From: Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities <ood.ohio@public.govdelivery.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 3:44 PM
To: Pugh, Susan <susan.pugh@ood.ohio.gov>
Subject: Provider Meeting Announcement

 

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) has recently shared several flexibilities for providers to continue to deliver Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services in the current environment, including providing remote services and relaxing requirements to obtain participant signatures to bill for services. We appreciate the thoughtful suggestions from providers, partners, and OOD staff about how we can continue to support Ohioans with disabilities served by the VR program at this time. Our partners shared that it would be helpful to have a call to provide a status report about the VR program, review flexibilities, and brainstorm together.    We have scheduled two sessions for tomorrow, March 19, at 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM (please register at one of the links below).  The same content will be covered at each session, but we are offering two sessions based on capacity.  Closed captioning will be available for the 1:00 PM session.   While this is short notice, we understand our partners have an immediate need for this information.   March 19, at 10:30 AM https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/5652243337880205313 March 19, at 1:00 PM https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/705289835863232002  (Closed captioning available)     Questions? Contact Us Want a job? Have a disability? OODWorks.com Subscriber Services: Manage Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help Stay Connected: Help us support more individuals with disabilities by forwarding to someone you know. 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.   This email was sent to susan.pugh@ood.ohio.gov using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities · 150 E. Campus View Blvd · Columbus, Ohio 43235

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