Health and Safety
Teams have developed and agency staff have been trained on emergency response plans. Providers have been encouraged to use social distancing, hand hygiene and explore visitation guidelines.
Direct Support Professional Requirements
DODD has temporarily waived some agency Direct Support Professional (DSP) requirements by allowing abbreviated training, and online First Aid and CPR. Furthermore; age, High School Diploma and background check requirements for alternative workers have been temporarily changed to increase agencies’ abilities to acquire and retain DSPs.
Service Delivery
The pandemic forced us all
to look at service delivery differently. Although no limitations were put on homemaker/personal care services, alternative means of service delivery, like remote support, were among those mentioned in the DODD Service Delivery Guidance.
Read these DODD Guidance memos
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