About Us | Sign-On | Contacts

Futures & More  |  Health & Safety  |  Residential Resources  |  Adult Services  |  Rules & Laws  |  Medicaid

• Toll Free Numbers
  
• Training & Registration
  
• Abuser Registry
  
• Med Admin Handbook
  
• Provider Search
  
• Request On-line Access
  
• List of Trained Nurses

home->adult services

Community Employment

Ohioans with DODD have a variety of supports available to assist them to work and earn money in the community.

New services recently became available for individuals on the Individual Options and Level One Waivers administered by the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. These services include Supported Employment that provides ongoing supports to help people work in a community setting.

• View the Adult Day Services Handbook.
• New rules regarding the Adult Day Waiver Services
  • HCBS Waivers – Supported Employment-Enclave and Supported Employment-Community
    
    
  • HCBS Waivers – Adult Day Support and Vocational Habilitation
    
    
  • HCBS Waivers – Non-Medical Transportation
    
    
  • HCBS Waivers – Payment Standards for Adult Day Support, Vocational Habilitation, Supported Employment-Enclave, Supported Employment-Community, and Non-Medical Transportation

Certified individual and agency providers and the County Boards of DODD provide services such as: supported employment, ongoing job support, job coaching, job developing, benefits planning. These services can assist an individual to work part-time of full-time in the community individually or in an enclave. For more information on the community employment services in your community, contact your local County Board of DODD and/or provider(s) of DODD services.

The Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission (ORSC) through their local Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR) and Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired (BSVI) offices provide services leading to employment for people with disabilities. The Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities has an interagency program agreement with the ORSC for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to mutually eligible individuals with developmental disabilities. To find out more about these services contact ORSC and/or your local office.

Resources
APSE the Network on Employment

Work Incentives and Benefits Planning
Social Security Association (SSA’s) Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) programs

Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) sites in Ohio
Center of Vocational Alternatives (COVA)
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Ohio Legal Rights Services

Social Security 2006 Redbook: A Summary Guide To Employment Support For Individuals With Disabilities Under The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) And Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Programs

Self Employment/Microenterprises
Income Links LLC
Enterprise Works