Statewide Needs Assessment Sample Clauses

Statewide Needs Assessment. The departments will build upon the Community Resource Mapping, identified in Phase I, to develop a statewide needs assessment of demand for pre-employment and employment services.
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Statewide Needs Assessment. The assessment designated by the Department to be used during the ISP process to determine the individual’s or Participant’s needed services. Substantial Failure – A repeated pattern of noncompliance by the AE with responsibilities outlined in this Agreement, non-adherence with Written Policies and Procedures and Departmental Decisions, inability to develop and /or implement an approved CAP or DCAP to remedy noncompliance areas, or an egregious noncompliance issue that jeopardizes Participant Health and Welfare and/or overall state compliance with federal Waiver requirements approved by CMS. Support Service Worker (SSW) – A person hired by a Waiver Participant or Participant’s Surrogate who is managing services through one of the self-directing options. Supports Coordination Organization (SCO) – A conflict-free qualified waiver provider with the primary responsibilities of locating, coordinating and monitoring needed services and supports for Waiver Participants. Supports Coordinator (SC) – An employee of a SCO with the primary responsibilities of locating, coordinating and monitoring needed services and supports for Waiver Participants. Surrogate – A Surrogate includes one of the following: • A parent of a child under 18 years of age under the common law and 35 P.S. § 10101. • Legal custodian of a minor as provided in 42 Pa. C.S. § 6357. • A health care agent and representative for an adult as provided in 20 Pa.
Statewide Needs Assessment. The Department is responsible for implementing a Statewide Needs Assessment ensuring the assessment of all current Waiver Participants as per the Department’s Written Policies and Procedures. The AE shall complete its required functions related to completion of the Statewide Needs Assessment in accordance with Written Policies and Procedures and Departmental Decisions relating to the Statewide Needs Assessment. When an individual is identified for enrollment in a waiver, the AE shall initiate an urgent request to have the Statewide Needs Assessment conducted in accordance with Departmental instructions so the SIS can be completed prior to the receipt of waiver services. If a SIS cannot be completed prior to enrollment in the waiver because an individual requires the immediate initiation of waiver services to ensure their health and safety, the regional office must be notified for approval to request that the SIS be completed within 30 days after the start date of waiver enrollment.
Statewide Needs Assessment. The Department is responsible for implementing a statewide needs assessment ensuring the assessment of all eligible individuals and Waiver Participants as per the Department’s Written Policies and Procedures. The AE shall complete its required functions related to the request and completion of the Statewide Needs Assessment in accordance with Written Policies and Procedures and Departmental Decisions relating to the Statewide Needs Assessment. When an individual is identified eligible for a waiver, the AE shall assure the individual has a valid SIS or initiate a request to have the Statewide Needs Assessment conducted in accordance with Departmental instructions. A SIS shall be completed prior to the receipt of waiver services. If a SIS cannot be completed prior to enrollment in the waiver because an individual requires the immediate initiation of waiver services to ensure their health and safety, the regional office must be notified for approval to request that the SIS be completed within 30 days after the start date of waiver enrollment. The AE shall review all exceptions and urgent requests for SIS to be completed in accordance with Department’s written policies and procedures.
Statewide Needs Assessment. The assessment designated by the Department to be used during the ISP process to determine the individual’s or Participant’s needed services. Substantial Failure – A repeated pattern of noncompliance with the AE’s responsibilities outlined in this Agreement, non-adherence with Written Policies and Procedures and Departmental Decisions, inability to develop and/or implement an approved CAP or DCAP to remedy noncompliance areas, and/or an egregious noncompliance issue that jeopardizes Participant Health and Welfare and/or overall state compliance with federal Waiver requirements approved by CMS. Support Service Worker (SSW) – A person hired by a Waiver Participant or Participant’s Surrogate who is managing services through one of the self-directing options. Supports Coordination Organization (SCO) – A type of Waiver Provider with the primary responsibilities of locating, coordinating and monitoring needed services and supports for Waiver Participants. Supports Coordinator (SC) – An employee of a SCO with the primary responsibilities of locating, coordinating and monitoring needed services and supports for Waiver Participants. Surrogate – A person identified under state law to make decisions for a Participant who is incompetent or incapacitated. A Surrogate can have various legal titles, but for the purposes of this Agreement, this person will be referred to as a Surrogate. A Surrogate includes one of the following: • A parent of a child under 18 years of age under the common law and 35 P.S. § 10101. • Legal custodian of a minor as provided in 42 Pa.C.S. § 6357. • A health care agent and representative for an adult as provided in 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 54. • A guardian of various kinds as provided in 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 (as limited by 20 Pa.C.S. § 5521(f)). • A holder of powers of attorney of various kinds as provided in 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56. • A guardian of a person by operation of law in 50 P.S. § 4417(c). Any of these would be considered a legal representative under applicable law. For a Surrogate performing the function of Common-Law Employer or Managing Employer in one of the FMS options, additional persons can be designated as a Surrogate by a Participant 18 years of age and older. Temporary Absence – The vacancy created by a Participant’s short-term absence from a residential provider service location due to medical or therapeutic leave during which the Participant is expected to return to the Participant’s vacated residential setting.
Statewide Needs Assessment. The Department is responsible for implementing a Statewide Needs Assessment ensuring the assessment of all current Waiver Participants as per the Department’s Written Policies and Procedures. The AE shall complete its required functions related to completion of the Statewide Needs Assessment in accordance with Written Policies and Procedures and Departmental Decisions relating to the Statewide Needs Assessment.

