2021-2023 SPIL Workgroup Updates
November 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 January 4, 2023

Ms. England and Ms. Hayes will work together to put together a presentation proposal for the California Association of Health Facilities (CAHF) statewide meeting in July of 2023. Ms. England is continuing to follow up with CDSS about the All-County letter and is looking for qualified volunteers to work on educational materials. 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 December 14, 2022

Members continued to work on 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. Once this is finalized, SILC staff will enter it into Survey Monkey. Bobby Jeromin joined the meeting to give some background and updates on the 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 December 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 November 30, 2022 (Rescheduled due to Thanksgiving Holiday)

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.