Rule Change: OAC 3304-20-53 Qualifications for Service Providers
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities sent this bulletin at 12/31/2019 08:22 AM EST
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) recently revised the OAC 3304-2-53 Qualifications for Service Providers. OAC 33044-2-53 rule replaces OAC 3304-1-12 Community Rehabilitation Program Standards which specified the qualifications and required credentials to become a Provider for OOD. OOD collected input and comments from Providers and other interested parties throughout the rule making process. The change combines two rules that relate to Provider qualifications into one rule for simplicity and clarifies the new requirements.
Under the new rule Providers who are certified by DODD in the areas of Individual Employment Supports (IES) and Career Planning (CP) and have been providing these two services for at least twelve months may be approved as an OOD Provider without the need for a waiver. This will simplify the process for current Providers and create an opportunity for additional DODD Providers to apply to be OOD Providers.
Providers who currently have a waiver of the old rule (OAC 3304-1-12) must ensure they meet the requirements of OAC 3304-2-53 before the expiration of their current waiver. Providers must attach a copy of their current DODD certification as part of their renewal application or may email it to crpvendor@ood.ohio.gov. The Provider expiration will be set to their current DODD certification expiration date.
County Boards of Developmental Disabilities (DD) who are not certified in the areas of IES or CP may continue to request a waiver of OAC 3304-2-52 through the Provider Management Program (PMP).
For the full text of the rule you may go to: OAC 3304-2-53 Qualifications for Service Providers
If you have questions you may email crpvendor@ood.ohio.gov. Thank you.
Provider & Contract Management Unit (PCMU)
East Central: Melanie Seckler, 330.915.2019, melanie.seckler@ood.ohio.gov
Northeast Region: Ronna Woods, 216.227.3284, ronna.woods@ood.ohio.gov
Northwest Region: James Gears, 419.861.8855, james.gears@ood.ohio.gov
Southwest Region: Ginger Scaife, 513.453.2707, ginger.scaife@ood.ohio.gov
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Programs provided by Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) 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) 2019, OOD received $99,548,657 in federal funds. Funds appropriated by the State covered 21.3 % of the total costs, or $26,942,648. Of these federal funds, $14,932,299 is set aside for Pre-ETS. For purposes of the Supported Employment (SE) Program, the DOE SE grant funded 90% of the costs for the Supported Employment for Youth with a Disability Program up to the grant amount and 100% of the costs of regular Supported Employment program costs up to the grant amount. In FFY 2019, OOD received $297,857 for SE Youth with a Disability and State appropriated funds paid a small amount more than the remaining 10% or $33,192 of the total costs. In FFY 2019, OOD received $297,857 in regular SE grant funds. For purposes of the Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind (OIB) Program, the federal grant received from DOE in FFY 2019 paid 90% of the total costs incurred under the program. In FFY 2019, OOD received $1,153,208 in federal grant funds. Funds appropriated by the State paid over the 10% required match or $130,000 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 2019. In FFY 2019, OOD received funding of $640,571. Funds appropriated by the State paid 10% or $71,175 of the total costs incurred under the IL Program. |