October 25, 2011 Dear Friends and Colleagues: I am pleased to announce the release of this administration’s first six-month progress report, outlining efforts to reform our state’s vast system of [...]
Dear OPWDD Stakeholder: The People First Waiver is OPWDD’s vehicle for service system reform and improvement. It is embodied in this year’s Comprehensive Plan (the 5.07 Plan), which has just […]
Dear OPWDD Stakeholder: The People First Waiver is OPWDD’s vehicle for service system reform and improvement. It is embodied in this year’s Comprehensive Plan (the 5.07 Plan) which has just […]
Dear Friends and Colleagues: What we do in our line of work is similar to the airline industry in one obvious regard: a single mistake can mean the difference between […]
Good morning, OPWDD has posted a new People First Waiver video online. To help people understand the anticipated service system reforms contained in the People First Waiver, OPWDD is developing [...]
To: OPWDD Commissioner Courtney Burke 1115 Waiver Steering Committee members 1115 Waiver Design Team Members From: The Five Developmental Disabilities Councils of New York City August 18, 2011 [...]
Good afternoon: The September 2011 issue of OPWDD’s People First newsletter is now online. This month’s edition includes stories from DDSOs about the recent storms, information on how the agency [...]
September 14, 2011 Dear Friends and Colleagues: This week is National Direct Support Professional Recognition Week. On Monday, we celebrated 27 direct support professionals from every region of [...]
Dear Friends and Colleagues: OPWDD and our workforce took some significant steps forward this week in reforming this agency and how we ensure the health and safety of individuals with […]
August 15, 2011 Dear Friends and Colleagues: Transparency is integral to our reforms at OPWDD. The families and individuals we serve have a right to know about the system that […]
