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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-045, which states that the Temple University Harrisburg Certified Investigator (CI) Program and ODP will be facilitating forums for CIs and others involved in the incident investigation process. These forums are an opportunity for current Certified Investigators and other interested parties to receive up-to-date information about the incident investigation process.

Next Session Date and Time:
Friday, June 13, 2025
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Topic: Investigation Standards and Expectations (ODP Announcement 25-035)
Register at MyODP

Postings of Q&A documents from past CI Forums are also now available on MyODP.

Please review the announcement for additional information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-044. This communication is to inform all interested stakeholders about the new assessment protocol that is replacing most of the previous assessments required for participants in the Adult Autism Waiver (AAW), effective July 1, 2025, and to announce a mandatory training for AAW Supports Coordinators (SC) and SC Supervisors.

Beginning with assessments conducted on July 1, 2025, participants in the AAW will no longer be assessed using the SIB-R, Quality of Life Questionnaire, Baseline Outcomes, or Parental Stress Scale. All participant ISPs with plan effective dates beginning October 1, 2025, are subject to the new assessments.

All AAW participants will be assessed using the following five assessment tools, all of which are completed via QuestionPro:

  • Autism Supports Assessment Protocol (ASAP);
  • Periodic Risk Evaluation (PRE);
  • Waisman Activities of Daily Living Scale (W-ADL);
  • Social Responsiveness Scale, 2nd Edition (SRS-2); and
  • Online Readiness Checklist.

Mandatory Training for AAW SCs and SC Supervisors on New Assessment Protocol

SCs and SC Supervisors are required to register for and attend one of the following two training sessions. Content is the same for both sessions, so attendance is only mandatory for one session.

Please review the announcement for additional information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-042. This announcement provides access to stakeholders to a DP 1077-S form in Spanish. Please note that if a provider agency has a current Spanish translated room and board contract in the individual’s file, provider agencies are required to complete this new Room and Board Residency Agreement form by June 30, 2025.

Please review the announcement for additional information on accessing the form.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-041, which informs all interested stakeholders of the opportunity to submit public comments on:

  • Performance-Based Contracting for Supports Coordination services scheduled to take effect January 1, 2026. This includes:
    • Proposed changes to the 1915(b)(4) waiver and Consolidated, Community Living, and P/FDS waivers related to Performance-Based Contracting;
    • Proposed Implementation Plan for Performance-Based Contracting for Supports Coordination;
    • Proposed rates effective July 1, 2026, for Supports Coordination Organizations that meet criteria for the Select tier; and
    • Proposed changes to the Targeted Support Management State Plan.
  • Additional waiver amendments (not related to Performance-Based Contracting) to the Consolidated, Community Living, and P/FDS waivers scheduled to take effect January 1, 2026.

The public comment period starts on April 19, 2025, and ends on May 26, 2025, at 11:59 pm for all proposed changes in this communication. Please view the announcement for additional information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-040. This communication clarifies which regulatory requirements in Chapters 2380 and 2390 will and will not be monitored during licensing inspections when applied to individuals who reside in Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/ID) settings and attend facility-based day services. This announcement replaces Info Packet 136-11 issued in 2011.

Effective immediately, the following regulatory requirements are considered fulfilled by the ICF/ID Interdisciplinary Team process and will not be measured during licensing inspections:

  • 2380.181(b) / §2390.151(b): Program Specialist Recommendation to Revise Service/Outcome in Individual Support Plan (ISP)
  • 2380.181(f) / §2390.151(f): Assessment Submission to Plan Lead 30 Days Prior to ISP Meeting
  • 2380.182 / §2390.152: Development, Annual Update, and Revision of ISP
  • 2380.183 / §2390.153: (Previously related to ISP content; now refers to team membership)
  • 2380.184 / §2390.154: (Previously related to team members; now refers to ISP process)
  • 2380.185 / §2390.155: (Previously referred to implementation of ISP; now refers to plan content)
  • 2380.186 / §2390.156: (Now addresses plan implementation; former subsections repealed)
  • 2380.188(c) / §2390.158(c): Requirement to Provide Services as Specified in ISP
  • 2380.173(7)-(9): Removed
  • 2390.124(12): Removed

Please note that §2380.173(5) and §2390.124(8), which refer to invitation/signature documents for ISP meetings, continue to be considered not applicable to individuals residing in ICF/ID settings.

Please contact your ODP Regional Licensing Office with questions about the application of these requirements or this announcement.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-039. This communication provides guidance to all stakeholders who participate in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26 renewal Individual Support Plan (ISP) process. The following topical areas are addressed in this communication:

  • Guidance for updating FY 2025/26 renewal plans;
  • FY 2025/26 waiver rate load;
  • Variance process for established service requirements;
  • NG5 and Residential Rate Exception NEA process;
  • Reserve to Encumbrance; and
  • Additional resources.

Please view the announcement for additional information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has released the FY 2023/24 Annual Data Report. The ODP Annual Data Report provides statistical information to educate stakeholders about the individuals ODP serves and the services they receive. The accompanying resource, Everyday Lives: Values in Action Information, Sharing and Advisory Committee (ISAC) Recommendations, Strategies, and Performance Measures, provides information on indicators of success used to gauge the effectiveness of the work of ODP.

Access the ODP FY 2023/24 Annual Data Report here. This document can also be found by visiting MyODP and following this path: Everyday Lives > Everyday Lives Publications > ODP’s Annual Data Reports.

The Everyday Lives: Values in Action ISAC Recommendations, Strategies, and Performance Measures publications are available here.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared communication ODPANN 25-036. This announcement is to inform stakeholders that the contract for Performance Analysis Services (PAS) associated with PBC has been awarded.

Effective April 1, 2025, the Department of Human Services (DHS) has executed a competitively procured contract with Deloitte for PAS. The PAS vendor will assist ODP with the following primary functions related to the implementation of PBC:

  • Collect, aggregate, and analyze data and documentation;
  • Create dashboards;
  • Generate reports; and
  • Implement an information system to support the administration of the 1915(b)(4) waiver for residential and supports coordination services for the Consolidated, Community Living, and Person/Family-Directed Support (P/FDS) waivers.

The PAS vendor will support the collection and analysis of data relevant to Pay for Performance (P4P) initiatives associated with PBC. Additionally, systems level data on performance measures will be reported to the Provider Performance Review Subcommittee of the Information Sharing and Information Committee (ISAC).

Please view the announcement for additional information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared ODPANN 25-035. This communication provides important reminders of the standards, expectations, and requirements of an investigation conducted by an ODP Certified Investigator (CI) in the following areas:

  • Ensuring health and safety;
  • Visiting the scene;
  • Interviews;
  • Communication needs;
  • Process deviations; and
  • Requirements to monitor delegated tasks.

Please view the announcement for information and details.

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The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has shared communication ODPANN 25-033 to announce that new live case study sessions for the Administrative Review (AR) Course are now available.

All entities that complete investigations are required to conduct the AR process as outlined in the AR Manual. This course is offered as an opportunity to support entities to complete high-quality ARs that help mitigate risks to individuals receiving services.

There are two parts to the course:
Part 1: The Online Module, which includes three (3) units and a quiz; and
Part 2: A live case study session held on Zoom.

The AR course page can be accessed by visiting AR Training and logging into MyODP.

The online module is a prerequisite to the virtual case study session. Once the online module, including all three units and the quiz, are successfully completed, registration will be available for the virtual case study session. Registration is accessed from the same course page. Registration for the case study sessions is currently scheduled for Wednesday, June 11 (1:00 pm – 4:00 pm) and Wednesday, August 13 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm).

Please view the communication for additional information and details.

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