-Directing Caregiver Caregiver Crisis It’s difficult to miss news discussing the caregiver crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic, an…
Care is a Click Away
On December 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) presented guidance* to states to leverage worker registries to boost beneficiaries’ access to home- and community-based services (HCBS). While the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) helped HCBS programs tremendously, ARPA says that “states must use funds to implement or supplement activities to enhance, expand,…
Recruiting Quality Caregivers
Choosing the right caregiver for yourself or a loved one is a major decision. There are many options to consider when hiring, and resources at times can be overwhelming. According to the CDC, there will be 71 millon people 65 and older when all the baby boomers are at least 65 in the year 2030[1]….