{"id":40035,"date":"2019-11-21T15:40:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T21:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=40035"},"modified":"2019-11-21T15:40:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T21:40:45","slug":"texas-hhsc-is-meeting-with-texans-in-el-paso-tyler-lubbock-and-san-antonio-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/11\/21\/texas-hhsc-is-meeting-with-texans-in-el-paso-tyler-lubbock-and-san-antonio-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas HHSC is meeting with Texans in El Paso, Tyler, Lubbock, and San Antonio &#8211; December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35873\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2017\/06\/23\/resource-specialists-and-stap-outreach-services-rfa-announcement\/hhsc-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?fit=257%2C94&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"257,94\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hhsc logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?fit=257%2C94&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35873 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?resize=257%2C94\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?w=257&amp;ssl=1 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hhsc-logo.png?resize=160%2C59&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Texas Health and Human Services Commission is meeting with Texans in El Paso, Tyler, Lubbock, and San Antonio to gain insight on how to improve services for people with disabilities. (Meetings have recently taken place in Houston, DFW, and Laredo.)<\/p>\n<p>About this Event:<\/p>\n<p>The Health and Human Services Commission is developing an action plan to improve the system and delivery of services for Texans with physical, intellectual and\/or developmental disabilities. Working closely with internal and external partners around the state, HHS will identify opportunities to improve agency coordination to make it easier for individuals, families and providers to navigate the HHS system for disability services. This plan will drive initiatives for the next several years to improve services for people with disabilities with the supports necessary to thrive in the setting of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>As the first step in developing this plan, HHS staff will be meeting with Texans around the state to gain insight from client and provider experiences and challenges navigating HHS, as well as opportunities to improve. Click here to visit the website with more information.<\/p>\n<p>HHS staff want to know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is working well.<\/li>\n<li>What is not working.<\/li>\n<li>Your ideas to improve how we deliver services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Registration is not required, but the registration page will provide more details about the venue and allow participants to inform HHSC of any needed accommodations. Sign language interpreters and CART will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>Dates and Times:<\/p>\n<p><strong>El Paso<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thursday, December 5, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n9:00 AM \u2013 1:00 PM MST<br \/>\nMedical Center of the Americas (MCA) Foundation<br \/>\n5130 Gateway Boulevard East<br \/>\nEl Paso, TX 79905<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registration-82879672331\">Click here to register.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registration-82879672331\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registration-82879672331<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyler<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday, December 10, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n3:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM CST<br \/>\nPresident&#8217;s Event Center; The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler<br \/>\n11937 U.S. Hwy 271<br \/>\nTyler, TX 75708<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registration-82882179831\">Click here to register.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registration-82882179831\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registration-82882179831<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lubbock<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thursday, December 12, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n3:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM CST<br \/>\nTexas Tech Health Science Center Academic Building Room ACB100<br \/>\n3601 4th St<br \/>\nLubbock, TX 79430<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registration-82882705403\">Click here to register.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registration-82882705403\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/hhs-meeting-long-term-services-supports-for-people-with-disabilities-registration-82882705403<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Antonio<\/strong><br \/>\nWednesday, January 14, 2020<br \/>\nTime and location to be announced on the HHSC website.<\/p>\n<p>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.texas.gov\/about-hhs\/process-improvement\/disability-services-action-plan\">https:\/\/hhs.texas.gov\/about-hhs\/process-improvement\/disability-services-action-plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please contact Medical_and_Social_Services@hhsc.state.tx.us with any questions or ideas regarding the action plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Health and Human Services Commission is meeting with Texans in El Paso, Tyler, Lubbock, and San Antonio to gain insight on how to improve services for people with disabilities. (Meetings have recently taken place in Houston, DFW, and Laredo.)&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/11\/21\/texas-hhsc-is-meeting-with-texans-in-el-paso-tyler-lubbock-and-san-antonio-december-2019\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1912,23176,7429,1065,996,22,180],"class_list":["post-40035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-el-paso","tag-health-and-human-services-commission","tag-hhs","tag-hhsc","tag-lubbock","tag-san-antonio","tag-tyler"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-apJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39903,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/10\/31\/hhsc-listening-session-11-13-19-laredo-texas\/","url_meta":{"origin":40035,"position":0},"title":"HHSC Listening Session 11\/13\/19 &#8211; Laredo, Texas","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"October 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"HHSC Listening Session 11\/13\/19 - Laredo, Texas In the 2020 inaugural business plan, Blueprint for a Healthy Texas (PDF), HHS outlines key priorities and initiatives for the coming year. 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