Inspiration Field History
HR for Dummies
Our Friends at Alliance
The State
Finance 101
100

This is the acronym of the agency name prior to Inspiration Field

What is AVCC (Arkansas Valley Community Center)

100

Employees make the agency go.....when needing to hire...supervisors look to this system to find them.

What is ApplicantPro or Isolved

100

This former recording artist was nominated for a grammy in 2004 for Best Pop Album and Best Male Pop Performer, he is now the Executive Director of Alliance. 

Who is Josh Rael

100

This State Department oversees programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

What is HCPF (Health Care Policy & Financing

100

To eat meals on a business trip, you must complete this internal agency form to receive any money

Per Diem Check Request

200

In this year Lyndon B. Johnson was the President of United States, the first ATM was introduced, and Inspiration Field began providing services.

What is 1966.

200

Employees need time off...some take too much and don't have PTO available.  When this occurs, a supervisor can approve up to this amount of time of leave without pay prior to needing CEO approval.

What is 5 days or 38 hours

200

This staffer of the Alliance Team is currently their longest tenured employee.

Who is Kylie Campbell

200

Entrance meetings, direct observation, interviews, documentation review, and Plans of Correction are all part of this state process to ensure IF is properly running their programs. 

Program Recertification Survey (or simply survey)

200

This 13 year agency veteran creates all of the ABLE accounts for the individuals

Who is Tracey Ruby

300

Its time for Friday night lights! This venue was formerly located on the grounds of the Administrative Facility at 612 Adams Ave.

What is Tiger Field

300

Employees love time-off and the Holidays are no exception.  IF observes this many paid holiday's each year.

What is eight

300

Although this former Alliance staff member is no longer an employee, she continues to work daily with Alliance as the owner and principal of her own lobbying and consultant firm

Who is Emma Hudson

300

To operate a group home, you must be licensed by this state department.

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. (CDPHE)

300
The individuals pay this monthly fee to live and eat in the agency homes

What is Room and Board

400

Colorado has a vast area of varying landscape containing a total of 64 Counties.  These are the three counties where IF provides services. 

Bent, Crowley and Otero

400

HFWA went into effect January 1, 2021, which stands for this.

What is Healthy Family and Workplace Act

400

This Senior Director of Public Policy and Operations for Alliance received her BA in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma and her Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas

Who is Ellen Jensby

400

This state reporting system houses MANE occurrences, group home applications, and program recertification surveys. 

What is Colorado Health Facilities Interactive or COHFI

400

Purchases are made and money is spent.  This 3 digit number is used for Finance to allocate expenses to the proper department

What is the Cost Center

500

In 1984 She was Inspiration Field's greatest benefactor with a large donation culminating in the addition of a new wing at the old building called The Work Activities Center, bearing her name. 

Who is Elizabeth Guyton Girch

500

One of the greatest pro employee changes in recent time at IF was the introduction of the four-day work week, which began in this year.

2012 (Monday, January 16th to be precise, the best birthday present I ever received....lol)

500

In over 50 years as an organization, Alliance has had three Executive Directors.  This former longtime Executive Director preceded Josh Rael. 

Who is Chris Collins

500

This rule was mandated by CMS in 2014, although, the transition period didn't end and fully go into effect in Colorado until March of 2023. This ensures services are provided with choice for the participant, access to community living and in integrated and non-institutional settings.

What is the HCBS Final Settings Rule

500

When the agency oversees and maintains the individuals personal finances, we are known as this

What is the rep payee

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