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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared Bulletin 00-25-01: Room and Board for Individuals Enrolled With the Office of Developmental Programs and 5 accompanying documents:

The sixth document referenced in the bulletin, a version of the Room and Board Agreement translated in Spanish, will be released soon. Stakeholders will be notified when this version of the agreement is ready for use.

This bulletin is to clarify Room and Board requirements outlined in 55 Pa. Code Chapter 6100 (relating to Services for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Autism).

ODP has scheduled two trainings:

  1. Room and Board Training: For Residential Habilitation & Life Sharing Professionals
    Friday, March 28, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    If you are a professional, please register here.
  2. Room and Board Training: For Individuals and Families
    Thursday, April 3, 2025, 11:30 am  – 1:00 pm
    If you are an individual or family member, please register here.

These trainings will include:

  • The intent of Room and Board;
  • An explanation of Room and Board policies and regulations;
  • An explanation of policy implementation; and
  • An overview of the attachments to the bulletin.

There will be time during the sessions to answer questions submitted by participants during the webinars. For this reason, ODP kindly asks stakeholders to save questions about the bulletin until after the training is held.

Please see the bulletin for additional details and information.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared communication ODPANN 25-028 to clarify how the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation’s (OVR) Memo on March 15, 2025, regarding the Order of Selection and the OVR waiting list for services impacts referral requirements and access to ODP-funded employment services.

ODP and OVR will host a Virtual Office Hour on Monday, April 14, 2025, at 11:00 am. Interested parties are invited to join staff from both ODP and OVR to learn more about how the waitlist for OVR’s services may impact ODP’s employment services. There will be a short presentation with most of the time reserved for participants to ask questions to OVR and ODP staff. The link to register for the Virtual Office Hour may be found at the Virtual Office Hour registration page.

Please review the announcement for registration information and additional details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared the Medication Administration (MA) April–June 2025 Train-the-Trainer Face-to-Face Schedule. This is for Medication Administration New and Recertifying Trainers.

Classes for New Trainers and Recertifying Trainers will be held separately. New Trainer classes are for first-time trainers designated as New Trainer and start at 8:30 am. Recertifying Trainer Classes are available in the morning and in the afternoon according to the schedule in the announcement. Morning classes are designated as AM Recertification classes and will start at 8:30 am. Afternoon classes are designated as PM Recertification classes and will start at 1:00 pm.

You may register for one of these sessions after completing the course materials in the Train-the-Trainer course on MyODP’s Medication Administration website. View the schedule here.

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The Agreement for Provision of Residential Services requires all residential providers to provide information for tier assignment in order to be assigned to a tier on an annual basis. The Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) Data Submission Tool for the current contract year became available on February 15, 2025. All Residential Providers must submit data and documentation related to their organization’s performance no later than 11:59 pm Saturday, March 15, 2025. Providers intending to be in the Primary Tier must complete a PBC submission.

Providers that fail to submit data and documentation for tier determination by March 15, 2025:

  1. Will be in violation of their Agreement for Provision of Residential Services and will be required to take immediate corrective action. Without correction, they may be subject to sanctions up to and including termination of the Agreement for Provision of Residential Services.
  2. Will not be eligible for Pay-for Performance (P4P).

Please see ODPANN 25-020: Performance-Based Contracting Residential Provider Data Submission Tool Availability for submission instructions and details. Comprehensive information is available at the Performance-Based Contracting Resource Page on MyODP.

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RCPA is reminding ODP providers that the 2025 spending deadline for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Grant funds is March 31, 2025. The final deadline for the reimbursement request submission is May 31, 2025. The survey closes on May 31, 2025, and no additional requests for reimbursement will be reviewed after this date.

Please refer to ODPANN 22-083 Update for additional details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) reminds Supports Coordination Organizations (SCOs) that they are required to provide a *PDF of their 2024 fiscal year-end financial statements no later than 9 months from the end of their fiscal year. In most cases, this date will be March 31 annually.

Financial Statement submissions must include, at a minimum, a Profit and Loss Report (Income Statement) for the 2024 fiscal year and a Balance Sheet as of the end of the provider’s fiscal year. ODP developed a QuestionPro link for SCOs to easily attach a *PDF of their financial statements, which will satisfy the requirement. The link for the ODP Waiver Provider Financial Statement Submission Form is available.

Residential Providers are required to provide a *PDF of their financial statements as part of Performance-Based Contracting and are no longer required to submit statements separately using the URL referenced in this document effective the date of this announcement.

Details of this requirement are available in ODPANN 25-025.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) reminds providers that submissions for Performance-Based Contracting (PBC) Data and Pay for Performance (P4P) are due on March 15, 2025. Both Data Submission Tools became available on February 15, 2025. It is recommended that Providers complete the required PBC Data Submission tool prior to submitting for P4P, as providers will be given the option in the P4P tool to use the same documents submitted for Credentialing (Primary) and Employment from the PBC tool.

Please view ODPANN 25-019 and ODPANN 25-020 for additional information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared an update to ODPANN 24-110. This update is to announce the new Deaf Services required training. This training is replacing the previously required Harry M Settlement training. Please review the announcement for additional information and details. Corrections to the original announcement are in red.

Please use this version of the announcement going forward.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared a reminder that the deadline to complete the 2022 Student Independent and Group courses is February 28, 2025, as referenced in ODP Announcement 25-010. All student classes must be held in the 2024 Student Independent and Group courses after this date.

Also, please be reminded that the “Trainer Attestation of Qualification” and the “Complete to Access Acknowledgement of Qualification” activities serve as the ‘online’ signatures, replacing the physical signatures. The Trainer Attestation date is required for the User Report to be considered complete, and staff may not administer medication until that step is done. The date the Trainer Attestation was completed will be printed on student Acknowledgements of Qualification issued after January 2, 2025. For the Trainer Attestation date to show on the User Report, the Trainer must enter in the date in the feedback field.

Please view ODPANN 25-022 for additional information and details.

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