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Carroll County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Developmental Disabilities
Awareness Month
Carroll County Commissioners proclaims March, 2012, as Developmental Disabilities Month. Carroll Hills and other related organizations celebrated Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, with this year's theme,"Our Community is Better Together." Carroll Hills Program recognized those that have supported our program in the past 12 months to help people with disabilities succeed in our community. The support of these individuals, businesses and organizations come in many forms. This support could come from volunteering for Carroll Hills Special Olympics to someone offering a job to one of our enrollees. The types of support are as varied as the needs of the people Carroll Hills serves every day. Carroll Hills Program thanked the following listed in a full page ad through both Carrollton Free Press and The Minerva Leader: Full Page Appreciation List - Published in the Free Press Standard on March 23.
Carroll Hills Programs in conjunction with the Carroll Hills Council honored six award recipients at our annual Developmental Disabilities Appreciation Dinner on March 20. Pictured L-R: John Hudson, representing Minerva Knights of Columbus Council 11380 from St. Gabriel's Church who received the 2012 Service Award; Tim Brace, recipient of the Helen Eick Outstanding Employee award; JoAnn Hilliard, who received the Superintendent's Award; Jane Ferguson, winner of the Helen Eick Outstanding Volunteer award, and Logan Smith, who won the Personal Achievement award. Carroll Lanes won the Business Award, but was absent.
Another person recognized at the Dinner was Amy Jo Pennock for her achievements. She is one of Carroll Hills pioneers in community employment. Amy Jo received the Community Employment Award for 20 years of service. In November 1991 while a student at Carroll Hills School, Pizza Hut offered to become a work site for the school. Amy Jo's teacher thought she would do a good job and the rest is history. Twenty years later, she continues to work at Pizza Hut on Canton Rd. in Carrollton and also attends Carroll Hills Industries where she works on contracts from GBS and Salem Label Team along with the mailing service contract.
Matt Campbell, Superintendent
State Board of DD Accreditation
It is a requirement that all County Boards of Developmental Disabilities be reviewed by the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities to ensure compliance with state and federal laws. The Carroll County Board was reviewed in November of 2009 and awarded a 2 year accreditation. Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities can place a County Board in abeyance, meaning significant improvement is needed and another County Board has to sign off on all legal documents, or award County Boards 1 to 4 years Accreditation based on compliance and only a 5th year if the Board shows areas of excellence in 4 out of 5 areas. Our Board only received a 2 year because we received 5 citations in personnel, 6 citations in behavior support, 1 citation in medication administration, 1 citation in Title XX, and 5 citations in Medicaid Waiver management.
November 16 and 17th, 2012, the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities again reviewed our program and found many significant improvements. This time there were no citations in personnel, medication administration, or Title XX. There were a total of 3 citations - one for an aversive behavior plan and 2 for failure to report major unusual incidents in a timely manner. The Carroll County Board was awarded a 4 year Accreditation from the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.
The 4 year Accreditation was due to the commitment and hard work of Carroll Hills staff to resolve system issues. The Service and Supports Administration (SSA) department took over behavior support plans and did a great job reducing the number of aversive behavior plans from 65 to 11. Our entire program has adopted the Positive Culture Initiative which improves communication with those we serve and finds ways for them to deal with issues without disruptive behaviors or crisis behavior. A “well done” is in order for SSA Director, Jan Clayborn for taking the lead on Accreditation preparedness and SSA staff: Lisa Erwin, Shannan Boone, Diana Strader, and Vicki Brumback for making dramatic improvements since our last Accreditation.
Our 2011 Annual Reportis now available
Administrative OfficesP.O. Box 4291182 Roswell Road N.W. Carrollton, Ohio 44615 330-627-6555 |
Carroll Hills2167 Kensington Rd. |
Carroll Hills Industries540 North High StreetCarrollton, OH 44615 330-627-5524 |