ODP Announcement 22-036: Guidance: Life Sharing for Individuals with a Medically Complex Condition

The Office of Developmental Programs requests your assistance sharing the attached communication, ODPANN 23-036: Guidance: Life Sharing for Individuals with a Medically Complex Condition. Effective June 1, 2022, the approved waiver amendments included expanded eligibility for individuals with a medically complex condition. The Consolidated Waiver amendment specifically included new qualification criteria for

ODP Announcement 23-010: Registration Now Open for March Certified Investigator (CI) Forum  How to Access CI Forum Question  Answer (QA) Documents

To communicate to the above entities that Temple University Harrisburg Certified Investigator Program and the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) will be facilitating Forums for Certified Investigators (CIs) and others involved in the incident investigation process, and to announce the posting of Q & A Documents from past CI Forums on MyODP.

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Honoring Direct Support Professional (DSP) Recognition Week

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) thank all direct support professionals for their tremendous efforts. Governor Wolf declared this week, September 11-17, DSP Recognition Week. You can read the full proclamation in the attached document. In honor of the occasion, we’d like to share

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The ODP Training Calendar for July 2022 is now available

The ODP Training Calendar for July 2022 is now available. The full listing of available trainings is below. Click the session title to register. Be sure to keep up-to-date with schedule adjustments by checking emails from the ODP listservs. DateTimeSession NameDescriptionAudiencePlatform7/11/202210 AM - 11:30 AMAdult Autism Waiver (AAW) UpdatesThe purpose of the

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New Source for MyODP News Online

MyODP News Online has a new home! As ODP revamps the MyODP website, MyODP News will now be found at https://home.myodp.org/my-odp-news/. The new news site is included in the "soft relaunch" of the MyODP platform. What’s New?  All pages in home.MyODP.org are now publicly accessible without login. You can click on the Learning tab

New “A Supporter’s Toolbox” Teaching & Encouraging Objection

As supporters, people may rely on us, but that doesn't mean they always need to agree with us. We will talk about how we can balance our relationships by teaching and encouraging people to object or disagree. Please note that some early episodes will now be temporarily unavailable on streaming platforms. All

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