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Newsletter Date
October 2019
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Inside this issue:
Letter from President 1
Our Calendar 2
BPRO Committees 3
Executive Board 4
Cover Virginia/VACMS News 5
Conference Information 6
Positivity Homework 7
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P.O. Box 637
Woodstock, VA 22664 BPRO Members,
If you attended our August Board meeting and Committee/PD Office Train-
ing we learned together, had fun together and I mentioned that my motto
for this upcoming year would be #positivelybetter!
As Benefit Program Specialists, we wear many hats and we do great at
wearing those hats, multitasking, customer service, deadlines, etc. but can
we do better?
Can we do it better in a positive manner?
Of course we can. The last page of this newsletter is just a small way for
you to try and turn up the volume on positivity in your personal and profes-
sional life.
If you have a question, comment, concern regarding BPRO, please feel
free to email me at [email protected].
Stay tune for exciting information regarding our wish list, conference, SME
Tree, and video conferencing.
Want to put a face with the name? Are you attending conference?
Find all the Executive Board Members and introduce yourself to them. Get
your program signed by all 8 members prior to Board meeting and be en-
tered in a drawing.
Stay tune! Information will be in your registration confirmation letter from
Tina Caldwell-Eheart.
We want you to know us and we want to know you!
Thank you in advance
for your continued
support for our organi-
zation.
Sincerely,
Deana J. Bennett
BE PROUD
BE PROFESSIONAL
BE PROFICIENT
BE PRODUCTIVE
October 16, State Board of Social Services
October 17, TANF Committee Meeting
October 22-23, Payment Accuracy Conference
October 23-25, BPRO/VASWP/POSSESS Conference
October 30, User Group
November 15, Medical Assistance Committee Meeting
November 30 Nomination paperwork must be received
As a reminder, please check
out our website for upcom-
ing dates on the Calendar of
Events
As a BPRO member, you have
many benefit opportunities.
Some are for members only
Are you taking advantage of
these benefits? Have you read
Policy and Procedures manual?
Check out our website
http://www.mybpro.org
Calendar of Events
Are you Connected?
Thank you to everyone that volunteered to serve on the SME Tree. If you are still interested and
didn’t get in, please contact Elaine Burgess, [email protected] Are you Terrific at TANF, Su-
per at SNAP, Miraculous at Medical Assistance, Victorious at VaCMS, Awesome at Aliens, Formi-
dable at Foster Care, or a Cracker Jack at Child Care. We need you to volunteer for the SME
Tree.
Thank you to all those applicants for the Betty Richardson Scholarship . Betty would have been
proud of all your accomplishments. Keep up the good work. Winner will be announced at Fall
Conference.
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BPRO
Have you attended a BPRO
committee meeting ?
We have you met our new com-
mittee chairs!
See below our current list of
chairs and their committees.
Check out the BPRO Calendar
for upcoming meeting.
We are working on Reliable
Video Conferencing-so stay
tuned!
Why attend in person?
Meet your Committee
Chairs
Meet your State Pro-
gram Managers
Meet fellow members
Members who attend
BPRO committees usu-
ally get more from
their membership.
Additional training on
state programs and
systems
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BPRO Committees
Committee Chairpersons 2019-2022
Brooke Jenkins, Foster Care & Adoption Assistance (IV-E) -Essex
Sally Sexton Ambassador –Lee
Jo Linton, Archives-Bedford
Mignon Jones, Bylaws/Policies and Procedures –Albemarle
Denise Morris , Energy Assistance—Greene
Bonnie Crockett, Awards & Fundraising—Charlottesville
Samantha Arney, Hospitality—Bedford
Minnie Pender, Legislative—Henrico
Andrea Butler, Medicaid & Auxiliary Grant-
Chesterfield-Colonial Heights
Donna Montgomery, Professional Development—Roanoke Cty
Trerina Richardson, SNAP– Chesapeake
Christie Bruce, TANF/VIEW– Amelia
Rick Waugh, VaCMS/Technology– Henrico
Quinn Hughley, Communications— Chesapeake
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It’s coming!!
We are dedicated to promoting understanding, fellowship, and
cooperation among Benefit Programs Professionals in Virginia; to
improving the quality of eligibility practices and the advancement
of eligibility work as a profession; to developing effective methods
of interpreting our work to the public; to helping provide skilled,
family-based assistance to
those who need the services
Deana Bennett, President, Prince Edward, [email protected]
Carolyn Harlow, First Vice President, Harrisonburg/Rockingham, car-
Tina Caldwell-Eheart, Second Vice President, Charlottesville, [email protected]
Tonia Alexander, Third Vice President, Charlottesville, [email protected]
Stacy Bowman, Secretary, Amherst, [email protected]
Rebecca Carter-Nutter, Treasurer, Frederick, [email protected]
Elaine Burgess, Past President, Virginia Beach, [email protected]
Kay Lewis, Parliamentarian, Retired, [email protected]
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Send us your pictures from your PD meetings, membership
drives, and Committee Meetings. We will post your pic-
tures on our website/FB page. Tell us all your exciting
news.
Send pictures to [email protected] with a brief
description.
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Need Help with Cover Virginia issues/concerns/suggestions/ideas?
Carolyn Harlow, Benefit Program Supervisor with Rockingham DSS
(540) 574-5145 or [email protected]
Ms. Harlow is the designated contact local agencies may use to report patterns of issues they
discover with Cover Virginia applications/cases. Should local agency staff come across a pat-
tern of issues they would like Ms. Harlow to bring to the workgroup's attention, they can send
the information to her via her email.
Tips When Identifying Issues
To ensure that issues are accurately addressed, local
agencies should consider the following when reporting patterns of issues to Ms. Harlow or oth-
er VDSS/Cover Virginia representatives:
Include all case numbers where the issues occurred
Include a general description of what is happening or what issue the agency has discovered
State if a communication form was already sent to Cover Virginia to alert them of the issue
If the issue is concerning a specific application, please be sure to indicate the application/T#.
New Screen in VaCMS
PEAK
Performance, Excellence and Knowledge
Fall Conference 2019
Omni Homestead
If you are attending conference, look for your email of information soon.
You will receive a list of 60+workshops so you can start planning.
Give Back this year will be for a local charity, Safe Homes.
We will be sending you a list of items they need. Hope you can help.
Meet your Executive Board. Look for us and introduce yourself.
Benefit Panel is Wednesday, October 23 at 1:30
Board Meeting is Wednesday, October 23 at 3:15
Nominations will be announced for new Executive Board
Betty Richardson Scholarship Winner will be announced
Committee Reports
Door Prizes
Workshop Presentations will be posted to our website as soon as possible
Your homework!
The information is regarding health care
workers but it talks about emotional ex-
haustion and burn out that affects many
including BPS.
Let’s face the challenge
and turn up the volume on
Positivity! It only takes 3
things.