Writing the Program Abuse Prevention Plan 💻

Companies with licensed sites including Community and Family Residential Settings, Day Service Facilities, Integrated Community Supports, and hotels where Crisis Respite is provided require a Program Abuse Prevention Plan (PAPP). This is an extensive document that assesses the vulnerabilities of people supported at the site, the environment, and the surrounding community/neighborhood environment. Importantly, it identifies the proactive and reactive measures to minimize any risks related to the site and vulnerabilities of people supported. Many times, once developed the PAPP is forgotten about. This course will discuss how to write the PAPP and the requirements for orientation, training, and maintaining this important document.

Course Objectives:

• Define what the PAPP is and its purpose
• Understand each PAPP assessment area and how to develop compliant information for each area
• Discover how to write the descriptions of the risk in a comprehensive way
• Learn how to develop proactive and reactive measures to reduce those areas of risk
• Learn more about some current county interpretations of how to develop the PAPP
• Recognize required timelines for completion, orientation, staff training, and updating the PAPP

The PAPP is a strong document that can thoroughly support people living or receiving supports in a licensed setting. It isn't just another document to do; it can make a huge impact on the services being provided and the lives of those who receive those services!

This session is ideal for personnel responsible for creating, maintaining, and updating company or site-specific information.

CEU Contact Hours: 1.8 for Nurses, 1.5 for Social Workers