2021-2023 SPIL Workgroup Updates
September 2022

Long-Term Services and Supports
Convener Lisa Hayes, SILC Vice-Chair and Executive Director of Rolling Start, Inc. 
Meets 1st Wednesday of the month at 10:30 AM
The next meeting is scheduled for October 5, 2022

The committee made edits to the LTSS All County letter, and Ms. England will share it and the questions with the new Department of Social Services (DS) Ex-Officio. Ms. England will move forward to meet with DOR to find contractors to develop transition informational materials. A representative of the CA Association of Healthcare Facilities will be attending the next meeting, and members developed some questions for him. DOR Provided updates on TBI sites funded by the HCBS Spending Plan and the Community Living fund. 

Funding Formula and Equity 
Convener T.J. Hill, Executive Director of the Disability Community Resource Center (DCRC)
Meets 2nd Wednesday of the month at 10:00 AM
The next meeting is scheduled for October 12, 2022

Members reviewed a draft survey that will be going out to the IL Network to determine exactly which changes to the Welfare and Institutions Code will be requested and made some edits. This will be finalized, and SILC staff will enter it into Survey Monkey. Mr. Hill is working to reach Bobby Jeromin to ask some questions about population calculations from the most recent draft Funding Formula Spreadsheet. 

Meaningful Data
Convener Mike Valencia, Department of Rehabilitation (DOR)
Meets 4th Friday of the month at 1:00 PM
The next meeting is scheduled for September 23, 2022, but will likely be delayed

The workgroup met in August to receive updates about the work of the IL Definitions Workgroup and will likely meet again in December. 

IL Definitions
No Convener, led by DOR
Meets 4th Thursday of the month at 1:00 PM
The next meeting is scheduled for September 22, 2022

Representatives from ILCs, DOR, the SILC, and CFILC are working to develop a document or guide that will detail service definitions, reporting, and data collection.