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Developmental Disabilities director pitches budget to sustain direct‑support wages, expand technology and crisis supports
Summary
Kimberly Houck, director of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, outlined a biennial budget request to maintain rate increases for direct support professionals, expand technology supports and sustain services for youth with complex needs.
Kimberly Houck, director of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD), told the Senate Medicaid Committee that the department’s 2026–27 request would preserve recent rate increases for direct support professionals (DSPs), continue investments in assistive technology, and fund supports for youth with complex needs.
Houck said more than 40,000 Ohioans currently receive waiver services through Ohio’s home‑and‑community‑based (HCBS) DD waivers and another portion of the system is served via intermediate care facilities (ICFs). She described the system’s funding…
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