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# Technical Assistance

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**Upcoming Webinars**
                      - March 7:  First webinar in our new TA series
                      - March 8:  Learn more about the two new TA opportunities for states

The DCW Strategies Center delivers training and technical assistance (TA) to build capacity and drive systems change in the recruitment, training, and retention of the direct care workforce. This TA is intended for state agencies, employers, educational institutions, advocacy groups, and program administrators.Call for Applications: State TA Opportunities
The Strategies Center is now accepting applications for two dynamic TA opportunities to support states in expanding and strengthening their direct care workforces.
OPTION ONE – DCW Intensive TA to States 
This opportunity will provide up to 250 hours of individualized TA to up to six cross-agency state teams. States will be assigned a TA coach and have access to subject matter experts to support them in addressing their state’s unique needs. State teams will work to complete individualized systems-change TA plans aimed at improving direct care workforce recruiting, development, and retention through reforms in policy, practice, programming, payment, and performance. Each cross-system and cross-agency team will include representatives from the state’s Medicaid, aging, disability, and workforce development agencies, in addition to other stakeholders. The intensive program will be facilitated by the state association consortium, led by ADvancing States in partnership with the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services (NASDDDS) and the National Association of State Medicaid Directors (NAMD).  
OPTION TWO – DCW State Peer-Learning Collaboratives 
The DCW Strategies Center will sponsor up to three time-limited, results-oriented, topical working groups of four to six states each. Each participating state will engage in monthly virtual meetings focused on group learning and sharing best practices and innovative strategies for growing the direct care workforce. In addition, each state will receive up to 70 hours of individual TA on an issue important to the state. Each state is expected to accomplish one policy or program-related milestone as a result of participating in a collaborative.

Complete details about these opportunities can be found in the **Call for Applications**. On Friday, March 8, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Strategies Center will host an informational call to provide more information about these TA opportunities. Advance registration for the informational call is required.

**Apply online****by 8:00 p.m. ET on March 25, 2024.**(States may apply for both opportunities but may only participate in one.) To start your application, you'll need to create an account in the application portal. 
TA Webinar Series
On Thursday, March 7, at 10:30 a.m. ET, the DCW Strategies Center will kick off a TA webinar series open to the public. In the first session, participants will learn about the Strategies Center and hear from senior leaders from the White House and from across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Labor, who will share some of the work being done by federal agencies to strengthen the nation’s capacity to support community living by improving recruitment, retention, and training of this vital workforce. (Advance registration for the initial webinar is required, and the webinar will be recorded and available online.)

*A calendar of future topics and registration details will be posted here once finalized.*
*Last modified on 02/27/2024*
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