WHAT WE OFFER
ALL COG SERVICES
What We Offer:
- Accreditation Support
- Mock Accreditation Reviews during a county board’s accreditation year.
- Routine SSA file reviews to ensure ongoing compliance.
- Ongoing technical assistance and support with compliance.
- Behavior Support Consultation
- The COG contracts with Dynamic Pathways (DPI) to provide behavior support services to counties.
- DPI observes and reviews monthly documentation and works with teams to ensure all behavior support strategies meet rule requirements and are being implemented.
- Conduct risks assessments.
- Consults with SSA’s and providers on behavior support issues, including training of staff.
- Benefit Summary and Analysis Reports
- Social Security Work Incentive Planning
- Benefit Applications
- Benefit Technical Support
- Early Intervention Evaluations and Assessments
- Early Intervention Mentoring
- PLAY Project Services
- Development Specialist Substitute
- Customer Care Services
- Customer Care Coordinator can help ensure county boards are providing excellent customer service to their employees, persons served, and community stakeholders.
- Create thoughtful feedback surveys, organize the data, and identify trends and patterns to ensure county boards are providing the services people want.
- Work alongside the Human Resources department to positively impact staff retention through creating a positive workplace culture.
- Fiscal Operations
- Oversee financial resources for the Clearwater COG and its member counties.
- Representative Payee for Social Security
- Authorized Representative for Jobs and Family Services
- Room and Board Contracting and Payments
- Supported Living Contracting and Payments
- Payment Authorization for Waiver Services (PAWS)-Back up services
- Human Resources
- The Human Resources Director provides human resources support to the Erie and Huron County Boards in addition to the COG. Human Resources consultation and training is provided as requested to other county boards and providers.
- Human Rights Committee
- The COG contracts with Dynamic Pathways for Human Rights Committee (HRC) services.
- Conducts HRC meetings– one serving the northern COG counties and one serving the southern counties.
- HRC meetings are held, at minimum, every other month.
- Click here to view calendar for the next HRC meeting date and details.
- Eligibility Determination
- The Children's Ohio Eligibility Determination Instrument (COEDI) and the Ohio Eligibility Determination Instrument (OEDI) are known collectively as the C/OEDI.
- The C/OEDI records information about a person's abilities and areas where they need support. This information is used to determine their eligibility for county board of developmental disabilities services.
- The COEDI records information for children 6 to 15 years old. The OEDI captures information for individuals 16 years old and older.
- The COG Administers OEDI and COEDI assessments for Erie and Marion Counties as well as member and non-member counties upon request
- Investigative Agent
- Unusual Incidents (UI)/Major Unusual Incident (MUI) Contact
- Investigative Agent backup
- Medication Administration-Certification and Recertification 1, 2, and 3
- CPR/First Aid
- Registered Nurse Quality Assessment Reviews
- Consultation services and assistance with self-administration assessments
- Service and Support Administration (SSA) Support
- SSA Substitute
- SSA Basics
- Host Quarterly SSA Meetings
- Provides SSA substitute services for a designated period to assigned counties to fill the gap where there are SSA shortages.
- Works with the individual and their team, including waiver providers, COG staff, county board staff, and various state/local agencies regarding services to coordinate services.
- Service Excellence
- Facilitates service excellence process for individuals receiving services and support through DODD waivers and other county board services to identify if enhancements or improvements are needed.
- Service Excellence Reviews are administered for Crawford, Marion, Morrow and Ottawa Counties
- Supported Decision Making Development and Support
- Working to implement the concept of supported decision making as an alternative to guardianship through a contract and in consultation with the Ohio Network for Innovation
- Technical Assistance and Consultation
- In-person Trainings on Current Topics
- On-Demand Online Training Library
What We Offer:
- Benefit Summary and Analysis Reports
- Social Security Work Incentive Planning
- Benefit Applications
- Benefit Technical Support
- Billing Support
- Assist providers with billing questions or errors. This can include provider weekly reports, billing codes and rates, reporting patient liability, Monthly Rate Calculator (MRC)/Cost Projection Tool (CPT) guidance.
- Train new providers on how to enter billing in eMBS
- Assist providers with finding a billing agent
- Assist providers with finding billing resources on DODD and Clearwater COG websites
- Assist providers with billing utilization reports
- Mock Compliance Review (requested)
- Provider documentation reviews
- Coordination of Employee Resource Networks (ERNs)
- Information on ERN and success coach
- Referral to ERN program
- Point of Contact for ERN program
- Host Monthly Provider Meetings
- Virtual provider meeting on the third Wednesday of every month.
- Share updates from DODD
- Share updates from Clearwater COG
- Share updates on upcoming events and trainings
- Presentations given on resources for providers
- Local Provider Meeting Representation
- Clearwater COG staff attends to share COG updates/resources
- Presents on specific topics when requested
- Assist people interested in becoming a provider with the initial certification application
- Assist providers reviewing their certification with that process
- Act as a liaison between providers and DODD to work through certification issues
- Assist providers/potential providers with understanding the providers requirements.
- Supported Decision Making Development and Support
- Working to implement the concept of supported decision making as an alternative to guardianship through a contract and in consultation with the Ohio Network for Innovation
- Technical Assistance and consultation
- DODD Annual Certification training
- MUI/UI and Health and Safety
- In-person Trainings on Current Topics
- Workforce Support
- Assist with DSP recruitment and retention
- Point of Contact for ERN program
- Offer Provider Related Trainings
What We Offer:
- Offers opportunities for people with lived experience and/or their families to contribute to the work of the COG in a variety of ways.
What We Offer:
- Northland Homes and Properties
- Assist with Metropolitan Housing needs
- Provide management and oversight for Northland Homes including staff, finance, maintenance, and repairs.
- Public relations
- Community Outreach: Engaging with the community to raise awareness about individuals with developmental disabilities and services provided.
- Public Awareness Campaigns: Designing and executing campaigns to educate the public about developmental disabilities.
- Social Media: Social media management creating and managing social media content to engage with the public and promote the board's initiatives.
- Content Creation: Writing newsletters, press releases, informational brochures, and other marketing materials.
- Educational Outreach: Developing and distributing educational materials for schools, employers, and other community organizations.
- Special Olympics
- Coordinates Special Olympics services in Crawford and Morrow Counties.
- Works in conjunction with Special Olympics Ohio https://sooh.org/
- Organizes/coordinates athletic events and teams for a variety of sports.
- Recruits/secures coaches, volunteers and referees, ensuring proper certifications are in place.
- Participates in fundraising events with the respective Boosters Clubs.
- Trauma Informed Care
- Provide ongoing training and education on what it means to be trauma informed.
- Facilitate trauma informed biographical timelines.
- Change the mindset of your staff to one of curiosity and view all behavior as communication.
- Run trauma informed meetings and have trauma informed meeting openers at your agency’s meetings.
- Technology Resources & Support
- Technology Training
- Tech Guide for Ohio ISP
- Annual Tech Fest
- Technology Resource Page
