Hello all:
As of Friday November 25th our DSPOhio website is live! Thank you to all who have helped in its creation and development! As far as we can tell there is nothing out there like it anywhere. Please check it out at
www.DSPOhio.org. If you click on the About page you can also see a list of all of all contributing financial partners. It is quite impressive in its own right and we are genuinely appreciative. Their contribution has allowed
DSPOhio to be FREE for all providers in calendar year 2018!!
UPDATE
We had 361 visitors to the site on Friday alone! I suspect that overwhelmingly they were providers and those of us who check the site regularly but still we had our FIRST JOB SEEKER send his information to a potential provider employer!
And this without any formal announcement or statewide marketing.
As of now we have 113 providers who have subscribed and created their own provider profile. They are up on the site.
BUT, we do not yet have all of our OPRA members subscribed. If you have not yet subscribed please do. We have created this site solely to assist you in addressing the number one challenge we face-the recruitment of direct care staff. And
it is free of charge for all of 2018 as we implement a statewide marketing plan and build up ongoing momentum. If you have any questions please just email me at
jdavis@opra.org or call me at 614 579-9957.
With some good fortune Director Martin will be live on Channel 6, our Columbus ABC affiliate tomorrow morning (Sunday) sometime between 7:45 and 9:00 to talk about the DSP workforce crisis and DSPOhio! For those of you who can catch that
please do. Otherwise we will try and capture it and put it on our DSPOhio Facebook and maybe on the website itself. I also think DODD this next week will have a DSPOhio LIVE article prominently featured in their PIPELINE.
NEXT STEPS
In the month of December if you have not yet subscribed please do. It is designed to be very simple. We would like to take the month of December to build up the number of providers on the site and to generate interest and excitement.
FACEBOOK-Our DSPOhio Facebook is also live. Please take the time to visit the page and like it NOW. Spread the word as much as you can. Our ultimate success is not only dependent on the effectiveness of the marketing campaign and the website
but on your interest and involvement and those of our system partners. I’m sure you understand that.
COUNTY DD BOARDS-We would like the county boards to link directly to DSPOhio on their own websites and help generate interest and excitement on Facebook. Your help in working with your counties to this end is helpful, important and appreciated.
COMPARE YOUR PROFILE TO OTHERS-If you have already uploaded your own agency profile go back and take a good look at it. Compare it with others both in your county and others. If you are about to subscribe check out other profiles. It is
imperative that you continuingly create a compelling and creative profile with the primary thought of why someone should come work for you. In addition, I remain confident that if we are successful families will begin to use this site for their own but different
purposes.
SHARE YOUR SUCCESSES-Share your current or future DSP success stories and share your success with DSPOhio with us. We will find a way to use them both on DSPOhio Facebook and DSPOhio. The entire point of this effort is to show to all Ohioans
the value of DSPs and to generate interest in coming to work for you.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS-We are in this together. We will learn and adapt. The website itself is intended to be continually adaptive based on feedback for users and partners. As will be our marketing
effort. You know how to find me and on the site itself is a contact page where all users can send in comments and/or questions.
We are grateful.
Jeff
Jeff Davis
Director of Government Relations
Ohio Provider Resources Association
1152 Goodale Blvd.
Columbus, OH 43212
Office: 614-224-6772
Cell: 614-579-9957
jdavis@opra.org