Summit DD

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• Summit DD
• 89 East Howe Road
• Tallmadge, Ohio 44278
• 330 634-8644

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Who We Are

• Since 1967, the County of Summit Developmental
  Disabilities Board (Summit DD) has been providing
  services and supports to eligible individuals and
  their families.
• Currently, the Summit DD serves more than
  4,000 individuals with disabilities in Summit
  County.
• Services are available throughout a person's
  life, Early Intervention programs for infants and
  toddlers with developmental delays and transition
  services for students with developmental
  disabilities to vocational, habilitation and
  retirement programs for adults with developmental
  disabilities.

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Summit DD Facilities

• Calico Center89 E Howe RoadTallmadge, OH
  44278Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Canal Place530 S Main Street, Suite 1714Akron,
  OH 44311Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Coventry Center3235 Manchester RoadAkron, OH
  44319Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Cuyahoga Falls Center2355 Second StreetCuyahoga
  Falls, OH 44221Phone [phone]Fax
  330-940-4086
• Ellet Center2420 Wedgewood DriveAkron, OH
  44312Phone [phone]

• Administrative offices89 E Howe RoadTallmadge,
  OH 44278Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Akron Center636 W. Exchange StreetAkron, OH
  44302Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Ardmore - SSA Office981 E. Market St.Akron, OH
  44305Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Barberton Center501 West Hopocan
  AvenueBarberton, OH 44203Phone
  330-634-8250Fax [phone]

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Summit DD Facilities

• Hudson Community Office - SSA1789-B Stoney Hill
  DriveHudson, OH 44236Fax [phone]
• Potomac Center66 Osceola AvenueTallmadge, OH
  44278Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Southern Center1651 Massillon RoadAkron, OH
  44312Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Tallmadge Center630 North AvenueTallmadge, OH
  44278Phone [phone]Fax [phone]

• Transportation Garage89½ East Howe
  RoadTallmadge, OH 44278Phone [phone]Fax
  330-634-8777
• Twinsburg Center10735 Ravenna Rd.Suite
  11Twinsburg, OH 44087Phone [phone]Fax
  330-425-3122
• Weaver Learning Center89 E Howe RoadTallmadge,
  OH 44278Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• West Market Street - SSA3105-B West Market
  StreetFairlawn, OH 44333

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The Mission

• Summit DDs mission is to be a primary community
  force that enables eligible individuals to work,
  live, learn, play and participate as equal
  citizens in their communities.

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How do we do this?
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Work

• Ten Work Centers to serve communities
• in Summit County.
• Community Employment gives people with
  disabilities the opportunity to work while
  providing valuable human resources to employers.
  Summit DD partners with over 100 employers
  including West Point Market, Main Street Gourmet,
  Marhofer Chevrolet, Akron Childrens Hospital,
  Sterling Jewelers, Inc. and many more.
• Retirement Services to continue quality of
• life during life's later years.
• Job Preparedness Services through the
• Job Exploration Training (J.E.T.) program
• prepares individuals for work in the community.

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Live

• Service and Support Administration to assure
• that eligible individuals receive the quality
  services
• and supports that make a full life possible.
• Transportation Services to work, school,
• appointments and community activities using
• the Summit DD bus fleet, METRO SCAT.
• Residential Supports that allow people with
  disabilities to live in the community with
  independence.
• Respite Services to provide a temporary home for
  people with developmental disabilities in
  emergencies and on occasions when families are
  unable to provide care.
• Foster Care to provide people in need with a
  nurturing, family environment during a time of
  need.
• Semi-Independent Living providing community
  integrated settings allowing for as normal a life
  as possible.

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Learn

• Early Intervention to begin treating learning
  delays early in the life of children ages 0-3
  years. CALICO Integrated Learning Center is a
  developmental day care center for
  children ages 1-5 years with special needs
  and who are typically developing.
• Habilitation Services provides an individualized
  education and vocational training for adults with
  developmental and physical disabilities.

