OMRDD Transition Information

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OMRDD Transition Information

• Population Served
• 140,000 people with Developmental Disabilities
  are currently being served by OMRDD.
• Developmental Disabilities served include Mental
  Retardation, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy,
  and Neurological Impairments.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• Eligibility Determination Process
• Contact the OMRDD Developmental Disabilities
  Service Office in your area.
• Complete an OMRDD Eligibility Transmittal Form
  with the assistance of DDSO Staff.
• Submit the Transmittal Form to the DDSO along
  with documentation of the persons Developmental
  Disability.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• Required Documents to Determine Eligibility
• A psychological report including an assessment of
  intellectual functioning.
• A medical report including diagnostic findings to
  support a diagnosis other than mental
  retardation.
• A social history or psychosocial report that
  shows that the person became disabled before 22
  years of age.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• OMRDD Service Options
• Agency-Based Group Services and Supports
• Individualized Residential Alternatives (IRAs)
• Day Habilitation programs
• Sheltered workshops
• Agency-Based Individualized Services and Supports
• Supported living arrangements
• Day Services Without Walls
• Supported employment (SEMP)
• Options for People Through Services (OPTS)
• Individualized Support Services (ISS)
• Individualized/Self-Directed Supports and
  Services
• Consolidated Supports and Services (SD/CSS)

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OMRDD Transition Information

• Parent Considerations
• Determine if you would benefit from the services
  of a Medicaid Service Coordinator (MSC) while
  your family member is in school.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• Medicaid Service Coordination is
• The active assistance offered persons as they
  navigate the community and various service
  systems in pursuit of the necessary and desired
  services and supports that will assist them in
  achieving or maintaining their personal goals.
• A distinct service from other services.
• Chosen by the person and advocate.
• Help to people to explore what they want and need
  in life and assisting them in getting it.
• Help to attain the highest quality of life and
  live as independently and productively as
  possible.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• Activities of the Service Coordinator include
• Working with the person to arrange and conduct
  planning meetings, collecting information, and
  using the information to create a vision of needs
  and desires and what help is needed to obtain
  these valued outcomes.
• Coordinating services to achieve the persons
  valued outcomes and locating or creating supports
  and services.
• Upholding a persons rights and ensuring that
  the persons living arrangement is safe.
• Writing the Individualized Service Plan record
  keeping to remain in regulatory compliance.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• Parent Considerations
• In order to receive Medicaid Service
  Coordination, a person must meet all of the
  following requirements
• A person must have a documented diagnosis of a
  developmental disability.
• A person must be enrolled in Medicaid.
• A person must demonstrate a need for ongoing and
  comprehensive, rather than incidental, service
  coordination.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• MSC requirements continued
• A person, or an individual authorized to give
  consent on behalf of the person, must choose to
  receive MSC.
• A person must not permanently live in an
  Intermediate Care Facility, Developmental Center,
  Psychiatric Hospital, Small Residential Unit,
  Nursing Facility or Hospital or any other
  Medicaid funded setting that provides service
  coordination.
• A person cannot be enrolled in any other
  comprehensive Medicaid long-term service
  coordination program.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• Parent Considerations
• Ensure your childs service needs are known to
  OMRDD at least 3 years prior to graduation.
• Early identification will enable you to work with
  OMRDD to establish services and supports
  proactively to make the transition from school to
  adult life as smooth as possible.
• Early identification will help to ensure the
  services that you desire will be available from
  the agency of your choice.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• Parent Considerations
• DDSO staff, or your Medicaid Service Coordinator,
  can assist you to complete a needs survey for
  your child.
• Needs Surveys enable DDSO Staff to
• Become aware of individuals who desire services
  from OMRDD after graduation.
• Determine the types of services that individuals
  desire to receive.
• Work with agencies to determine if the programs
  they operate can meet the needs of individuals.
• Work with agencies to develop new programs to
  meet the needs of individuals.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• School District Considerations
• Participate in the Local Opportunities Committee
  meetings in your county.
• The Local Opportunities Committees purpose is
  to
• Review and authorize services for individuals in
  non-certified settings.
• Assist in tracking the residential placement
  needs of individuals.
• Assist in tracking the service needs of
  individuals who will be graduating from school.

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OMRDD Transition Information

• School District Considerations
• Participation in Local Opportunities Committee
  assists to
• Ensure that individuals with Developmental
  Disabilities who will be graduating from school
  are known to OMRDD.
• Ensure that individuals who need services from
  OMRDD while still in school are identified.
• Enhance awareness of the school district of the
  types of services available to individuals
  through OMRDD.