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DODD Priority Work

Following completion of the budgeting process for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, DODD developed a list of priority work designed to most significantly improve services for Ohioans with developmental disabilities, despite the prevailing climate of budgetary constraints.  This priority work is designed to enhance supports while streamlining the overall system.  The priority work is based on recommendations of the Futures Committee

(http://dodd.ohio.gov/futures/docs/MRDDFuturesFinalReport.pdf) as well as specific feedback from system stakeholders. 

Priority Work Plan Series in Pipeline '09-'10

Briefly, the ten priority areas are:

• Streamline and enrich the process for assuring the quality of services;
• Upgrade and integrate the Information Systems structure;
• Plan for the fiscal sustainability of Ohio’s developmental disabilities service delivery system;
• Develop a plan to simplify and contain costs of DODD-administered Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers;
• Re-balance resources and foster community involvement within Ohio’s state-operated Developmental Centers;
• Create a positive culture around the delivery of services, statewide;
• Implement the County Collaborative Project;
• Improve the processes and outcomes of the Service and Support Administration function;
• Reduce the lifelong impacts of disability by responding sooner to families’ needs, rather than relying on waiting lists;
• Energize local participation of individuals and families in system stewardship.

A series of Pipeline articles highlighted each of the ten areas:

• 2010-2011 Priority Work: Part I - The Positive Culture Initiative

• 2010-2011 Priority Work: Part II - Assuring Quality Services

• 2010-2011 Priority Work:Part III - Information Systems

• 2010-2011 Priority Work:Part IV - The County Collaborative

• 2010-2011 Priority Work: Part V - Ohio’s Developmental Centers

• 2010-2011 Priority Work: Part VI - DODD-Administered (HCBS) Waivers

• 2010-2011 Priority Work: Part VII - Participation of Individuals & Families

• 2010-2011 Priority Work: Part VIII - Improving Processes & Outcomes of the SSA Function

• 2010-2011 Priority Work: Part IX - Reducing the Lifelong Impacts of Disability

• 2010-2011 Priority Work: Part X - Plan for Fiscal Sustainability of Ohio’s DD Service Delivery System

DODD reports progress on a quarterly basis [Priority Work Progress Report].

Other Supporting Materials

• Fiscal Plan for Home and Community-Based Waiver Services

• Draft Plan: Balancing and Beyond

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