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Play

• BLAST is a social program that holds events and
  outings to build social independence for adults
  in independent employment.

• Special Events that encourage social interaction
  and development in community settings.
• Special Olympics that allow youth and adult
  athletes with developmental disabilities to
  compete and excel in individual and team sport

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How Do I Apply for Summit Developmental
Disabilities Board Services?

• The Intake Department is the starting point for
  services for all ages. The Intake Department will
  help to determine the eligibility of an
  applicant.  Call our Intake/Referral Specialist
  at 330-634-8674 weekdays between the hours of 8
  am and 4 pm.

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Adult Intake

• Applicants ages 16 and above are considered
  eligible for Summit DD services if they have a
  documented history of life-long developmental
  disability and significant functional limitations
  in at least three of seven life areas when
  administered the Ohio Eligibility Determination
• Instrument (OEDI).

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Adult Intake (cont)

• The Ohio Eligibility Determination Instrument
  (OEDI) will be administered to help us assess
  whether an adult qualifies for services.  This
  assessment will test a person's skills both
  cognitive and physical and evaluate them
  according to the OEDI guidelines.  

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Adult Intake (cont)

• Applicants requesting Adult Services will be
  asked for the following documents prior to
  enrollment
• Current Medical Evaluation (within 6 months of
  eligibility determination)
• Applicants found not eligible for Summit DD
  Board services will be given recommendations for
  alternative services and information about the
  appeal process in their eligibility determination
  letter.

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Intake Children ages 0 through 2 years 

• are considered eligible for Summit DD supports
  and services if there is documented evidence of
  developmental delay from the Help Me Grow
  evaluation team, or there is documented evidence
  of a physical or mental condition that has a high
  probability of resulting in a delay or disability
  from the childs physician. Children ages 0
  through 2 years must have
• their eligibility
• re-determined at
• age 3 for continued
• services.

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IntakeChildren ages 3 through 5 years

• are considered eligible for Summit DD services if
  they have at least two documented developmental
  delays or medical disorder that is known
• to cause delays. Children ages
• 3 through 5 years must have
• their eligibility re-determined
• at age 6 for continued services.

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IntakeChildren ages 6 through 15 years

• are considered eligible for Summit DD services if
  they have a documented history of life-long
  developmental disability and significant
  functional limitations in at least three areas of
  the Childrens Ohio Eligibility Determination
  Instrument (COEDI). Children ages 6 through 15
  years
• must have their eligibility
• re-determined at age 16
• for continued services.

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Please Remember

• Eligibility status may be reviewed at any time in
  all age categories, especially after a period of
  inactivity with this agency or if a significant
  change in diagnoses,
• impairment or skill
• has occurred.

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Services Supports Administration (SSA)

• The Service and Support Administration
  (SSA) department manages services for persons
  eligible for developmental disability services. 
  Eligible individuals are assigned a Service
  Support Administrator to assess individual needs,
  facilitate development of individual service
  plans, arrange for services and monitor the
  provision of those services. Service  Support
  Administrators often times assist families with
  questions, planning or referrals on subjects such
  as Social Security, guardianship, Medicaid,
  waiting lists, etc.

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How are Services Funded?
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Home and Community Based Waivers

• A waiver is a Medicaid funding source that pays
  for the services supports. Persons served can
  use a Medicaid waiver to stay in their homes and
  get support rather than live in an Intermediate
  Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICFMR)
  or Nursing Facility.
• There are two types of waivers administered in
  the Summit DD Board program the Individual
  Options Waiver, commonly referred to as the IO
  waiver the Level One Waiver.

