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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Reinvesting in HCBS, Rehabilitative Services, TCM, Home Health, & Personal Care Services
The COVID-19 pandemic has made providing Medicaid services more challenging for human services agencies. For example, agencies are working hard to serve communities when physical locations are often required to close temporarily. During the pandemic, homes of service recipients can be significantly ...
/news-perspectives/the-american-rescue-plan-act-of-2021-reinvesting-in-hcbs-rehabilitative-services-tcm-home-health-personal-care-services/PCG Develops Special Education Effectiveness Framework
Public Consulting Group (PCG), a leading consulting firm supporting state and local education agencies across the country, today announced the launch of its Special Education Effectiveness Framework: a resource to help superintendents and district leaders improve educational and functional outcomes ...
/news-perspectives/pcg-develops-special-education-effectiveness-framework/New PCG Paper Explores Multidisciplinary Approach to Crisis Response
A new paper by PCG’s Kacie Schlegel explores how enhanced collaboration between a wider array of professional first responders can position jurisdictions to more effectively serve people with mental illness and link them with needed treatment. A critical component of any behavioral health system is ...
/news-perspectives/new-pcg-paper-explores-multidisciplinary-approach-to-crisis-response/Ways States Can Reinvest the American Rescue Plan Act’s Ten Percent FMAP Enhancement for Home and Community Based Services
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP), signed into law on March 11, 2021, provides relief for Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) programs with scheduled, enhanced federal financing participation to offset state expenditures. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) , 1 signed i...
/news-perspectives/ways-states-can-reinvest-the-american-rescue-plan-act-s-ten-percent-fmap-enhancement-for-home-and-community-based-services/Build School Communities and Support Students’ Social, Emotional, and Mental Health
The American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) Fund provides substantial funding to support the reopening of schools and to address the academic, social, emotional, and mental health concerns that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The American R...
/news-perspectives/build-school-communities-and-support-students-social-emotional-and-mental-health/Accelerate Academic Achievement
This blog series is designed to support school-based administrators in addressing the US Department of Education’s call to action, via the Return to School Roadmap, for federal, state, and local leaders to close the performance gap for students with disabilities during the 2021–2022 school year. Acc...
/news-perspectives/accelerate-academic-achievement/PCG Was Proud to Support CARE International During Haiti’s Earthquake Crisis
On August 14, 2021, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit southern Haiti and caused significant destruction across the island. Six hundred and fifty thousand people needed emergency humanitarian assistance. Then, two days later, Tropical Depression Grace hit the island, creating additional risks and challe...
/news-perspectives/pcg-was-proud-to-support-care-international-during-haiti-s-earthquake-crisis/Transforming Child Welfare Services and Supports through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law on March 11, 2021. Properly utilized and implemented, these funds have the potential to substantially support and transform child welfare services to children and families, assist with the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services ...
/news-perspectives/transforming-child-welfare-services-and-supports-through-the-american-rescue-plan-act-arpa/PCG is Proud to Offer Professional Learning Workshops for MTSS Implementation
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is an essential educational framework for developing sustainable and equitable tiered supports for students. MTSS is a wholistic approach focused on prevention and calls for districts and schools to build a continuum of accessible academic and behavioral suppor...
/news-perspectives/pcg-is-proud-to-offer-professional-learning-workshops-for-mtss-implementation/Committed to Veteran Employment: Insights from PCG's Director of Talent Acquisition
Military Veteran and Director of Talent Acquisition at PCG shares how the firm is committed to veteran employment, recruitment, and retention. As the Director of Talent Acquisition at PCG and an Army National Guard Veteran with more than a decade of service on his resume, Guy Reynolds’ civilian and ...
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