Related to Statewide Needs Assessment

  • Needs Assessment 1. The Contractor shall conduct a cultural and linguistic group-needs assessment of the eligible client population in the Contractor’s service area to assess the language needs of the population and determine what reasonable steps are necessary to ensure meaningful access to services and activities to eligible individuals. [22 CCR 98310, 98314] The group-needs assessment shall take into account the following four (4) factors:

  • Ergonomic Assessments At the request of the employee, the College will ensure that an ergonomic assessment of the employee’s work station is completed by a person trained by the Department of Labor and Industries or comparable trainer to conduct ergonomic assessments. Solutions to identified issues/concerns will be implemented within available resources.

  • Risk Assessment An assessment of any risks inherent in the work requirements and actions to mitigate these risks.

  • Conformity Assessment 1. The Parties recognize that a broad range of mechanisms exists to facilitate the acceptance of conformity assessment procedures and results thereby, including:

  • Evaluation Cycle: Formative Assessment A) A specific purpose for evaluation is to promote student learning, growth and achievement by providing Educators with feedback for improvement. Evaluators are expected to make frequent unannounced visits to classrooms. Evaluators are expected to give targeted constructive feedback to Educators based on their observations of practice, examination of artifacts, and analysis of multiple measures of student learning, growth and achievement in relation to the Standards and Indicators of Effective Teaching Practice.

  • Loss Assessment We will pay up to $1000 for your share of loss assessment charged during the policy period against you by a corporation or as- sociation of property owners, when the assess- ment is made as a result of:

  • Diagnostic Assessment 6.3.1 Boards shall provide a list of pre-approved assessment tools consistent with their Board improvement plan for student achievement and which is compliant with Ministry of Education PPM (PPM 155: Diagnostic Assessment in Support of Student Learning, date of issue January 7, 2013).

  • Comprehensive Assessment an initial and ongoing part of the member-centered planning process employed by the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to identify the member’s outcomes and the services and supports needed to help support those outcomes. It includes an ongoing process of using the knowledge and expertise of the member and caregivers to collect information about:

  • Environmental Assessment Buyer shall have the right for a period commencing upon execution of this Agreement by both parties and ending on November 28, 2012, to conduct an environmental assessment of the Assets, at Buyer’s sole risk, liability and expense. Seller shall make available to Buyer, during the environmental assessment period described above, Seller’s historical files regarding prior operations on the Assets, and provide Buyer and its representatives with reasonable access to the Assets to conduct the environmental assessment. Buyer shall provide Seller three (3) days prior written notice of a desired date(s) for such assessment and Seller shall have the right to be present during any assessment and, if any testing is conducted pursuant to Seller’s express prior written consent, Seller may require splitting of all samples. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Buyer shall not have the right to drill any test, monitor or other xxxxx or to extract samples of any air, soil, water or other substance from the Assets without Seller’s express prior written consent. If Buyer proposes a reasonable request to drill a test well or extract a sample pursuant to a systematic and customary procedure for the assessment of the environmental condition of the Assets and Seller refuses to grant its consent to such a well or sampling, then Buyer shall have the right, for a period of seventy-two (72) hours following notification of Seller’s refusal to consent, to deliver written notice to Seller of Buyer’s election to exclude from this transaction the portion of the Assets affected by such proposed test well or sample, and the Purchase Price shall be adjusted accordingly by the Allocated Value of such portion of the Assets so excluded. Under no circumstances whatsoever shall Seller ever be obligated to grant its consent to any such test xxxxx or sampling proposed by Buyer, and Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any refusal by Seller to grant its consent shall be the limited right contained in the preceding sentence to exclude the affected Assets from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If Buyer fails to exercise the right to exclude such Assets by written notice to Seller delivered prior to the expiration of the seventy-two hour period described above, then Buyer shall be conclusively deemed to have waived such right and shall be obligated to purchase the affected Assets without conducting such testing or sampling or any adjustment of the Purchase Price unless otherwise provided in this Agreement.

  • Formative Assessment The process used to assess progress towards attaining goals set forth in Educator plans, performance on standards, or both. This process may take place at any time(s) during the cycle of evaluation, but typically takes place at mid-cycle.

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