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Services the IO Waiver Covers include

• Homemaker/Personal Care (Rule for
  Homemaker/Personal Care)
• Home Modifications and Adaptations
• Non-Medical Transportation
• Respite Care
• Social Work
• Home-delivered meals
• Nutrition
• Interpreter Services
• Specialized Adaptive or Assistive Medical
  Equipment and Supplies
• Supported Employment
• Adult Day Array Services

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Services the Level One Waiver Covers include

• Homemaker/Personal Care (Rule for
  Homemaker/Personal Care)
• Institutional Respite
• Informal Respite
• Non-Medical Transportation
• Personal Emergency Response Systems
• Specialized Medical Equipment and Supplies
• Environmental Accessibility Adaptations
• Emergency Assistance
• Supported Employment

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How does an individual choose a service provider?

• Summit DD Board has fully executed a provider
  selection process that is not only user friendly
  but is compliant with the Department of
  Developmental Disabilities Free Choice of
  Provider rule.When someone eligible for
  services from Summit DD is in need of services,
  or needs additional services or would like to
  make a change in service provision that person
  begins with their Individual Services Plan (ISP)
  Team. The Service and Support Administrator (SSA)
  who is responsible for that ISP Team completes a
  Services Referral Form. The Services Referral
  Forms are posted electronically on a web
  application that is accessed by certified
  providers of services. Providers can review the
  service referrals and determine if they are both
  able and willing to serve this particular person.
  

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Selecting a Provider (Cont)

• The SSA will then compile a list of all of the
  providers that responded with a willingness to
  serve. The person requesting services along with
  their circle of support will work with the SSA to
  get more information about the providers that are
  willing. This may include face to face
  interviews with the providers. It may also
  include looking at a profile of the provider
  available through the Summit DD Web Site
  Provider Search Tool. This Search Tool is
  available to the public and can be
  accessed through our web site.Providers are
  encouraged to provide updated information about
  themselves and/or their organizations to help
  service consumers in the selection process.

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What do Community Serviceslook like?

• Community Services includes Homemaker/Personal
  Care (HPC) services which are tasks directed at
  increasing the independence of the person served
  within his/her home or community.
• These tasks include assisting the individual
  with activities of
• Daily living
• Personal hygiene
• Dressing

• Feeding transfer and ambulatory needs
• Skill development
• Homemaking tasks such as cooking,
• cleaning, laundry, and shopping

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Community living Settings

• Congregate Setting
• Services provided to a person
• served living with up to 4 individuals
• requiring paid supervisory staff and
• HPC for typically 24 hours/day,
• 7 days/week. This may also include Foster Care
• Living Independently with paid staff support
• Services provided to a person served living in
  the community receiving HPC services typically
  less than 24 hours, 7 days/week

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Community Living (cont)

• Living in Family Home with paid staff support
• Services provided to a person served living with
  family receiving HPC services typically less than
  24 hours, 7 days/week.
• Respite Care
• Services provided to a person served for the
  provision of appropriate short term, temporary
  HPC care and support services that are provided
  to sustain the viability of the living
  arrangement or family structure of the person
  served or to meet planned or emergency needs of
  the family or caregiver because of the absence of
  or need for relief of those persons normally
  providing care.
• ICFMR
• Intermediate Care Facilities for (individuals
  with)
• Mental Retardation provide residential supports
  to
• individuals whose medical needs require on-site
• services from a nurse or therapist. ICFs MR
  have
• twenty-four hour per day awake staff day and are
• only provided by Agencies who are licensed to
• provide this service.

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Major Unusual Incidents

• The MUI Department was established in January of
  2002 in compliance with the requirements of House
  Bill 94.
• What is a MUI?
• A Major Unusual Incident (MUI) is an allegation
  or actual occurrence of an incident that could
  place the individuals health or safety at risk.

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The MUI Process

• Concerns regarding individuals with developmental
  disabilities can be submitted by family, friends,
  staff, medical providers and the general
  community by contacting the MUI
  department.Hotline[phone]MUI (8684)
• Trained investigators will complete a thorough
  investigation and act accordingly to ensure the
  individuals health and safety are maintained.

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