Calendar of Events

 

Additional Date Set For Safeguarding Against False Claims Actions Seminar

Did you miss it, want to send additional staff members or repeat the program yourself? Well you are in luck!!!! We have schedule one final presentation of "Safeguarding Against False Claims Actions with Proper Documentation" on Tuesday, June 12th in Nashville, TN at 10 AM.  Click here for details and registration information.  TNCO reserves the right to cancel this program in the event there are not enough registrants to cover the programs costs.


TNCO Retirement Reception - Join Us For A Celebration

                               

Please join Tennessee Community Organizations for a Retirement Reception honoring Ron Bennett, Jeffrie Bruton and Deborah Rains on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 2 PM, in Nashville.  Click here for further details and registration information. 

 

Reserve Your Hotel Room for the 2012 TNCO Conference

The Nashville Millinnium Maxwell House Hotel will be the site of this year's conference on November 29-30th.  TNCO has secured a rate of $107 per night for a single, double, triple or quad room.  Call the Maxwell House Hotel at 800-457-4460 and ask for the TN Community Organizations group rate.  You may also reserve rooms online by visiting http://www.millenniumhotels.com/nashville and insert the TNCO group ID code: 1211TECOOR.  The deadline for hotel reservations is October 29, 2012.

Need More Info on TennCare Plus and Integrated Care for Dual Eligibles?

Here's is a link to a recent Tenncare presentation on the subject, TenncarePlus.

DIDD Regional Informational Meetings

The Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is hosting a series of Regional Informational Meetings.  Please make every effort to have your agency well represented with your program operations staff as we will be sharing important information regarding program service delivery and provide training on the use of the new Provider Review Form (scheduled to be used July 2012). Dates for each regional meeting are listed below, please view the TNCO Calendar or visit www.tn.gov for complete details.

Agenda:

  • Support Coordination Monthly Documentation Form
  • Provider Review Form
  • Provider Manual, Chapter 11 Health Management Revisions
  • Provider Manual, Chapter 18 Protection from Harm Revisions
  • Death Review Process
  • Community Transition Policy
  • Self Determination Waiver Renewal
  • HCBS Waiver Update

Regional Meetings

West Tennessee, May 22, 2012, 9:00am to Noon (CST)

Middle Tennessee, May 23, 2012, 9:00am to Noon (CST)

East Tennessee, May 29, 2012, 1:00pm to 4:00pm (EST)

Congratulations To Adrian Walker, ANCOR 2012 DSP Award Recipient

Adrian Walker, a direct support professional at SRVS in Memphis, TN for nearly 10 years, received national recognition for his dedicated support and service at ANCOR's 2012 Conference in Washington, DC. To read more about Adrian and the DSP Award, click here. 

Tennessee Kindred Stories of Disability - Your Stories Are Needed!

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, The Arc Tennessee, and the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities are seeking stories on a wide range of topics from individuals with disabilities and families who are living in Tennessee. These stories will be used to:

  • Educate service providers, policymakers, and the general public on issues of disability
  • Help others with similar stories cope and learn
  • Create awareness of disability issues in the state of Tennessee
  • Engage in the disability community to create positive change

Stories are being collected and then shared via the website, Tennessee Kindred Stories of Disability The stories on the website are searchable by disability, age range, storyteller perspective, county, and topic. Current topics illustrate what families experience in areas like education, transition, employment, housing, wait lists, and more.

Please consider sharing your stories in one of the following ways.

  1. Agree to be interviewed by a student from Vanderbilt University or Belmont University. We are recruiting 50 individuals or families who are willing to sit down for about an hour with a student in the next couple of months (prior to April, preferably). These interviews are a class project, so in addition to sharing stories on the website, you will be giving students a valuable learning opportunity.  
  2. Agree to be interviewed this summer by graduate students enrolled in the Dept. of Special Education at Vanderbilt.
Members of TNCO can contact Courtney Taylor at (615) 322-5658, courtney.taylor@vanderbilt.edu, for more information.