FW: New Business Acumen Toolkit, Learning Collaboratives, and Stories from the Field Contest Winners

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June 19, 2018

New Business Acumen Toolkit, Learning Collaboratives, and Stories from the Field Contest Winners

The HCBS Business Acumen Center<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE5LjkxMzg0MDQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOS45MTM4NDA0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDE3ODA5JmVtYWlsaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://www.hcbsbusinessacumen.org/> has released the first module of a new toolkit and announced the new Business Development Learning Collaborative.

HCBS Business Acumen Center Toolkit

The National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) is pleased to announce the release of the first module of the HCBS Business Center Toolkit<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE5LjkxMzg0MDQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOS45MTM4NDA0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDE3ODA5JmVtYWlsaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&102&&&http://nasuad.org/sites/nasuad/files/BACStep1Prepare.pdf>, “Disability Network Business Strategies: A Roadmap to Financial and Programmatic Sustainability for Community-Based Organizations”. This resource is a “how-to’ guide designed to help Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) evaluate, plan, develop, and implement strategies to help build and sustain their organizations in various business climates. 

The first module, "Step 1: Prepare. Understand the Business Environment and Your Place Within It" provides guidance to CBOs serving people with disabilities on the information, data and people needed to inform the development of their strategic plan. This module will help the CBO identify and/or refine their vision and mission; conduct an environmental scan and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis; and identify champions. This user-friendly resource includes a collection of templates that CBOs and their teams can use to document their findings and ideas.

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Business Development Learning Collaborative

NASUAD has announced that state teams from Illinois, Minnesota, and Virginia have been selected to participate in the second Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Business Acumen Center Business Development Learning Collaborative. The learning collaborative launched in May at the NASUAD 2018 MLTSS Symposium and Spring Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

Each state team participating in the learning collaborative is comprised of community-based organizations (CBO) serving persons with disabilities, state agencies and other related partner organizations. Together, they will evaluate the CBOs business environment and develop and implement business strategies that are designed to strengthen and sustain the CBOs operations. The partners within the state team will support successful implementation of the strategic plan by helping to identify, understand and developing strategies to minimize or alleviate any obstacles.

2018 Stories from the Field Contest Winners

The HCBS Business Acumen Center launched the Stories from the Field Contest in March 2018 to collect examples of business strategies used by disability community-based organizations (CBOs) to sustain or grow their community-based business.
This contest was designed to encourage community-based organizations serving people with disabilities to share their experiences building new business relationships, negotiating contracts, and expanding or establishing new lines of business.

The winners of the 2018 Stories from the Field Contest are:

  *   United Disabilities Services (UDS)<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE5LjkxMzg0MDQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOS45MTM4NDA0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDE3ODA5JmVtYWlsaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&104&&&http://www.udservices.org/>, a non-profit organization committed to serving people with disabilities in Pennsylvania, was selected for the first place award. UDS developed a quality management program, that includes multiple measures, to help build their value proposition.
  *   Area Agency on Aging District 7 (AAA7)<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE5LjkxMzg0MDQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOS45MTM4NDA0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDE3ODA5JmVtYWlsaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&105&&&http://aaa7.org/>, a AAA that serves individuals of all ages and disability types who reside in southern Ohio, was selected for the second place award. As Ohio began to move to increase the percentage of individuals receiving Medicaid services through managed care companies, AAA7 developed a bid to provide case management services, and successfully became a subcontractor for a managed care company in 2014.
  *   Community Options Enterprises<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE5LjkxMzg0MDQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOS45MTM4NDA0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDE3ODA5JmVtYWlsaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&106&&&https://www.comop.org/services/enterprises/>, a subsidiary of Community Options, a national non-profit organization, was selected for the third place award. Community Options Enterprises developed the Daily Plan It, a complete office, conference, and copy center that offers office rental space or virtual tenancy to a variety of businesses. There are four locations in New Jersey that provide an avenue for people with disabilities to work. The Daily Plan It is a self-sustaining business model with a hybrid payer structure, where customer purchased services and office rentals support the cost of operations.

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Learn more about the HCBS Business Acumen Center<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE5LjkxMzg0MDQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOS45MTM4NDA0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDE3ODA5JmVtYWlsaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&107&&&http://www.hcbsbusinessacumen.org/>. This effort is led by NASUAD in partnership with national organizations and funded through a grant from the Administration for Community Living.

Learn more about ACL's Business Acumen Initiative<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE5LjkxMzg0MDQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOS45MTM4NDA0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDE3ODA5JmVtYWlsaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9cnRyb3V0bWFuQG5hY2RkLm9yZyZ0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&108&&&https://www.acl.gov/programs/strengthening-aging-and-disability-networks/improving-business-practices> to help states and community-based organizations build networks and respond to delivery system changes, including technical assistance, building business capacity for successful contracting with integrated care entities, and developing pathways to sustainability.

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