VR Fee Schedule Updates
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities sent this bulletin at 08/02/2019 08:33 AM EDT
Hello Vocational Rehabilitation Providers,
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) has submitted the VR Fee Schedule update to The Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR). Pending final approval, OOD is planning VR Fee Schedule Updates across the state with OOD and provider staff together to review the proposed changes.
Listed below are the areas and their dates of training. The times are 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM with one 15 minute break. In the coming weeks, another e-mail will be sent with information on how to register. Due to limited space, we are requesting that no more than 2 representatives from each organization per area attend. For now please mark the date on your calendar that works best for you.
o September 4 – Northeast at Akron-Summit Library
o September 5 – Southwest at TBD
o September 10 – East-Central at the Mid-Ohio Education Services Center in Mansfield
o September 11 – Southeast at TBD
o September 12 – Northwest at Owens Community College
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its services, activities, programs, and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. To request a disability reasonable accommodation, call 614-438-1438 or e-mail Bethanne.Wooten@ood.ohio.gov.
We look forward to meeting together with you!
- Provider & Contract Management Unit
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Programs provided by the Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities are funded, in whole or in part, with federal grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). For purposes of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program, including Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), OOD received 78.7% of its funding through the DOE VR grant. In Federal fiscal year (FFY) 2018, OOD received $100,336,097 in federal funds. Funds appropriated by the State covered 21.3 % of the total costs, or $27,155,767. Of these federal funds, $15,050,415 is set aside for Pre-ETS. For purposes of the Supported Employment Program, the DOE VR grant funded 100% of the costs for the Supported Employment for Youth with a Disability Program. In FFY 2018, OOD received $303,725. The grant also funded 95% of the Supported Employment Program (non-Youth). In FFY 2018, OOD received $303,725 and the State appropriated funds paid the remaining 5% or $33,747 of the total costs. For purposes of the Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind (OIB) Program, the federal grant received from DOE in FFY 2018 paid 90% of the total costs incurred under the program. In FFY 2018, OOD received $1,174,400 in federal grant funds. Funds appropriated by the State paid 10% or $130,489 of the total costs incurred under the OIB program. For purposes of the Independent Living (IL) Program, the federal grant received from HHS paid 90% of the total costs incurred in FFY 2018. In FFY 2018, OOD received funding of $632,411. Funds appropriated by the State paid 10% or $70,268 of the total costs incurred under the IL Program.