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DCBDD Updates

Upcoming Board Meetings and Closures

Upcoming Board Meeting:
August 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Byxbe Center

Health and Welfare Alerts:
To receive health and welfare alerts from DODD, click here

Background Checks:

  • To obtain a background check; go online to: Ohio Attorney’s Office; https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/
    • Search: web checks
    • Click on web check locations
    • Type in your zip code
  • For background check information such as reason codes and mailing address, please see below.


BCI background checks are required for all providers and agency staff. In addition, FBI background checks are required for those who have NOT lived in Ohio for the past 5 consecutive years.

Agency Providers

  • DOO BCI Code 5123.169 Applicant for a supported living certificate
  • DOO FBI Code 5126.28 Employees of County Board of DoDD
  • Results should be mailed directly from BCI to DODD at:

Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities
Attn: Provider Certification
30 E Broad St, 13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

Agency Staff

  • BCI Code 081 Employment with DoDD, county board of DD or contracting agency
  • FBI Code 28 Employees of County Board of DoDD
  • Results should be mailed directly from BCI to the Provider Agency address


Independent Providers

  • BCI Code 5123.169 Applicant for a supported living certificate
  • FBI Code 5126.28 Employees of County Board of DoDD

OPRA Great Provider Series

To read OPRA’s Great Provider Series, click on the slides below.

Incident Reporting Requirements

An Incident Reporting Form (IRF) must be completed for all MUIs and UIs.  

All IRFs for MUIs must be sent to  MUI@dcbdd.org by 3pm on the following business day.  

DCBDD Incident Reporting Form

Monthly Requirement

  • All providers are required to complete monthly UI Logs, which are reviewed by DODD and DCBDD during compliance reviews. Please note, logs must show evidence they were reviewed at least monthly, even when no incidents have occurred. Evidence can be shown by signature and date on the log.  Here is a link to a UI Log you can use:  DODD UI Log

Annual Requirement

  • By January 31st of each year, all agency providers shall conduct an in-depth review and analysis of trends and patterns of MUIs occurring during the preceding calendar year and compile an annual report.  Agency providers shall send the annual report to the county board for all programs operated in the county by February 28th of each year.
  • Annual MUI reports for Delaware County should be sent to MUI@dcbdd.org.  Agency providers are required to complete and send this analysis to the County Board even if you do not have any MUIs to report. These forms can be found at the link below:
    • Agency Provider- ANNUAL REPORT (dcbdd.org)

Abuser Registry Updates

Faith Ackles 02/07/1962

Latonya Coker 01/15/1977

David Coon 06/24/1997

Armonte Creel 07/30/1973

Samad A. Green 11/22/1965

If you believe these individuals are in your employ or seeking employment with your organization, you should follow published procedures for verifying the applicant/employee is not on the registry. If you have questions regarding this information, please contact the DODD registry unit at: 1-866-313-673.

Community Resource Feature

Support for Front Line Workers

Delaware-Morrow Mental Health & Recovery Services Board are offering support for front line workers. This includes first responders, healthcare workers, educational personal and funeral home workers.

To schedule an appointment call 614-889-5722 ext. 133 or frontline@syntero.org

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Trainings

Multi-Factor Authentication for PNM Portal Access Begins May 4

To enhance the security of the Provider Network Management (PNM) module  and protect the State of Ohio’s data, starting May 4, signing into the PNM secure web portal will require Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). MFA is a two-factor authentication process that goes beyond the State of Ohio ID (OHID) and password by using a second source of validation to verify your identity before granting access to State resources.

Immediate Action Required: We strongly urge you to set up MFA before May 4, to ensure uninterrupted access to PNM. If you are an existing PNM portal user and already have MFA set up for the OHID used to sign into the PNM portal, no action is required. Please refer to the multi-factor authentication user guide offering instructions for setting up your MFA.

If you need assistance setting up MFA, please contact the ODM Integrated Help Desk (IHD) at 800-686-1516, option 7 or email IHD@medicaid.ohio.gov.

Thank you for your immediate attention to this critical security update.

DSP and Provider Support Open Door Sessions Changes Schedule

Open Door Sessions are a time for providers, direct support professionals, and county board provider support staff to come together with DODD staff to network, brainstorm, and discuss issues related to the support of providers and direct support professionals. 

The sessions were previously held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month. Due to low participation, the session held at 4 PM on the 4th Wednesday of the month has been canceled. 

Please join us for the DSP & Provider Support Open Door Session the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 9 – 10 AM.  

The Academy is seeking DODD Certified RN Trainers for DODD medication courses

Teach Category 1, 2, and 3 initial and renewal classes in the Cleveland and Central Ohio areas.

