Ohio Plan to Close 2 Residential Centers

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A plan to close two more of Ohio’s 10 residential centers for people with developmental disabilities reflects a national trend toward smaller-scale community living for those served by disabilities systems.

But there’s disagreement over whether that quickening pace is welcome or worrisome.

Ohio Agency Can't Account for $1.3 Million

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- State auditors said the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities has failed to account for more than $1.3 million in tax money it paid to a company that provides protective services to the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled.
The Ohio attorney general's office, which pursues Medicaid fraud, is investigating, The Dispatch has learned, although a representative would not comment.