Representative Todd Novak Visits Greenco Industries
Randy Klein, Executive Director of Greenco Industries in Monroe, informed DSPN that Representative Todd Novak, Assembly District 51...
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DHS – Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Forum - April 10, 2019,
The DHS is hosting a second Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Forum on April 10, 2019 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The forum will be held at...
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ISSUES OVERTIME RULE NPRM
On Thursday, March 7, the Department of Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would make more than a million more American...
DHS Approves MCO Payments of $2.9MM for Direct Care Workforce Funding
The Department of Health Services has completed its review of the second round of Quarter 2 Direct Care Workforce survey responses that...
Washington State Considers Eliminating Special Minimum Wage
The Washington State Senate recently held hearings on SB 5753, a bill that would eliminate special minimum wage in Washington. The first...
Walmart Under Fire for Eliminating Jobs
Walmart Under Fire for Eliminating Jobs NPR is reporting that Walmart is altering their job descriptions for the greeter position in...
Training Events
DHS ASSISTED LIVING FORUM 2019 The 2019 Assisted Living Forum meeting dates and locations are as follow: March 12, 2019 - In-Person –...
DSPN Testifies in Support of SB19
Lincoln Burr testified on Tuesday before the Committee on Government Operations, Technology, and Consumer Protection in favor of Senate...
A-Team National Day for Choice 2018
A-Teams across the nation raised their unified voices on Tuesday, April 24th, during the A-Team's National Day for Choice 2018! Advocates...
#HopeActLiveWI: Grant Award to Support Addiction Treatment
Funding to help create addiction medicine consultation line The Department of Health Services (DHS) has awarded a $500,000 annual grant...
Lakeside Packaging Plus, Inc. Meeting with IRIS
Margaret Winn from Lakeside Packaging Plus, Inc. invited DSPN to be involved in a meeting with LPP and IRIS staff from the Winnebago...
Brooke Industries, Inc. Tour
Jeff Kaphengst (Left) had the opportunity to tour Brooke Industries, Inc. (Bi) in Fond du Lac this week. Kelli Hughes (Mid Left),...
Special Minimum Wage
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) together with six of her Senate colleagues wrote U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Acosta asking for...
HCBS Non-Residential Compliance Workgroup
The final of three meetings of the HCBS non-residential compliance benchmarking group took place on April 26th. Linc, along with other...
HCBS Compliance for Non-Residential Programs
The second meeting of the HCBS non-residential advisory committee took place this past Thursday. DSPN representatives were present to...
2018 A-Team Day for Choice at the Capitol was a success!
The 2018 A-Team Day for Choice at the Capitol was held on Wednesday, March 21st, with NO WEATHER ISSUES! A-Team Wisconsin had over 100...
CMS Proposes Regulation to Alleviate State Burden - Press Release
Proposed rule furthers President Trump’s commitment to “cutting the red tape” by relieving states of burdensome paperwork requirements...
From Forbes McIntosh, Government Policy Solutions, DSPN Lobbyist
State of Assisted Living Otis Woods, the administrator of the DHS Division of Quality Assurance, gave a brief report on the State of...
The Senate Passed 3 Important Pieces of Legislation on March 20th
The Employment First, Partners with Business, and Supported Decision-Making Bills were all passed by the Senate on Tuesday, March 20th....
#HopeActLiveWI: State and Federal Support Are Critical for Fighting the Opioid Crisis
A roundtable discussion on fighting the opioids epidemic in Wisconsin was held on March 21st. Paul Krupski, Director of Opioid...
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