Employees with developmental disabilities have a 48-percent lower turnover rate than their peers without disabilities. Learn more!
Janet, Her Boss Focus on Team Effort
Janet from Williams County and her boss, Tyler, have a strong working relationship at the Union Street Grille. Tyler says she is dependable and communicative, while Janet appreciates her boss for helping out with difficult tasks around the kitchen. WATCH her story.
This Week @ DODD
Employment First Health & Welfare
Agencies Partner for Success
DODD and Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities are entering their fifth year of their Employment First partnership! Working together has meant improvements for referrals, outreach, and collaboration with the local county boards of developmental disabilities, resulting in a greater number of employment outcomes and people served. Since the inception of the partnership, 1,587 peoplehave been placed in competitive employment.
Among the rule changes, direct service providers who are not certified to administer medication but who have taken state-approved annual training will be able to use vagus nerve simulators. Check out DODD's latest training on VNS devices.
Other important information about state-approved medication administration training is available on the department's website.
Operations Training & Tools
DSP Add-On Incentivizes Training, Longevity
Incentivizing direct care staff longevity and rewarding efforts to complete professional training is one way DODD is responding to the needs voiced by stakeholders to address a shortage of direct service providers and a historically high turn-over of experienced providers felt across the state.
The proposed new intermediate care facility reimbursement system better aligns funding with changes in the developmental disabilities field, such as increased community involvement.
Explore this topic during the DODD Live Chat starting 11 AM Thursday, Oct. 19. Josh Anderson of the department's Medicaid division and Public Consulting Group's Coy Jones will share the analyses that led to the recommended changes to modernize the ICF reimbursement system.
