October 15th, 2024
From Twogether Consulting!
It’s almost time for Halloween and I am sure many providers already have some fun activities lined up for their individuals. Let us also not forget that voting time is around the corner and we urge you to make sure your individuals are aware of their right to vote. Please be sure to provide education about voting, if needed as well as opportunities for your individuals to vote. Twogether Consulting recommends checking out the “My Voter Portal” at the Secretary of State’s website before voting to look for your voting location and to ensure an individual is still registered, as the individual may not be registered anymore if they have moved for example. FYI, the voter registration deadline ended on Oct. 7th, 2024. Information on services for voting available to persons with disabilities can be found at: https://www.votetexas.gov/mobile/voter-with-special-needs.htm
Here is the information on dates for absentee and general voting deadlines
Absentee ballot deadlines
- Request ballot (received by) : Oct 25
- Return ballot by mail (postmarked by) : Nov 5 by 7:00 p.m. CST
- Return ballot in person : Nov 5 by 7:00 p.m. CST
Voting deadlines
- Early voting : Oct 21 – Nov 1
- In-person : Nov 5
If you need assistance in registering to vote, have questions regarding voting or feel that any of your voting rights have been violated, please contact:
Disability Rights Texas
2222 West Braker Lane
Austin, Texas 78758
1-888-796-VOTE (8683)
vote@drtx.org
Texas Secretary of State
P.O. Box 12060
Austin, Texas 78711-2060
512-463-5650 or 1-800-252-VOTE (8683)
Fax: 512-475-2811; TTY: 7-1-1
Texas Secretary of State website
Twogether Consulting is scheduling several webinars for HCS/TxHmL and ICF in November and early December. Please check out our home page at www.twogetherconsulting.com and click on our training calendars for more information.
Please see our “Updates” section of the website for the latest news for IDD providers.
We are pleased to welcome our newest consultant to the team: Allison Peters. Some of you may know her as she has been a surveyor with both ICF and HCS. She will be assisting Twogether Consulting with some of our off-site needs with providers and those of you in the Houston and surrounding areas who may need help on-site with survey preparation, plans of corrections, and specific training. Please contact Meghan Jones at: meghanjones.tx@gmail.com if you would like to schedule time for Allison to assist you.
Remember that if you would like assistance from Twogether Consulting, please schedule your requests from us as soon as possible before the holidays. We will be limited on availability from about December 15th, 2024 through January 15th, 2025, so get your requests in now!
Ricardo Ortega and Jenny Thollander from ICareManager will be our “Free Resources Webinar” presenters on October 17th, 2024 from noon-1pm. Jennie Thollander (Account Executive), will be our main presenter for this webinar and will be talking about their EHR system for IDD providers. This system includes areas addressing: assessment, care tracking, eMar, incident reporting, appointment scheduling, attendance, billing, and more. The focus for this session will be on the medical/nursing services. The information is currently posted on our website calendar. You may register by clicking on this link: “REGISTRATION”. If you can’t attend but would like to receive a copy of the recorded session, then please register. We will send a link out to all registrants and attendees after the session.
Twogether Consulting would like to welcome our newest “Free Resource Webinar” presenter, Maria Burke (Regional Director For Texas) from the Delta-T Group for our November session. We are sorry, but we are still waiting on a date for this event. Please watch for updates on our website. We are planning for a date shortly before Thanksgiving.
Don’t forget, the Texas Chapter of AAIDD (American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) will have their conference Nov. 12th-15th, 2024 in Galveston, Tx. Information, schedule at a glance, and registration for these events can be found at: https://www.aaiddtx.org/2024-convention-landing
Twogether Consulting will be posting webinars for the end of October, as well as those for November in the next few days. In November we will have a training on the New Rules For HCS (Chapter 565) and another one for TxHmL (Ch 566). Please check the site in the coming weeks for these and more sessions. Webinars posted on the Home Page of the website now are:
Again, the Free Resource Webinar is: “Streamlining Medication Management with iCareManager” Presented By iCareManager- October 17th, 2024
