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Announcing Our FY25 EPIC Awards Winner for Impact!
PCG’s quarterly employee recognition program, the EPIC Awards, is designed to help bring the firm’s four core tenets—Entrepreneurial Spirit, Passion, Impact, and Community—to life in a tangible way. Today, we are thrilled to announce that Josh Olszewski, a senior manager in Education, has been selected as PCG’s newest EPIC Awards winner in recognition of his Impact on his team and EDPlan statewide implementation efforts.
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PCG Contributes to Published Essay Collection about COVID-19 and Child Welfare
In response to the profound impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the field of child welfare, the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) issued a call for child welfare experts, practitioners, families, advocates, and others to share insights into the opportunities, challenges, and innovations resulting from the global crisis. CWLA sought essay contributions exploring, in part, “how communities are exposing and addressing challenges, reawakening a sense of connectedness, and taking steps needed to advance the goal of the National Blueprint.”
- 9. March 2021
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Helping to Build North Carolina’s Early Childhood and School-Age Workforce Registry
In 2021, PCG will be working with the Child Care Services Association (CCSA) to start planning and developing North Carolina’s Early Childhood and School-Age (EC/SA) workforce registry. The registry will be a valuable resource for states to communicate with the EC/SA workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic and other emergencies.
- 21. January 2021
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The Intersection of Case Management and the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Final Rule
The concept of person-centered planning has been at play for decades, yet the publication of the Home and Community-based Services (HCBS) Settings Final Rule (“Final Rule”) in 2014 was the first time person-centeredness was explicitly tied to ongoing funding of home and community-based settings under the various Medicaid waiver authorities. As states work to comply with the Final Rule, agencies and service providers should embrace the important role they play in a state’s ability to make the shift to person-centeredness.
- 14. December 2020
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PCG Director Shares Expert Insights with MoneyGeek
In the weeks leading up to the election, to stress the important role voters play in financial decision-making at the state, local, and even federal levels, the personal finance experts at MoneyGeek turned their attention to states’ financial health and dependence on the Federal Government.
- 1. December 2020