This is a great opportunity for DODD RN trainers to supplement their current RN position, or for RN trainers who wish to work full or part-time and flexible hours. 

Terrific position for current DODD certified RN Trainers.

Essential Functions

  • Teach DODD approved Category 1 (Initial Medication Administration And Health-Related Activities); Category 2 (Administration of Food And Prescribed Medication G and J Tube); and Category 3 (Subcutaneous Insulin Injection) trainings – both initial certification and renewal classes.
  • With the assistance of the Academy MAIS Secretary, enter medication administration certified staff into the state database upon initial certification, or renew medication administration certification for each student in the state database.
  • Travel to a variety of teaching locations is expected; there is the potential for overnight stays on occasion.
  • Potential to teach CPR and First Aid certification classes.
  • Potential for additional hours, up to full-time employment.

Current DODD RN Training certification required.

Contact Deb Easley at 513-310-8542 or deb@academyforpd.com for more information or to apply. 

Health Linkage Program

Adults with disabilities sometimes have worse mental health, physical health, and chronic condition outcomes compared to adults without disabilities.
 

The Health Linkage Program can help with:

  • healthcare providers not understanding disabilities
  • being denied appointments
  • physical inaccessibility of buildings and places
    inaccessibility of equipment like exam tables
  • inadequate insurance coverage
  • lack of transportation

The Health Linkage Program helps make these problems go away so you can just focus on your health!

To connect with the program, call 614.685.9323 or email linkages@osumc.edu

A woman and her son laugh in their backyard.
Marcy Freed and Greyson Freed laugh in their backyard. Photo by Olivia Minnier.

Young Adult Uses Lived Experience to Empower Others

By Olivia Minnier

A young man has made a significant impact on the Central Ohio community with his consulting firm, advocating for accessibility changes while still a teenager.

Greyson Freed, a 19-year-old from Lewis Center, started his consulting firm, True Accessibility Consulting, in high school to help everyone from local businesses, architects and designers, K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and residential homes with accessibility concerns. All to make everyday places more accommodating for others like him.

Greyson has a rare genetic disorder called Friedreich Ataxia or FA, which the National Institutes of Health defines as “a rare, inherited disorder that causes progressive damage to the nervous system. This can cause movement and sensory symptoms and trouble with walking and gait. In FA, nerve fibers in the spinal cord and peripheral nerves break down, becoming thinner. In the brain, the cerebellum, part of the brain that coordinates balance and movement, is most affected.”

Greyson’s mom, Marcy Freed, said Greyson was first diagnosed with FA when he was eight years old and started receiving services from DCBDD after learning about the agency from a neighbor at the time.

“Looking at the trajectory of the disease, it was evident that we would qualify, and it would be helpful. My neighbor, who had already benefitted, encouraged me to sign up and look into it. She pointed me in the direction,” she said.

Marcy said DCBDD has helped fund a van adaptation and home health help among other things, but she said it has been useful to have a resource to contact too.

“It’s incredibly overwhelming and confusing. For me, as a parent and a caretaker who’s already overwhelmed, it makes it less overwhelming to have someone who can make it less overwhelming,” she said.

Cricket Hennen, Service & Support Administrator with DCBDD, said working with Greyson is inspiring.

“I am in awe of how ambitious he is. He started his business while he was still in high school. That is impressive,” she said.

Greyson said he feels that he has a unique perspective to offer because of the different levels of mobility he has personally experienced and can offer more resources and suggestions to clients as a result.

“I’m using my perspective on accessibility with mobility issues,” he said.

Marcy said he can save people a lot of time and effort because he knows what works and what doesn’t at different mobility levels.

“We’ve lived through every phase of mobility from walking and running to the use of a manual chair and an electric chair,” Marcy said.

Greyson said he has already helped Thomas Worthington High School do an accessibility audit with his firm, as well as many other private consultations, but wants to continue to grow his clientele. He has also been taking real estate classes and plans to utilize that to sell homes.

“I want to expand my business and just see where it goes and move out on my own at some point. Besides that, I’m just trying to go with the flow,” he said.

Marcy said she is immensely proud of her son, despite it all.

“It’s a combination of utter heartbreak of seeing what the disease has done to him combined with a lot of pride and admiration for the person he is and how he’s dealt with the cards he’s been given,” she said.

Greyson Freed poses for a photo at his home in Lewis Center. Photo by Olivia Minnier
Marcy Freed and Greyson Freed laugh in their backyard. Photo by Olivia Minnier.
Greyson Freed poses for a photo at his home in Lewis Center. Photo by Olivia Minnier

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